Kathmandu, July 23
The Sustainable Livelihood Restoration Project (STLRP) run
by the Nepal Tourism Board in collaboration with the United Nations Development
Program (UNDP) has received the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold
Award for the third time.
According to the PATA headquarters, the project has received
the PATA Gold Award for 2024 in the Community-Based Tourism category.
The project has received this award for its contribution to
the creation of employment in tourism and increasing the capacity for
sustainable tourism development by building tourist destinations in various
locations. The creation of new tourism destinations was done in collaboration
with seven provinces, 58 districts and 85 town/village municipalities of Nepal.
Earlier, in 2022 and 2023, the STLRP project received the
(PATA) Gold Award. The project received PATA Gold Award in 2023 for its
initiatives in women empowerment through tourism, sustainability and social
responsibility and in 2022 under Tourism Destination Resilience category.
Nandini Lahe Thapa, Acting CEO of the NTB, said that the
project has continuously received the award which has motivated the team to
perform even better.
Shraddha Shrestha, manager of the NTB and National Programme
Coordinator, informed that the project created short-term jobs for around
10,000 tourism workers and conducted capacity-building training for 4,000
people after the COVID-19 pandemic.
During this period, the project created river guides for
women, the trekking guide for sexual minorities, and a tourism strategy for 150
municipalities in all seven provinces.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 24 July 2024.
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