Food & Wine Nepal – July 2019

Hospitality News

Dim Sums and Soups Festival at Akari &

Koko
Vivanta Kathmandu hosted a Dim Sums and Soups Festival
at their signature Asian restaurant, Akari & Koko from 19
June until 29 June 2019.

The motive behind this event was for the guests to enjoy a wide
range of limitless soups
consisting of vegetarian
and non-vegetarian options
that includes choices of
vegetables, chicken, lamb,
beef, pork & seafood.

A total of 23 varieties of

Dim Sums and 16 varieties

of soups were available.

Dim sum is a Chinese meal
of small plates, which translates to “touch the heart”. Lamb,
beef, pork, seafood and chicken are some of the various dim
sum that guests can choose from.

The event has now concluded.

Nava udhyamshala Haat Bazaar by

Antarprerana Pvt. Ltd

Kathmandu— The “Nava Udhyamshala Haat Bazaar” was

organized by Antarprerana Pvt. Ltd on 12th July, 2019 to

provide a platform for those that are in the ideation phase to

the growth seeking companies, to showcase their business,

receive feedbacks, meet potential investors, and potential

partners at Outdoor Adventure Central Nepal, Thamel.

Antarprerana Pvt. Ltd has been conducting a month long

incubation workshop “Nava Udhyamshala” since 2016 for

those interested in starting a business or needs guidance to

run one. This workshop helps companies to become ready

for investment.

Antarprerana invited its selected start ups from the Nava

Udhyamshala, trainings and mentorship. In total, 29

companies participated in this. The startups included Antidote

(Dress renting ), Tingo, Sursha Tech, Klin Laundry, Cocina

Mitho Chha, Space Design, Nirvan (Vegan drinks), Upcycle

Nepal , Dochha , Nuga, Dr. on call, Kayo to name a few.

Guests from various organizations such as Heifer, USAID,

Arthik Abhiyan, FoodMario, Team Venture and others had

also visited the event.

Antarprerana Pvt. Ltd is an investment management company

that aims to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystem of Nepal

(SEEN) through promoting youth to work in Nepal (WIN).

Tourist Arrival in Nepal Increases By 24.77

Percent

Kathmandu—

According to the Nepal

Tourism Statistics-2018

released by Ministry of

Culture, Tourism and

Civil Aviation, a total of

1,163,072 tourists have

visited Nepal in the

year 2018. The number

has increased by 24.77

percent from 2017.

Male tourists accounted for 624,928 while 547,144 were

female. In 2017, 940,218 tourists visited Nepal through

both roadways and airways.

Though the number of tourists’ arrival has increased, the

duration of their stay has declined compared to previous

years.

The average stay of tourists in Nepal in 2018 was 12.4 days

against 12.6 days in 2017.

Most of the tourists visiting Nepal came for entertainment

purposes or to visit religious destinations. In 2018, 703,843

tourists arrived in Nepal for entertainment purpose while

187,612 tourists visited for religious purposes.