Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) is the governmental body for promoting tourism, culture and private sector involvement in Nepal. It also serves as the Nepalese aviation regulatory body. The ministry is located in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu.

Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation

संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय
Agency overview
Formed	1978
Jurisdiction	Government of Nepal
Headquarters	Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
Minister responsible	Badri Pandey
Minister of State responsible	Arun Kumar Chaudhary
Agency executives	Binod Prakash Singh, Secretary Ram Krishna Lamichhane, Joint Secretary
Website	tourism.gov.np

History

The Ministry of Tourism was established in 1978 by the Government of Nepal. 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.^[1]

Organisational structure

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has several departments and subdivisions:^[2]

• 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

Main article: Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation