Tourism News

Kathmandu: Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has demanded that the government should allow NMA to manage additional 175 mountains in the country. The association made the demand after meeting Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba today.  A team led by the association’s president Nimanuru Sherpa presented a three-point demand letter to the…

Kathmandu: After an interval of nearly two years, the direct flights between Kathmandu and China’s Chengu -the capital of the Chinese province Sichuan- have been resumed according to the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu. Nepal’s Civil Aviation authorities informed that the Chinese flight on this route will operate the flights from…

Kathmandu: Hungary Airlines’ Wizz Air is preparing to land and take off from Nepal’s second international airport-the Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA)- in Bhairahawa with effect from September 2022. Currently, Jazeera Airways is operating its air services to and from the GBIA. The GBIA formally came into operation on May…

Janakpur. The ‘Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train’ carrying Indian tourists arrived in Janakpurdham on July 23. The train, which left New Delhi on Tuesday evening, reached Janakpurdham on Thursday, said Niranjan Kumar Jha, General Manager of Nepal Railway Company. The train, which operates on the Ramayana Circuit, will connect Ayodhya, Nandigram,…

Kathmandu: Regular flights have been resumed after 11 am today after the Airline Operators Association of Nepal (AOAN) withdrew an earlier call for suspension of flights from Wednesday. Yeti Air and Buddha Air respectively twitted through Twitter to continue the regular flights following peaceful negotiation with the Civil Aviation Authority…

Speaking during a press meet held in Kathmandu on Tuesday, the AOAN said all regular flights including helicopters will be grounded if the government does not resolve all the long-standing problems of the aviation sector in the country. The AOAN got agitated after the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)…

Kathmandu: There has been a sudden hike in airfares after the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) hiked fuel prices. According to the Association of Airlines Operators, the fare from Kathmandu to Dhangadhi will be Rs 840 more. Now, the maximum fare on the Kathmandu-Dhangadhi route has reached Rs 16,805. This is…

Kathmandu: Civil Aviation  Authority of Nepal (CAAN) from nowards will allow two pilots on a helicopter during flight for very important persons (VIPs). The CAAN’s meeting held on Sunday decided on this new provison of pilots for helicopters. The meeting also agreed on implementing an automated software application for assessing…

Rajkumar Parajuli A total 49 hotels in Dhulikhel have directly employed 992 people. Dhulikhel is located at a distance of 30 kilometers from the federal capital Kathmandu. The regional hotel association has stated that Rs. 184.5 million has been spent annually on the manpower working in the hotels in Dhulikhel.…

Kathmandu: Heavy rainfall across the country due to monsoon has been forecast for today by the Meteorological Forecasting Division. The department has also cautioned the country’s people to remain alert against any untoward incident triggered by the heavy rainfall. Provinces no 1 and Madhesh are more likely to be affected…