Kathmandu, June 28: A team of the Tourist Bus Association of Nepal (TBAN) has left here today for Thailand to study about road connectivity from Kathmandu to Bangkok of Thailand.
The 18-member team under the leadership
of TBAN President Krishan Acharya is scheduled to hold discussions with tourism
entrepreneurs and government bodies about the operation of tourist bus from
Thailand to Kathmandu.
President Acharya said they would
also hold discussion about tourism promotion in Cambodia. He expressed the belief
that such visit would help fulfill the government's target of bringing in 1.6
million tourists next year.
TBAN has been ferrying domestic and
foreign tourists to various touristic destinations of Nepal through tourist
buses. The distance from Kakarvitta of Nepal to Bangkok of Thailand is 3,377
kilometers.
One can reach Nepal from Bangkok of
Thailand through Kakarvitta check point via Myanmar, Bangladesh and India. (RSS)