Boost
in domestic tourists gives respite to Nepal’s tourism
sector, by Enika Rai (rep 23/09/2023)
ADB,
Pokhara coordinating long-term tourism sector
development (rn 08/09/2023)
Trekkers'
team embarks on Great Himalayan Trail (rep
14/09/2023)
As
footpaths shrink, Annapurna trek duration plummets from
28 to 5 days, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 10/09/2023)
Over
600 thousands foreign tourists visit Nepal in eight
months (rep 01/09/2023), Will
400,000 tourists arrive in Nepal in the next four
months? (rep 02/09/2023), Nepal
welcomes 67,153 tourists arrived through air route in
August (rep 02/09/2023)
Tourist
Bus Nepal app launched (kh 31/08/2023)
Tourist
arrivals soar in Lumbini (kh 31/08/2023)
Five-star
hotels record robust growth (ae 23/08/2023) [Nepal
will probably have to decide sooner or later which way
to go: Luxury tourism or tourism for people who have a
real interest in nature, culture and people. The number
of persons who can afford the exorbitant prices of the
luxury hotels is falling constantly all over the world!
The increase in the number of tourists after the
pandemic is of little significance.], Luxury
hotels bask in record profits due to events boom :
Profit levels surpassed pre-pandemic figures as the end
of social restrictions unleashed pent-up demand,
hoteliers say, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/08/2023)
Tourism
In Need Of Congenial Policy, by Ballav Dahal (rn
21/08/2023)
Give
New Impetus To Ecotourism, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
15/08/2023)
Hotel
Mystic Mountain reveals plan to upgrade to five-star
property : The resort has decided to inject another Rs1
billion to add the new rooms (kp 10/08/2023)
USAID
and Nepal Tourism Board launch tourism promotion for
Nepal : Audio-visual material for promotion of tourism
of Nepal was inaugurated in Washington DC on Tuesday
(nlt 02/08/2023)
Arrival
of tourists exceeds more than 500,000 in seven months of
2023 (rep 01/08/2023)
Tourist
arrival in off-season elates tourism entrepreneurs in
Sauraha : Around 1200 tourists visit Sauraha every day,
half of them foreigners with dominant number of Chinese
tourists (nlt 31/07/2023)
Dusit
Thani Himalayan Resort opens in Dhulikhel : The resort
situated near the renowned Buddhist pilgrimage site Namo
Buddha introduces Dusit’s unique brand of Thai-inspired
gracious hospitality imbued with local culture and
traditions (kp 27/07/2023)
Tourist
arrivals in Everest region rebounds (ht 27/07/2023)
Bandipur
Rural Municipality enhances tourist experience with
multilingual information (rep 25/07/2023)
Tourist
influx to Mustang sees a significant surge (kh
24/07/2023)
Dusit
Hotels and Resorts expands into Nepal with the grand
opening of Dusit Princess Kathmandu (rep 18/07/2023)
Commercial
Paragliding begins in Kavre (kh 16/07/2023)
Tourists
surge drives hotel expansion (rep 15/07/2023)
Nepalis
spend Rs 119 billion on foreign trips (kh
10/07/2023)
China
opens Kailas-Mansarovar pilgrimage… …But only for
Nepalis, and conditions apply, by Shrijan Pandey (nt
07/07/2023)
Once
is not enough : Nepal is a kaleidoscope of forests,
mountain ranges, rivers, valleys, golden villages and
many other treasure troves along with ever smiling and
friendly people, by Madan Shrestha (ae 04/07/2023)
476,000
tourists visit Nepal in six months (rn 02/07/2023),
More
than 72,000 tourists visited Nepal in June (ht
03/07/2023)
Battered
Pokhara tourism looks to new airport for rescue : The
Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu has asserted several times
that the construction project is linked to Beijing's
global infrastructure development strategy despite
Nepal's denials, by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/06/2023)
CNP
bans tourism activities including commercial jungle
drive inside Park (rn 29/06/2023)
Pokhara's
tourism industry bounces back, entrepreneurs eager for
further growth (kh 25/06/2023)
Chinese
language training imparted to tourist police (kh
15/06/2023)
Rock
climbing trail aims to boost adventure tourism in
Dolakha : Promoting adventure tourism in far-flung
places lifts employment, industry insiders say, by
Kedar Shiwakoti (kp 11/06/2023)
Promotional
initiatives underway to bring in one million foreign
tourists, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 11/06/2023)
Tourists’
arrival increasing in Bardiya National Park (kh
10/06/2023)
Rolwaling
Valley witnesses return of trekkers : Hotel owners say
the trekking route’s affordability is the main reason
behind the destination’s popularity, by Kedar
Shiwakoti (kp 08/06/2023)
Foreign
trekkers now have to hire a licensed guide with them
while going for a trip (rep 04/06/2023)
Over
400,000 tourist visited Nepal in five months (ht
02/06/2023)
Newly-opened
cable car in Butwal draws hordes of tourists : Another
cable car project in the northwest of Butwal is expected
to come into operation during the Dashain festival in
October, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 01/06/2023)
NATTA
concerned over imposition of 13 percent VAT on
air-travel tickets (kh 01/06/2023)
Aagantuk
Resort announces plan to upgrade to five-star integrated
resort-cum-casino property : Room prices start from
Rs9,500 per night (kp 27/05/2023)
Nepal
Needs Sustainable Tourism : According to the travel
guide, LonelyPlanet, Nepal is ranked at the fifth
position among the top ten destinations in the world to
visit for, by Pratik Bhattarai (rep 26/05/2023)
Lamjung,
Gorkha to develop the yet untouched trekking circuit :
The proposed circuit is named Buddha Himal-Himalchuli
Great Lake Circuit Trail and will pass through the
highlands and touch the foot of mountains in northeast
Lamjung and northwest Gorkha districts, by Aash
Gurung (kp 25/05/2023)
‘Hop
on, Hop off bus service’ to operate from today (kh
23/05/2023)
Nepal
records arrival of 326,000 tourists in last four months
(kh 21/05/2023)
2025
will be observed as ‘Special Tourism Year’ (kh
20/05/2023)
Govt
to mark 2080s as tourism decade (rep 19/05/2023)
CNN
Travel lists Mustang Valley as must-visit destination in
2023, by Samiksha Shrestha m(rep 15/05/2023)
Buddhist
International Travel Mart aims to revive tourism
industry : Travel and tour companies from 28 countries
are taking part in the three-day expo, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 13/05/2023)
Rock
garden homestays in Annapurna circuit draw tourists :
The Rs900-package offers visitor snacks, dinner, a
night’s stay and breakfast, by Aash Gurung (kp
12/05/2023)
Ghandruk:
A gateway to the mountains : Slowly, the glow of the
morning sun painted the clouds yellow. The tip of the
mountain danced with the golden clouds, by Anish
Gurung (kp 12/05/2023)
8,000
tourists visit Manang in four months (ae 10/05/2023)
Lumbini
hosting 'Buddhist International Travel Mart' from May 11
(rn 09/05/2023)
Pilgrims
to Kailash discouraged by new Chinese rules : Nepali
tour operators say the complex rules are designed to
control the entry of foreign pilgrims, particularly
Indians, by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/05/2023)
Helambu
puts tourism centre stage by building 60-km long ‘Great
Wall’ : The wall will go all around the rural
municipality and be used as a walking trail. Work on the
project started four years ago, by Anish Tiwari (kp
08/05/2023)
Bid
To Highlight Buddhist Tourism Sites, by Ballav Dahal
(rn 08/05/2023)
Tourist
numbers rise, but not the commercial benefits, by
Enika Rai (rep 07/05/2023)
Solo
Trekking Vs Group Trekking in Nepal (rep 06/05/2023)
Nepal
receives more than 300,000 foreign visitors in last four
months (rep 03/05/2023), Country
received nearly 100,000 foreign tourists in April
(ht 03/05/2023), A
close to 99,000 tourists visited Nepal in April (ae
03/05/2023)
No
Rest For The Weary: Thamel’s tourists plagued by
sleepless nights due to noisy discos and clubs (rep
02/05/2023)
Tourism
business back on track in Helambu (kh 26/04/2023)
Manaslu
sees increased number of trekkers : Around 1,150
foreigners visited the area located in the northern part
of the Gorkha district, bordering Tibet, in the first
three months of this year, by Hariram Upreti (kp
20/04/2023)
Ride
to Rara competition to promote tourism in Karnali
(kh19/04/2023)
Harness
Full Potential Of Tourism, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
18/04/2023)
okhara
hotels witness surge in tourists inflow, 90 percent
occupancy in hotels (kh 15/04/2023)
Increasing
influx of foreign tourists instills hopes of reviving
COVID-marred tourism (kh 14/04/2023)
Villages
in Lamjung seek to boost income with homestays : Guests
will be offered a tour of the large cardamom farms and
delicacies such as tea, pickles and liquor with flavours
of the locally produced large cardamom, by Aash
Gurung (kp 13/04/2023)
Tourism
in 2079 BS: Increasing influx of foreign tourists
instills hopes of reviving COVID-19 marred tourism
(rep 13/04/2023), Increasing
influx of foreign tourists, by CB Adhikari (rn
13/04/2023)
Tourism
Reviving Amid COVID Resurgence, by Ballav Dahal (rn
10/04/2023)
Entrepreneurs
say tourism’s recovery may get hampered by the mandatory
guide rule : Footfall in the Annapurna Circuit has been
on the rise this year, providing relief to businesses
hit hard by the pandemic, by Aash Gurung and
Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 09/04/2023)
Government
is God : Nepal’s tourism slogan ‘Guest Is God’ is
turning into a farce (nt 07/04/2023)
Rafting
activities back to normal in Bhotekoshi and Sunkoshi
rivers : Tourism entrepreneurs say resorts and hotels
built on the banks of the two rivers are currently fully
occupied, by Anish Tiwari (kp 05/04/2023)
Province
govt eager to develop Thori as tourist hub: Minister
Yadav (kh 04/04/2023)
Everest
region, Nepal Tourism Board dispute over solo trek ban
heats up : It is not mandatory to hire a guide for
trekking in the Everest region, the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu
Rural Municipality says, by Bhanubhakta Niraula (kp
04/04/2023)
Airline
companies to pay Rs 10,000 for chartered helicopter
flights to Annapurna base camp (rep 03/04/2023)
Tourists
required to obtain TIMS card, hire guide for 14 trekking
regions (ht 02/04/2023)
Nepal
welcomes 100,000 tourists in March (nlt 02/04/2023),
Around
100 thousand foreign tourists visit Nepal in March
(kh 02/04/2023), Tourist
arrivals hit four-year high in March (ae 03/04/2023)
Tourism
industry loses millions with Kailash Yatra closed :
China has yet to welcome pilgrims to the Tibet site that
was closed after the outbreak of Covid pandemic in 2020,
by Sangam Prasain and Rupa Gahatraj (kp 01/04/2023)
Tourism
board, Everest region lock horns over new trekking rule
: Guideline says foreigners cannot visit national parks
and conservation areas on their own, by Sangam
Prasain (30/03/2023)
Local
level to allow solo trekking in the Everest region
(rep 28/03/2023)
Khumaidanda
draws increasing arrival of tourists (kh 27/03/2023)
Tourism
sector in trouble as occupancy rate of hotels in Pokhara
stands 20 percent despite peak tourist season, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 27/03/2023)
Buddha
related cave at Banganga waiting publicity (kh
26/03/2023)
Luxury
mountain resorts lure leisure travellers : Here are some
plush resorts along with a rundown of the amenities to
help you find the perfect place to stay, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 26/03/2023)
2500
tourists on Annapurna circuit trek in three months
(rn 25/03/2023)
Where
are they? Only 550,000 tourists came to Nepal last
fiscal year, which is 50 percent of pre-Covid level
(kp 22/03/2023)
Trekking
culture suffers consequences of unmanaged motorways in
Annapurna (rn 21/03/2023)
Hotel
industry goes from boom to bust as tourism fluctuates :
Frequent plane crashes, misguided policies and political
instability cast a pall over the sector that is still
struggling to recover from the Covid pandemic, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 21/03/2023) [When
coalition partners agree to change the
government three times within four and a half
years, it shows that they are neither interested
in political stability nor in reviving the
economy!]
