Tourism News

Kathmandu: Nepal government has postponed the chartered flights to rescue the stranded Nepalis abroad. The Covid-19 Crisis Management Committee of the government decided to postpone the repatriation flights and asked the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation to put off the scheduled flights. The government decision to postpone the…

Nepal’s two airlines companies -Nepal Airlines and Himalaya Airlines and foreign Airlines companies- have started the chartered repatriation flights to bring home stranded Nepalis from abroad since August 17. Nepal airline will make chartered flights until August 31 while Himalaya airlines is scheduled to make repatriation flights until August 30.…

Ekraj Pathak Kathmandu: Lumbini is not a place that can be visited in one, two or one week time said a Chinese monk Si Chong Yong of Chinese Buddhist Association international. “I am surprised to hear from tourists visiting Lumbini that it can be visited in just one or two…

Romancing with Lobuche peak (east and west) which are elevated at 6,119m and 6,145m respectively) on the way to the highest peak of the world (Mt Everest) is so enchanting trip that a climber of trekker would feel like coming back to this peak again and again in his life…

Kathmandu: Tourism operators have demanded the government to make tourism industry operational by adopting safety protocols. Associations aligned with more than two dozen of tourism operators Friday met with Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Yogesh Bhattarai and demanded that the tourism industry which has come to a grinding halt…

Kathmandu: Nepal government is preparing to bring home as many as 500 stranded Nepalis home daily from August 17 in the next phase. Nepal airlines and Himalya airlines will be conducting chartered flights to repatriate the stranded Nepalis abroad due to Covid-19 pandemic and lock down. According to the new…

Kathmandu: Nepal has set a new World Record of ‘The Largest Clean-up of Mount Everest’ for successfully carrying out a garbage cleaning campaign on the Mt. Everest. The largest clean up campaign initiated during the last spring time from April 14 – May 29, 2019, twelve trained Sherpa climbers, including…

Kathmandu: The hotels at Sauraha, the main gateway to the Chitwan National Park, have closed within two weeks since reopening. The hotels that had reopened from July 30 have closed again since Wednesday. The hotels here had remained closed since March 24 with the imposition of lockdown to stem the…

Issuing a statement on Tuesday, Airlines Operators Association of Nepal (AOAN) said airlines operators have already incurred a heavy loss  due to Covid-19 and suspension of flights. The statement further said AOAN will be forced to resort to protest if the resumption of flights are further suspended. Since they are…

Kathmandu: Nepal has opened only 10 border points to allow cross border movement of Nepali nationals across Nepal-India border. The government decided to open only 10 points across border line instead of 20 cross border points already opened due to the increasing risk of Covid-19 in the country. According to…