Tourism News

Kathmandu: The temples and shrines in Rapti Sonari and Narainapur rural municipality in Banke district will be developed as religious tourist destinations. A plan has been set to link Bhuwar Bhawani Temple and Baba Barfani Santaneshwor Mahadev Temple at those local levels with Bageshwori Temple in Nepalgunj to develop a…

Ekraj Pathak When we met at a hotel in Kathmandu five days before the elections on November 20, Dr. Katrin Hagen was preparing to leave for Rolpa. This year also her work was a free health camp. A 74-year-old specialist in orthopedics, she comes to Nepal every year, visits every…

Kathmandu: Tourism activities have started to gain momentum in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, and a universal symbol of peace and non-violence. The Lumbini was desolate after the widespread effect of the Covid-19 pandemic for over two years. However, the hotels and restaurants around Lumbini are now being crowded…

Government officials disclosed that a total of 542,975 foreign tourists from various countries arrived in Nepal within the span of January to November. The sudden rise in the number of tourists has been due to a sharp decrease in Covid-19 cases across the country and the globe according to Nepal…

Nepal incredibly and wonderfully is teeming with the highest beauty of nature and ancient cultural and natural legacies. The highest mountain -Mt Everest- is also located here. A lover of travels can indeed feel the pleasure of a heavenly abode here once he or she is here. Nepal in fact…

Kathmandu: The temperature across the country has plummeted with misty and cloudy skies according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology Department. As the normal temperature dips all over the country, the weather conditions in the hilly regions across Province 1 and Gandaki Province will be fairly cloudy enough, while it…

Kathmandu: Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) is preparing to host an international mountain film festival on December 10 and 11 in Pokhara. The 7th international mountain film festival coincides with international mountain day which falls on December 11 according to the NMA. This day is observed each year on December 11.…

Kathmandu: Malaysian king Al-Sultan Abdullah has expressed his wistful desire to see Mt Everest-the highest peak- in the world. King Abdullah’s wishes were expressed during a ceremony organized in honor of the newly appointed ambassador of Nepal to Malaysia Dilli Raj Paudel, who presented his credentials to the Malaysian king…

Kathmandu: Mountaineering has generated double revenue for the government this year according to the department of tourism. The Department of Tourism said the total revenue worth Rs 93 million was collected from the permits issued for mountain climbing in this fall season. In the previous year, the revenue collection was…

Kathmandu: Buddha Air, a leading private sector airline, will start flights to three destinations in India from the regional international airport in Pokhara. According to Buddha Air, it is going to fly to Banaras, Delhi, and Dehradun in India from Pokhara Regional International Airport. “The Civil Aviation Authority has informed…