Bhaktapur Tourism Development Committee
    Sakotha-11, Bhaktapur Municipality
    Bhaktapur Nepal
    Tel: + 977-1-6614822
    Fax: + 977-1-6614822
    Email: info@btdc.com.np/btdc90@yahoo.com
    Web: www.btdc.com.np
 
    Representative in the STN
    Name: Mr. Basudev Lamichhane
    Designation: Chief Executive Officer
    E-mail: basudev66@yahoo.com

    Year of establishment: 1997

    Short description
    Bhaktapur Tourism Development Committee is an NGO working since last 12 years for     the healthy and sustainable tourism development within the following main working     areas.
•    Tourism product development
•    Tourism product promotion
•    Service quality enhancement
•    Tourism sustainable/ sustainable tourism development

    Primary focus:
    Research
    Project implementation
    Tourism policy development
    Strategic planning
    Institutional development
    Human resource development
    Sustainable tourism development
    Marketing & Promotion
    Product development and sales
 Technical support

    Ongoing activities related to sustainable tourism
•    Formulation of Tourism Master Plan of Bhaktapur in association with DDC, Bhaktapur Municipality and Madyapur Thimi Municipality
•    Development of home stay activities in Kakarabari, Nangkhel and Nagarkot, Bhaktapur.
•    Skill enhancement training for women
•    Community awareness program and tourism promotion project in Changunarayan
•    Cultural promotion through cultural program
•    Development of Short-Hiking and Trekking Trail
•    Tourist information center
•    Development of Agro-Based Tourism

    Geographic areas location (DDC/VDC) of ongoing activities
•    16 VDC and two municipalities of Bhaktapur

    Planned activities related to sustainable tourism
•    Formulation of Tourism Master Plan
•    Development of home stay activities
•    Development of home stay activities to the possible VDCs of Bhaktapur
•    Skill enhancement training for women
•    Community awareness program and tourism promotion project in Changunarayan.
•    Culture promotion through cultural program
•    Development of Short hiking and trekking trail
•    Development of agro-based tourism

    Geographic areas location (DDC/VDC) of planned activities
•   16 VDC and two municipalities of Bhaktapur

    Past activities related to sustainable tourism
•    Bhaktapur Night
•    Environment campaign
•    Celebration of World Tourism Day
•    Organization of Multi-stakeholders' Conference on the sustainable tourism development of Bhaktapur District  
•    Short hiking trail development on the surrounding villages
•    Service quality enhancement training
•    House keeping training

    Geographic areas location (DDC/VDC) of past activities
    Bhaktapur Municipality
    Changunarayan VDC
    Nagarkot
    Suryavinayak
  
    Strengths
    Capacity building
    Research & publication
    Cooperation/ networking with other partners
    Trainings
    Social mobilization
    Marketing & promotion
    PPP (public private partnership)
    Awareness building
    Environmental awareness/ preservation
    Culture and heritage conservation
    Forward/ backward linkages in local economy
    Rural tourism development
    Conservation and preservation
    Social inclusion & gender
    Participatory methods