Tourism News

Kathmandu: The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday deferred the summer olympic which is slated to be held in Tokyo this summer owing to global terror created by the rapid spread of Coronavirus pandemic and mounting fatalities. The IOC acted on the recommendation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, adding the Olympics…

Kathmandu: Nepal government has imposed a weeklong nationwide lockdown to contain the COVID-19, during which non-essential movements are prohibited across the country. People are not allowed to come out of their houses. Hotels are also closed. However, Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) has decided not to close its hotel services,…

Kathmandu: A youth aged 30 has died in isolation ward of Bharatpur Chitwan hospital Tuesday morning, who was hospitalized there for being suspected of  Coronavirus symptoms, although the case has not been confirmed for positive Coronavirus. The deceased was admitted to the Chitwan Medical College and was referred to temporary…

Kathmandu: A 19-year old Nepali female student who had returned from France has tested postive for Coronavirus in Nepal according to the Ministry of Health and Population. This is the second positive case of Coronavirus in Nepal. Earlier positive case has recovered and has been discharged from the hospital. The…

KATHMANDU:In a drastic move to take strict precautionary measures against COVID-19, Nepal government Monday decided to impose a weeklong nationwide lockdown with effect from Tuesday morning 6 a.m. Government’s high-level meeting held under the leadership of the Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Ishwar Pokharel decided to clamp natinwide lockdown…

Kathmandu: With the suspension of international flights from Nepal, immigration department has stopped all visa services including renewal of visas with effect from March 22 to April 3. According to immigration information officer Ram Chandra Tiwari, the visa services have been stopped from today for the time being in a…

Kathmandu: The quarantine place construction and management working committee under the leadership of Minister for Culture, Tourism, Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has decided to construct a quarantine place capable of accommodating 5000 people in Kathmandu valley. The quarantine place can also be transformed into a temporary hospital in case of…

Bharatpur: The Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation has decided to halt the ongoing construction of the Gautam Buddha International Cricket Stadium based at Rampur, Chitwan, amidst the growing fear of an outbreak of the coronavirus which has already spread globally. The Foundation shared this information through a press statement yesterday. The works have…

Kathmandu: The sanitation at the country’s all airports, including Tribhuvan International Airport, is going to be of the international standard. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai said the condition of sanitation at all the domestic airports in the country would be improved rapidly to meet the…

Kathmandu: All trekking agencies across the country have been locked down as a precautionary measure against the rapid spread of Coronavirus. The trekking agencies halted their trekking activities after the government’s department of tourism Friday circulated government directives that all trekking agencies should stop their operation of tours and travel…