Once a prime tourist hub, Thamel is seeing fewer foreigners post-COVID and is gradually filling up with local partying . . . Read more »
Hotel Hyatt Place, situated in Tahachal, officially opened its service to customers in November 2021. The second Hyatt franchise in Nepal opened 21 years after Hyatt Regency Kathmandu opened for . . . Read more »
With COVID subsiding, tourist footfall has started increasing. However, tourism entrepreneurs say that the best is yet to come, and the government needs to do a . . . Read more »
The year 1998 is considered as the cornerstone of Nepal's tourism. This heralded the first-ever tourism promotional campaign, Visit Nepal . . . Read more »
With Nepal recording the lowest tourist footfalls in 44 years and the country reeling under Omicron wave, tourism entrepreneurs are sceptical about recovery in . . . Read more »
Nepal is undoubtedly the Adventure Hub in Asia, considering the number of adventure activities the country offers. Geographically, there can be very few other countries that are more beautiful and . . . Read more »
With normalcy returning to the tourism sector after the government removed almost all kinds of Covid-19 restrictions to vaccinated tourists in late September, debates related to the kind of tourism-- . . . Read more »
The restrictions in place for international travellers and the government's apathy towards talking to other countries to take Nepal out from their travel bans are big hindrances on the path towards . . . Read more »
Opinions are sharply divided over the proposed legislations to split the aviation sector body into two autonomous . . . Read more »
The Nepali aviation sector has faced the Covid-19 crisis mostly on its own. Now the government needs to step up and lend its hand to help the sector recover and . . . Read more »
The record high arrival of mountaineers in the spring climbing season has indicated that the revival of mountain tourism is . . . Read more »
The once spectacularly booming Nepali hotel sector has gone through a tumultuous period after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 with waves of coronavirus outbreaks wreaking havoc on . . . Read more »
If everything goes as planned, Nepal will soon have second and third international airports, as the construction of Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) and Pokhara International Airport (PIA), . . . Read more »
One year on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and with investment at stake, hoteliers are doing all they can to recover their losses. They are looking desperately to the government for the much . . . Read more »
In early December 2018, veteran Hollywood actor, Morgan Freeman, along with a crew of National Geographic TV channel visited Nepal to shoot a religious documentary series the Story of God. . . . Read more »
The Kushma-based adventure company and resort The Cliff Nepal, formally commenced operation of bungee jumping and swings, on 31 October, 2020. However, the company soon faced difficulties in paying . . . Read more »
On September 16, a 16-teamdelegation from Bahrain along with their prince Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa landed in Nepal with the purpose of ascending Mt. Manaslu, the eighth highest peak in the . . . Read more »
Before the government announced the ban on flights as a response to the surging global coronavirus transmissions in mid-March, Nepal-based travel agencies affiliated to the International Air . . . Read more »
In 2019, around 6,000 foreigners visited Nepal through the Asian Trekking agency, both for trekking and mountaineering activities in various mountains across Nepal. Likewise, Shangrila Tours received . . . Read more »
On a regular Friday, Kathmandu Burger, situated in a prime spot in Thamel, would be packed with customers. The burger house that started its operation four years ago would make average transactions . . . Read more »
Nepal is observing an unprecedented growth of corona infection, the number of health workers infected by the virus is also growing; locals, as well as some tourism entrepreneurs in such instances, . . . Read more »
On April 25, the Nepal government announced a further extension and suspension of all domestic and international fl ight operations until May 15, as a precautionary measure to stop coronavirus . . . Read more »
Times are hard for tourism industry the world over Nepal is no exception. The sector which contributes about 9 percent to the country’s GDP and provides employment to over one million Nepalis is . . . Read more »
The coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak will have a big impact on Nepal’s tourism industry. This is because China has almost become our primary tourist source market. The flow of Chinese visitors into . . . Read more »
China, devastated by the outbreak of coronavirus, on 26 January issued a public notice restricting its citizens from travelling abroad. Since then, the cancellation of hotel bookings, tour packages, . . . Read more »
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Tourist arrival in Nepal is at its peak during the months of September, October, November and December. Like other destinations, Pokhara receives a heavy influx of foreign and domestic tourists during these months. But the reservation of hotel rooms was contrary to tourist arrivals as the reservation of hotel rooms . . . Read more »
Nepal is home to high peaks, cultural heritage sites, wildlife reserves and breathtaking landscapes. This great diversity has been a driving force in terms of attracting tourists from all around the . . . Read more »
Nepal is gearing up for ‘Visit Nepal 2020’ and focusing on achieving the two million tourists target set by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation. The . . . Read more »
In 2002, global tourism figures were plummeting as the world was still reeling under the aftershocks of the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Indian tourism, in particular, had reached its nadir. A . . . Read more »
Despite the all-time high footfall of tourists in Nepal in 2017, reaching almost a million mark, the country hasn’t yet been able to register an impressive record in average daily spending. In . . . Read more »
In 2017, Nepal improved on ICAO’s safety audit, scoring aviation safety standards score of 66 percent, higher than the global safety benchmark of 60 percent. However, the EU ban continues. . . . Read more »
Good food in today’s world is not just considered as a palate pleaser. Pleasing the taste buds has also become one important way of attracting tourists. Various international surveys and research . . . Read more »
To compare Nepal and Switzerland, in tourism, may appear outrageous or even silly considering Switzerland’s outstanding reputation and achievements in the international tourism market. But such . . . Read more »
Historical buildings are regarded as monuments with a great a deal of importance to any country the world over. They exist to inspire and showcase a country’s feats in engineering, architecture and . . . Read more »
Ever since the Nepal Tourism Year in 2011, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation has had a target of welcoming one million tourists into the country. However, the number of tourists . . . Read more »
Tarai or Madhes, as it is known these days, is a magnificent magnet for tourism. It is a paradise for tourists who prefer tropical climate. It is neither very hot in the summer nor very cold in the . . . Read more »
The British daily newspaper The Guardian in April announced Nepal among the top destinations in the world to go in 2017. This news came as a boon to the tourism sector that had been struggling to get . . . Read more »
Home to hundreds of peaks including eight of the highest mountains in the world, scores of trekking routes and rivers originating in the Himalayas, Nepal has been a paradise for adventure seekers . . . Read more »
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) is celebrating 2017 as 'visit Nepal' year for European tourists, with the target of bringing in at least 200,000 visitors from Europe in the year. Ever since the year-long campaign was announced on Dec 31, 2016, on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of . . . Read more »
The country’s second cable car system, the Thankot-Chandragiri line, is almost ready to take off. “If everything goes according to the plan the Nepali New Year (Baisakh 1) is going to be . . . Read more »
The tourism sector hit hard by the earthquake is ready more than ever to bounce back and recover its lost . . . Read more »
