The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) is the governmental body for promoting

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

and private sector involvement in

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. It also serves as the Nepalese aviation regulatory body. The ministry is located in

Singha Durbar Singha Durbar () is a palace in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The palace complex lies in the centre of Kathmandu, to the north of Babar Mahal and Thapathali Durbar and east of Bhadrakali Temple (Kathmandu), Bhadrakali Temple. This palace wa ...

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History

The Ministry of Tourism was established in 1978 by the

Government of Nepal The Government of Nepal () is the central executive authority of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The government is led by the Prime Minister of Nepal, prime minister (K. P. Sharma Oli, K.P. Oli since 15 July 2024) who selects all the o ...

. 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.

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has several departments and subdivisions: * 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

List of Ministers

References

External links

* and Nepal, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Nepal, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation 1978 establishments in Nepal {{Nepal-gov-stub