Kathmandu� PATA Nepal Student Chapter kicked off its engagement in the new year by organizing PATA Futsal Tournament 2019 with support from PATA Nepal Chapter and Nepal Tourism Board that concluded on Saturday, 5th January 2019 at Dhanyantari Futsal Ground in Kathmandu.
The tournament was organized under the theme of �Play for Tourism� as inter-college tournament amongst PATA Nepal Chapter Member Colleges with an aim to develop friendship and close working relationships between PATA�s Young Tourism Professionals who seek the opportunity and platform of youth engagement for the sustainable development of tourism.
The tournament concluded this inter college futsal competition among Boys and Girls wherein 9 different colleges including GATE, Silver Mountain, KATH, NCTTM, Mid-valley International, NATHM, Public Youth, IST, and Gateway College participated in the tournament.
Gateway College of Professional Studies (Boys) and Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (Girls) became champions defeating Silver Mountain College and NCTTM College respectively.
The winning teams were rewarded with a trophy, medals, certificates and a cash prize of NRs. 10,000; whereas the first runner-up teams rewarded with Medals and certificates as well as a cash prize of NRs. 5,000.
Mr. Anmol Rai from Silver Mountain College was adjudged as the best goalkeeper and Mr. Ishak Lama from the same college as the best player of the tournament. Similarly, for the girls� side, the Ms. Sandhya Maharjan from NATHM was adjudged as the best goalkeeper and Ms. Swastika Adhikari from the same college as the best player.
PATA Nepal Chapter Chairman Mr. Sunil Sakya congratulated all the students and PATA Nepal team for the wonderful teambuilding initiative through this futsal tournament and he emphasized for the need for the same spirit and practices of joint collaboration and forward movements that are very crucial in achieving the envisaged target of 2 million by 2020.
Nepal Tourism Board CEO Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi inspired students emphasizing on health, discipline and team building as the three fundamentals of each game and congratulated PATA Nepal Student Chapter team for maintaining and successfully organizing the tournament. He further requested all young tourism professionals to embrace the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign to make it a grand success.
The winning teams were rewarded with a trophy, medals, certificates and a cash prize of NRs. 10,000; whereas the first runner-up teams rewarded with Medals and certificates as well as a cash prize of NRs. 5,000.
Mr. Anmol Rai from Silver Mountain College was adjudged as the best goalkeeper and Mr. Ishak Lama from the same college as the best player of the tournament. Similarly, for the girls� side, the Ms. Sandhya Maharjan from NATHM was adjudged as the best goalkeeper and Ms. Swastika Adhikari from the same college as the best player.
PATA Nepal Chapter Chairman Mr. Sunil Sakya congratulated all the students and PATA Nepal team for the wonderful teambuilding initiative through this futsal tournament and he emphasized for the need for the same spirit and practices of joint collaboration and forward movements that are very crucial in achieving the envisaged target of 2 million by 2020.
Nepal Tourism Board CEO Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi inspired students emphasizing on health, discipline and team building as the three fundamentals of each game and congratulated PATA Nepal Student Chapter team for maintaining and successfully organizing the tournament. He further requested all young tourism professionals to embrace the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign to make it a grand success.
