Tourism News

Kathmandu: Flights on the Manthali-Lukla route have resumed after a week-long closure due to adverse weather. Lukla Airport in the neighboring Solukhumbu district remained shut for a week due to bad weather. This morning, with the weather clearing up in Lukla, flights between Manthali and Lukla have resumed. During the…

Kathmandu: The Department of Tourism has started issuing mountaineering permits for the spring mountaineering season. A total of 33 people have already taken permission to climb four different mountains to date, said According to the Director of the Adventure Tourism and Mountaineering Branch of the Department, Rakesh Gurung. Among them,…

Kathmandu: Nepal government has declared Pokhara as the tourism capital of the country amidst a formal function held on Sunday (March 17, 2024). Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal was present on the occasion when the tourism capital was officially declared in the wake of boosting the tourism sector for fulfilling…

Kathmandu: The Pokhara Tourism Council (PTC) has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, calling for, among others, starting international flights from Pokhara International Airport. A delegation led by PTC Chairperson Pom Narayan Shrestha met with the Prime Minister in Pokhara today and handed over the memorandum…

Kathmandu: Australian female mountaineer Allie Pepper is aiming to scale Nepal’s Annapurna-1 this spring. She also said that within 2026, her goal is to climb 14 mountains above 8,000 meters in the world without using oxygen. Speaking during a press conference in Kathmandu today, Allie Pepper said that she is…

Kathmandu: The Department of Immigration is on the verge of issuing trekking route permits for foreign tourists going to restricted zones through an online system. Before this, the DOI was providing permits to tourists going to restricted zones only physically after completing the due procedures and paperwork. But since last…

Kathmandu: On the occasion of Visit Bharatpur Year-2024, the District Coordination Council of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, Chitwan is going to organize the ‘Indigenous Cultural and Business Festival-2080’ at the banks of Narayani River. The festival is being organized for the first time from March 22 to 31, said…

The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) has identified the new trekking routes as an alternative to the routes which has been displaced due to the construction of roads. The trekking routes identified as those connecting Lupra-Muktinath, Thini-Tilichotaal and Kokhethati-Sirkung-Sauru-Chokhopani-Chimang-Dhumbatal, said ACAP Ranger Sanjok Thakali Accordingly, infrastructure construction, publicity and promotion…

Kathmandu: A team of Nepali women left for Kalapaththar to observe International Women’s Day aiming to draw global attention to snow melting caused by climate change and its consequences on local communities. The trip is arranged by Sath Sathai, an organization pitching for the agenda of climate change and women’s…

Kathmandu: A total of 883 travelers visited Khaptad region in the Sudurpaschim Province in the past seven months of the current fiscal year, according to the Khaptad National Park. Khaptad, a highly significant area in terms of religious and natural heritages, received 18 foreigners and 865 domestic tourists in the…