Nepal Tourism Board on July 22 organised an interaction to discuss various issues relating to tourism industry and the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign.

The interaction saw the participation of tourism minister, secretary and chiefs of travel trade associations among others.

During the interaction, representatives from the privates sector apprised the government of the difficulties faced by them in making the tourism campaign a success.

"Instead of focusing on trivial issues, we should seek the holistic approach to promote and develop tourism. Issues of developing and promoting main tourism products including attraction resources based in Tarai area should be given due priority as the sector has immense potential to attract tourists from far and wide", Minister Bhandari said.

Also speaking on the occasion were Jyoti Adhikari, president-TAAN, Ram Kaji Koney, president-NATTA, Basanta Mishra, president-NATO, Prasiddha Bahadur Pandey, president-HAN and other tourism entrepreneurs.

They requested the government to create a conducive atmosphere for tourism business and encourage the private sector to play a leading role for the success of the campaign.