Tourism News

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation has given permission to Phulchoki Adventure Pvt Ltd to operate commercial paragliding in the Phulchoki area of Panauti. Currently, the technical procedures are being worked out at the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal for the operation of paragliding in Phulchoki. Chabilal…

Kathmandu. The famous mountaineer Sanu Sherpa, who holds the record of repeatedly climbing 14 mountains higher than 8000 meters in the world, has received a grand welcome in Nepal. Association, organizations including the Nepal Mountaineering Association gave a warm welcome when they arrived in Nepal on Saturday morning. So far,…

Kathmandu. The ‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’ carrying Indian tourists is about to arrive at Janakpurdham for the second time on August 27. After the regular train service on the Jayanagar-Janakpur-Kurtha railway line was started, the ‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’, which carried around 600 Indian tourists for the first time on…

Raju Pun, an activist of the Khair Bharani Than and Area Protection Fund, said that more than Rs 10 million has been spent on the project of constructing this trek. Under the leadership of Pun, who is also a retired lieutenant of the British Army, the construction of infrastructure in…

Kathmandu: Infrastructure construction has started on the Dhaulagiri icefall trekking trail connecting Myagdi and Mustang. The feasibility study was conducted for the first time in the year 2068 BS, and the construction of the trekking trail for tourists has been accelerated. In the current financial year 2079/80 BS, the construction…

Kathmandu: Kathmandu Durbar Square Tourism Promotion Association has formed a new Working Committee to look into development works related to necessary infrastructure and environment around Hanumandhoka Durbar Area to attract more tourists. The Association in a meeting held on Monday announced the new working committee led by Shailendra Man Bajracharya…

Kathmandu: Nepal government is mulling over opening unclimbed and new mountain peaks for mountaineering activities. According to  the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Jeevan Ram Shrestha the government is planning to permit mountaineering activities on mountains ranging from 5,800 meters to 8,000 meters. Speaking during a program of the…

Kathmandu:On the occasion of Janaipurnima festival, thousands of devotees have reached the holy shrine Gosainthan located on Niladhri mountain for bathing and worship. Since it is a holy shrine that should be visited at least once in a lifetime, more than 10,000 devotees, including women, men, and senior citizens, have…

Blueprint courtesy: CAAN Kathmandu: Nepal government is planning to set up a heliport in Bhaktapur in order to free the Kathmandu airport of helicopters. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), an agreement to this effect has already been signed with the contractors to construct this new heliport…

Minister Shrestha said at a press conference organized by the Samajwadi Press Organization in Pokhara on Wednesday that efforts will be made to maintain the paragliding business without affecting the safety of the aircraft. The concern that the current paragliding will be displaced after the international airport comes into operation…