The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation ( Nepali: संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्री) is the head of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of the

Government of Nepal The Government of Nepal () is the central executive authority of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The government is led by the Prime Minister of Nepal, prime minister (K. P. Sharma Oli, K.P. Oli since 15 July 2024) who selects all the o ...

. One of the senior-most officers in the Federal Cabinet, the minister is responsibility for promoting

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

and private sector involvement in

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. The Minister is assisted by the Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the junior Deputy Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. The current minister is Badri Pandey who took office on 15 July 2024.

List of ministers of culture, tourism and civil aviation

This is a list of former Ministers of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election in 2008:

References

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External links

Official Website of Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
1978 establishments in Nepal