Due to recurring strikes, bands and road obstructions, domestic flights operating in national routes are having good times with more travelling via air route. Travel agencies said that people have been booking tickets a week in advance. Travellers who used to confirm their tickets only a day before the flight are now doing so a [...]

With prospect of more strikes and political instability in the run up to the May 28 deadline for the country to promulgate the new constitution, travel industry entrepreneurs says nervous visitors have begun cancelling their bookings and those already here are shortening their trip. The revelations came after two days of general strike on Thursday [...]

Namche Festival-2012 is to be organised at Namche Bazaar in Solukhumbu district, the famous place known as the gateway to the world’s highest peak, Mt. Everest, from May 27 to 29. The festival is being organised coinciding with the Fifth International Sagarmatha Day and with the objective of promoting domestic tourism. The festival with the [...]

Visitor arrivals via air have increased by 14.3 percent to 59,415 in the month of April 2012 compared to the same month last year. According to the figure released by the Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the arrivals from South Asian region have shown positive growth of 35.4 percent with mixed performance. [...]

The rural road construction in Maygdi district has gradually displaced the trekking routes. The construction of roads in Shikha, Ghar and other villages has slashed the arrival of tourists, according to Annapurna Conservation Area Project Branch Office, Shikha. Around two dozen hotel entrepreneurs have been displaced after the trekkers opted for alternative routes instead of [...]

People take part in the Earth Day parade in Vancouver, Canada. Thousands took part in a parade through the streets of Vancouver to mark the Earth Day and to bring attention to the environmental issues. Xinhua

Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) coordinated Nepal’s participation at China Overseas Travel and Tourism Market (COTTM) at Beijing from April 18 -20, 2012, NTB said in a statement on Sunday. The Fair was opened to only international tourism buyers and sellers and was attended by 13 Nepalis companies who found the fair to be a very [...]

The pure blue in the sky over Talcha Airport in Mugu District is heartbreaking blue for some travelers avid for aviating to leave this Nepal’s northwestern district adjacent to Tibet. In a hotel just a stone’s throw from the small airport last week, Xinhua surprisingly told few locals killing time there that one woman with [...]

Independent climbers are rare on Everest these days, the closest you get are mountaineers in loosely assembled outfits such as Summit Climb, Seven-Summit Club and Asian Trekking. It’s a matter of preference. A tight-guided operation will ease your climb, increase your summit chance and lower your risk. Buying in on logistics but making your own [...]

With the objectives of promoting Visit Lumbini Year 2012, the Embassy of Nepal and Visit Lumbini Year 2012, South Korea Subcommittee jointly organized a talk programme on “Lumbini Nepal and Korean Buddhism” at the embassy on April 16. The programme was attended by the senior Korean monks, representatives of Indonesian and Indian Buddhist organizations, Nepalese [...]