Strikes & Tourism Year

Strikes & Tourism Year


For May 16, 2011
There's no doubt that our country Nepal is naturally beautiful and she has potentiality to attract thousands of tourists from all around the globe every month. In spite of having all the natural qualities, our country has seen many more events of strikes than that of tourism. Though there are many possibilities of tourism development in our country, political instability has caused hundreds of obstacles marring the tourism sector dramatically.
The government of Nepal, taking all the political parties into confidence for not disrupting tourism sector organizing the programmes of strikes in any way, initiated tourism year-2011. The government also allocated a good sum of budget to promote the tourism of Nepal nationally as well as internationally. The number of tourists arriving in Nepal to enjoy the beauty has seen a rise because of commitment from all the political parties as yet.

But as the date of Constituent Assembly nearing, the dissatisfied groups have started calling for the program of various types of strikes causing disruption to the tourism industry. Therefore, Tourism Crisis Cell including tourism associations has urged all not to organise any strikes at least during the Nepal Tourism Year-2011.
Organising a press meet in the capital, tourism entrepreneurs have requested all the political parties not to organise strikes which adversely affect the economic activities in the country. The tourism entrepreneurs have also said that such strikes would generate fear among the international visitors.

Following the strike called by ethnic organisation, Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities on Friday, entrepreneurs have urged the strike organisers to withdraw their strike for the success of Nepal Tourism Year.

Tourism Crisis Cell including representatives of Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN), Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA), Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA), Nepal Association of Tour Operators (NATO), PATA, Nepal Association of Rafting Agents (NARA) among others have asked everyone concerned to help stop anti-tourism acts.

Until and unless natural environment is created, tourists visiting Nepal will not feel free to move around and the adverse situation will also make bad impact on tourists which may stop thousands of new tourists who wish to enjoy the natural beauty of Nepal in the days to come. The positive message from Nepal to foreigners will definitely bring around new tourists which will help make a prosperous Nepal.