Kathmandu, Mar. 3
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) board has got
its vice president in 13 years.
A meeting of the Board's Executive
Committee Wednesday appointed its member Chandra Prasad Rijal as the VP of the national
tourism organisation of the country.
He has served as the president of the
Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN).
The post had remained vacant after
Prakash Shrestha completed his term in 2008.
NTB is a public-private-partnership
project that works as an agency for the promotion of Nepali tourism in domestic
and international markets.
The board had appointed Ngawa Ngima
Sherpa and Krishna Kumar Shah were appointed to the board last month. It has a
13-member executive committee led by the tourism secretary while the chief
executive officer of the board serves as its member secretary.
Five members are nominated by the
government from tourism, natural and cultural heritage sectosr, four members
are from various ministries and departments.
The VP is selected from among the board
members.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 4 March 2021.
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