Bandipur
to construct glass bridge (kh 18/03/2023)
lore
the unspoiled wilderness of Far West : In Bardiya and
Kailali, community-run homestays are empowering Tharu
villagers financially while offering travellers a chance
to explore Nepal in a more immersive way, by Marissa
Taylor (kp 17/03/2023)
Give
A Boost To Tourism, by Yug Bahadur (rn 17/03/2023)
Tourism
stakeholders stress the need for reliable data : Data
unavailability and inconsistencies have affected the
formulation of effective tourism policy, they say
(kp 16/03/2023)
Nepal
ends solo trekking era. Everest region is an exception :
The decision has prompted strong reactions on social
media from loyal and would-be trekkers--many of whom
have expressed anger, by Sangam Prasain (kp
15/03/2023)
Chinese
tourists are returning to Nepal after three years :
China’s culture and tourism ministry on Friday gave
permission to its citizens to travel to 40 countries,
beginning March 15. Nepal tops the list, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/03/2023), China
adds Nepal to list of approved outbound tourist
destinations for citizens (rep 11/03/2023)
Ecotourism
in times of climate crisis, by Basu Gautam (ae
10/03/2023)
Khijidemba
Capitalising On Its Huge Tourism Potential, by
Ballav Dahal (rn 10/03/2023)
Tourism
businesses impatiently await Chinese visitors (ae
09/03/2023)
Mechi
Community Homestay attracting foreign guests (kh
04/03/2023)
No
more solo treks. Guides mandatory from April 1 : Some
say the rule would restrict trekkers, particularly those
coming to Nepal for adventure in the mountains, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 04/03/2023), NTB
suspends FIT provision from April 1, makes it mandatory
for foreign tourist to take guides during trekking
(rep 04/03/2023), Don’t
push it : Except on some routes, the decision of whether
to have a guide to tag along should be entirely up to
the trekkers (kp 08/03/2023)
Hotel
bookings on the rise as tourism sector sees a gradual
recovery (rep 04/03/2023)
Three
new trekking circuits opened to trekkers in Lamjung :
The main motive of the new routes is to offer a real
off-the-beaten path trekking experience, tourism
entrepreneurs say, by Subin Adhikari (kp 03/03/2023)
Nepal
adds over a dozen star hotels in the past one year,
by Enika Rai (rep 03/03/2023)
Over
73,000 foreign tourists enter Nepal via air route in
February (kh 02/03/2023), Tourist
arrivals soar by over 254 per cent in two months (ht
02/03/2023), Growing
number of tourists fuels speedy recovery of Nepal’s
tourism (ae 02/03/2023)
Chandragiri
Hills drawing domestic and foreign tourist (kh
02/03/2023)
Over
100,000 tourists visited Nepal in first two months of
2023 (rep 01/03/2023)
Infrastructure
built near Rara Lake to be relocated to curb pollution,
authorities say : Existing structures near the lake will
be moved to Upper Mili Chaur, around half an hour’s
walking distance from the lake, by Raj Bahadur Shahi
(kp 26/02/2023)
NTB
begins survey to find average expenditure by foreign
tourist (kh 26/02/2023)
Main
tourist season starts; advance booking of hotels in
Pokhara not satisfactory (rep 19/02/2023), Pandemic,
Plane Crash and Pokhara (rep 20/02/2023)
Crumbling
jungle villas hark back to golden safari era : In 2012,
the government removed luxury jungle resorts inside
Chitwan National Park citing possible harm to its
ecology. They want back in, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/02/2023)
Kanchenjunga
region witnesses an increased number of tourists (kh
15/02/2023)
roposal
of feasibility study sought for Khaptad tourism project
(kh 09/02/2023)
Nepal
Expects More Chinese Visitors, by Ballav Dahal (rn
06/02/2023)
659
tourists entered Nepal through Birgunj checkpoint in a
year (rep 05/02/2023)
The
number of foreign tourist arrivals in Nepal encouraging
during off season: NTB, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
02/02/2023), International
tourist arrivals rebounded 224pc in January (ht
03/02/2023)
Begnas
locals unite for tourism promotion, by Smita
Adhikari (ae 03/02/2023)
Over
55,000 foreign tourists enter Nepal via air in January
(kh 02/02/2023)
Snow-capped
Rara attracts inflow of tourists (kh 30/01/2023)
Uptick
in rafting brings cheer to tourism entrepreneurs in
Sindhuli : Mulkot in Sunkoshi Rural Municipality became
a popular destination for rafting after the BP Highway,
the shortest route connecting Kathmandu and eastern
Tarai, opened to traffic in 2015, by Rajkumar Karki
(kp 29/01/2023)
China
to enlist Nepal in top tourist destination, by Nanda
Lal Tiwari (rn 29/01/2023)
Nepal
Airlines and NATTA form joint task force to increase
ticket sales, tourist flow (ht 27/01/2023)
SC
orders restaurants, hotels not to collect 10
percent service charge (kh 26/01/2023), No
more service charge anywhere, top court says :
Establishments—airports and electric utilities
to hotels and restaurants—can no longer add
service charge to bill, by Sangam Prasain
and Krishana Prasain (kp 27/01/2023)
China
resumes outbound group tours excluding Nepal from the
list of ‘relevant countries' : The disappearance of
Nepal from the list, according to Nepali travel trade
entrepreneurs, could affect the government’s target of
welcoming 1 million tourists in 2023 (ae 24/01/2023)
Concentrate
On Proper Tourism Planning, by BP Badal (rn
21/01/2023)
Khumbu
receives tourists even in off-season (kh 20/01/2023)
Annapurna
circuit received near 16k tourists (rep 16/01/2023)
Yeti
Air plane crash major blow to tourism industry: TAAN
(kh 16/01/2023)
Trekkers
return to Annapurna, Manaslu : Local hoteliers in the
region say rooms were almost fully sold out in 2022 due
to an increased number of trekkers, by Aash Gurung
and Hariram Upreti (kp 13/01/2023)
Keeping
track of tourists : To make tourism a driver of the
Nepali economy, we must first collect accurate
industry-related data, by Hikmat Singh Ayer (kp
11/01/2023)
Need
To Upgrade Tourism Infrastructure, by Uttam Maharjan
(rn 10/01/2023)
Welcoming
Chinese tourists : China’s support to Nepal as a tourist
destination is vital to recover from economic losses,
by Anurag Acharya and Aslesh Shrestha (kp 09/01/2023)
Tourism
On Recovery Course, by Ballav Dahal (rn 09/01/2023)
Dudh
Kunda’s divine duende : At an elevation of 4,561 metres
and located at the base of the Numbur Himal, the pond is
one of the lesser-explored trekking destinations in the
country, by Binita Nepali (kp 06/01/2023)
Peak
tourism in 2023 : More than 70 years after Nepal opened
to the world, the country has yet to fully benefit from
tourism, by Ramesh Kumar (nt 06/01/2023)
utting
adventure back in trekking in Annapurna : Guides are
exploring alternative routes untouched by modernity
after the old trails became highways, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 06/01/2023)
Of
death and macabre tourism : The cremation site in
Pashupatinath temple could be a remarkable attraction of
dark tourism in Nepal, by Mukesh Dangol (kp
05/01/2023)
Nepali
tourism sector holds big hopes for 2023 (ae
04/01/2023)
Commercial
rafting and kayaking begin in Kaligandaki (kh
04/01/2023)
Store
owners in Thamel smile as tourists return : The streets
are crawling with vacationers even during the
December-January season, which is normally known as the
off season, traders say, by Subin Adhikari (kp
03/01/2023)
Bhaktapur
Municipality adjusts entry fee in line dollar price
(kh 02/01/2023) [Such entry fees
are questionable if tourism is to be promoted, but
making the amount of the fees dependent on the visitors'
country of origin is discriminatory!]
Nepal's
tourism on the mend with more than 600,000 foreign
visitors in 2022 (ht 02/01/2022), Tourist
arrivals hits three-year high in 2022 (ae
02/01/2023), Nepal
sees highest number of tourists from India in 2022
(rep 02/01/2023)
Nepal
tourism board targets 1 million tourists in 2023 : The
country’s tourism promotional body plans aggressive
marketing activities in Asia (kp 01/01/2023)
Chitwan
hotels filling up on New Year eve (kh 31/12/2022)
Lack
of data hurting Pokhara’s bid to become ‘tourism
capital’, by Smita Adhikari (ap 30/12/2022)
Home-stay
facility lures more tourists in Kaski village (kh
26/12/2022)
Kathmandu’s
posh hotels are once again making money : All four
five-star hotels listed on the Nepal Stock Exchange have
reported net profits in the first quarter of fiscal
2022-23, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/12/2022)
Sustain
Tourism To Improve Economy, by Nabin Trital (rn
25/12/2022)
Govt.
comes up with Strategic Action Plan for Visit Nepal
Decade (kh 23/12/2022), Visit
Nepal Decade 2023-33 (rep 24/12/2022), Nepal
Tourism Decade 2023-2032: Government comes up with yet
another grand plan (ae 26/12/2022)
Rafting
agencies struggle as river sports lure fewer tourists,
by Sangay Sherpa (ht 23/12/2022)
Saving
Nepal’s Tourism Industry (rep 23/12/2022)
Chinese
tourist boom turns to bust after Covid : Arrivals
expected to rise after Kerung and other Chinese border
points open, and Pokhara Airport begins flights, by
Sangam Prasain and Deepak Pariyar (kp 16/12/2022)
Olangchung
Gola: An unexplored gem : The far-flung village is also
the hometown of world-renowned ophthalmologist Sanduk
Ruit and Nepal’s first female tourism minister Yankila
Sherpa, by Prakash Chandra Timilsena (kp 16/12/2022)
Mundhum
trail in eastern hills draws trekkers : The new trail
passes through hill districts such as Khotang,
Solukhumbu, Bhojpur and Sankhuwasabha, by Dambar
Singh Rai (kp 15/12/2022)
Nepal
Tourism Board plans to run hop-on, hop-off buses from
New Year : As a pilot project, the board is going to
operate electric buses along the routes connecting five
world heritage sites in Kathmandu Valley, by Anup
Ojha (kp 14/12/2022)
Tourism
witnessing steady recovery in Everest region, by
Sangay Sherpa (ht 13/12/2022)
Kheu
Baraha Lake in Baglung overshadowed in lack of publicity
(kh 13/12/2022)
Bring
Concrete Scheme To Revamp Tourism, by Ballav Dahal
(rn 12/12/2022)
Melamchi
hoteliers optimistic about customers to restore business
(kh 10/12/2022)
‘Galkot
Durbar’ turns centre of touristic attraction (kh
08/12/2022)
Siddhi
Danda in Taplejung attracting visitors : Locals believe
the area has huge potential to be popular among tourists
looking for a spiritual experience, by Ananda Gautam
(kp 08/12/2022)
Indicator-based
rating offered to hotels and restaurants in Pokhara
(kh 07/12/2022)
Nepal
opens nighttime business to boost its ailing economy,
tourism income : Economists say although it’s a landmark
decision that would increase tourist spending, the
policy is still restrictive, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/12/2022)
Banke
to develop religious centers as tourist development
(kh 06/12/2022)
Increasing
tourist arrival in Lumbini (rep 05/12/2022)
More
than half a million tourists arrive in Nepal in eleven
months (rep 04/12/2022)
Tourism
recovery at 55.76 per cent compared to pre-pandemic
levels (ht 02/12/2022)
Dolfu
in Mugu awaits tourists : Tourists hardly visit the area
due to the lack of publicity and basic infrastructure,
by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 28//11/2022)
Hotels
and resorts in Bhotekoshi recovering (kh 27/11/2022)
DoT
collects Rs 93 million in royalties (ht 22/11/2022)
Finding
solitude in the majestic Khumai trail : Khumai Danda has
so much potential as a tourism destination, but it
remains in the shadows because of a lack of resources
and attention, by Aarati Baral (kp 18/11/2022)
More
than 88,500 foreign tourists arrive in October (ht
05/11/2022)
Over
500 thousand tourists arrive in 10 months (kh
05/11/2022)
Rafting
operating in Kaligandaki river (kh 05/11/2022)
Sky
Walk to come into operation in Kanyam (kh
03/11/2022)
Number
of foreign tourists increases in Hanuman Dhoka Durbar
Area (kh 02/11/2022)
Everything
you need to know about 12 teahouses venues of MBC trek,
by Birat Anupam (kh 31/10/2022)
Nepali
trekkers feel inferior treatment in MBC (kh
29/10/2022)
Tourist
arrival increasing in Kanchenjunga area (rn
27/10/2022)
The
allure of Annapurna : A trek to the Annapurna Base Camp
is arduous, featuring steep trails and extreme weather.
