Tourism Malaysia and Marco Polo Travels have announced a 'dream holiday package' for Nepal residents at a gala event on Friday at the Hyatt Regency. The six-day holiday package, the first of its kind in Nepal, is available for Rs 45,000 per person and covers airfare on Qartar Airways, accomadation and meals. "Given the exisiting rate of airfare to Kuala Lumpur, the package is not expensive," says Subodh Rana of Marcopolo Travels. Rana is also happy that this is the first national tourism promotion done by any country to tap Nepal's growing outbound market.

Tourism Malaysia also organised a weeklong Malaysian food and cultural promotion in Kathmandu and a similar event will take place at the Fulbari Hotel in Pokhara till 28 August. Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, deputy director of Tourism Malaysia says: "There is a lot of potential for tourist traffic between the two countries."