PTDO has carried out several activities for the promotion and conservation of this unique city with its limited but ingenious resources. Most of these
activities were implemented with the active support and participation of the local community, local authority and national and international
organizations.
WORLD TOURISM DAY
PTDO celebrated its first anniversary in 1996 on September 27th, the World Tourism Day by lighting traditional oil lamps in Patan Durbar Square, a UNECO
World Heritage Site. The entire cost for this event was born from the personal pockets of the members and this wonderful evening was much appreciated by
the locals and foreign visitors alike.
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ALTERNATIVE TOUR
During the Lalitpur Festival in 1998, the concept of an inner city tour for visitors was started by the Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City to showcase its
achievements and development works in the city. This tour was also intended to highlight and promote the rich cultural and architectural heritage of
Patan.
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PATAN WALKABOUT
Following the Alternative Tour guidebook, another attractive book, the Patan Walkabout was also published with detailed descriptions of the route
covering almost fifty percent of the tour included in the Alternative Tour. This book was published with financial contributions from Lalitpur
Sub-Metropolitan City and UDLE, edited by Mr. Kanak Mani Dixit and written by Mr. Bijay Lal Shrestha.
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PATAN TOURIST GUIDE BOOK
To inform visitors as well as locals on the various activities on and around PTDO initiated the publication of a magazine Patan Tourist Guide Book.
However, due to various reasons, till date, only two issues of the magazine have been printed.
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PATAN WORLD HERITAGE MASTER PLAN
On the request of the Department of Archaeology, UDLE prepared the “Patan Heritage Conservation Action Plan (master plan) in 1997 for the conservation
and management of Patan WHS. PTDO played an active role in the preparation of this plan providing valuable recommendations on the culture and tourism in
Patan.
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LALIT FESTIVAL
A grand festival “Lalit Festival 1998” was organised in Patan as part of the 1998 Visit Nepal Year celebrations to promote this city globally.
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BED AND BREAKFAST PROGRAMS
Due to uncontrolled growth in the urban areas of Kathmandu valley, the historic centres are rapidly losing its traditional urban fabric replacing the
rich vernacular architecture with unsympathetic and mediocre modern buildings. These invaluable architectural heritages that have been included in the
UNESCO World Heritage List are part of our identity.
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PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
PTDO has participated in various tourism related workshops, domestic and international, to share its experience as well as learn from other
organisations and cities. In April 1998, Mr. Dilendra Shrestha, the then President of PTDO visited Cyprus to study the village tourism industry on the
invitation of the Cyprus Conservation Foundation.
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OTHER ACTIVITIES
PTDO was also one of the major local supporting partners for the Urban Management and Economic Diversification Project (2001/02), an EC-Asia Urbs
Programme that aimed to increase economic activities through tourism activities that promoted proper city management and heritage conservation.
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PTDO 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
PTDO celebrated our 10th Anniversary on Tuesday, 27th September 2005, the “World Tourism Day” with various programmes specially designed to entertain
tourists
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