TikTok effective medium for tourism promotion: Minister Timilsina

Kathmandu, Nov 6: Minister for Information and Communications, Dr Bikram Timilsina, has said Nepal's tourism could be promoted through the medium of TikTok. Minister Timilsina said it while inaugurating collaboration of the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and TikTok today. The collaborative campaign would not only help augment Nepal's tourism across the globe but also spur campaign of technology transfer, according to him.

He reminded that the digital platform could feature Nepal's special destinations that bear natural, religious, spiritual and cultural significance. Biodiversity and ethnic cultures are other significant assets of Nepal, the Minister added. NTB has invited nine international travel content creators, encouraging them to visit various destinations in Nepal for the tourism promotion.

Currently, they have been sharing their experiences in Nepal, reaching various places. The Rising Nepal is Nepal’s first English broadsheet daily published by the Gorkhapatra Corporation, an undertaking of the Government of Nepal.