Press Trust of India
Kathmandu: After roping in cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar to promote tourism, Nepal is set to appoint 'Indian Idol 2008' Prashant Tamang as its goodwill ambassador as it aims to bring in one million tourists, a major chunk from India.
Tamang, who is an Indian of Nepali ethnicity, will arrive in Kathmandu from Darjeeling on Friday and will be given the title of goodwill ambassador of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) at a press conference, a board official said.
Gavaskar was appointed Nepal's tourism ambassador in 2005. Earlier, NTB had appointed 22-inch-tall teenager Khagendra Thapamagar as its brand ambassador and 19-year-old Miss Nepal 2010 Sadichha Shrestha as goodwill ambassador to promote tourism.
Tamang, who is an Indian of Nepali ethnicity, will arrive in Kathmandu from Darjeeling on Friday and will be given the title of goodwill ambassador of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) at a press conference, a board official said.
Gavaskar was appointed Nepal's tourism ambassador in 2005. Earlier, NTB had appointed 22-inch-tall teenager Khagendra Thapamagar as its brand ambassador and 19-year-old Miss Nepal 2010 Sadichha Shrestha as goodwill ambassador to promote tourism.
Nepal aims to bring in one million tourists including 268,000 Indian tourists under the 'Nepal Tourism Year 2011' campaign to revive its tourism sector that was hit hard by decade long Maoist insurgency.
