Kathmandu, Dec. 1
PATA Nepal Chapter has announced that it will
organise the historic Nepal India China Expo (NICE) from February 24 to 26,
2025, at the Pokhara Event Centre in Pokhara.
According to PATA Nepal, the event will be
organised in collaboration with the Nepal Tourism Board, Ministry of Industry
and Tourism of Gandaki Province, Pokhara Metropolitan City, Pokhara Tourism
Council, and other key public and private sector partners and stakeholders at
the local, provincial, national, and regional levels.
It organised a press conference in Kathmandu
on Sunday to announce the organisation of the event.
Speaking at the conference, Mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan City, Dhan
Raj Acharya, said that NICE 2025 is poised to be the biggest event ever held in
Pokhara, significantly boosting the city's tourism and providing substantial promotion
for its tourism sector.
CEO of the Nepal Tourism Board, Deepak Raj Joshi, termed the
expo as a landmark event expecting that it will bring together the two largest
outbound markets in the world right in Nepal.
According to him, the expo will serve as a dynamic platform to
connect buyers and sellers, foster fruitful business deals, facilitate
knowledge exchange, showcase unique experiential itineraries, and provide
international buyers and influencers an opportunity to experience Nepal’s
vibrant tourism destinations and activities.
“This initiative is not just an event but a moment of pride for
our nation. I encourage everyone to extend their wholehearted support to make
it a grand success,” said Joshi.
The NICE 2025 Convener and Executive Committee Member of PATA
Nepal Chapter, Sunil Bhattarai, said NICE is the first-of-its-kind
tri-nation tourism expo, bringing together tourism and hospitality stakeholders
and organizations from the public and private sectors of Nepal, India and China
onto a single platform.
The event aims to facilitate unparalleled networking and
business opportunities while offering deep industry insights and inspirational
experiences, he maintained.
CEO of PATA Nepal
Chapter, Suresh Singh Budal, expressed his hope that the NICE 2025 would be a
pivotal event to increase travel demand for Nepal from these two giant nations—India
and China. “We anticipate more than 1,000 delegates from three countries,
including more than 100 regional buyers, above 80 exhibitors, above 15
high-value speakers, and hundreds of government officials, media
representatives, trade visitors, and esteemed guests," he stated.
According to the organisers, with the theme ‘NICE for MICE and
More’, this landmark event seeks to position Pokhara not only as a hub for
trekking and adventure but also as an emerging premier destination for MICE
(Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions), leisure tourism, and new
dimensions of tourism.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 2 December 2024.
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