Tourism News

Kathmandu: Touristic town Sauraha in Chitwan is hosting the Elephant festival from coming December 26. The six-day 16th edition of the festival in particular aims to encourage tourists expecting to promote the Visit Nepal Year 2020, said the festival organizer, Regional Hotel Association, Sauraha. According to Deepak Bhattarai, the Association…

Oscar-winning American actor Adrien Brody Kathmandu: Popular Oscar-winning American actor and producer Adrien Brody, who had come to Nepal a week ago was seen taking a selfie at the Everest Base Camp. The American celebrity Brody arrived in Nepal to embark upon an adventurous trekking trip in the Himalayas. Last…

Kathmandu: Anushka Shrestha, who is ‘Miss Nepal world’ and now struggling for ‘Miss World contest’ in London has invited all Miss World contestants of 124 countries to visit Nepal during Visit Nepal Year 2020. The final spectacle of Miss World contest is slated to be held on December 14, in…

Kathmandu: Banke National Park opened Jungle safari to promote the upcoming Nepal Visit Year 2020 (NVY 2020). Pramod Shrestha, Chief Conservation Officer of Banke National Park, informed jungle riding has been kept open for domestic and foreign tourists targeting the VNY2020. Though jungle safari was permitted for two years back…

Kathmandu: Nepal government has initiated a series of consultations with foreign embassies to make Nepal Visit Year 2020 (NVY2020) successful. Minister for Culture, Tourism, Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai in a meeting with foreign ambassadors held in Kathmandu solicited them to make NVY 2020 a success. Minister Bhattarai also assured the…

Kathmandu: His Excellency Randy W. Berry, US ambassador to Nepal said Americans come to Nepal time and again not for mountains, but its people and rich cultural diversity. He was speaking to Kantipur Television’s ‘Good morning Nepal’ show. Mr. Berry asserted that he is always ready to understand the very…

Kathmandu: Nepal government has solicited new applications for the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). A meeting of NTB held Wednesday to form a recruitment subcommittee to appoint a new CEO of NTB made public the notice for applications the post. The search for a…

Kathmandu: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has said that all possible efforts will be made to meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standard by the whole civil aviation mechanism in the next ten years. In an interaction organized to discuss the master plan for upgrading and…

Kathmandu: Blacktopping and upgrading works of Dewal Airport in Bajhang are reported to be lagging. According to locals, the sluggish and wantonness of the contractor involved in the blacktopping of the airport has disrupted the delivery of services related to health in an emergency owing to the suspension of flights.…

Kathmandu: Nepal is to host the first-ever E-Car racing known as Formula E-Championship in Jomsom of Mustang in May 2021. The championship will be a battery triggered electric car race under the title “Extreme E”. The E-Car racing championship will be organized by a British company known as ‘Extreme E’…