The government could be more proactive in increasing visitor numbers and earnings from the travel industry
After raining every day for the past two weeks since the monsoon rains arrived, Pokhara got a rare respite from clouds on Sunday, bringing the…
Nepal’s tourism planners urgently need to update the country’s guidebooks so that visitors arriving in Kathmandu know exactly what to expect,…
Namche Bazar, the gateway to Mt Everest, is currently abuzz with climbers and trekkers as they prepare to head towards Base Camp after the…
After much criticism about unnecessary hassles for tourists, the Nepal government has relaxed entry formalities for foreigners arriving by…
Nepal’s tourism industry has come down heavily on the government for not streamlining the process for entry of foreign visitors even after four…
Every crisis is also a chance to improve. The global pandemic wrecked Nepal’s economy in 2020, and its impact will be felt on tourist arrivals…
Nepali hikers have returned to Khumbu, but Covid-free Sherpas do not want virus in their valley
Foreigners and locals in Pokhara work together to clean up Phewa Lake during the lockdown. Photo: DHARMEN SINGHDuring the first two months of…
British charter company Titan Airways at Kathmandu Airport on Wednesday on the first of its two ferry flights this week. Photo: BRITISH…
The Nepal government decided on Sunday to extend its national lockdown by another week till midnight 7 April, and to continue the ban on all…
HIMALAYAN AIRLIFT: A Qatar Airways Airbus330 takes off from Kathmandu on Saturday with European tourists stranded after Nepal’s COVID-19…
A meeting of the COVID-19 control committee headed by Defence Minister Ishwar Pokhrel on Wednesday and decided to also allow foreign embassies…
Fewa lake in Pokhara. Photo: KUNDA DIXITEarlier this month, Nepal declared what every country wishes it could say with confidence: ‘Nepal is…
Look east : Sunrise near Phaplu in Solu Khumbu after recent snowfall. Photo : MANISH PAUDELEver since Time magazine printed a story in 1992…
On new year’s day, President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated Visit Nepal Year 2020, aimed at attracting 2 million tourists this year, at a…
(against garbage and bad press)
Whenever tourism in Nepal suffers a slump, it is young westerners seeking enlightenment that compensate for fewer visitor numbers.After every…
The weed may be illegal, but hemp fabric is catching on
The other-worldly beauty of Phoksundo Lake at 3,660m. All photos: BHARAT BANDHU THAPAThe unprecedented blizzards this year in Dolpo and other…
Ever since trekking became the mainstay of tourism in Nepal, guidebooks have decreed that hiking in the Himalaya is only advisable in spring and…
Bhaktapur and Patan have begun training guides to prepare for a new influx of tourists
You cannot sell Nepal if the first and last impression is so badIn this column ‘Outside In’ I used to look at Nepal seen through outside eyes,…
