Published on : Thursday, June 21, 2018
The four-day 33rd Korea World Travel Fair (KOTFA) 2018 that was held between 14-17 this month gave due recognition to Nepal Tourism for its participation at the event.
Recognizing Nepal’s efforts, KOTFA 2018 honored Nepali stall at the event. The ‘Best Booth Operation Award’ went for its booth operations, display and hospitality.
Nepal informed the participants about its recent tourism updates and promoted its potential as one of the preferred tourism destinations of the world. Nepal is indeed one of the most favorite tourism destinations for Koreans owing to the latter’s large Buddhist population (50 percent).
South Korean tourists to Nepal have been growing on a steady pace with Nepal hosting famous Buddhist tourism spots (Buddhist Circuit) like Lumbini, Swayambhunath, among others.
Koreans are tourists with high spending power and this makes it positive for Nepali tourism to garner more revenues from the Korean tourist arrivals. The two countries also hold good bilateral and cultural ties, and have a people-to-people movement. Nearly 26,000 Nepali workforces are living in South Korea for employment and careers.