President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav will formally launch the Nepal Tourism Year-2011 at Dashrath Stadium amid a gala event on Friday.
On the occasion, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Sharat Singh Bhandari including dignitaries and members of general public will attend the function.
Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, Nepal Army and school students will exhibit various performances in the five-and-a-half-hour inauguration programme.
The government has decided to give a public holiday today to all the educational institutions across the country on the official launch of the tourism year.
As a part of the tourism promotional plans the Nepal government has declared 2011 as year of tourism to achieve the aim it has chalked out plans to welcome one million foreign tourists during the year.
The Vice-president, Prime Minister, Constituent Assembly Chairman, United Nation World Tourism Organisation Secretary General and tourism ministers of SAARC Countries are scheduled to attend the programme.
According to Nepal Tourism Board, more than 25,000 guests will attend the function. An air show of motor paragliding will be performed by 21 pilots.
A separate event will be conducted at Tundikhel for general public. In the evening, there will be a firework display at Tundikhel.
Nepal tourism board has a target of welcoming one million visitors during the year to make tourism safe and economical we have introduced a new concept of Home Stay by which the tourist can feel Nepal in a better way.
The erstwhile government had decided to mark 2011 as the tourism year. Earlier, Nepal had organized tourism year in 1998 to promote tourism.
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