SCCI Tourism Council Declaration
KATHMANDU
28 DECEMBER 1996

PREAMBLE

Whereas the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), the recognised apex regional organisation of business having identified tourism as an area where meaningful co-operation is required and possible has established an SCCI Tourism Council to be co-ordinated by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industall seven SAARC countries.

And where as the Tourism Council had 3 seminars organised in Lahore (Pakistan), Colombo (Sri Lanka) and New Delhi (India) which deliberated and discussed in detail the issues, constraints, potentials prospects and the activities to be carried out for raising the level of co-operation in this area and realising the potentials of this sector to contribute to the economic development of SAARC member countries.

Now therefore we the members of Tourism Council representing the tourism business of each of our country as nominated by respective national apex chambers federations gathered in the conference and council meeting, convinced of our obligation to promote the development of co-operation in the field of tourism and contribute to the economic development of our respective countries and that of the SAARC region as a whole make the following declaration.

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