NKAR Travels & Tours (Pvt) Ltd hosted leading travel agents from Nepal recently in Colombo to promote Sri Lankan Leisure, Mice, Adventure and Pilgrimage travel to Nepal. The delegation was sponsored by the National Tourism Board of Nepal and the delegates were members of the Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents (NATAS).
 Managing Director NKAR Nilmin Nanayakkara with an Nepal official
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In the light of Sri Lankan Airlines operating 4 flights a week from Colombo to Kathmandu and back, the gala event served as a great opportunity to revive the travel industry once again and support SriLankan Airlines as well.
The delegation was hosted at the Ramada Hotel Colombo and business sessions between the Nepal delegates and outbound tour operators of Sri Lanka was followed by a gala dinner with the participation of the Nepal Tourism Board, Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents along with Sri Lankan Outbound Tour Operators, the Sri Lanka Tourism Board and SriLankan Airlines. All ground arrangements including tours and business sessions were handled by well-known NKAR Travels & Tours Pvt. Ltd.
Managing Director NKAR Nilmin Nanayakkara, said, NKAR is a fairly known brand image in Nepal. “Because of that they approached us and suggested that they want to bring in about 25 Nepali delegates who were interested in promoting Sri Lankan travel into Nepal.
He said over 45 Sri Lankan outbound operators participated in the business sessions and one to one meetings. “The Nepali delegates are DMCs from Nepal who have come to take business from here to Nepal,“ he said.
Nanayakkara said the delegation was very pleased with the successful manner the event was organized in a very short span of time and said all praise must go to his team led by Praveen Raj who endeavored to make the event a huge success.
He also said Shanthikumar and Ramada Hotel went out of the way to support the event. “This is the time that we have to inject more energy into the industry by having to bring counterparts from other countries and get them to move on.”
“Since Nepal is trying to take some business out from us into other areas we should take a delegation and try to bring some Nepali business here as well.” (MFJ)
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