But the view of the mountains more than makes up for the
toil, by Isha Das (kp 21/10/2022)
HAN
urges govt to extend deadline for repayment of loans
(kh 17/10/2022)
Mountain
trekking attracts more women lately (kh 17/10/2022)
Accord
High Priority To Tourism, by Ballav Dahal (rn
17/10/2022)
Visit
Nepal Again : Tourism and hospitality revive
post-pandemic for a thriving run this autumn, by
Ashish Dhakal (nt 16/10/2022)
Mustang:
No longer a forbidden kingdom : Change is coming to
Mustang—and not just because more tourists are visiting
courtesy the roads, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
14/10/2022)
Signs
Of Tourism Revival In Nepal, by Persijs Muznieks (rn
14/10/2022)
Annapurna
Cable Car brings hope amid tourism gloom : The gondola
lift from Phewa Lake to Sarangkot has carried 85,000
passengers since it opened in February, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 14/10/2022)
Nine
guides, porters in Dhaulagiri avalanche rescued (kh
12/10/2022)
82
tourists stranded in Manang rescued (kh 11/10/2022)
Aerial
search for 8 French trekkers in Dolpa, missing Sherpa
found dead in Larke Pass (ht 10/10/2022), Several
trekkers trapped in Manaslu area rescued, one Nepali
guide still out of contact : Police said trekking guide
Pustar Lama has been out of contact since October 6 from
the Larke pass at Manaslu in Gorkha, by Hariram
Upreti (kp 11/10/2022)
Dalla
village in Bardiya is a homestay success story : Dalla
features in the BBC’s list of top villages in the world
that have made a socio-economic transformation, by
Kamal Panthi (kp 09/10/2022)
Tough
times ahead for tourism entrepreneurs (ht
30/09/2022)
Annapurna
Trail lures more tourists : Altogether 7,213 foreign
tourists have visited the Annapurna Circuit since
January 2022 till date, according to Annapurna
Conservation Area Project (ACAP) (nlt 29/09/2022)
Manang
witnesses increase in tourist arrival (nlt
28/09/2022)
09/2022Rethinking
Tourism To Generate Jobs, Revenues, by Ramesh Tiwari
(rn 27/09/2022), Reviving
tourism : When you have too many hotels chasing too few
guests, a price war is likely to set in (ht
27/09/2022), Rethinking
tourism : Conventional approach needs modification,
by Jinesh Sindurakar (ht 27/09/2022)
'Trekking
area should not be destroyed in the name of road
construction' (rep 26/09/2022)
Nature
conservation should be the priority for tourism
development, by Narayan Bhandari (kh 25/09/2022)
Government
decides to observe Visit Nepal Decade (kh
25/09/2022)
Experts,
stakeholders emphasize sustainable tourism in the
context of Nepal’s World Heritage Sites (kh
22/09/2022)
Reasons
to visit Fungfunge waterfall in east Nepal, by Birat
Anupam (kh 16/09/2022)
Tourism
hamstrung as government delays passing twin aviation
bills : Nepal needs to split the Civil Aviation
Authority into service provider and regulator to get out
of the European Commission’s air safety list, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 14/09/2022) [Continued
anti-national disinterest of Nepali governments for
years: Incompetence, protectionism, corruption, what are
the backgrounds?]
Homestays
go belly-up waiting for post-Covid tourism recovery :
Travel trade entrepreneurs say that many were opened for
different purposes—mostly to misuse government grants,
by Pratiksha Kafle, Agandhar Tiwari and Prakash Baral (kp
05/09/2022)
Nepal’s
Tourism Set To Bounce Back, by Ballav Dahal (rn
05/09/2022)
Over
300k foreigners visit Nepal in 8 months (ht
03/09/2022)
New
adventure trekking route explored in central Himalaya :
The walking route from Gorkha to Ganesh Kunda and Ganesh
Himal is expected to increase tourist arrivals in the
region, by Hariram Upreti (kp 31/08/2022)
Round
the year tourism activities to attract foreign tourists
(kh 27/08/2022)
Solududhkunda
to construct tourist foot trail (rn 24/08/2022)
Paragliding
to start in Phulchoki (kh 21/08/2022)
Tigers
main attraction for foreign, domestic tourists in BNP
(rep 15/08/2022)
Mahabhir
waterfall in Bhojpur emerging as a tourist attraction
(kh 13/08/2022)
285,363
tourists visit Nepal in seven months (rn
04/08/2022), Nearly
300,000 foreign visitors in seven months (ht
05/08/2022)
Gandaki’s
Tourism Act: Foreign tourists forced to pay in USD for
goods and services, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
02/08/2022) [A great idea to
further damage tourism! First, visitors from all
countries of the world will be forced to use American
currency. Secondly, there must be no differentiated
prices according to country of origin!]
New
Action Plan To Recover Tourism, by Ballav Dahal (rn
01/08/2022)
Baking
heat leads to off-season tourist arrival in Gupha
Pokhari, by Birat Anupam (kh 30/07/2022)
Liquor
import ban leaves Nepal’s hospitality industry in low
spirits : Alcohol sales account for 15 percent of
revenues at upmarket hotels, say hoteliers, calling the
restriction bad for tourism, by Krishana Prasain (kp
28/07/2022)
Skydiving:
A thrilling adventure sport, by Jinesh Sindurakar
(ht 28/07/2022)
Nepal
to observe 2023-2033 as “Visit Nepal Decade” (kh
24/07/2022)
Tourism
Ministry brings 74-point action plan for tourism
rehabilitation (kh 24/07/2022)
Rara
– a drop of happiness amid a lake of trouble, by
Aishworya Shrestha (kp 23/07/2022)
As
many as 190,000 people visit CNP in one year (kh
22/07/2022), Chitwan
receives record visitors but revenues plunge
Government revenue and foreign exchange earnings will
increase only if foreign tourists come, insiders say,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 22/07/2022)
Aimless
Nepali tourism awaits post-pandemic recovery :
Government fails to promote country after it reopened to
foreign tourists following virus closures, travel
traders say, by Pawan Pandey (kp 21/07/2022)
Streamline
mountain tourism: NMA (ht 20/07/2022)
Rafting
provides women river guides opportunities to grow
(rep 19/07/2022)
Tourists
make beeline at Bardiya National Park to see tiger in
the wild (kh 18/07/2022)
‘Mardi
trekking route’ adds new tourism infrastructures (kh
18/07/2022)
Exchange
rate volatility unlikely to boost tourism, by Kiran
Lama (ht 15/07/2022)
Nepal
hotel holds record for highest altitude hotel in world,
Minister Shrestha handed over certificate (rep
12/07/2022)
Chinese
invest billions in Nepal’s tourism industry; all
businesses illegal, by Krishna Timalsina (kh
06/07/2022)
Everest
region is calm during monsoon. But mushrooms can be a
new draw for trekkers : Tourism in Khumbu shuts down
after the mountaineering season ends, but mycotourism
may change that, experts say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/07/2022)
Over
200,000 foreign tourists visit Nepal in six months
(kh 04/07/2022)
India,
an untapped tourism source market : Nepal has not been
able to attract India's burgeoning middle class in
greater numbers, by Hikmat Singh Ayer (kp
01/07/2022)
Accessible
tourism: Can it be a medium to rebrand our tourism?,
by Jinesh Sindurakar (ht 01/07/2022)
Create
Travel-tech Products In Nepal, by Saina Kunwar and
Ravi Dhungel (rn 30/06/2022)
Promoting
white water rafting : Nepal offers some of the wildest
and most spectacular rivers for adventurous water sports,
by Chandra Prasad Bhattarai (kp 26/06/2022)
‘Bharat
Gaurav Tourist Train’ arriving in Janakpur on Thursday
(kh 22/06/2022)
Fulbari
Resort faces foreclosure : Following the Maoist
insurgency which began in 1996, the same year the
Fulbari launched in the lake city, the hospitality
sector in Pokhara almost collapsed, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/06/2022)
Tourism
in the digital era : We need to prepare for tourists who
will want to get to Nepal without actually getting to
Nepal, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 14/06/2022)
Jungle
Safari in Chitwan National Park to be shut down
temporarily (rep 13/06/2022)
Annapurna
Circuit struggling with decreasing tourist flow (rep
13/06/2022)
Prioritise
Tourism To Boost Economy, by Ballav Dahal (rn
06/06/2022)
159,000
tourists visit Chitwan National Park in ten months
(rn 06/06/2022)
190,739
tourists visit Nepal in the past five months (nlt
03/06/2022)
Rafting
operator from Province 1 makes maiden entry into NARA
(kh 02/06/2022)
Tokha’s
untapped tourism opportunities : Tokha is an open museum
of artistic houses, temples, sculptures, traditional
dances and music, by Chandra P Bhattarai (kp
29/05/2022)
Take
Measures To Boost Tourism, by Ballav Dahal (rn
09/05/2022)
Annapurna
Circuit Trail sees more European tourists (rep
07/05/2022)
How
hiking is making tremendous strides : There is an
increase in footfalls on trails around the Valley, with
more people hiking—for fitness or an escape, by
Aakash Chaudhary (kp 06/05/2022)
Plans
for tourism development as featured in major parties’
election manifestos (nlt 05/05/2022) [After
the elections, none of the party leaders will remember
what was written in the election manifestos. That's how
it is after every election!]
