Tourism News

Kathmandu: Nepal government has decided to postpone all promotional activities related to the Visit Nepal 2020 (VNY2020) campaign in foreign countries owing to fear of COVID-19. According to government sources, the decision was taken amid increasing global fear and transmission of Coronavirus disease through travelers. Minister for Culture, Tourism and…

Kathmandu: The Everest expedition season which runs from March to May is likely to adversely impact as the outbreak of epidemic Coronavirus shows no sign of abating. The Everest expedition operators are reportedly under the fear that since Chinese climbers have canceled their Everest climbing plans owing to fear of…

Kathmandu: The local people here are very concerned after zinc sheets fell off from a flying helicopter. Locals are in fear and rage after two rolls of matrics including about six kilos of corrugated zinc sheets dropped from a chopper belonging to Kailash Air over the Lungding forest at Solududhkunda…

Neera Gautam  Butwal: The State 5 has got a newly identified tourism spot in Baithauliya Kaparkatti lake at Butwal Submetropolitan City-16. Boating has been started for the visitors in the lake. Inaugurating the boating service on Thursday, State 5 government chief minister Shanker Pokhrel spoke of the need of promoting…

Pokhara: Nepal clinched the second position in the team event of the Paragliding World Cup Asian Tour and the 19th edition of Nepal Open Paragliding Championship. The Nepali team came out second in the ‘task’ of the 42.7 kilometers cross-country event under the World Cup qualification competition held here on…

Kathmandu: 5th Sustainable Summits conference 2020 Nepal is to be held in Nepal from 1-5 June 2020 to showcase the country’s mountain environment, highlight climate change issues and bring international attention to Nepal’s mountain tourism. Sustainable Summits Conference is supported by the Visit Nepal Year (VNY) 2020 initiative and high…

President Bidya Devi Bhandari Kathmandu: President Bidya Devi Bhandari is scheduled to attend the third Shuklaphanta Tourism Festival on Friday. The President who is in Darchula’s visit today is scheduled to address the festival in Kanchanpur tomorrow. The festival is organized by Bhimduttanagar Municipality near the entrance gate of the…

Kathmandu: Weather affected by the influence of westerly low-pressure wind for the past few days is being improved from Friday according to the Meteorological Forecasting Division. Meteorologist Manju Basi said the weather will remain fair as the westerly low-pressure system is no more active in the country from last evening.…

Kathmandu: Nepal government has pronounced that the birthplace of Lord Buddha -Lumbini and Myanmar will be connected via direct flights in May. Direct flights between Lumbini and Myanmar will garner the tourism of both the countries and will also boost up the Visit Nepal 2020 campaign. Lumbini-a major Buddhist pilgrimage…

Kathmandu: A 60 feet-tall hill station tower will be constructed at Lisangkhupakhar rural municipality in Sindhupalchok district in a bid to attract as many tourists targeting Visit Nepal Year, 2020. The Bagmati state government will provide Rs 88 million for the project and its deadline is two years. A detailed…