Agreement between HAN and BIHA to promote tourism

KATHMANDU, June 22: On Wednesday, the Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) and the Bangladesh International Hotel Association (BIHA) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote tourism and explore investment prospects in both countries' hospitality sectors. 

Binayak Shah, president of HAN, and Hakim Ali, president of BIHA, signed the six-year agreement on behalf of both organizations in Dhaka.

Under the terms of the agreement, both parties will exchange information on changes and trends in the hotel, hospitality, and tourism industries.

They would promote interaction between investors and hoteliers through respective hotel associations in order to promote tourism and explore investment potential in these industries.

Binayak Shah, President of the HAN, believes that this program will increase the number of tourists visiting Nepal from Bangladesh.

On Monday, a team of 24 hoteliers led by HAN President Shah traveled to Bangladesh to promote the country's tourism in light of Nepal's growing popularity among Bangladeshi tourists.
                                                      
On Wednesday, a grand tourism promotion and business-to-business (B2B) program was held in Dhaka in collaboration with the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and the Nepali Embassy in Bangladesh, in the presence of distinguished tourism professionals from different cities in Bangladesh, tour operators and Bangladeshi government officials, the Nepali ambassador to Bangladesh.