58,348
foreign tourists arrived in Nepal in April (rep
02/05/2022), Foreign
tourist arrival increases (rn 02/05/2022)
Thamel
is buzzing again as tourists return : Footfall in
Kathmandu’s tourist hub has increased, after being
devastated by the Covid pandemic, but entrepreneurs say
business is yet to pick up pace, by Pawan Pandey (kp
01/05/2022)
Visitors
trickle back, but climbing mecca Nepal seeks more
(ht 29/04/2022)
Tourist
arrivals on the rise in Rasuwa (kh 23/04/2022)
Conservation
measures taken to lure tourists in Baraha lake (kh
21/04/2022)
Hotels
scrap uniform pay as tourism perks up : Employees will
be paid according to their pay grades instead of a
uniform salary, as was done during the lean times of the
pandemic, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/04/2022)
Tourism
entrepreneurs urge govt to facilitate tourists’ arrival
(kh 19/04/2022)
TMJ
gets more than 30,000 visitors on New Year, by Birat
Anupam (kh 17/04/2022)
Visiting
foreign tourists urged to pay for on-arrival visa in
cash (kh 16/04/2022), Advice
to travellers to carry cash attracts public criticism :
The single ATM at Tribhuvan International Airport does
not accept certain cards, and it is a good idea to carry
cash, immigration officials said, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 18/04/2022), Home
Minister directs govt bodies to repair ATM and X-ray
machines at TIA to ensure hassles-free travel (rep
18/04/2022), Just
one ATM : People are wondering in disbelief at the
government’s callous approach (kp 19/04/2022), Notice
urging tourists to carry cash for on-arrival visa
revoked (nlt 19/04/2022)
Four
reasons why TMJ is one of the best travel destinations
in Province 1, by Birat Anupam (kh 13/04/2022)
Tourism
Reviving Steadily (rn 11/04/2022)
2,593
Foreign Tourists Arrived In Nepal Yesterday (rn
10/04/2022)
Tourism
in Nepal starts limping back to normalcy, by CP
Adhikari and Achyut Regmi (rep 09/04/2022), Tourism
in Nepal snapping back into normalcy : This spring
season has witnessed a considerable number of foreign
tourists arriving in Nepal with a total of 42,006
tourists coming from the air route within March alone
(nlt 10/4/2022)
Nepal
all prepped for Spring season climbing, rise in tourists
arrival expected : As quarantine and PCR tests are not
mandatory anymore, stakeholders and tourism
entrepreneurs are expecting a high number of tourist
arrivals, by Sakshi Srivastav (nlt 07/04/2022)
As
many as 42,000 foreign tourists visit Nepal in March
(kh 04/04/2022), Tourism
is reviving, March data show : Nepal received 42,006
foreign tourists in the month including 15,013 from
India, nearly matching pre-pandemic levels, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 04/04/2022), Foreign
tourist arrival in Nepal up by 180 pc in March (rep
04/04/2022)
NATTA
gets Thapa as its new President (kh 01/04/2022)
Mustang
perks up as tourists return to marvel at its caves : A
record number of 60 buses and 164 jeeps packed with
tourists entered Mustang on March 18, the full moon day
of the Holi festival, officials say, by Ghanashyam
Khadka (kp 30/03/2022)
Sanima
Bank signs discount deals with Radisson Hotel, The
Everest Hotel, Hotel Akama and Aloft Kathmandu Thamel
(kh 29/03/2022)
Karnali for promoting tourism through
rafting, by Lalit Bista (rep 29/03/2022)
Domestic
Visitors Helping Tourism Revival, by Laxman Kafle
(rn 27/03/2022)
Rara’s
mesmerising beauty : Located in far western Nepal, Rara
Lake is a must-visit destination in the country, by
Prakash C Timilsena (kp 26/03/2022)
Bandipur
Rural Municipality Opens Communal Homestay In Ramkot,
by Amar Raj Naharki (rn 26/03/2022)
We
are all tourists : Research shows that domestic tourism
is an effective way to help the industry bounce back,
by Roshee Lamichhane (kp 21/03/2022)
Will
Russia-Ukraine war cloud Nepal’s tourism recovery?,
by Sanjeev Nepal (kh 18/03/2022)
Tourism
Summit planned for September (rep 18/03/2022)
The
worst may be over for Nepal’s luxury hotels : Compared
to record losses in the last fiscal year, hotel revenues
are up and losses are down in the second quarter,
industry insiders say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
16/03/2022)
Revival
of domestic tourism : The industry may have to rely on
the domestic market for some time to come (kp
15/03/2022)
ardiya
park sees increase in tourist numbers : The onset of
high season for tiger watching and dwindling Covid-19
cases are the reasons behind the increase, tourism
entrepreneurs say, by Kamal Panthi (kp 13/03/2022)
Tourism
sector upbeat as Nepal throws door open to fully vaxxed
travellers : The Himalayan republic has become the
latest among a few nations to ease entry protocols by
removing all pre-arrival testing requirements, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 11/03/2022)
Khumbu
dogs go wild after tourism decline : When Nepal’s
trekking income dropped due to the pandemic, hungry dogs
behaved like the wolves they evolved from, by Abhyu
Ghimire (nt 11/03/2022)
Saving
Gokyo from itself : How tourism and climate change are
transforming Nepal’s most fragile and scenic places,
by Ang Rita Sherpa (nt 11/03/2022)
Himalayans
on the frontlines : The people of the Himalaya face the
double whammy of climate breakdown and Covid-19, Ang
Tshering Sherpa (nt 11/03/2022)
Harsh
toll on visit visa: Govt likely to ask citizens to hold
on their travel dreams : Ironically, only rich Nepalis
can travel abroad, by Eak Raj Bastola (kh
08/03/2022)
‘Over
200,000 tourists visited Ghalegaun in 21 years’ (kh
07/03/2022)
'Ease
travel rules to revive tourism sector' (ht
05/03/2022)
19,766
tourists visited Nepal in February (rep 03/03/2022)
Meeting
our commitments : New view towers, built to encourage
tourism, don’t fit into the economic worries of the
hills, by Madhukar Upadhya (kp 03/03/2022)
Govt
to implement tracking system to stop illegal activities
(ht 28/02/2022) [Will the
fundamental rights and the data of these persons be
protected? This plan requires a detailed legal
regulation!]
Rafting
possible on the Sanibheri river (kh 27/02/2022)
Tourism
industry flying blind for lack of post-pandemic recovery
roadmap : Tourism Ministry officials say they have ‘no
idea’ what the tourism revival committee has been doing,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/02/2022)
COVID-19
hits influx of tourists to Kanchenjunga region (kh
23/02/2022)
Opportunity
to recalibrate tourism : The lesson from the pandemic is
that Nepal needs to get to high-end tourism in a big way,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 22/02/2022)
Tourism
On Recovery Path (rn 21/02/2022)
Bandipur
Lies Deserted Even After Pandemic, by Amar Raj
Naharki (rn 20/02/2022)
Phungling-Suketar
Hike Holds Tourism Potential, by Chandra Pandak (rn
20/02/2022)
Homestays
wearing deserted look (ht 20/02/2022)
Tourism
sector hopeful as Omicron appears to be on the way out :
Calls are growing louder in Nepal to remove the
stressful RT-PCR testing for travellers as more
countries begin to ease restrictions, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/02/2022)
Snowstorm
affects religious tourism at Gosaikunda (rep
08/02/2022)
Govt
to attract 500,000 foreign tourists in one year (kh
05/02/2022)
Over
16,000 foreign tourists visited Nepal in January (kh
04/02/2022), Only
around 17,000 foreigners visited Nepal in January
(rep 04/02/2022)
Nepal
may not be a heaven but it is real : Nepal is not only a
country of Himalayas and the birthplace of Buddha. It
has so much to offer: Rich cultural heritage, distinct
arts, wildlife parks, mouthwatering traditional
cuisines, religious tourism for Hindus and Buddhists and
so on, by Nirmal Kandel (nlt 29/01/2022)
Tourism
Ministry forms technical committee to revive COVID-hit
tourism sector (kh 28/01/2022)
How
Ghandruk persevered throughout the pandemic : The
popular tourist destination of Ghandruk was hit hard by
the pandemic but locals first turned to farming and then
to domestic travelers to survive, by Sanjit M
Rajbhandari (rec 24/01/2022)
Omicron
Dampens Tourism Hopes (rn 24/01/2022)
Khaptad
receives increasing number of domestic tourists after
snowfall (rep 22/01/2022), Over
4,000 domestic tourists visit Khaptad since last April
(kh 23/01/2022)
What
impedes the tourism prospects of Rara? What should be
done? The government has failed to make credible plans
and strategies to attract and hold tourists in Rara.
