Kathmandu, May 24 -- Nepal's Embassy in New Delhi has invited Indian vloggers, YouTubers, podcasters and digital content creators for a familiarisation trip to Nepal aiming to promote the country's tourism sector.

The initiative is a public and cultural diplomacy campaign designed to counter misleading narratives about travel to Nepal in sections of the Indian media.

On May 20, the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi issued a notice on social media platform X inviting applications from Indian social media influencers by May 30 for a familiarisation trip to Nepal.

A week before the deadline, the embassy has already received an overwhelming response from mainstream Indian media and Indian social media influencers.

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