Nepal participates in PATA Travel Mart

Nepal Tourism Board and six other private companies participated in the 35th Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart 2008 held in Hyderabad, India, from September 17-19. “Claimed as one of the Asia Pacific’s best travel networking shows for the travel trade buyers and sellers, PTM08 attracted some 1,089 trade delegates, comprising 374 global buyers from 324 organisations and 715 Asia Pacific seller delegates from 301 organisations. The show was also visited by dozens of international media delegates and hundreds of local trade visitors,” reads a press release issued by NTB. India has so far remained the topmost source market for Nepal for the past several years, with 96,010 visitors in 2007. According to PATA’s Strategic Intelligence Centre (SIC), between 1996 and 2006, the Indian outbound market expanded nearly 10% per year. In 1996, Indians made nearly 3.5 million trips but the number of outbound trips topped 8.3 million in 2006. “The members of Nepali delegation interacted with very high quality geographical and industry mix of buyers from India, China (PRC), Europe, and other Asian countries, Gulf, North America and the Pacific. Along with the mainstream product clusters of nature, culture and adventure, Nepal Tourism Board promoted the enriched shelves of customized products such as Weekend Breaks, Buddhist circuits and religious products,” the press release stated, adding that the Mart proved to be an excellent forum to appraise the buyers and media with the tourism updates on Nepal. Dharma Adventure, The Everest Hotel, Himalayan Journeys, Natraj Travels and Tours, Shangrila Hotels, and Yeti Travels were the Nepali private companies that participated in the three day event

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