The Embassy of Nepal, Riyadh organized a “Felicitation Program” on 26 March 2014 to honor His Highness Prince Bandar Bin Khalid Bin Fahad with the objective of tourism promotion in Nepal in the prescnce of Saudi Government officials, media persons, travel agencies, tour operators and the community members. 1- lis Highness had earlier scaled up the Mt. Everest on 19 May 2012.Receiving the honor, [lis Highness the prince expressed his sincere gratitude towards (he ambassador and the embassy of Nepal. His Highness praised the natural beauty of Nepal and also extended the overwhelming love and affection towards the Nepalese people for making his mountaineering successful. While speaking in the program, he explained how he succeeded to climb the highest mountains of the respective seven continents within the short span of time. During the speech, His Highness shared own video footages filled with excitin ] and incredible experiences mixed with fear, anticipation, and happiness of climbing the Mt. Everest. Extending the hear t0 congratulation to His Highness, His Excellency the ambassador ofNepal to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mr. Udaya Rai Pandey handed over a letter of honor and a token of memory to His Highness. Thc ambassador Pandey applauded the incredible achievement of his highness, who even growing up in one of the hottest place with the j=g’maximum temperature of 50 degree Celsius succeeded to climb the Mt. Everest situated in the coldest place in Nepal with almost -50 degree Celsius minimum temperature. Similarly, the ambassador highlighted the ever existing best bilateral relationship between the twogovernments of Nepal and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and also focused on the importance of people to people contact. “Apart from these high level visits, I am very hopeful and alsou fully believe that the visits of the people from both countries regardless of their purpose like for recreation or education will increase the people to people contact which will ultimately make the relation of both nations stronger”, he added. In the program, the Deputy Chief of Mission Mr. Harishchandra [vGhimire warmly welcomed
the distinguished guests and highlighted the tourism attractions of Nepal. Similarly, the Second Secretary of the Embassy Mr. Kul Bahadur Magar, also the MC of the program, bemphasized on the shared responsibilities of all to preserve and promote the Himalayanranges including the highest peaks. Towards the end of the program, a promotional video was shown introducing the exciting adventures of Nepal like mountaineering, trekking, rafting, bungec jumping, wild safari, paragliding, canyoning, khayaking and so forth. Md,Nepal tourism promotional materials were distributed to all the participants at the end of the program.