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Indian tourists cancel new year festivities in Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2000)

Tourism looks into bleak days ahead, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 30/12/2000)

Tourists stranded at border due to fears of violence, by Jagadish Bhattarai (Kathmandu Post, 30 December 2000)

Bhaktapur raises entry fee for foreigners (Rising Nepal, 28/12/2000)
See also Bhaktapur tourism still strong despite charge hike (Rising Nepal, 05/01/2001)

Tourism is yet to recover fully (Rising Nepal, 24/12/2000)

Benefiting Tourism (Rising Nepal, 23/12/2000)

Hotel row has left tourism reeling (Rising Nepal, 18/12/2000)

Realms of marketing in tourism, by Aditya Baral (Kathmandu Post, 16/12/2000)

Hotel Strike: No-Win Game, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 15/12/2000)

The right to organize: But how? by Shrish S. Rana (People's Review, 14/12/2000)

Save Tourism Industry (Rising Nepal, 12/12/2000)

So, tourism is nobody’s baby! by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 12/12/2000)

Tourist arrival declines (Kathmandu Post, 11/12/2000)

Bleak days for tourism industry: Hoteliers decide to close hotels, country to lose billions of rupees, by Gopal Tiwari (Kathmandu Post, 11/12/2000)
But see also Hoteliers call off strike: PM promises to fulfill demand, by Gopal Tiwari (Kathmandu Post, 12/12/2000)

Koshi Tappu Tourism Untapped potential, by Gopal Tiwari (Sunday Post, 10/12/2000)

Don't Visit Nepal Year? by Kunda Dixit and Binod Bhattarai (Nepali Times, 08/12/2000)

Tourism: Caught in the crossfire, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 07/12/2000)

Essence of quality tourism in Nepal, by Prachanda Lal Joshi (Kathmandu Post, 06/12/2000)

Tourism Has Grown At The Cost Of The Environment (Spotlight, 01/12/2000)
Interview with Tosuomu Miyazaki

Heritage Sites: An Alternative Tourism Industry, by Rabi Jung Pandey (Rising Nepal, 30/11/2000)

Entry fee hike by 620 pc hits Koshi Tappu tourism, by Gopal Tiwari (Kathmandu Post, 28/11/2000)
see also Fee hike hits Koshi Tappu tourism, by Ramesh Lamsal (Rising Nepal, 30/11/2000)

Mountaineering & Tourism (Rising Nepal, 26/11/2000)

Nepal: The Tourists’ Paradise, by Yajna Raj Satyal (Rising Nepal, 23/11/2000)

Destination Nepal, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 17/11/2000)
Book review of Tourism in Nepal: Marketing Challenges, Author: Dr. Hari Prasad Shrestha

Tourism Sector Needs More Input, by Mohan K.C. (Rising Nepal, 15/11/2000)

Religious and conservation tourism, by Basant Raj Mishra (Kathmandu Post, 11/11/2000)

Tourism up in smoke: Tourism is good for the country. Strikes are bad for tourism. Ergo, strikes are bad for the country, by Sujata Tuladhar (Nepali Times 10/11/2000)

Tourism sector heading for showdown, by Gopal Tiwari (Kathmandu Post, 10/11/2000)

NTB has not been able to function effectively (People's Review, 09/11/2000)
Interview with Ganesh Lal Shakya

Tourism: Instant Everest (Nepali Times, 03/11/2000)

Tourism receives further shock: Arrival dips 14 pc in 10 months, by Gopal Tiwari (Kathmandu Post, 03/11/2000)

NTB in Tour Salon 2000 (Rising Nepal, 01/11/2000)

Poor service facilities plague tourism (Rising Nepal, 24/10/2000)

Declining tourism (Kathmandu Post, 17/10/2000)

Sharp decline in tourist arrivals: Last year’s hijacking to blame, say experts, by Gopal Tiwari (Kathmandu Post, 16/10/2000)

Eco tourism in Nepal: destination unlimited, by Gajendra Bahadur Jung Chettri (Sunday Post, 15/10/2000)

Promoting Tourism (Rising Nepal, 13/10/2000)

Tourism: A Milching Cow?, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 29/09/2000)

Tourism Day Celebration: Action Has The Say, by Mohan K.C.

