TAAN election : senior entrepreneur Khum Subedi elected as new President
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Kathmandu: Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has elected a new executive committee under the leadership of senior tourism entrepreneur Khum Bahadur Subedi .
The democratic panel led by Subedi got victory in most of the posts in the election of 17-member new executive committee for 2019-2021.
Senior tourism entrepreneur Subedi received 521 votes while his contender Anjan Thapa (Kumar ) received 438 votes in the election held yesterday during 41st Annual General Meeting of TAAN.
Similarly, Nabin Trital has been elected the senior vice-president, Cholendra Bahadur Karki the first vice-president, Bharat Sapkota the second vice-president, Sarita Lama the general secretary, Damodar Dhakal the secretary, Ritu Gyamden the treasurer and Surya Kumar Shrestha the joint treasurer of TAAN.
Ms. Ngima Diki Sherpa, Sonam Galgen Sherpa,. Simbir Ghale , Kancha Sherpa ,. Sanam Sherpa , Prem Bahadur Lama , Thakur Prasad Sapkota , Mingma Tenzing Sherpa and Ram Bahadur Gurung are elected executive members in the new committee.
Newly elected President of TAAN Khum Bahadur Subedi has reiterated to work for development and promotion of trekking and adventure tourism, besides solving the problems faced by trekking agencies in the country .
Newly elected President Subedi is Managing Director of Unique Adventure International and AAA Nepal Holiday.
A total of 10 office bearers from Subedi led democratic panel and 7 from Thapa led leftist panel have been elected in the new executive committee.
TAAN , established in 1979 , is an umbrella organization of around 1,500 trekking agencies of the country. Trekkers’ Information Management System (TIMS) has been implemented jointly by Nepal Tourism Board and TAAN to ensure safety of trekkers since 2008.
A total of 2,417 trekking agencies are registered in the Department of Tourism.
Sept. 7 , 2019
