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South Asian regional tourism conference to be held at ABC
Kathmandu: From the point of view of climbing, tourism professionals active in the region are excited about the fact that the international conference of tourism ministers of South Asia and the Pacific will be held at Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) in the lap of Annapurna, the oldest mountain in the…
Read More »2023-2033 will be declared as Nepal Visit Decade
Kathmandu. The government is going to declare the year 2023-2033 as the Visit Nepal Decade. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation announced this on Sunday while announcing the Tourism Revival Action Plan. The ministry has fixed the time to make such an announcement within the next three months.…
Read More »Sanu Sherpa creates history in mountaineering by scaling Eight-thousnders twice
` Kathmandu: Nepali mountaineer Sanu Sherpa set history by climbing twice the 14 highest mountains in the world. So far, only 14 peaks have been identified higher than 8000m. in the world. He set a record by climbing the 8,035m. high Gasherbrum-II in Pakistan on Thursday morning. 47-year-old Sanu Sherpa,…
Read More »‘Jagdishpur Lake will transform local people’s livelihood’
The Jagdishpur Lake in Kapilbastu district has been declared a bird sanctuary amid a function on Saturday. This lake, which is rich in biodiversity and watershed site, is a popular destination for migratory birds. During the program, Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Kul Prasad KC said the lake would help…
Read More »Tourists to get local gifts in Lumbini
Kathmandu: Tourists visiting Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha, will now be given local gifts. The local community will produce and distribute gifts targeted at tourists. The preparations have been made after the provincial government and tourism entrepreneurs provided financial and technical assistance to the locals of Lumbini in…
Read More »Famous climber Shambhu Tamang passes away
Kathmandu: Shambhu Tamang, one of the famous mountaineers and founders of Nepal Mountaineering Association, has passed away. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer for some time. According to family sources, he died at the age of 70 at Harisiddhi Cancer Hospital on Thursday morning. Shambu Tamang at the age…
Read More »Ilam tea garden hand lures domestic tourists
Tika Khatiwada A ladder is made on the wrist of the hand raised vertically from the ground. The crowd seems to be taking pictures from the ladder. The hand was built at a place called Labhadanda in the Ilam tea garden near Ilam Bazaar. This place is also considered historic…
Read More »NMA demands management of additional 175 mountains
Kathmandu: Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has demanded that the government should allow NMA to manage additional 175 mountains in the country. The association made the demand after meeting Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today. A team led by the association’s president Nimanuru Sherpa presented a three-point demand letter to the…
Read More »‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’ arrives at Janakpurdham on Thursday
Janakpur. The ‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’ carrying Indian tourists arrived in Janakpurdham on July 23. The train, which left New Delhi on Tuesday evening, reached Janakpurdham on Thursday, said Niranjan Kumar Jha, General Manager of Nepal Railway Company. The train, which operates on the Ramayana Circuit, will connect Ayodhya, Nandigram,…
Read More »Airline operators threaten to halt all regular flights
Speaking during a press meet held in Kathmandu on Tuesday, the AOAN said all regular flights including helicopters will be grounded if the government does not resolve all the long-standing problems of the aviation sector in the country. The AOAN got agitated after the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)…
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NMA Introduces Revised Curriculum for Professional Mountaineering Training
Kathmandu: The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has introduced a revised curriculum for its Professional …