Tourism development and mobility are limited to certain
pockets, by Purnima Shrestha (nlt 13/01/2022)
Tourism
entrepreneurs demand tourism businesses be allowed to be
operational following health standards (rep
10/01/2022)
Ways
To Resuscitate Tourism, by Persijs Muiznieks (rn
07/01/2022)
Nepal
welcomes 150,962 tourists in 2021 (rep 03/01/2022),
Tourist
arrivals down to lowest level since 1977 : According to
the Nepal Tourism Board, the number of foreign visitors
entering the country last year totalled 150,962, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 04/01/2022)
Travel
and tourism in 2021 : A silver lining around dark clouds,
by Muna Sunuwar (rep 01/01/2022)
Govt
to allow asymptomatic travelers entering Nepal under
certain conditions (nlt 01/01/2022)
The
virus strikes back : Nepal’s tourism industry is staring
at another year of suspended animation, insiders say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 31/12/2021)
After
a downfall for two years, tourism industry expects a New
Year boost : Hotel entrepreneurs expect that the new
year will give the much-needed impetus to revive the
tourism industry that has suffered a major setback due
to the pandemic (nlt 29/12/2021)
Chitwan
National Park receives over 51,000 visitors in first
five months of current fiscal year (rep 27/12/2021)
Statue
Of Lord Shiva To Promote Religious Tourism (rn
25/12/2021)
An
escape into the serene : Fish Tail Lodge, an upscale
accommodation in Pokhara, is noticeably less expensive
in recent times yet provides the same luxuries and
breathtaking mountain views, by Sranup Tandukar (kp
24/12/2021)
Vulture
restaurant gradually developing as tourism hotspot
(kh 20/12/2021)
Nepal
makes mandatory for travelers from 67 countries to
undergo 7-day hotel quarantine (kh 18/12/2021), Govt
revises decision on mandatory 7-day hotel quarantine for
travelers entering Nepal (ht 18/12/2021), DoI
cancels provision of mandatory quarantine to travelers
from 67 countries (kh 18/12/2021)
Tourism
boom in tri-city area in central Tarai loses steam after
Covid-19 : The anticipated resurgence has been
excruciatingly slow with tourist arrivals still 80
percent below 2019 levels, by Sanju Paudel (kp
13/12/2021)
Boating
in Antupokhari after two years (kh 11/12/2021)
Ghodepani-Punhill
Trek Features New Tourism Infrastructure (rn
07/12/2021)
Nepal
receives 126,000 tourists in 11 months of 2021 (rep
04/12/2021)
Nepal
Mountain Academy to start ski training for promotion of
winter tourism (rep 03/12/2021)
Govt
bans entry of travelers from nine countries, including
South Africa, in view of omicron variant (kh
02/12/2021)
Visitors
entering Mustang required to produce PCR report, full
vaccination card (kh 02/12/2021)
NMA
to provide relief to 3,000 tourism workers (rep
02/12/2021)
Build
Traveltech Centre Of Excellence, by Saina Kunwar and
Ravi Dhungel (rn 28/11/2021)
NTB
Hopeful Of Increase In Arrival Of Bangladeshi Tourists
(rn 28/11/2021)
Nepal's
hotels and restaurants making slowest recovery :
Transactions of the hotel and restaurant sector have
risen to 57.2 percent of pre-Covid levels, compared to
the national average of 74.7 percent, the central bank
says, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/11/2021)
Takamkot
of Myagdi attracting more tourists (ht 25/11/2021)
Increase
in number of tourists visiting Hanumandhoka Durbar
Museum (rep 23/11/2021)
Tourist
arrival on the rise in Kanchanjanga area (rep
21/11/2021)
Tourists
Jam Annapurna Foot Trail (rn 21/11/2021)
Tourism
partnership between Nepal, Bangladesh stressed (kh
19/11/2021), Entrepreneurs
from Pokhara, Bangladesh to work in partnership for
tourism promotion (kh 19/11/2021)
Culture
Minister Ale stresses on Shiva Circuit for promoting
religious tourism (kh 11/11/2021)
COVID-
19 and Nepali Tourism Industry : Nepal needs to start
thinking about post-COVID tourism strategies as a
country with considerable dependence on tourism income,
by Tulsi Paudel (rep 03/11/2021)
Nepal
sees highest post-Covid monthly arrivals in October :
Total foreign tourist arrivals by air reached 100,148 in
the first 10 months of this year. The figure, however,
represents another depressing year for the tourism
industry, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/11/2021), Over
84,000 foreign tourists arrive in Nepal in ten months
(rep 02/11/2021), Nepal
witnesses highest number of int’l tourists since start
of pandemic (rep 03/11/2021)
Nepal
sees highest post-Covid monthly arrivals in October :
Total foreign tourist arrivals by air reached 100,148 in
the first 10 months of this year. The figure, however,
represents another depressing year for the tourism
industry, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/11/2021)
Tourist
arrival up in Patan Durbar Square (kh 01/11/2021)
Cho
Rolpa Glacial Lake Thronged With Domestic Tourists,
by Baburam Sharma (rn 31/10/2021)
‘Paragliding’
attracts domestic tourists in Pokhara (kh
25/10/2021)
Six
tourists, including four German nationals, rescued from
Yakkharka in Dolpa (kh 23/10/2021)
Superman
Zipline launched in Pokhara (kh 19/10/2021)
Nisikhola
Rural Municipality on tourism promotion drive (kh
18/10/2021)
Hotels
and lodges in Myagdi filled with domestic tourists
(kh 18/10/2021), Hotels
in Myagdi are full as the number of domestic tourists
sees a sharp increase (rep 18/10/2021)
Domestic
visitors cheer up Sauraha’s tourism industry : But the
jungle safari destination needs foreign tourists to
return to achieve a full recovery, hoteliers say, by
Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp 13/10/2021)
Langtang,
Gosaikunda attract hordes of domestic tourists with
COVID-19 receding (kh 12/10/2021)
UNWTO
officials assure continued support to Nepal’s tourism
development (kh 11/10/2021)
Nepal’s
luxury hotels struggle to recover amid massive losses :
The hotel industry has posted the highest-ever losses in
the last fiscal year ended mid-July. The industry could
take up to two years or more to return to pre-Covid
levels, by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/10/2021)
All
the trekking routes are open for tourists : Almost all
the people in major tourist destinations are already
vaccinated against Covid-19. Our tourist destinations
are safe, interview with Khum Bahadur Subedi,
President of Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal
(TAAN) (nlt 08/10/2021)
Tourism
for the soul : The world will be flocking to Nepal to
recharge their spiritual batteries in the post-pandemic
era, by Basu Gautam (kp 08/10/2021)
Trekkers
return to Annapurna Circuit as Nepal throws gates open :
For scenery and cultural diversity, this has long been
considered the best trek in Nepal, and one of the
world’s classic walks, by Aas Gurung (kp 07/10/2021)
Nepal
is open for tourism. We invite tourists from all over
the world to come and explore the beauty of this
Himalayan nation : Promoting internal tourism will be a
sustainable and better alternative for tourism revival,
interview with Dhananjaya Regmi, Chief Executive Officer,
of the Nepal Tourism Board (nlt 03/10/2021)
Tourism
activities open in Chitwan National Park (kh
03/10/2021)
Religious
tourism serves as a base for province prosperity: CM
Pokharel (kh 03/10/2021)
Urge
to promote more tourism in Lumbini (kh 03/10/2021)
Nepal
reopens border to overland visitors from India : Nepal
sealed the border with India in March 2020 with the
coronavirus in full rampage, only allowing trucks
carrying vital supplies to pass, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 02/10/2021)
Reopening
Tourism, by Aashish Mishra (rn 02/10/2021)
Shuklaphanta
opened for tourists (kh 01/10/2021)
Some
budget holiday destinations for Nepali travelers this
Dashain, by Sangay Sherpa (rep 30/09/2021)
Tourists
In Manang Receive Warm Welcome, Entrepreneurs Gear Up To
Restore Business, by Nabin Lamicchane (rem
28/09/2021), Manang
welcomes foreign tourists, health protocols compliance
mandatory (rep 29/09/2021)
Reviving
tourism : A recovery plan is now needed since how we
travel, interact and eat have changed drastically
(kp 27/09/2021)
Tourism
for inclusive growth : Tourism needs a proper ecosystem
with necessary infrastructure to make the destination
accessible, by Sunil Sharma (kp 27/09/2021)
Pokhara
reopens with hopes for tourism economy recovery : The
Gandaki government has invited ambassadors and
diplomatic representatives of 20 different countries to
Pokhara to celebrate World Tourism Day on September 27,
by Deepak Pariyar (kp 27/09/2021)
Pashupati
Temple Area cleaning campaign for promotion of religious
tourism (kh 25/09/2021)
Kanti
lake lures more tourists in Nepalgunj (kh
24/09/2021)
Dhaulagiri
base camp draws huge number of tourists after a hiatus
of several months (rep24/09/2021)
Direct
Flights To Pokhara Ups Tourists’ Arrival In Nepalgunj
(rn 24/09/2021)
Tourists
returning to Chitlang as Covid-19 fears wane : Most
tourists visit Chitlang Valley and surrounding areas to
hike; many also love to cycle along green paddy terraces,
by Pratap Bista (kp 24/09/2021)
Nepal
resumes on-arrival visa services for foreign nationals
(rep 23/09/2021), Hopes
of tourism revival with new travel rules in place :
Nepal throws away quarantine requirement and resumes
on-arrival visas, in a move hailed by entrepreneurs as
much-needed respite for the virus-ravaged industry,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/09/2021)
Sluggish
tourism and services dampen growth expectations : The
Asian Development Bank has revised its forecast for
Nepal’s economic growth to 4.1 percent from the previous
5.1 percent, by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/09/2021)
Muktinath
temple to be reopened from Sunday, by Santosh
Pokharel (kp 23/09/2021)
Why
is Nepal still on the UK’s travel red list?, by
Nitish Lal Shrestha (kh 23/09/2021)
Tourism
entrepreneurs request govt to reopen trekking routes
(rep 19/09/2021)
Bardiya
National Park opens for tourists (ht 19/09/2021)
Govt
urged to frame tourist-friendly rules, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 18/09/2021)
Tourism
: Hope For Revival (sp 17/09/2021)
Tourists’
average stay increases in Nepal (kh 15/09/2021)
Tourism
industry is in trouble, but government’s response is
tepid : Travel trade entrepreneurs say failure to take
measures to attract foreign visitors immediately
will not only impact the economy but will also leave
many without jobs, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/09/2021), Entrepreneurs
warn to picket Singha Durbar if tourism business is not
allowed to open soon (rep 12/09/2021)
Annapurna
base camp hotels to be reopened from mid-September,
by Santosh Pokharel (12/09/2021)
Replacement
bill for incentives to boost tourism sector (kh
10/09/2021)
Very
bumpy road to recovery for country's tourism sector,
by Prashanna Chitrakar (ht 08/09/2021)
Reviving
tourism : The pandemic, hopefully, has taught us some
lessons as we reflect on our mistakes, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp 07/09/2021)
Project
signed to create short-term jobs to 1,000 tourism
workers (kh 05/09/2021)
Hotel-tourism
expected to bounce back in Nagarkot (kh 04/09/2021)
Tourism
guidebook of Province 1 to be published, by Birat
Anupam (kh 04/09/2021)
Livelihoods
matter, restart trekking in Nepal : The government
should re-open trekking in September with vaccine proof
and other precautions, by Michael Henry (nt
03/09/2021)
6,000
foreign tourists visited Nepal in August (rep
03/09/2021)
Plans
for ‘Prosperous Touristic Pokhara’ unveiled (rep
29/08/2021)
Between
the world and the still glacial lake : Each year on
Janai Purnima, thousands of pilgrims head to the abode
of the gods—Gosainkunda, the holy lake. The pandemic
didn’t deter the devotees, by Prakash Chandra
Timilsena (kp 28/08/2021)
Experts
highlight accessible tourism potential in Nepal :
Investing in disabled-friendly infrastructure and
services can help hoteliers and entrepreneurs tap the
accessible tourism market in Nepal, report says, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 26/08/2021), Inclusive
tourism : Accessibility in tourism should form a core
element for a sustainable development policy (kp
27/08/2021)
Closed
landmarks and hotspots keeping tourists inside hotels
(rep 21/08/2021)
Pokhara
paragliders to relocate : New international airport will
force Pokhara’s aerial sports companies to find new
jump-off points, by Krishna Mmani Baral (nt
20/08/2021)
Manaslu
conservation area records lowest number of tourists in
23 years (rep 18/08/2021)
Tourism
entrepreneurs demand vaccine against COVID-19 within 30
days (kh 11/08/2021)
New
trekking route to Mardi Himal constructed (kh
05/08/2021)
Nepal
Receives 3,000 Tourists In July (rn 03/08/2021),
Nearly 3,000 int’l tourists visited Nepal in July
(rep 03/08/2021), Average
length of stay of third-country visitor in Nepal
increases from 12.7 days to 15.1 days (rep
03/08/2021)
Tourism
at all time low in tourist destinations (rep
03/08/2021)
Entrepreneurs
urge govt. to bring master plan for recovery of tourism
(kh 02/08/2021)
Role
of tigers crucial in promoting eco-tourism: PM (ht
30/07/2021)
Annapurna
area can be turned into a high-end destination: Report.
