Nepal to host world travel agent conference

The 43rd World Conference of the United Federation of Travel Agents Association (UFTAA) is to be held in the Nepali capital Kathmandu in 2009, the Nepali national news agency RSS reported on Sunday.

The conference is scheduled to be held in Kathmandu from Nov. 20 to Nov. 24 in 2009, said the Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) at a press conference on Sunday.

NATTA Vice-Chairman Pabitra Kumar Karki was elected as the Board of Director of the UFTAA at its 42nd conference held last month in Manila, the capital of Philippines, said Ram Kaji Kone, NATTA Chairman.

Kone said tourism entrepreneurs from around 70 counties participated in the 42nd UFTAA conference and the participants enthusiastically watched a program on Nepal. The forthcoming conference would be an opportunity for Nepal to promote tourism at the international level, he said.

Travel and trekking entrepreneurs from 79 countries are affiliated to the UFTAA.

Karki said about 300 travel entrepreneurs from 65 countries have promised to take part in the 2009 UFTAA conference.

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