Promoting Tourism, by Raman Granden (Rising Nepal, 27/09/2000)

Tourism Marketing for Nepal, by Yajna Raj Satyal (Spotlight, 22/09/2000)

Bhaktapur gambles fate on doubled tourist entry fee, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 22/09/2000)

Balancing development and tourism, by Rabi Jung Pandey (Kathmandu Post, 19/09/2000)

Cautious Planning Needed, by Yajna Raj Satyal (Rising Nepal, 17/09/2000)

Bhaktapur raises tourist entry fee (Rising Nepal, 17/09/2000)

Who actually pays Tourist Service Tax, tourists or traders? by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 13/09/2000)

Tourism Business Looking Up, by BMD (Sunday Despatch, 10/09/2000)

A ray of hope, by Ananda P. Shrestha (People's Review, 07/09/2000)

Air tourist arrival on slide (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2000)

Pokhara’s tourism project mired in controversy, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 05/09/2000)

Central Godavari Resort: The Rural Ambience, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 01/09/2000)

Museum and Tourism, by Prof. Pashupati K. Dwivedi, president of Nepal Museological Association (Nepal Traveller, August 2000)

Bandipur: A hidden tourist destination, by L.B. Thapa (People's Review, 24/08/2000)

Tourist arrival dips by 13.5 pc Indian tourists flow low, by Bhaskar Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 08/08/2000)

A Fairly Big Amount Of Tourists Could Be Coming In From China (Spotlight, 04/08/2000)
Interview with Bhola Bikram Thapa, President of the Nepal Association of Travel Agents (NATA)

Tourism may reap benefit from PM's visit (Independent, 02/08/2000)

Linking Tourism With Rural Development, by Rabi Jung Pandey (Rising Nepal, 02/08/2000)

Tourism policies for protected areas in the making, by Navin Singh Khadka ((Rising Nepal, 17/07/2000)

Tourism Development: Focus On Quality, by Prachanda Lal Joshi (Rising Nepal, 16/07/2000)

Tourism to go to the ‘grassroots,’ at last, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 06/07/2000)

Once again Indian tourists flock to Nepal (Independent, 05/07/2000)

Tourism’s fate looms large on wings and a prayer, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 30/06/2000)

Government should improve tourism policy (People's Review, 29/06/2000)
Interview with Anshul Rajawat

Nature-Based Tourism: Environmental Conservation A Must, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (Rising Nepal, 29/06/2000)

We plan to expand tourism from Mechi to Mahakali (People's Review, 22/06/2000)
Interview with R.P. Pant

Scope For Tourism Development, by Yug Bahadur (Rising Nepal, 21/06/2000)

Tourism: Headcount and income link, by Pratyoush Onta (Kathmandu Post, 16/06/2000)

Tourists feel Nepal as a haven (People's Review, 15/06/2000)
Interview with Basu D. Ghimire, managing director of Kilroy's of Kathmandu and K-TOO Beer and Steak House

Business Report: South Asian tourism opts share of larger cake, by Sudha Shrestha (People's Review, 01/06/2000)

Cultural Tourism: Vital Component of Nepal's Tourism Industry (Nepal Today, May-June 2000)

Domestic Tourism Needs Greater Impetus (Nepal Today, May-June 2000)

Destination: Beckoning Visitors (Spotlight, 26/05/2000)

Air service vital for tourism industry, by Ganga B Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 25/05/2000)

The Invention of Village Tourism, by BT (Rising Nepal, 24/05/2000)

Government is in dilemma and dosen's have any policy (People's Review, 18/05/2000)
Interview with Narendra Bajracharya, president of the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN)

How tourism stands crippled timelessly, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 13/05/2000)

Tourist arrival via air dips by 7.09 pc in first quarter (Kathmandu Post, 05/05/2000)

Suspension of IA Flights to Nepal: It’s a Virtual Embargo, by Raj Kanwar (Business Age, April 2000)

Adventure tourism: Advantage Nepal, by Navin Singh Khadka (Spotlight, 28/04/2000)