A recent study found that hotels in the Annapurna area,
on average, have a 38 percent occupancy rate, and charge
around $10 a night for room and board, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/07/2021)
Tourist
arrival via Kakarvitta border point drops to nil (kh
26/07/2021)
Lakeside
hotels resume operations (rep 26/07/2021)
Tourism
Loses Business Confidence, Manpower Amidst Pandemic
Uncertainty, by Modnath Dhakal (rn 25/07/2021)
Tourist
arrival down in Chitwan (kh 24/07/2021)
Tourism
To Bounce Back After Pandemic, by BP Badal (rn
22/07/2021)
Vaccine
for tourism revival: Can this be done quickly?, by
Dipendra Pahari (ht 19/07/2021)
Chitwan
nature guides worry about future Most of the nature
guides are jobless and struggling for survival since the
pandemic began last year, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 19/07/2021)
Tourism
hub Thamel wears a deserted look with COVID fear (kh
12/07/2021)
Nepal
suggested to be ready for foreign tourists’ influx
(kh 08/07/2021)
NTB
Suggested to focus on digital marketing for the revival
of tourism in Nepal (rep 07/07/2021)
Tourist
visa services resume from today (rep 02/07/2021)
As
coronavirus infections fall, Nepal relaxes restrictions
for arrivals, by Sangam Prasain (kp 29/06/2021)
Tourism
is Nepal’s fourth largest industryby persons employed,
study shows : The tourism sector employs 371,140 people,
representing 11.5 percent of persons engaged in all
industries in Nepal, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/06/2021)
Tourism
industry to be provided incentives like the productive
sector, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 30/05/2021)
Govt
provides one month free visa fee for tourists (kh
29/05/2021)
Tourism
entrepreneurs in Gorkha stare at mountains of debt,
by Shiva Upreti (ae 27/05/2021)
Great
Himalayan Trail, an attraction of Helambu (kh
27/05/2021)
Third-quarter
financial reports of luxury hotels show record
catastrophe losses : The first wave was a catastrophe
for tourism, the second wave may sound the death knell
for several hotels, insiders say, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 18/05/2021)
Foreign
tourists stranded in Manang villages amidst Covid-19
pandemic (kh 15/05/2021)
Kathmandu’s
legendary five-star hotel to be rebranded as "The
Soaltee Kathmandu” (rep 14/05/2021)
Tourists
wait to get out amid virus surge, lockdown, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 13/05/2021)
Entrepreneurs
demand govt declare tourism industry as crisis-ridden
(rep 08/05/2021)
NTB
forms disaster management and communication cell to
rescue tourists (ht 07/05/2021)
Over
22,000 tourists visited Nepal in April (kp
03/05/2021)
Tourist
entry banned in Bandipur (ht 02/05/2021)
Nepal’s
lockdown 2.0, new Covid curbs on travel, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/04/2021)
COVID-battered
hotel industry reels under second wave (ht
27/04/2021)
Bardiya
becomes a tourist hotspot courtesy of Royal Bengal
tigers : Around 40 percent of those visiting Bardiya
National Park are successful in spotting tigers, say
jungle safari guides, by Kamal Panthi (kp
15/04/2021)
Promoting
Tourism Through Rafting, by Khilendra Basnyat (rn
10/04/2021)
Fixed
rates set for hotels operating in Gosaikunda trekking
trail, by Himnath Devkota (rep 08/04/2021)
Destination
branding of pilgrimage tourism : Nepal has not worked
enough to make destination marketing a viable
proposition, by Roshee Lamichhane (kp 07/04/2021)
Digital
nomads : Can Nepal compete in attracting this new
segment of visitors?, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
06/04/2021)
NTB
vows to work on capacity building of entrepreneurs
(06/04/2021)
Expedition
season boosts tourist arrivals (ht 05/04/2021) [??]
Corona
havoc in homestay revolution, by Narayan Pangeni (kh
04/04/2021)
Hotels
losing Rs 1.80 billion daily due to COVID-19 pandemic
(ht 03/04/2021)
The
carbon footprint of Nepal’s tourism : The post-pandemic
period will be an opportunity to do tourism in a better
way, by Sonia Awale (nt 02/04/2021)
Nepal
relaxes entry for tourists : No quarantine and visa on
arrival now, but conditions apply (nt 02/04/2021)
Ways
To Promote Tourism, by Mukul Subedi (rn 30/03/2021)
340,000
tourists visit Langtang National Park in 42 years,
by Himnath Devkota (rep 30/03/2021)
10
Star Hotels Opened Amid Lockdown, by Chhetu Sherpa
(rn 28/03/2021)
Nepal
officially open to travellers inoculated with Covid-19
vaccines : Visitors, however, will have to produce
negative test results from within 72 hours prior to
departure and they will need to undergo another test
after arrival, by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/03/2021), All
you need to know about visiting Nepal : Tourists have to
present either proof of vaccination or a negative PCR
report while boarding the plane, but upon their arrival,
they have to show both. They, however, have to have yet
another PCR test in Nepal (kp 26/03/2021)
Govt
offers additional reprieve to hotels, restaurants
(ht 22/03/2021), Govt
waives electricity demand charges for hotels to help
them recover losses during peak COVID-19 period (rep
22/03/2021)
Bhairahawa
hotels reopen as domestic tourists return : Many owners
used the pandemic downtime to expand their properties
and upgrade the facilities, by Sanju Poudel (kp
19/03/2021)
In
a bid to boost tourism, Nepal lifts mandatory quarantine
for vaccinated tourists : Travellers visiting Nepal
currently must go into mandatory hotel quarantine for a
minimum of seven days upon arrival in Nepal (kp
19/03/2021), Govt
scraps 7-day-mandatory quarantine for tourists (kh
19/03/2021)
When
will Chinese tourists return to Nepal? Nepal’s tourism
industry will not revive until China resumes outbound
group travel, by Christopher Tan (nt 19/03/2021)
Govt
unsure about relaxing health safety protocols for
tourism sector (ht 12/03/2021), Permit
must for shooting promotional videos on Everest, other
mountains; Tourist arrival rules not relaxed (ht
13/03/2021)
Recovery
strategy required : Countries are working to lure back
tourists, and Nepal needs to act to not get left behind,
by Sanjit Shrestha (kp 11/03/2021)
Confusion
reigns as officialdom keeps changing entry protocols for
tourists as peak season begins : Different agencies have
different quarantine rules. The beleaguered tourism
industry worries the season may be over before the
government gets its act together, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 03/03/2021) [The whole world
is more or less in lockdown. Where shall foreign
tourists come from?]
Slight
Improvement In Tourist Arrival (rn 02/03/2021), 18,000
foreigners visit Nepal in past two months (kh
02/03/2021)
It’s
almost spring, but tourism industry is already
staring at a dry season : Travel trade organisations
warn of street protests if officials fail to take
immediate measures to revive tourism sector which
was hit the hardest by Covid-19 last year, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/02/2021), Tourism
stakeholders urge govt to relax health safety protocols
(ht 23/02/2021)
DoT
to provide star rating to all hotels, resorts, lodges
(ht 20/02/2021)
‘Political
instability affecting tourism projects’ (ht
19/02/2021)
New
trekking route to Kanchanjunga (kh 13/02/2021)
Trekking
entrepreneurs in search of new trekking trails, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 07/02/2021)
Visitors
flock to Kupinde lake as it reopens after Covid-19
closure : The local government plans to build new
infrastructure to attract more tourists in the future,
by Biplab Maharjan (kp 04/02/2021)
Increasing
tourist arrivals raise recovery hopes, by Arpane Ale
Magar (ht 04/02/2021) [???],
Good
start : The country's tattered tourism industry will not
return even to breakeven point unless foreigners start
coming here in large numbers (ht 05/02/2021)
Tourism
Regains Momentum, by Namrata Sharma (rn 03/02/2021)
Need
To Promote Mountain Tourism, by Khilendra Basnyat
(rn 02/02/2021)
Nepal
to allow unrestricted entry to vaccinated tourists : The
move is intended to boost the morale of the moribund
tourism industry ahead of the spring peak season, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 30/01/2021)
Nepal
hopes for tourism rebound in 2021 : A lot depends on
vaccines, arrival quarantine rules, and ease of getting
visas (nt 29/01/2021) [Forget
this dream: The world is not ready for tourism revival,
yet!]
Nepal
lifts travel restriction to and from the UK, returnees
must quarantine themselves in hotels after arrival
(rep 29/01/2021)
Hotel
industry prepares for a long recession : It is doubtful
when tourists will come back to Nepal despite the
vaccination drive, insiders say, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 28/01/2021)
Hotel
operators to pay minimum amount while staffers continue
to stay home, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 27/01/2021)
Come
one, come all: Everest region is calling tourists : The
local administration has removed all Covid-19-related
requirements including test report and quarantine for
visitors, by Sangam Prasain (kp 25/01/2021)
Rs
3.36 billion investment in tourism sector during
pandemic (ht 23/01/2021)
NTB,
tourism entrepreneurs suggest resumption of
visa-on-arrival service for tourists (rep
19/01/2021)
International
events: Investment for tourism growth, by Jinesh
Sindurakar (ht 15/01/2021)
Haphazard
road construction posing threat to trekking routes
(ht 14/01/2021), Don’t
ruin treks : While roads are needed for development, it
is important to see that it does not kill the goose that
lays the golden eggs (ht 15/01/2021)
‘Refinancing
not being effectively implemented for tourism industry’
(ht 12/01/2021)
Pokhara
tourism looks beyond thecoronavirus pandemic : Upcoming
international airport sets off a flurry of
construction of tourism and adventure facilities,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 10/01/2021)
Survive,
revive, thrive : How Nepal’s tourism industry can be
re-invented to really lift the country’s under-served
areas (nt 08/01/2021)
Many
hotels face closure with no tourists coming : Hotels are
fighting for their lives and plan to implement a ‘no
work, no pay’ system to stay afloat, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 05/01/2021)
2020
was the worst year for tourism since 1986 : The industry
has pinned its hopes on the vaccine but is now worried
about political instability with the House dissolution
and polls announced for this spring, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 04/01/2021)
Nepal’s
tourism entrepreneurs expect a New Year boost, by
Sunita Karki (ae 01/01/2021)
Nepali
tourism in crisis, by Dinkar Nepal (ae 01/01/2021)
Tourism
entrepreneurs demand opening of tourist areas in Mustang
(rep 29/12/2020)
Tourism
as a driver of local economies, by Bhadra Sharma
(Record 24/12/2020)
Nepal’s
star-rated hotels start laying off workers (ht
23/12/2020)
Annapurna
Hotel to close its doors indefinitely : The hotel’s
closure highlights the deep trouble in the tourism
industry, insiders say. The hospitality industry has
been among the hardest hit by Covid, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/12/2020), Hotel
Annapurna falls victim to COVID crisis (ht
22/12/2020)
The
domestic tourism sector is growing—but so is its litter
: As more and more Nepalis travel within the country,
tourism stakeholders and environmentalists say that it’s
important for tourists to travel responsibly and
be mindful of the impact they have on the destinations
they travel to, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
21/12/2020)
Tourist
visas now open for Nepal : Restrictions on foreigners
further eased and flights to India resume, but confusion
persists (nt 18/12/2020)
Attractive
Land For Holiday Makers, by Ram Dayal Rakesh (rn
18/12/2020)
Conflict-time
campaign resurrected to revive Pokhara, by
Krishnamani Baral (ae 18/12/2020)
Five-star
hotels report plunging profits in fourth quarter because
of lockdown : The tourism industry bore the brunt of the
lockdown that lasted from March to July, insiders say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/12/2020)
Nepal
reopens to tourists coming by air, land borders still
closed : Trekkers and mountaineers have been entering
the country since October, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/12/2020)
Tourism
revival unlikely in Nepal till foreign visitors return
(ht 12/12/2020)
Tourism
in key tiger reserves : Involve local communities,
by Babu R Bhattarai (ht 08/12/2020)
Focus
on domestic travellers during the pandemic makes tourism
sector rethink its clientele baseNepalis started
travelling within their country in numbers after the
insurgency and this trend has been growing. But
officials and entrepreneurs need to do more, experts say,
by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 06/12/2020)
Preparation
Afoot To Operate Maurice Herzog Trail (rn
06/12/2020)
Everest
Trail repaired during pandemic : Made jobless during the
Covid-19 crisis, Sherpa communities have cleaned and
upgraded trekking facilities, by Ang Rita Sherpa (nt
04/12/2020)
More
than 200,000 tourists arrived over last 11 months
(ht 04/12/2020)
Minister
Bhattarai pledges to make Simikot Airport a tourist
gateway to Manasarovar (rep 01/12/2020)
'Visit
Sauraha Campaign' To Attract Tourists In Sauraha (rn
29/11/2020)
Govt
gearing up to relax visa rules for foreign tourists
(ht 26/11/2020)
New
tourist spot in Tanahun lacks needed infrastructure,
by Samjhana Rasaili (kp 19/11/2020)
MoCTCA
begins preparations for resuming tourist activities
(ht 19/11/2020)
Tourism
still top attraction forforeign investors despite crisis
: Hotels, resorts and restaurants accounted for
two-thirds of the investment pledges, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 13/11/2020)
Rara
Lake sees signs of rebounce with domestic tourists
(kh 13/11/2020)
Tourism
Bounces Back, by Birendra Madai (ht 09/11/2020)
218,173
foreign tourists arrive in 10 months (ht 06/11/2020)
Holidaying
amid pandemic : We must tread with extreme
precautions if we want to pursue our wanderlust (kp
03/11/2020)
Domestic
tourism in the festive season provides some succour for
the industry : With no foreign tourists, only 25 percent
of restaurants in Pokhara are operating while in
Chitwan footfalls are only a third of previous years,
service providers say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/11/2020)
Government
preparing to open tourism sector (ht 02/11/2020), Tourism
has the blues : As for now, the government should focus
on controlling the virus so that another lockdown will
not be necessary (ht 02/11/2020)
COVID
puts a damper on country’s tourism sector (ht
01/11/2020)
Domestic
Tourists Flock In Pokhara To Fly, Fare For Paragliding
Halved (rn 01/11/2020)
Everest
Trail reopens, but cautiously : Nepali hikers have
returned to Khumbu, but Covid-free Sherpas do not want
virus in their valley, by Surendra Phuyal (nt
30/10/2020)
Daregauda,
A New Tourist Destination In Baglung, by Nabin
Sishir BK (rn 30/10/2020)
Lakeside,
Pokhara’s tourist business hub, is a silent town now,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 18/10/2020)
Bardiya
National Park reopens for tourists (kh 18/10/2020)
Popular
tourist spot Ghandruk shut down indefinitely amid
COVID-19 threats, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
16/10/2020)
Nepal
still tepid about reopening for foreign tourists as
virus cases continue to rise : Scenario does not look
good for the tourism sector as the government once again
pushes back the date for welcoming foreign tourists,
industry insiders say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
14/10/2020)
Massive
demand for central bank’s refinance facility from
pandemic-hit sectors : Tourism entrepreneurs have been
at the forefront in applying for the Rs200 billion
facility, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 12/10/2020)
Nepal
to waive off quarantine rules for tourists (kh
10/10/2020)
To
boost local tourism, hotels launch attractive dealsWith
the festive season around the corner, almost every
leading hotel in the country has announced stay packages
specially designed for the domestic market, by
Tswering Ngodup Lama (kp 09/10/2020) [Which
festive season in times of pandemic?]
