31 December 2019, Kathmandu
The Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign will be inaugurated with grand ceremony from the Dasharath Stadium on January 1. Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai has addressed the fifth meeting of the main organisation committee of the VNY campaign today.
Dasarath stadium, the venue for inauguration of the Visit Nepal Year 2020, has been cleaned up and decorated. Nepal’s national flag, the official banner with the VNY logo and large balloons have been installed all around the stadium ground.
The VNY 2020 will be inaugurated at 4:00 pm tomorrow by President Bidya Devi Bhandari, amidst a special ceremony to be held at the Stadium. The inauguration will also take place simultaneously in all the seven States of the Country.
The inaugural ceremony will also be attended by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli along with ministers, chief ministers of seven provinces, national and international diplomats, tourism ministers from 40 countries, chiefs of international airline companies, as well as other foreign delegates and media personnel.
Tourism Ministers from neigbouring India and China, and from Myanmar are also arriving for the event. High-ranking officials from 19 different countries are taking part in the inauguration. Furthermore, 50 media persons representing different foreign news agencies and media outlets will be reporting about the event across the globe.
Some 12,000 people have been invited to attend the inauguration ceremony. “All preparations for the inaugural ceremony will be completed this evening. The inauguration ceremony that will showcase Nepal’s culture, heritage, costume and lifestyle will be historical,” said VNY Secretariat Coordinator Suraj Baidya.
The inauguration ceremony is expected to cost around 40 million rupees. The Federal Government is observing 2020 as Visit Nepal Year with a goal to bring in 2 million tourists. It will be officially inaugurated on the first day of the New Year 2020. Meanwhile, on the eve of VNY 2020, illumination will be carried out in different parts of the valley including in the tourist hub of Thamel, according to Nepal Tourism Board.
