To support the national tourism campaign of “Nepal Tourism Year 2011” (NTY-2011), the Motherland Nepal, non-profit organization of the bay area hosted the first Nepal tourism rally on September 16, 2011 at Union squire San-Francisco, at 3 pm to 6 pm local time, California.The main focus of the rally is to generate awareness about Nepal as a destination for tourism and showcase its cultural and ethnic diversity, according to the press release issued by Nepal Tourism Board.More than twenty seven organizations working for Nepal participated in the rally.The rally has distributed brochure containing information relating to Nepal, travel information, tourism destination and tourism related activities.