KATHMANDU: Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has organised an interaction programme on ‘Role of Honorary Consuls in Tourism’.

Rajendra Kumar Khetan, dean of Honorary Consular Corps Nepal (HCC-N) and honorary consul for Portugal; Ang Tshering Sherpa, honorary consul for Belgium; Sriram Lamichhane, honorary consul for Luxemberg; Dinesh Shrestha, honorary consul for Malta; and Basanta Raj Mishra, honorary consul for Chile, highlighted the role of consul for the multilateral cooperation for Nepal’s tourism development and promotion, as per a press statement.

Other attendees included Shovakar Neupane, honorary consul for Lithunia; Karan Vaidya from Consular Office of Ukraine; Sumit Kumar Agrawal, honorary consul for Peru; Bishnu Bhattarai, from Consular Officer for Greece.

TAAN executive committee members, tourism entrepreneurs, tourism journalists, among others, were present at the programme.