Nandini Lahe Thapa

Senior Director - PR and Publicity/ Crisis Cell, Nepal Tourism Board

Ms. Nandini Lahe-Thapa is Senior Director at the Nepal Tourism Board also spearheading the Tourism Crisis Unit. With over three and a half decades in the tourism industry, Ms. Thapa is one of the founder team members of the Nepal Tourism Board and brings with her, a huge cache of hand-on experience and in-depth knowledge in driving Nepal’s tourism in the global market. Fluent in six languages and armed with a sunny approachable personality, Nandini is a familiar face in the international tourism competitive market. She has led the Marketing of Nepal’s tourism for over two decades and has been an integral part of all major Tourism campaigns like Nepal Tourism Year 2011, Destination Nepal, NRN Bring Home a friend, Visit Nepal 2020, Globalization of Nepalese cuisine, Desh Darshan and many targeted campaigns in the neighboring markets. Nandini is passionate about taking Nepals tourism to the next level and firmly believes that Tourism is going to be the greatest employer and income generator for GenNex, Ms. Thapa has also served on the PATA Board of Directors and has represented NTB in many high level forums globally. Nandini has also attended tourism marketing related courses/ training at the University of Hawaii, The Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) Bangalore and the Institute of Strategic Leadership in New Zealand. Last but not least, Nandini wants to see more women at the decision making level in our tourism industry.