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Formed | 1978 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Nepal |
Headquarters | Singha Durbar, Kathmandu |
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Website | tourism |
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The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) is the governmental body for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. It also serves as the Nepalese aviation regulatory body. The ministry is located in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu.
History
The Ministry of Tourism was established in 1978 by the Government of Nepal. The portfolios of Civil Aviation and Culture were added in 1982 and 2000 respectively. This structure was dissolved again in 2008, when the ministry was split into the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation on the one side and the Ministry of Culture and State Restructuring on the other side. In 2012, the ministry was again renamed and gained its current form as the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.[1]
Organisational structure
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has several departments and subdivisions:[2]
- Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
- Department of Archaeology
- Nepal Airlines Corporation
- National Lake Conservation Development Committee
- Aviation Security Division
- Department of Tourism
- Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM)
- Nepal Tourism Board
Former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
This is a list of former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2013:
References
- ^ "हाम्रो बारेमा" (in Nepali). Government of Nepal. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "हाम्रो बारेमा" (in Nepali). Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Meet the new cabinet of ministers". Nepali Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "PM KOIRALA ADMINISTERS OATH OF OFFICE TO NEW MINISTERS". Glocal Khabar. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Sherpa appointed new tourism minister". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "3 more DPMs, 4 ministers sworn-in; total Cabinet strength is 26". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "Three ministers from Nepal Democratic Forum sworn in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "PM inducts 15 members to cabinet". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "Second International Airport is on new tourism's minister's priority". english.onlinekhabar.com. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ "Council of Ministers". Government of Nepal. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय" (in Nepali). Government of Nepal. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Yogesh Bhattarai to take oath of office as tourism minister at 4 pm today". República. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
External links
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