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Kathmandu: For the first time, the government has issued a permit for mountain guides. Earlier, there was no provision for issuing separate identity cards for mountain guides. The first permit issued by the Department of Tourism has been given to Kami Rita Sherpa, a legendary climber who has climbed the…

Myagdi: Mountaineers have started climbing the 8,091meters high Annapurna First Mountain using the ‘Maurice Herzog’ trail in Myagdi. Purnima Shrestha’s team is heading towards the base camp using the Herzog’s trail connecting Annapurna base camp via Narchang in Myagdi. The Annapurna Municipality on Saturday bade farewell to Shrestha’s team, who…

According to the government’s spokesperson Parbat Gurung, also Minister for Communications and Information Technology the facility will be given only to the hotels and restaurants that are operating as a hotel industry and submit tax returns after regular renewal. The demand charge of electricity to be paid by the respective hotel…

Kathmandu: Maya Sherpa, vice-president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) and president of the Everest Summiteers Association is going to climb all 14 mountains above 8,000 meters in the world. On Sunday, she left for Annapurna (8091m) and Dhaulagiri (8115m) in Gandaki province. On Saturday, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli…

Kathmandu. Nepal Oil Corporation has increased the price of aviation fuel and airlines have increased air fares. The airline operators’ umbrella organization, the Airline Operators Association, has stated that the fare has been increased according to the increased fuel price. The association said in a statement on Friday that the…

Basudev Poudel Tourists and media persons from Pokhara like Kafle formally participated in the four-day trek on Mardi Himal trekking and use of trekking materials and identification organized by the Trekking Equipment Shop Association (TESA) Pokhara. The trek that started on March 14 was a new experience for most of…

Highlights Tourism  Yukesh Gurung is the youngest paragliding pilot in Nepal who had won a silver medal for Nepal in paragliding sports during the 18th South Asian Games. Pilot Gurung, who is just 19 years old now had started learning about paragliding stealthily when he was just 9 years old.…

Kathmandu: Nepal government is mulling over resuming the tourism campaigns after a hiatus of one year in the aftermath of the receding Covid-19 epidemic. According to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), Nepal is planning to participate in a South Asian travel mart slated to be held in New Delhi and…

Pokhara: The tourist capital city of Pokhara has one additional adventure sport to lure tourists. Tower climbing adventure in Pokhara is now being increasingly loved by the tourists. The tower climbing adventure activity has come into operation near the Mountain Museum at Ratopaira, Pokhara-17 according to Bungee Nepal Adventures Pvt…

Kathmandu. A team of 16 people including Prince Sheikh Mohammed Amad Al Khalifa of Bahrain has arrived in Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. The team includes the prince as well as members of the Royal Guards. They landed in Kathmandu on Monday aboard a Bahrain Defense Force military ship. The…