38th University Festival in Chiba University (2010 December)
After the open
policy in 1950 Nepal
has witnessed foreign tourist who are lured by the majestic beauty
of Himalayas, magnificent art and
architecture as well as natural beauty and friendly people. Tourism has become
a growing industry and it is one of the major economic power houses of nation.
It get set back after the Royal massacre in 2001, terrorist attack in twins
tower in 2001 as well as increased armed activities in Nepal itself.
However after the end of the insurgency in 2006 the situation has changed
dramatically.
To attract the
visitors, government of Nepal has
also lunched different activities through Nepal tourism board and other
related agencies. In 2010 government declared 2011 as Nepal Visit Year. Many
helped to in this noble cause in whichever means they could offer. We also
introduced Nepal and tried
to make Visit Nepal Year
2011 successful. We participated in Food festival as
well as University festival introducing food, dance and culture. Hundred of
visitors were interested to our performance and were curious about Nepal.
There were 448,769 foreign visitors coming
in Nepal (counted by
air arrival only) in 2010. After the lunch of Visit Nepal year it increased by
21.4% to 544,985
in 2011. Looking
back to the progress there were 20,458 tourists from Japan (counted by air arrival only) in 2010
while there were 22,008 in
2011 which is increased by 7.6% (Source: Nepal tourism board 2012). We are
relieved that progress was achieved and whatever
small contribution we could make might have some pie in this surge.
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