1. Tourism Industry Division
Scope of the work:
Tourist Hotels, Resorts, Lodges, Restaurants and Bars
Travel, Trekking, Rafting and other tourism industry
Mountaineering Expedition
Mountain Tourism and other adventure based tourism activities
Policy on tourism industry and mountaineering activities
Tourist Police
Coordination with government and non-governmental tourism related associations.
The chief of the Division is Joint Secretary (Administration Service).
There are two sections headed by Under Secretaries in this division:
Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Section
Trekking and Mountaineering Section. It has also a Tourist Police Unit headed by Police Inspector.

This Division is located in the Tourist Service Center Building,
Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu,
Tel: (997-1) 4247-037,
Fax: (977-1) 4227-281 and
E-mail: tourism@mail.com.np
2. Administration and Tourism Promotion Division
Scope of the work:
Personnel AdministrationFinancial AdministrationHuman Resource Development
Record keeping of personnel profile
General administration of other organizations under the Ministry
Store and procurement
Office Management
Liaison with Nepal Tourism Board
Tourism promotion policy
Liaison with World Tourism Organization (WTO)
Miscellaneous works

The Division is headed by Joint Secretary (Administration Service).
This Division has three sections.
Administration and human resource section
Tourism promotion section, and
Financial Administration Section each headed by respective under secretaries.

This is located in the main building of MOCTCA,
Singha Durbar,
Central Secretarial Complex,
Phone: (977-1) 4225-269,
Fax: (977-1) 4227-758,
email: info@tourism.gov..np

3. Policy, Planning and Infrastructure Development Division
Scope of work
Scope of the work
Overall Policy Formulation
Planning, Programming and Budgeting
Monitoring and Evaluation
Reporting of the progress of development projects and programs
Review of long term, periodic, annual, quarterly and monthly progress
Collection and analysis of statistics
Research and Development
Tourism infrastructure development
This Division headed by Joint Secretary (Administration) has three sections headed by respective Under-Secretaries:
Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Section.
Research & Statistics Section, and
Infrastructure Development Section.

This Division is also located in the main building of MOCTCA,
Singha Durbar,
Tel: (977-1) 4220-818,
Fax: (977-1) 4227-758 and
e-mail: info@tourism.gov..np

4. Air Services Agreement, Airlines and Airport Operation Division
Scope of work
Bilateral / Multilateral Air Services Agreement
International Convention and Protocol
International Relation: International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO)
Airlines Licensing
Airport Licensing
Airfare / Tariffs
Policy design relating to airlines and airport operation

The Chief of the Division is Joint Secretary (Technical service) under whom there are two Sections headed by respective senior ATC Officers
Airlines and Airport Operation Section, and
Air Services Agreement, ICAO and Aviation Section
This Division is in the main building of the MOCTCA,
Singha Durbar,
Tel: (977-1) 4246-024,
Fax: (977-1) 4227-758,
e-mail: info@tourism.gov..np
5. Aviation Authority Supervision and Aviation Safety & Security Division
Scope of the work
Search & Rescue
Accident Investigation
Air Traffic Management
Airways Engineering
Air Space Utilization
Supervision of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)
The division is headed by Joint Secretary (Technical) under whom there are two sections namely:
Airways Engineering Section headed by Senior Technical Officer, and
Flight Safety Supervision and Air Space Traffic Management Section headed by Senior Aeronautical Engineer.

This division is located in the main building of the MOCTCA,
Singha Durbar,
Tel: (977-1) 4246-185,
Fax: (977-1) 4227-758,
e-mail: info@tourism.gov..np
6. Culture Preservation and Promotion Division
Scope of the work
Policy and planning for preservation of culture
Implementation of policy, planning and progress
Liaison with national and international agencies like UNESCO
Bilateral Cultural Agreements
Archaeological Excavation, collection and preservation
Research and investigation
Policy relating to issuance of permit for exportable curio good
Policy with regard to various religious and ethnic groups, tribes, languages, dialects, scripts, arts, culture and literature
Coordination with Department of Archaeology, various boards, trusts and other organizations related to culture

The chief of the Division is Joint Secretary (Technical service).
Under him there are two sections:
Archaeology Section and
Culture Promotion and National and International Coordination Section each headed by respective Under Secretaries

This Division is located in main building of the MOCTCA,
Singha Durbar,
Central Secretariat Complex,
Tel: (977-1) 4248-528,
E-mail: info@tourism.gov..np

Besides above six Divisions, there is a Legal Section which functions directly under the Secretary of MOCTCA. It is headed by Under Secretary (Legal Service)
Scope of the work
Drafting of law and by-laws relating to Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Case filing related matters
Review and amendment of existing laws, by-law and other regulations
Provide legal opinion on matters related with the Ministry's Jurisdiction
Other legal consultations.

This Section is also located in the main building of MOCTCA,
Singha Durbar,
Tel: (977-1) 4228847, Ext no:
Fax: (977-1) 4227-758,
e-mail: info@tourism.gov..np