Tourism News
Polish female climber breaths her last on Mt Manaslu
Kathmandu: A Polish female mountaineer breathed her last while descending Mt Manaslu (8,163m) at Camp III Saturday, according to Mingma Sherpa, Chairperson of Seven Summit Treks, who quoted base camp officials as saying. The Polish woman –Rata Donata Bladyko (50) died of hypothermia after she complained of the disease on Saturday…
Read More »Three new destinations declared: Tourism achievers honored
Kathmandu: Village Tourism Promotion Forum (VTOF) declared three new tourist destinations during a program held in Kathmandu Friday to mark the occasion of World Tourism Day. The three destinations declared for the year 2019/20 include: Ghunsa village of Faktang Lung Rural Municipality-6 in Taplejung Chalis village of Ruby Valley Rural…
Read More »Bad weather condition repel Everest climbers
Kathmandu: As the weather condition worsened in the last few days, mountaineers who went for the ascent of Mt. Everest and other peaks have returned. Mountaineers, who went for the expedition of Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, and, Mt. Nuptse, are returning for bad weather, according to Nepal Tourism Board. Earlier,…
Read More »Nepal observes 40th World Tourism Day
Kathmandu: Nepal is observing the 40th World Tourism Day 2019 with the slogan, “Tourism and Jobs: a Better Future for All” amidst various activities. Issuing a press release Friday, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai called upon all stakeholders of the tourism sector to work towards celebrating…
Read More »Tourist arrival in Nepal increases by 9% in the last eight months
Kathmandu: The tourism sector of Nepal enjoyed sustained growth in international tourist arrivals in the first eight months of 2019 thereby showing a cumulative increase of 9% over the same period in 2018. According to a Nepal Tourism Board press statement released Thursday, the tourist arrival for the first eight months…
Read More »Nepal’s KGH Group wins 6 Hospitality Awards
Kathmandu: Nepal’s KGH Group- a homegrown chain of hotels won 6 prestigious South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) held on 19th and 20th September 2019 at Amari, Galle Sri Lanka. It was stated in a KGH press statement released Thursday in Kathmandu. According to the press release the KGH group hotels…
Read More »One Pakistani climber and 4 Sherpas summit Mt Manaslu
Kathmandu: One Pakistani climber along with four Sherpa climbers have summited 8163 meters high Mt. Manaslu Tuesday at around 1:45 p.m. According to Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, Managing Director of Seven Summit Treks a Pakistani climber Muhammad Ali Sadpara and Ngima Dorchi, Ngima Thenduk, Tenji Chhombi, Namgya Bhote reached atop the…
Read More »Making Mt. Everest climbing trails delayed, climbers stranded at the base camp
Kathmandu: Making trails for Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) climb in the autumn season has been delayed due to worse weather. The trail to reach camp I have only been completed so far. “The weather turned worse as we reached base camp here. Glaciers prevented us from making the trails,” said Icefall…
Read More »‘Nepal Visit Year 2020’ website and social networking page launched
Kathmandu: Official website and social networking site of ‘Nepal Visit Year 2020’ have been made public. Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Minister, Yogesh Bhattarai has officially made the website and social networking site public on Wednesday which will provide all the information about the visit year. With only three months…
Read More »Former and new TAAN leadership exchange responsibility
Kathmandu: The handing and taking over of responsibilities between the newly elected team and outgoing team of Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has taken place on Thursday at a program held in Kathmandu. According to our reporter Samudra Ghimire former chairman of TAAN Nab Raj Dahal handed over his…
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NMA Introduces Revised Curriculum for Professional Mountaineering Training
Kathmandu: The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has introduced a revised curriculum for its Professional …