Bhaktapur: Tourism and cultural heritage, by Barbara Adams (People's Review, 27/04/2000)

Indian attitude deserves change for good, by Raj Kanwar (Kathmandu Post, 23/04/2000)

Tourism promotion free of cost, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 21/04/2000)

Government has to bring effective tourism policy (People's Review, 20/04/2000)
Interview with Hari Dharel, managing director of the Highlander Group

Protecting Rural Environment from Tourism and for Tourism, by I.K. Pradhan (Nepal Today, March-April 2000)

Trekking With and Without a Cost, by Navin Singh Khadka (Business Age, March 2000)

Tourism has a prosperous future (People's Review, 30/03/2000)
Interview with Lekh Nath Bhandari

The Rolwaling Eco-tourism Development Project (Independent, 22/03/2000)

Private entrepreneurship in tourism development, by I.K. Pradhan (People's Review, 02/03/2000)

Sarangkot: a trek site for busybodies, by Shanker Ghimire (Independent, 01/03/2000)

Shopping tourism (Business Age, February 2000)

IC flight suspension hits economy (Kathmandu Post, 26/02/2000)

Make trekking eco-friendly (Independent, 23/02/2000)

Problems and prospects of tourism (Kathmandu Post, 20/02/2000)

Tourist security: taken for granted? (Spotlight, 18/02/2000)

Possibility of increment in German tourists, (Independent, 09/02/2000)

German tourists to Nepal may rise (Kathmandu Post, 4 February 2000)

Concentrated tourism can bring environmental disorder (Independent, 2 February 2000)

Nepal is not an unsafe destination (Sunday Despatch, 30 January 2000)
Interview with Osmane Aidi, President of International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH&RA)

Regional imbalance in nature-based tourism, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 30 January 2000)

Tourist arrivals: more questions than answers (Spotlight, 28 January 2000)

Branded Cheap Destination, by Navin Singh Khadka (Business Age, January 2000)

Declining tourism and deplorable NTB performance , by I.K. Pradhan (The People's Review, 27 January 2000)

HMG for maximum involvement of pvt sector in tourism industry: PM (The Rising Nepal, 26 January 2000)

Hotel industry in doldrums inhijack after math (The Rising Nepal, 24 January 2000)

Marketing and management of tourism in the new era, by I.K. Pradhan (The People's Review, 20 January 2000)

Tourists ‘no more to gasp for air’ in Kathmandu, by Navin Singh Khadka (The Rising Nepal, 20 January 2000)

Innovation warranted for tourism sector growth, by Shree Ram Subedi (The Kathmandu Post, 20 January 2000)

Tourism promotional programmes must be given continuity (The Independent, 19 January 2000)
Interview with Gyanendra Ratna Tuladhar

More publicity needed to lure French tourists to Nepal (The Kathmandu Post, 19 January 2000)

Tourism entrepreneurs: divided they stand, by Navin Singh Khadka (The Rising Nepal, 17 January 2000)

Ashamed to be a Nepali? (The Kathmandu Post, 17 January 2000)
Letter by Anish and Kavita

Tourism development: yet more must be done, by Prem N. Kakkar (The Rising Nepal, 14 January 2000)

Issues concerning tourism development, by Madhusudan Misra (The Rising Nepal, 9 January 2000)

Planning for tourism in Nepal, by Yajna Raj Satyal (Spotlight, 7 January 2000)

Tourism in the new millennium, by K. Bhandari (The Independent, 5 January 2000)

Eco-tourism: lessons to be learnt (Spotlight, 31 December 1999)

Tourist flow boosts hotel business, by Tika Upreti (The Kathmandu Post, 30 December 1999)

NATO calls for damage repairment (The Kathmandu Post, 29 December 1999)

Hijacking hits tourism sector, by Gopal Tiwari (The Kathmandu Post, 28 December 1999)

Media’s role in tourism stressed (The Rising Nepal, 27 December 1999)

Nepal to host PATA eco-tourism mart (The Rising Nepal, 24 December 1999)

Government move to close airports assailed, by Shree Ram Subedi (The Kathmandu Post, 2 December 1999)