Tourism News
Pokhara to open Royal Ratna Mandir and Hima house for tourists
Krishna Duwadi Kathmandu: On the eve of Nepal Visit Year 2020, Royal Hima house and Ratna Mandir (temple) are to be opened for the tourists and common people in Pokhara with effect from January 1, 2019. These steps are being taken to target the tourists in the year 2020 when…
Read More »Visit Nepal 2020 to start from Sauraha in State-3
Kathmandu: Visit Nepal Year, 2020 is set to kick-start from Sauraha in State 3. Chief Minister of the state Dormani Poudel is scheduled to inaugurate the Visit Nepal Year on January 3 in Sauraha amidst a special event. Earlier the CM had urged entrepreneurs of Sauraha to help begin and…
Read More »Mustang Trail Race to kick off on April 4-16, 2020
Mustang Trail Race Kathmandu: Mustang Trail Race is to kick off on April 4-16, 2020. The Mustang trail race is a supported 8-stage, 170 km long, high-altitude trail race through the culturally Tibetan, Trans-Himalayan region of Nepal. The participants will run with a light pack. They will sleep in tea…
Read More »Sita & Mountain Air services connecting eastern tourism zones
Collaborative flights of Sita and Mountain air Kathmandu: The religious and tourism hotspots of eastern Nepal have come under-connectivity with private air companies operating package flight services. Sita Air and Mountain Air have collaborated in operating flight services to Taplejung-based Pathivara Temple and Halesi and Lukla of Khotang among others…
Read More »First Japanese to climb 14 peaks above 8000m has nightmarish experience
Hirotaka Takeuchi Kathmandu: Hirotaka Takeuchi is the first Japanese mountaineer to climb atop 14 peaks above 8000 meters. Recently, during a program held at the Japanese embassy in Kathmandu Hirotaka via a documentary shared his nightmarish experience related to climbing the peak of Mt. Gashabrum in Pakistan when an avalanche…
Read More »Nepal enlisted as one of the top ten destinations for 2020
Forbes- an American business magazine in its latest report published on December 11, 2019, has enlisted Nepal as one of the top ten countries from among six continents and recommended for “Travel Goals” for the upcoming year 2020. The travel article “Travel Goals” contributed to Forbes by Katherine Parker-Magyar…
Read More »Bardia to initiate VNY 2020 campaign in provincial state- 5
Kathmandu: Bardia district of western Nepal which is rich in Tharu cultural heritage will be the starting point of the Visit Nepal Year 2020 (VNY2020) campaign for the state government -5. The state Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment decided to launch the state-level campaign for VNY 2020 from…
Read More »Triangular tourist destination to be promoted
Kathmandu: Organizers of Pokhara street carnival have stressed on the need to focus on launching a campaign to promote triangular tourist destinations- Janaki-Muktinath and Pashupatinath. It was revealed during a briefing to the journalists in Kathmandu Friday that Pokhara street carnival will be organized on December 28, 29, 30, 31,…
Read More »Nepal Airlines to launch flights to China and Japan
Kathmandu: Nepal Airlines is preparing to launch direct flights to Guangzhou in China and Narita in Japan from the first and second weeks of March 2020. According to Nepal Airlines Corporation, direct flights to Narita International airport in Japan will be launched by the first week of March and flights…
Read More »Nepal Visit Year 2020 will be special celebration, says Minister Baskota
Minister Baskota Kathmandu: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota has said that the Visit Nepal Year 2020 will be a special celebration and the years to follow will continue as Tourism Year. Addressing the concluding session of a half marathon organized on the eve of VNY 2020…
Read More »
NMA Introduces Revised Curriculum for Professional Mountaineering Training
Kathmandu: The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has introduced a revised curriculum for its Professional …
