Tourism News

Kathmandu: Annapurna Expedition Day is being observed today to mark the first ascent of Mt Annapurna, 68 years ago. June 3, 1950 was the first time in the history of mountaineering when French nationals Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal had scaled Mt Annapurna (8,091 m). This historical event totally revolutionized…

Kathmandu. The government has published a list of hotels for hotel quarantine for passengers arriving on some international flights. The government has allowed seven regular flights a week. The list released by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation includes a list of everything from tourist hotels to five-star hotels.…

Kathmandu: A Joint meeting of chief district officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur held on Wednesday has decided to extend the ongoing prohibitory orders until midnight of June 14, 2021. This extension of prohibitory orders for another 10 days inside Kathmandu valley comes as precautionary measures taken against the…

Kathmandu. Amid the lockdown, 12,000 Nepalis and foreigners entered the country through the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) office in May. According to the May data released by the Immigration Department, 12,400 people have entered Nepal. Of them, 1,468 are foreign nationals and 10,932 are Nepali nationals. Last May, the number…

Kathmandu: Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has permitted four airway companies to operate regular flights to international destinations from Tuesday onwards. CAAN approved the flight schedules of these airlines effective from June 1 to June 30. These airline agencies include Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Air India. According to…

Kathmandu. Provision has been made for mandatory 10 days hotel quarantine for passengers coming from abroad (Nepali / foreigner) except in case of emergency. The provision has been made in the context of increasing corona infection in different countries. According to the Ministry of Tourism, a 72-hour negative report and proof…

Birat Anupam Air transport was used to ferry garbage accumulated at the camp two to the base camp. Major Aditya Karki, a liaison officer of the MCC 2021 at the Everest region, said the cleaning team was forced to use helicopter just because of unfavorable weather at the Everest. ”We…

Kathmandu: A repatriation flight for Pakistani citizens stranded in Nepal has been operated on Monday. Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu arranged a chartered flight to repatriate stranded Pakistani nationals. The Pakistani nationals were stranded in Nepal following the lockdown imposed across the nation due to Covid-19,  and suspension of international flights.…

Kathmandu: The dead body of an American climber who had perished in Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) May 12 this year has been brought to Kathmandu. The mortal remains of 54-year-old Puwei Liu was airlifted to Teaching Hospital at Maharajgunj in Kathmandu where a post mortem examination will be conducted on the…

Kathmandu. The government has tried to provide relief to the tourism sector through the new budget. Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel has brought some relief programs in the budget of the Fiscal Year 2078/79 BS (the fiscal year 2021/22) released on Saturday by specifying the tourism sector under the heading of…