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ATV riding becomes new tourist activity in Pokhara
Kathmandu: A tourist city, Pokhara is also a city of adventure tourism. Apart from enjoying the beautiful city, tourists who come to Pokhara also enjoy various adventure tourism activities here. Zipline, paragliding, bungee jumping, swing, and ultralight to mountain flight are enticing tourists in Pokhara. Adventure tourism activities in Pokhara…
Read More »Dang becoming tourist spot
Zakhera Lake located in Lamahi Municipality-3 has started to develop into a tourist spot. The lake, which is the best lake in Lumbini province, is spread over an area of five and a half bighas. Lokmani Banjade, general secretary of the Zakhera Shivalaya Religious Tourism Development and Conservation Foundation, informed…
Read More »ATR-72 starts Surkhet-Kathmandu flights
Surkhet: ATR-72 aircraft has started regular flights at the airport in Surkhet, the capital of Karnali province. Buddha Air, a private sector air service provider company, has started regular flights on the Kathmandu-Surkhet-Kathmandu route through ATR-72 aircraft. The spokesperson of Nepal Civil Aviation Authority, Jagannath Niraula, informed that regular flights…
Read More »Pokhara Regional Int’l Airport flyable now
Kathmandu: Pokhara Regional International Airport has become ready for international flights. With the positive report of the mechanical test flight “Calibration Flight” recently conducted at the airport, the airport has become ready for international flights. Now the final preparations have been made for the operation of the airport. Spokesman of…
Read More »A journey from Switzerland to Nepal on foot
It is highly incredible that someone could dare to embark on a personal journey on foot from Switzerland to Nepal on foot. This has become a fact when a Swiss citizen known by the name of Kellenberger Thomas recently arrived in Nepal on foot. According to Kellenberger, he started his…
Read More »No hunters to shoot wild boars in Dhorpatan
Ram Bahadur Thapa Despite the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve’s permission for Nepalis for hunting wild boars from this season, no Nepali hunting enthusiast visited the Reserve for shooting. For the first season of this year, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation had fixed 11 quotas of wild boars for…
Read More »Mountain guide training for women kicks off
Kathmandu: Free mountain guide training has started in the capital for 120 women selected from seven provinces. According to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), 120 trainees from 25 districts of all seven provinces participated in the training which started in Kathmandu. Inaugurating the training, Maniraj Lamichhane, Director of the Board…
Read More »Tea gardens for sight seeing in eastern Nepal
Tourism in Nepal is not confined to engaging in trekking, hiking, mountain expeditions, and river rafting only. You can also visit eastern Nepal to enjoy the sight of tea leaf collectors engaged in spacious tea gardens with their lips murmuring some sweet local songs. The natural greenery all around the…
Read More »Lumbini promoted in Myanmar
Kathmandu: The Embassy of Nepal in Yangon organized an “Interaction Programme on Buddhist Pilgrimage to Lumbini and Beyond”. Welcoming the participants, Ambassador of Nepal to Myanmar Harishchandra Ghimire highlighted Nepal-Myanmar relations based on traditions, religions, culture, and linguistic linkages, and emphasized on establishing direct air links from Yangon and Mandalay…
Read More »Air passengers’ number surpasses 10 million
Kathmandu: In the last ten months, the number of air passengers in Nepal has surpassed at least 10 million according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CIAA) of Nepal. Air passengers data revealed by the CIAA said that a total of 13,391,846 passengers boarded flights from 35 airports across the country…
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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 …
