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Nijgad’s green runway

The path is open to declare a national park in the native forest where the airport would have been

What to do with Pokhara’s ‘extra’ airport?

Forty years after it was first proposed, Pokhara’s new airport is finally nearing completion to connect the scenic tourism hub to regional...

"Pokhara will be a game changer"

https://youtu.be/9nLOSr_RZIkAt a time when most airlines around the world are folding, and Nepal’s own carriers struggle to stay airborne, Buddha Air has...

Tourist visas now open for Nepal

As Nepal prepares to finally resume flights between Kathmandu and New Delhi after 11 months and restrictions on foreigners visiting Nepal are eased further,...

Tourist visas now open for Nepal

As Nepal prepares to finally resume flights between Kathmandu and New Delhi after 11 months and restrictions on foreigners visiting Nepal are eased further,...

Zurich Airport International opts out of Nepal project

The Nepal government’s plan to force through a mammoth airport project, despite a global recession and concerns about an ecological disaster, has...

Didn’t Visit Nepal Year 2020

It was Nepal’s misfortune that all the expensive preparations for Visit Nepal 2020, during which the country hoped to attract a record...

Time capsule of Kathmandu

Swiss geologist Toni Hagen first came to Nepal in 1950, crisscrossed the mountains and plains on foot to find out the kind...

Kunda Dixit

Long road back to Shangrila

Ever since Time magazine printed a story in 1992 titled ‘Goodbye Shangrila’, Nepal’s travel trade and government have tried to clean up...

Chinese farmer strikes roots in Nepal

Standing in his field on the outskirts of Pokhara and below the dazzling snows of the Annapurna mountains, Xiang Shaohua points to...