Tourism News

Highlights Tourism Kathmandu: Minister for Finance, Dr. Yub Raj Khadiwada said that the government has set aside Rs 2.68 billion to promote and sustain the infrastructure of tourism in the country.   Presenting the budget for fiscal year 2019/2020 to a joint session of parliament Dr. Khatiwada said, “Nepal Visit…

– Highlights Tourism Agreement for Mountaineering School Kathmandu: Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) and South Korean Hum Hunggel Foundation entered an agreement to build a new mountaineering training school in Manang. The new training school will be built in the premises of the Sabjikhola based old mountaineering training school, said NMA…

– Highlights Tourism Nepal observed the12th International Sagarmatha (Everest) Day in Kathmandu amidst various functions. The day marks the first conquest of the world’s highest peak Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha) by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on 29 May 1953. The day is also considered significant for the promotion of…

HB Kham A Nepali indigenous native Sherpa and senior guide-Kami Rita scaled the world’s highest peak 8848-meter Mt. Everest for 24th times Tuesday morning and broken his own record. Kami Rita, who is from the Thame village of Solukhumbo climbed Everest (Sagarmatha), Tuesday morning at around 6:38 am from Nepal…

Kathmandu: For the first time, the Nepali team of the Survey Department reached atop Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha), Wednesday, May 22, 2019, to measure its height. On their return from the Everest, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Padma Kumari Aryal welcomed the team led by survey officer Khimlal…