<p>The UK's Great Himalaya Trail Development Programme has been supporting tourism in Nepal since 2011. UK support has helped to provide skills training to 749 tourism entrepreneurs in five remote regions of Nepal, 47% of whom are women. Approximately 2,000 medium and small enterprises have benefited from tourism-related business that has supported better incomes and livelihoods for poor people in remote mountainous regions.</p><p>I am pleased to confirm that the UK will continue support to the Great Himalaya Trail for the next two years through DFID's Nepal Market Development Programme. DFID will continue supporting Nepal's tourism sector to ensure that the economic benefits of tourism are benefiting the poorest people.</p>