45-year-old Tourism Act to be revised

KATHMANDU, August 2: The Council of Ministers on Wednesday have given a green light to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) to draft the Federal Tourism Bill by amending the existing Act. Accordingly, the MoCTCA has informed that the work of drafting the bill has started.

At present, the Tourism Act 1978 is currently being used in Nepal. According to the ministry, the process of drafting a new law has gone ahead with the aim of making the tourism sector of Nepal an important basis for social and economic development by incorporating the new topics developed in the tourism sector into the law.

Stakeholder associations, experts and researchers for this bill. The ministry has mentioned that suggestions for new laws can be sent to the ministry within 30 days.

The upcoming bill has been prepared to cover the contribution made by all three levels of government in tourism promotion.