Tourist Bus Association was established in 2011 (2067-10-12) by a group of leading Tourist Bus Operator Travel Agency, who felt that it was time to work together to formulate sound business principles and to regulate the (Bus Operator) travel industry in Nepal.

The primary purpose of TBAN has been to protect the professional interests of those engaged in the Tourist Bus Operator and Travel Trade Business to promote its orderly growth and development of safeguarding the traveling public from exploitation by unreliable agents.