KATHMANDU: The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has said it was at work to facilitate cross-border movement of Indian tourists visiting Nepal. Senior Director at NTB, Hikmat Singh Air, informed that efforts were underway at policy level to facilitate the cross-border travel of Indian tourists by incorporating religious and adventure tourism. He shared this information during […]
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DAMAULI: Over 200,000 tourists visited Bandipur in Tanau in 2081 BS. According to the Bandipur Visit Year Secretariat, a total of 210,000 tourists, including 60,000 foreign and 150,000 domestic, reached Bandipur during the year 2081 BS (April 13, 2024 to April 13, 2025). . Since the launch of the Bandipur Visit Year on January 1, […]
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KHOTANG:The ‘first red panda and thar festival’ kicked off as part of the ‘Mundum Trail Visit Year’ in the district on New Year Day, 2082. The festival is organized by Diktel Rupakot Majhuwagadhi municipality. The event was held at a touristy place, Hurlung. It has aimed at protecting the endangered wild animals – red panda […]
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BHAKTAPUR: The preparations for the ‘Nagarkot Visit Year-2082’ have been completed. Four municipalities of Bhaktapur, Kathmandu and Kavrepalanchowk districts are jointly organizing the ‘Visit Nagarkot Year-2082′. Changunarayan, Mandandeupur, Banepa and Shankharapur municipalities are organizing the Visit Year, aiming to attract 1.1 million tourists- domestic and foreign combined to Nagarkot, a hilltop town located in Bhaktapur […]
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TERATHUM: Deputy Prime Minister Prakash Man Singh has said that the tourism year of Koshi Province would contribute to the national economy. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of ‘Tourism Year 2082’ launched by Koshi Province at ‘RR Garden’ in Tinjure area here today, he stressed the need for the three tiers of government to work together […]
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KATHMANDU: Nepal-China Cultural and Tourism Promotion Programme is going to be held in Guillin, after a month. The event will be organized in collaboration with China-based Guilin Merchants International Travel Service, Guillin Tourism University and Guillin English Corner School. Company Chairman Satya Lama Tamang said Nepali artists, tourism entrepreneurs, and traders, government representatives and others […]
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KATHMANDU: The government has started issuing mountaineering permits to expeditions to climb Mt Everest, the world’s highest peak, in the spring season this year. According to the Department of Tourism, so far 17 women and 60 men from seven groups of climbers have taken permission to climb the Mt Everest (Sagarmatha). Department’s Director Liladhar Awasthi […]
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KATHMANDU: The Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal (HRA) has dispatched a 14-member team along with foreign physicians to three different places of Solukhumbu and Manang districts for treating the foreign and domestic mountaineers and trekkers. The Association, established in 1973, with the objective of providing medical services to trekkers and climbers on mountaineering expedition during the […]
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LUMBINI: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey has said Lumbini is the centre of faith of Buddhists as well as the epicentre of world peace tourism. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Second Lumbini International Peace and Meditation Festival here today, Minister Pandey said Lumbini is not only the centre of […]
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TEXAS: Mayors of the different municipalities falling under the Lumbini Circuit in Nepal are in Texas, USA to promote Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha. A team of mayors has arrived in the US at the initiative of the Department of Tourism under the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) of USA. The visiting team is […]
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