No doubt that Nepal is one of the best tourist destination that one must list out in their to do list bucket. Nepal, land of exotic natural beauty, mesmerizing mountains and valleys, multi culture and tradition. Many of the visitors around the world come to Nepal every year for different purpose and especially for trekking. The “Visit Nepal 1998” and “Visit Nepal 2011” proved to be the grand success Visit Nepal Years to attract tourist in this land of goddess. Yet, the tourism sector of Nepal has a lot of potential to flourish further. This is the reason behind Nepal celebrating “Visit Nepal 2020” with an aim to welcome 2 million tourist in the year.
Visit Nepal 2020 Plan and Preparation
To act on this plan the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has planned to organize the “Visit Nepal Year 2020” to attract more tourist to the country. The Campaign was announced in 2015 to be held in 2018 but was later postponed to 2020 due to the delay in construction of airports, heritage sites and roads. To make this campaign happening the government has separated budget and have more concrete plan and urged Nepal Tourism Board and all tourism organizations for their support. The government has set target of 2 million tourist in the year with an aim to create more employment opportunities in the tourism sector of the country. The Nepal government is working rigorously to ensure a successful tourism period till 2020. By prioritizing the early completion of the construction and expansion of the international and domestic airports, heritage sites and other tourism infrastructure in the country. The action plan also includes tourism promotion strategy and aims to amend Tourism Act, Casino Regulation, the Travel and Trekking Regulation and the Mountaineering Expedition Regulation.
Logo of Visit Nepal 2020
Out of 145 public entries the logo designed by Uddhab Rimal was selected for the Visit Nepal 2020 official logo. The selection process was based upon competition held on 10th April 2018 via Facebook. For designing the logo, guidelines were stated by Nepal Tourism board. The logo “should carry the message ‘Discover Nepal 2020’ with the tagline Lifetime Experiences”, it should be “vibrant, unique and appealing depicting Nepal’s ethos and vibes” and it should “depict at its maximum to the natural, cultural and religious diversities of Nepal.”
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari has even unveiled the Logo of Visit Nepal Year 2020. The logo truly depicts Nepal’s ethos and vibes and stands true to the message; Visit Nepal for Lifetime Experiences. He has invited all to share as extensively as possible and to come together to celebrate the campaign as national festival. The logo will be used as the main promotional branding of the Visit Nepal Year 2020 Campaign, according to Nepal Tourism Board.
Visit Nepal 2020 in News and Social Media
To celebrate the campaign as national festival there are a lot of news coverage in media. Visit Nepal 2020 news can be found in social medias in the following hashtags #VisitNepalYear2020 #VisitNepal2020 #NepalTourismYear2020.
