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www.fridayweekly.com.np Every Thursday | ISSUE 47 | RS. 20 SUBSCRIBER COPY 23 - 29 December, 2010 | * – !$ kf}if, @)^& �������� ������������������������������������������������� 23 Days& Counting— Text: Ayusha Nirola, Photo: ECS Media ne million- the number of tourists Ne- their chatter, there is much hope from this larger than pal is expecting by the end of 2011. life campaign for a country like ours. Yes, we do not Nepal Tourism Year 2011, an endeavor have the proper infrastructure and yes, we do not have 2 years in the planning, is all set to kick the best of everything but what we probably fail to see start on 14 January, 2011. is what we do have. Moving away from Mt. Everest, Ever since the government of Nepal, Pokhara, Freak Street, Pashupatinath, Lumbini (the list along with the travel and trade sector, goes on), the campaign has paved a way for projects like Odecided to launch this ambitious project starting 25 Cultural Exchange and Home Stay programs and the October 2008, it has seen a series of promotional ac- promotion of Eco Tourism in rural Nepal. With tour- tivities and effort from the different sectors involved. ists flocking the country not only for its scenic beauty When Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal formally and cultural diversity, but for an experience of a lifetime inaugurated the year-long tourism promotion cam- through adventure activities, Nepal has all the poten- paign on 26 February, 2010, he highlighted on the im- tial to be the ‘go to’ destination for millions of tourists portance of tourism for Nepal, stating that ‘tourism around the world.
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