Sauraha
elephant keepers hope cooperative model will save
pandemic-hit safari businessOwners of privately-owned
elephants agree to look after the animals together and
share the safari income, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp08/10/2020)
Porters
hopeful autumn trekking season will bring some financial
reliefAs the country is slated to welcome foreign
trekkers from October 17, porters are hoping that the
move will bring much-needed jobs—and money, by
Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 07/10/2020) [Dream on in this world of extremely rising Corona
cases!]
Nepal
government to waive off seven-day quarantine for
tourists (ht 02/10/2020), Nepal
to waive off 7-day quarantine for tourists (kh
03/10/2020)
Pandemic
and Visit Nepal - 2020 : Time for retrospection, by
Devendra Nath Gongal (ht 02/10/2020)
Trekking
in the mountains during a pandemic : While the rest of
the country was under lockdown, the Ghumante team, a
group of travel enthusiasts, was exploring new
trails in a bid to promote monsoon trekking, by
Shashwat Pant (kp 30/09/2020)
Govt
to provide on-arrival visa to tourists, 7-day mandatory
quarantine (kh 29/09/2020), Seven-day
quarantine set for foreign adventure seekers :
Mountaineering and trekking agencies criticised the
latest guidelines as being ‘harsh’ which would
discourage travellers from visiting Nepal, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 30/09/2020) [Not
many will come either, but hardly any potential tourist
can afford to stay one week in quarantine before going
on trek!], Quarantine
‘could deter tourists’ (ht 30/09/2020), Tourists
required to get pre-approval from immigration before
entering Nepal (rep 30/09/2020), Review
the provision : No foreign tourist will visit Nepal when
one has to stay in hotel quarantine for one week before
setting out for trekking or mountaineering (ht
01/10/2020), Tourism
task force opposes one-week quarantine rule for tourists
(ht 01/10/2020)
Having
suffered heavy losses, national parks hope to make up
with reopening : With onset of autumn, they are ready to
welcome visitors and are banking on domestic tourists in
the festival holidays, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
27/09/2020)
Turning
villages into tourist hotspots : A shift towards rural
destinations holds the key to post-lockdown tourism
revival, by Sunil Sharma (kp 27/09/2020)
Tourism
in Pokhara reviving after six months (kh 27/09/2020)
Tourism
Recovery Task Force launched (ht 27/09/2020)
Hard-hit
tourism industry looks to Nepali adventure seekers for
succour : Tourism Ministry is preparing to present a
proposal to the Cabinet to implement a two-day weekend
to encourage travel, by Sangam Prasain (kp
26/09/2020)
713
proposals submitted for joint infrastructure development
to MoCTCA (ht 26/09/2020)
Local
Levels In Kavre, Solu Take Initiatives To Develop
Homestay (rn 26/09/2020)
With
no lockdown, Valley denizens find a new favourite
activity—hikingThis rise in the popularity of hiking has
served as a shot in the arm for small restaurants and
shops located on the hiking trails, by Tsering
Ngodup Lama (kp 25/09/2020)
Tourism
ministry for two-day holiday per week to promote
domestic tourism (rep 25/09/2020)
COVID-19
incurs loss of Rs 60 bln in tourism sector: Minister
Bhattarai (kh 21/09/2020)
Tiger
Palace Casino Resort lays off 393 employees : Silver
Heritage Group, the operator of the resort which came
into operation in 2018, is facing financial distress
with no income since March, by Amrita Anmol (kp
19/09/2020)
200,000
tourists visit Nepal in last eight months (kh
13/09/2020)
Homestay
operators turn to farming after tourism fades : The
pandemic has wiped out small businesses, the backbone of
the country’s economy, by Madhu Shahi (kp
09/09/2020)
‘Need
to tackle fear and uncertainty’ : Right time to prepare
for post-pandemic activities, say tourism stakeholders
(ht 08/09/2020)
With
no clear plan, Nepal may remain closed for tourists
until 2020-end : With the festival season approaching
and a large number of Nepalis, including migrant
workers, expected to return home, officials say it will
be difficult to manage tourists., by Sangam Prasain
(kp 02/09/2020)
COVID
impact on religious tourism in Nepal overlooked, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 01/09/2020)
Coronavirus
cuts foreign currency earnings from tourism by 19
percent in 2019-20, a report says : According to the
central bank, revenues shrank to Rs 60.88 billion in
2019-20 that ended mid-July, a year-on-year loss of
nearly Rs 15 billion, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/08/2020)
Preparation
on to operate homestay mixing Hindu and Kirant cultures
in Halesi (kh 27/08/2020)
Mandatory
quarantine: A killer or tourism saviour in new normal,
by Sitaram Dahal (ht 18/08/2020)
COVID-19
and its effect on Nepal’s mountain tourism, by
Jinesh Sindurakar (ht 16/08/2020)
Stranded
visitors want to stay on in Nepal: Tourists still stuck
in Nepal want the government to extend their visas till
December, by Sonia Awale (nt 14/08/2020)
Nepal’s
battered mountaineering tourism’s autumn hopes are
fading fast amid rise in Covid-19 cases: Industry
insiders say the fate of the upcoming climbing season
rests on what approach the government takes to welcome
tourists, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 13/08/2020)
Nepal
Tourism Board scales back budget by 75 percent as
revenue streams disappear: The board has cancelled all
promotional activities in overseas markets, and spending
on branding and marketing, officials said., by
Sangam Prasain (kp 10/08/2020)
Religious,
Tourism Spots Open After Four Months, by Tikaram
Upreti (rn 04/08/2020)
Preparations
for autumn tourist season begin amid the pandemic but
challenges remain: A dedicated PCR test centre at the
airport giving reports within hours is a must to avoid
mandatory quarantine obligations, industry insiders say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 31/07/2020)
Jungle
resorts in Chitwan to reopen today amid strict safety
protocols: Elephant rides, jeep safaris and canoe tours
will resume in Bagmara and Kumroj buffer zone community
forests, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 30/07/2020)
Hotels
And Restaurants Start Their Service From Today (rn
30/07/2020)
Homestay
operators in dilemma whether to welcome tourists as
COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 31/07/2020)
Trekking
guides dissatisfied with new tourism act (ht
29/07/2020)
Government
decision to open tourism takes the sector by surprise:
Entrepreneurs say much needs to be done including
provision to conduct PCR tests of visitors at airport to
build confidence in them, by Sangam Prasain (kp
23/07/2020), Prepare
plans to resume tourism activities, says MoCTCA (ht
23/07/2020)
Mountain
guides hope autumn season brings relief, by Arpana
Ale Magar (28/07/2020)
Hotel
Association unveils uniform payout structure amid virus
crisis: The new pay structure is applicable from April
13 to December 31, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/07/2020)
Bhaktapur
opens six tourist centers to engage workers in cleaning
and beautification works: Works are underway in the
ancient city to attract tourists after the pandemic is
over, by Anup Ojha (p 17/07/2020)
Hotels
in Pokhara close down as virus wipes out tourism:
According to the Western Region Hotel Association, 70
tourist-standard hotels have shut down completely,
by Deepak Pariyar (kp 15/07/2020)
Tourism
In Trouble, by Dixya Poudel (rn 15/07/2020)
Bijay
Amatya: This pandemic is unlike any challenge the
tourism industry has seen: Kora Tours CEO Bijay Amatya
talks about what the future of Nepal’s tourism industry
looks like, interview by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
10/07/2020)
After
a painful spring, Nepal’s tourism is looking at a worse
autumn: The tourism board has requested the government
to reopen the country for foreigners from August 1, so
that the industry can start advance bookings for autumn,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 09/07/2020)
COVID-19’S
Adverse Impact On Tourism, by Saphalta Shrestha (rn
07/07/2020)
Former
Visit Nepal secretariat seeks more budget from Tourism
Ministry (ht 04/07/2020)
Tourism
infrastructure development continues (ht 04/07/2020)
DoI
not to charge any fee on tourist visa (ht
17/06/2020)
With
no end to the pandemic in sight and no roadmap for
recovery, the tourism sector looks at a prolonged slump:
Tourism entrepreneurs had high hopes from government but
have so far been disappointed at the lack of a plan for
sector, by Sangam Prasain (kp 15/06/2020)
TGAN
urges MoCTCA to ensure jobs for trekking guides (ht
15/06/2020)
Revisiting
Visit Nepal 2020: Nepali art, literature and music must
be promoted alongside mountain tourism, by Shreya
Gyawali (kp 08/06/2020)
Hotel
Association Nepal expresses dissatisfaction (ht
02/06/2020)
Govt
provides 20 percent exemption in income tax for tourism
entrepreneurs (kh 28/05/2020) [This
means that they have to pay 0 Rs. income tax for 0 Rs.
income! Great help!!]
Hotel
industry pleads for bailout after being brought to its
knees: Tourism sector insiders do not expect things to
stabilise for another two years even after the lockdown
ends, by Sangam Prasain (kp 27/05/2020)
Almost
5,000 tourists still stranded in Nepal (rep
23/05/2020)
Forty-four
tourists from 12 countries staying at ACAP area: The
tourists who have chosen to stay back are spread around
Chhingur, Jomson, Jharkot, Ghasa, Pisang, Ngawal, Taal
and Dhampus, among other places, by Aash Gurung (kp
19/05/2020)
Give
financial support to tourism sector: NTB (ht
19/05/2020)
Nepal
Tourism Board seeks Rs 20 billion fund to pay furloughed
workers: The government will pay at least 30 percent of
the salary under the proposed scheme, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/05/2020), NTB
recommends establishment of retention fund worth Rs 20
billion (ht 18/05/2020)
NTB
to focus on branding Nepal during recovery (ht
10/05/2020) [Which recovery?
