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Missing out on Nepal’s tourism potential
The government could be more proactive in increasing visitor numbers and earnings from the travel industry
No visitors in Pokhara to admire view
All photos: KRISHNAMANI NARALAfter raining every day for the past two weeks since the monsoon rains arrived, Pokhara got a rare respite from…
Updated tourist information
Nepal’s tourism planners urgently need to update the country’s guidebooks so that visitors arriving in Kathmandu know exactly what to expect,…
Despite Covid-19, climbers are back on Everest
Namche Bazar, the gateway to Mt Everest, is currently abuzz with climbers and trekkers as they prepare to head towards Base Camp after the…
Nepal relaxes entry for tourists
Photo: KUNDA DIXITAfter much criticism about unnecessary hassles for tourists, the Nepal government has relaxed entry formalities for foreigners…
Call to ease entry of tourists to Nepal
Nepal’s tourism industry has come down heavily on the government for not streamlining the process for entry of foreign visitors even after four…
Survive, revive, thrive
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…
Everest Trail reopens, but cautiously
Nepali hikers have returned to Khumbu, but Covid-free Sherpas do not want virus in their valley
Stranded visitors want to stay on in Nepal
Foreigners and locals in Pokhara work together to clean up Phewa Lake during the lockdown. Photo: DHARMEN SINGHDuring the first two months of…
Tourists stranded in Nepal on last flights out
British charter company Titan Airways at Kathmandu Airport on Wednesday on the first of its two ferry flights this week. Photo: BRITISH…
Nepal COVID-19 lockdown extended till 7 April
Sunday's Cabinet meeting in Baluwatar where ministers and the prime minister maintained physical distancing. Photo RSSThe Nepal government…
More stranded tourists evacuated from Nepal
HIMALAYAN AIRLIFT: A Qatar Airways Airbus330 takes off from Kathmandu on Saturday with European tourists stranded after Nepal’s COVID-19…
10,000 tourists stuck in Nepal being evacuated
A Buddha Air ferry flight headed to Pokhara on Thursday afternoon over a completely empty air space over Nepal.A meeting of the COVID-19 control…
Let’s call off Visit Nepal Year 2020
Fewa lake in Pokhara. Photo: KUNDA DIXITEarlier this month, Nepal declared what every country wishes it could say with confidence: ‘Nepal is…
Long road back to Shangrila
Look east : Sunrise near Phaplu in Solu Khumbu after recent snowfall. Photo : MANISH PAUDELEver since Time magazine printed a story in 1992…
THE NEPAL BRAND
On new year’s day, President Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated Visit Nepal Year 2020, aimed at attracting 2 million tourists this year, at a…
Everest fights back
(against garbage and bad press)
To make up for monsoon slack, Nepal opts for spiritual tourism
Photos: Himalayan HermitageWhenever tourism in Nepal suffers a slump, it is young westerners seeking enlightenment that compensate for fewer…
Clothed in cannabis in Kathmandu
The weed may be illegal, but hemp fabric is catching on
Dazzling Dolpo
The other-worldly beauty of Phoksundo Lake at 3,660m. All photos: BHARAT BANDHU THAPAThe unprecedented blizzards this year in Dolpo and other…
The ABCs of a winter trek in Nepal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaWYJSU5y4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Qnf8iXarhb9omsTAfo3FB-fITc8Z9i8Snve1T9mfrPCF29p5KMvgUgEver since…
Guiding Nepal’s tourism industry
Bhaktapur and Patan have begun training guides to prepare for a new influx of tourists
For a few dollars more
You cannot sell Nepal if the first and last impression is so badDiwakar ChettriIn this column ‘Outside In’ I used to look at Nepal seen through…