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Watching Tongue Piercing during Sindoor Jatra
Hit Thapa (HBKham) Watching a tongue piercing ceremony during a typical Newari festival known as Sindur Jatra (festival) in Madhyapur Thimi is something extraordinary event that a foreigner or visitor can enjoy during this festival celebrated by the Newar indigenous community inside Kathmandu valley, the capital city of Nepal. The…
Read More »Gautam Buddha International Airport turning into hub of passengers
According to the international airport officials, as many as 6320 passengers have traveled from and to this airport in the last two months of its operation. Jazeera Airways currently is operating three flights between Bhaiahawa and Doha via Kuwait city. Meanwhile, Wizz Airlines is about to start flights for Bhairahawa…
Read More »International Buddhist Conference to be held at Lumbini
Kathmandu. An international Buddhist conference will be held in Lumbini in November this year. The council meeting of the Lumbini Development Fund held on Wednesday has decided to hold an international Buddhist conference to promote the promotion of Lumbini in the international community as the number of tourists in Lumbini…
Read More »Plan underway to open new mountains and 173 trekking peaks
Kathmandu: The government is going to open new mountains for mountain climbing. In order to increase the tourist activity, more mountain climbing from 5,800 meters to 8,000 meters is going to be opened. On Sunday, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation announced the action plan for revitalizing the…
Read More »South Asian regional tourism conference to be held at ABC
Kathmandu: From the point of view of climbing, tourism professionals active in the region are excited about the fact that the international conference of tourism ministers of South Asia and the Pacific will be held at Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) in the lap of Annapurna, the oldest mountain in the…
Read More »Permission granted to operate paragliding in Kavre’s Kushadevi
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation granted permission to Phulchoki Adventure Pvt Ltd to run commercial paragliding in the Kushadevi area. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has also initiated the necessary steps in this regard. It is said that the flight will be operated on a…
Read More »Committee will be formed to study about Everest base camp
Kathmandu. The government is going to form a committee to study the Everest base camp. According to the ministry, the Everest base camp study committee has been formed to study the history, current situation, and future risks of the base camp, and based on its recommendations, the scientific management of…
Read More »2023-2033 will be declared as Nepal Visit Decade
Kathmandu. The government is going to declare the year 2023-2033 as the Visit Nepal Decade. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation announced this on Sunday while announcing the Tourism Revival Action Plan. The ministry has fixed the time to make such an announcement within the next three months.…
Read More »Pasdawa Sherpa becomes the world’s fastest climber to climb five highest mountains
Kathmandu: Nepali climber Pasdawa Sherpa has created a world record in mountaineering by being the fastest climber to climb the five highest mountains in the world. Sherpa had reached atop K2 on Thursday thereby creating the world record of fastest climber. With this Sherpa has broken the earlier world record…
Read More »Everest Inn made at World’s Highest altitude
Kathmandu: The record of the highest hotel in the world has been obtained by ‘Everest Inn Private Limited’. The hotel is located at an altitude of 5,180 meters near Gorakhshep Everest Base Camp in Solukhumbu. Culture Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Jeevan Ram Shrestha and Nepal Chapter President Sagar Katuwal…
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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 …
