MELBOURNE: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai urged Nepali authorities to send at least 100,000 Australian tourists to Nepal during the Visit 2020.
Minister Bhattarai said this at a program ‘opportunity and challenge of Visit Nepal-2020’ jointly organized by the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) Australia and the Office of Nepali Consulate in Victoria on Wednesday evening.
He urged all Nepali Diaspora community to impart message about tourism importance in Nepal.
Noting that the government was working to initiate direct flight service between Nepal and Australia, he said this would believably help increase inflow of Australian tourists to Nepal.
The Nepal government was aggrieved of the incident of bushfire in Australia, Minister Bhattarai said, urging Nepali community to cooperate to the Australian people in such grief-stricken moment.
On the occasion, Nepali Ambassador to Australia, Mahesh Raj Dahal appreciated the enthusiasm of Nepali people in Australia to make Visit Nepal Year-2020 a success.
He expressed his confidence that the target number of Australian tourists can be reached if the campaign gets support from all sides.
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