{"source_url": "https://thehimalayantimes.com", "url": "https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/visit-nepal-2020-launched-with-much-fanfare/", "title": "Visit Nepal 2020 launched with much fanfare", "top_image": "https://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/President-Bidya-Devi-Bhandari-Visit-Nepal-2020-1.jpg", "meta_img": "https://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/President-Bidya-Devi-Bhandari-Visit-Nepal-2020-1.jpg", "images": ["https://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/themes/tht/images/facebook-logo.png", "https://assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_28.png", "https://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/themes/tht/images/twitter-logo.png", "https://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif", "http://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/President-Bidya-Devi-Bhandari-Visit-Nepal-2020-1.jpg", "https://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/President-Bidya-Devi-Bhandari-Visit-Nepal-2020-1.jpg", "https://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/themes/tht/images/the-himalayan-times.png"], "movies": [], "text": "Arpana Ale Magar\n\nKathmandu, January 1\n\nLighting the flame of unity, President Bidya Devi Bhandari officially launched Visit Nepal 2020 today with the slogan \u2018Lifetime Experience\u2019. Respective province chiefs also launched the campaign in all seven provinces at the same time.\n\nAddressing the inauguration ceremony, President Bhandari said the country\u2019s economy was dependent on tourism, which had been affected by the long civil war and unstable political system.\n\n\u201cAs we have already overcome political challenges, our major focus now is on economic prosperity. Tourism is the backbone of the country\u2019s economic development,\u201d she said.\n\nEmphasising the immense tourism potential of Nepal, she said, \u201cWe can cater to all kinds of tourists as our country has been bestowed with cultural and natural diversity.\u201d\n\nShe added that the campaign would play a significant role in conveying that Nepal had more to offer than just Sagarmatha, Pokhara, Chitwan and Lumbini.\n\nShe requested all Nepalis \u2014 those residing in the country and abroad \u2014 to be a part of the campaign and make it successful as Nepali culture equated \u2018guest with god (Atithi Devo Bhava)\u2019.\n\nTourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai said Nepal was a unique creation of nature and implored all visitors to come for a lifetime experience.\n\n\u201cNepal is a land of cultural excellence and tourists can visit sacred religious sites and experience our diverse wildlife, flora and fauna,\u201d he said.\n\nAssuring that the country was moving towards the path of good governance and prosperity, the minister also claimed that the government had created a conducive environment for investment.\n\nStressing that tourism is the main pillar of Nepal\u2019s economic development, he said the target of two million tourists and the campaign itself were inadequate for sustainable development of the sector. \u201cWe consider this year as the starting point and plan to follow this path and mark 2020-30 as the tourism decade.\u201d\n\nTourism ministers from India, China, Myanmar and Jamaica were present during the inauguration and extended their good wishes to Nepal for the grand success of the VN2020 campaign.\n\nThe inauguration ceremony of the mega tourism campaign kicked off with chanting of mantras of seven religions \u2014 Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Kiratism, Christianity, Jainism, Sikhism \u2014 practised in the country. Viber stickers of VN2020 and mascot for the campaign, Yeti, were also released during the inauguration.\n\nA version of this article appears in print on January 02, 2020 of The Himalayan Times.\n\nFollow The Himalayan Times on Twitter and Facebook", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": [""], "tags": [], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Thu Jan  2 01:59:11 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "Lighting the flame of unity, President Bidya Devi Bhandari officially launched Visit Nepal 2020 on Wednesday with the slogan \u2018Lifetime Experience\u2019. 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