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Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter and the Judging Committee for its Annual Featured Awards endorsed Deepak Raj Joshi as the most deserving candidate for the PATA Personality of the Year 2021 Award.
Deepak Raj Joshi received the prestigious "PATA Personality of the Year 2021" award during the PATA Nepal Chapter's featured Annual Award ceremony at the formal function of PATA ID and World Tourism Day Celebration 2022 held on September 26 at GATE, Kathmandu. Joshi was rewarded in recognition of his unconditional support, persistent activism, advocacy, and engagement, and tireless contributions with boundless enthusiasm towards the promotion, sustainable development, and revival of Nepal’s tourism sector during the global pandemic and beyond.
Deepak Raj Joshi played a crucial role in the formulation of the Post-Earthquake Tourism Recovery Action Plan, along with numerous specialized recovery campaigns like NepalNow, the launching of international markets in Nepal and numerous trade fairs overseas, the domestic tourism promotion campaigns Ghumphir Barsa, the globalization of Nepal's Heritage Food, the PhotoNepal campaign, and plenty of others. Joshi firmly continued his volunteer work and supported various associations, public-private forums, and platforms to address the survival and revival agendas of the tourism industry even during the global pandemic of 2020 and 21. Joshi has garnered numerous honors and accolades both domestically and abroad.
He was the first South Asian to receive the Highest IIPT Champions in Challenge Award 2018, the Best CEO in Asia in NTO category Award in 2019 and The Tourism Heroes Award by World Tourism Network in 2020.
Today, Deepak Raj Joshi is one of the most passionate, dedicated, and highly-esteemed tourism professionals, driven by his passion to uplift, develop, and promote Nepal's tourism sector.
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