Tourism News
Thamel Hotel bookings on the rise
Achyut Regmi Foreign tourists are gradually starting to appear in Thamel, the major tourist hub in the federal capital, Kathmandu. With the reappearance of large number of tourists in the streets of Thamel, tourism entrepreneurs are hoping for a revival of their business, severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The…
Read More »Sheep shelter for high mountain trekking
Lamjung’s Dordi rural municipality has initiated the development of ‘sheep shelter’ for trekkers on the trekking trails of the high mountain area. It has been proposed to develop sheep sheds as a shelter with basic facilities on the trails within its municipality where there are no human settlements and no…
Read More »Tourists restricted to travel without guide
Kathmandu: Foreign tourists are no longer allowed to go trekking without a guide. Director of the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Maniraj Lamichhane informed that this decision will be implemented from April 1, 2023. Before Covid-19 in Nepal, around 51000 tourists used to come as ‘Free Individual Trekkers (FIT)’ every year.…
Read More »Romancing with Sherpa village
Junbesi area located in Solududhkunda municipality-2 is known for its picturesque hilly settlements, monasteries of religious and archeological importance and beautiful places to romance with. This is a Sherpa typical village. The Himalayan district Solukhumbu and the Sherpas, who represent the mountains are synonymous with each other. It is a district…
Read More »Himalayan Travel Mart 2023 kicks off in June
Kathmandu: The fourth edition of Himalaya Travel Mart is going to be held in Kathmandu from June 6 to 9, 2023. Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Nepal Chapter under the ownership of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation is going to organize the mart in collaboration with the…
Read More »128,329 tourists visited Nepal until Feb
According to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), 55,074 tourists arrived in January and 73,255 tourists in February. Though the Chinese government allowed its citizens to travel to Nepal during this period, most of the tourists were from India and America, the NTB sources said. The number of Chinese tourists who…
Read More »Nuns on bicycle trip to Upper Mustang
Kathmandu: Most of the nuns of Dryuk Amitabha Mountain Monastery (White Monastery) in Nagarjuna, Kathmandu, have set out on a bicycle journey to Upper Mustang, wishing for world peace. There are 195 nuns and 5 monks in this journey of 200 participants. Most of the common people have the idea…
Read More »Chandragiri Hill lures tourists
Achut Regmi Chandragiri hill, a beautiful place located in the south-west region of the country’s federal capital, Kathmandu, offers a panoramic view of the Kathmandu valley as well as places like Dhading, Nuwakot, Makwanpur and can enjoy the integrated tourism structure developed here. Domestic and foreign tourists visit this place…
Read More »Bangkok charity bazaar showcasing Nepal
Kathmandu: Nepali embassy has taken part in the Charity Bazaar organized in Thailand to show cash Nepali goods. The embassy of Nepal took part in the 56th Diplomatic red cross charity bazaar in the Bangkok of Thailand. The bazaar was open for the public from 25 to 28 February 2023.…
Read More »A320 aircraft passengers stranded in Dubai
Kathmandu: At least 142 passengers of the Airbus A320 aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), have been stranded in Dubai due to a problem in the right engine of the aircraft. According to local time, the passengers of A 320 aircraft, who arrived at the airport at 1 o’clock on…
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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 …