Forget at least 2020 completely!]
Empty
trails and deserted villages: the pandemic brings the
mountain economy to a standstill: During the spring
trekking season, mountain trails would have been teeming
with tourists, but this year, Covid-19 has turned these
trails ghostly and desolate, by Tsering Ngodup Lama
(kp 08/05/2020)
Government,
hotel leaders at odds over employees future: Hotels have
decided to send employees home and will be paying them
partially amid the pandemic, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/05/2020)
Divert
Consumption To Revive Tourism, by Kamal Parajuli (rn
06/05/2020)
Provide
discount on income tax to encourage domestic travel,
urges NTB (ht 05/05/2020)
Workers’
unions refuse to obey HAN’s decision (ht
05/05/2020), Hoteliers
agree to pay their staff for Chaitra but yet to decide
about coming months: Trade unions want government to
enforce its decision on wages for workers, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/05/2020)
Hotels
to stay shut till mid-November: HAN (ht 04/05/2020),
Hotels
decide to cut their losses by remaining shuttered for
six months: Even if the lockdown is lifted, the tourism
industry will take time to recover, an official said,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/05/2020)
Sauraha
hotels to remain closed till Dashain even if lockdown
ends (kh 03/05/2020)
With
tourists staying home, homestays have no business: The
pandemic and the lockdown could lead to a collapse of
homestays that have provided communities with economic
support and a sense of identity, by Elisha Shrestha
(kp 29/04/2020)
‘VN
2020 budget should be utilised to promote domestic
tourism’ (ht 29/04/2020)
TGAN
welcomes decision to provide alternative jobs (ht
26/04/2020)
TAAN
seeks extension of renewal deadline (ht 25/04/2020)
Hotel
Industry Income To Be Slashed By 90 Per Cent-HAN (rn
24/04/2020), Hoteliers
seek government support (ht 24/04/2020)
“Survive
2020, revive in 2021 and thrive in 2022”: Nepal’s
tourism industry is hunkering down to tide over the
crisis, by Alisha Sijapati (nt 24/04/2020)
Virtual
tours: Travelling in the time of Covid-19: Saurav
Dhakal, the founder and curator of StoryCycle, on the
importance of effective storytelling and how his
organisation is making use of technology to offer
virtual tours for a society under lockdown, by
Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 24/04/2020)
Sherpas
rendered jobless by lockdown to be hired to clean up
trekking trails: Hiking trails on the Kathmandu Valley
rim like Shivapuri, Dakshinkali and Nagarkot will be
connected, by Sangam Prasain (kp 23/04/2020)
Tourism
stakeholders seek sustainable plan: Rs 160 billion loss
estimated in tourism industry (ht 21/04/2020)
Many
foreigners still stuck in Kathmandu: Some await
repatriation flights, others staying back on their will
, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 20/04/2020)
Tourism
after the virus: The government might carry out tests
for the entire village when homestays are reoffered,
by Kalyan Bhandari (kp 20/04/2020) [Nepal
should be aware that it may take a long time until
tourists from the heavily affected foreign counties
return to Nepal in greater numbers!]
110
Russians evacuated from Nepal (rep 20/04/2020)
TAAN
urges NTB to utilise TIMS fund (ht 19/04/2020)
NTB
survey to evaluate COVID-19 impact (ht 15/04/2020) [??? Probably you will find out that
there is absolutely no tourism in Nepal because of
COLVID-19!]
Climate
Conservation Key To Ecotourism, by Babu Khanal (rn
14/04/2020)
204
more stranded tourists repatriated (ht 12/04/2020)
Repatriation
flights continue (ht 09/04/2020)
Around
800 tourists evacuated on four flights from Kathmandu,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 05/04/2020)
VNY
2020 campaign formally canceled (rep 01/04/2020)
Nepal
Airlines permitted to fly to Brisbane to repatriate
Australian citizens; A Qatar Airways flight chartered by
US embassy takes 300 American citizens back home, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 31/03/2020)
All
stranded tourists taken care of, claims NTB (ht
31/03/2020)
Trekking
guides unhappy with late rescue (ht 31/03/2020)
Rescue
flights continue on Saturday (ht 29/03/2020), Tourists
reluctant to go back home, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
29/03/2020), NTB
rescues 158 stranded tourists, guides from Lukla (ht
30/03/2020), 1255
Stranded Tourists, Guides Rescued, by CK Khanal (rn
30/03/2020)
German
govt evacuates 305 German nationals, by Arpana Ale
Magar (kp 28/03/2020)
Stranded
tourists flown off Mount Everest (rep 28/03/2020), Tourists
stranded in Annapurna and Manaslu conservation area
rescued and sent to Pokhara and Kathmandu: Local
administration still searching for other trekkers in the
area, by Hariram Upreti and Aash Gurung (kp
28/03/2020)
137
foreigners stranded on trekking trails rescued in two
days: Eight foreigners and 11 Nepalis returning from
Kanchanjunga stranded at Sankhuwasabha, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 27/03/2020)
Despite
a significant number of rescues, 300 trekkers remain
stranded in various trekking routes: As Nepal remains
under lockdown, many trekkers have been unable to return
to Kathmandu, by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/03/2020)
10,000
foreign nationals stranded in Nepal (ht 23/03/2020)
TAAN
issues directive to halt all trekking activities (ht
21/03/2020), NTB
suspends issuance of TIMS card until further notice
(rep 21/03/2020)
Star
hotels set to shut up shop: Hyatt to close for six
weeks: tomorrow, others to follow suit, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 20/03/2020)
Foreigners
not complying with mandatory self-quarantine measures:
Govt to start tracking visitors staying in hotels from
today (ht 20/03/2020)
Government
asks hotels to furnish details of guests online (rep
19/03/2020)
Restaurants
and bars in Thamel are looking at staff layoffs and
ultimately, a shutdown: The Covid-19 pandemic has
emptied Thamel of foreign visitors, who form the primary
customer base for the tourist hub’s hundreds of
restaurants and bars, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
17/03/2020)
Confronted
with near-collapse, tourism industry looks inwards:
Foreign tourist arrivals are expected to halt completely
this week, leading hotels and airlines to look to
attract domestic tourists with cut-rate prices, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 16/03/2020)
Bad
roads, coronavirus fears take toll on tourism in Karnali,
by Dhan Bahadur Budha (rep 16/03/2020)
‘Hospitality
sector to be hit entire year’, by Arpana Ale Magar
(ht 15/03/2020)
Suspension
of climbing permits and on-arrival visas entails losses
of thousands of jobs and millions of dollars: The
hardest hit sectors of the economy are tourism and
aviation, which were already reeling from reduced number
of visitors and passengers due to the Covid-19 outbreak,
by Sangam Prasain and Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 14/03/2020)
Contagion
scare bleeds tourism sector in Pokhara, by Rup
Narayan Dhakal (ht 14/03/2020)
Nepal
government puts all tourist visas on hold and cancels
all spring climbing expeditions: The visa suspension
will begin March 14 and last until the end of April,
depriving Nepal of millions in Everest climbing fees,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 13/03/2020), On-arrival
visas scrapped till April 30 (ht 14/03/2020), Government
suspends visa-on-arrival for all nationalities (rep
14/03/2020)
Coronavirus
hits Chitwan tourism hard, by Surya Prakash Kandel
(rep 13/03/2020)
Pandemic
and the Nepali tourism industry: In the absence of
appropriate strategies to reach new markets, Nepal faces
a massive challenge, by Chandra P. Bhattarai (kp
13/03/2020)
Coronavirus
impacts Sauraha hoteliers (ht 12/03/2020)
Lumbini’s
tourism hit hard amid novel coronavirus scare: The city
saw a number of tourism events cancelled over the week
amid Covid-19 concerns, causing worry among tourism
entrepreneurs, by Manoj Poudel (kp 10/03/2020)
Businesses
in Thamel catch a chill after Covid-19 scares off
foreign tourists: Tourist arrivals by air to Nepal
dropped 21 percent year-on-year in February to 77,064
individuals, according to the Department of Immigration,
by Himendra Mohan Kumar (kp 09/03/2020)
Tourism
entrepreneurs ask for 50% waiver in taxes (rep
08/03/2020)
Confusion
reigns over the Visit Nepal campaign with no clear
statement from the government regarding its fate:
Despite the prime minister’s directive to postpone the
tourism campaign, the Tourism Ministry and Nepal Tourism
Board have conflicting takes, by Sangam Prasain (kp
06/03/2020)
(Don’t)
Visit Nepal 2020, by Guffadi (rep 06/03/2020)
Average
room occupancy in five-star hotels down to 45%, by
Muna Sunuwar (rep 05/03/2020)
Govt
suspends on-arrival visa facility for five nationalities
(rep 03/03/2020)
Oli
directs Tourism Ministry to halt Visit Nepal, but
minister has yet to decide: Confusion continues to reign
over the tourism industry as Yogesh Bhattarai has yet to
make a public statement regarding the status of Visit
Nepal 2020 , by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/03/2020)
Govt
cancels promotion of VNY2020 abroad amid fear of
COVID-19, by Muna Sunuwar (rep 01/03/2020), Tourism
Ministry cancels Visit Nepal promotions for March but
experts say it is too little, too late: Travel
entrepreneurs believe that the coronavirus outbreak has
all but doomed Visit Nepal 2020 and it is now better to
postpone the event completely, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/03/2020), VN 2020, Sagarmatha
Sambaad to be rescheduled: On arrival visa for
foreigners to be halted temporarily from March 7, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 02/03/2020), Tourist
arrival dismal at Banke National Park (ht
02/03/2020)
Thamel
offers everything to foreign tourists, but lacks a very
basic thing: A public toilet: Officials at Thamel
Development Council say the land is too expensive to
construct public restrooms, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/03/2020)
The
sublime, subtopia and conceit of tourism: Urban centres
are sprouting on the fertile plains and river valleys
that once fed the population, by Khem R. Shreesh (kp
28/02/2020)
Border
dispute halts infrastructure development in Shailung
area: Both Doramba of Ramechhap and Shailung of Dolakha
lay claim to the tourist destination, by Tika Prasad
Bhatta (kp 22/02/2020)
Cultural
heritage and tourism in Bhaktapur: Tourists pay to see
the historical attractions, and the money they
contribute is used to maintain them, by Gyanendra
Dhar Pradhananga (kp 19/02/2020)
An
irrational fear of the Chinese is causing tourists from
other countries to stay away, hoteliers say: Although
Chinese tourist numbers have dropped sharply since the
coronavirus outbreak, a fear among other visitors is
leading hotel occupancy rates to plummet, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 17/02/2020), Fear
of Chinese tourists hasn’t killed Visit Nepal:
Irrationality must not overpower truth. Visit Nepal’s
failures are due to misdirected campaigning (kp
18/02/2020)
No
tourism without infrastructures: Government needs to
invest in development of appropriate infrastructure to
enable our tourism industry to compete against other
destinations like Bhutan, Kashmir, Tibet and the
Maldives, by Keshab Sharma (rep 17/02/2020)
Trekkers
return to Annapurna trail after avalanche: Travel trade
entrepreneurs said that all lodges and tea houses on the
route had reopened for business, by Deepak Pariyar
(kp 15/02/2020), Trekkers
trickling back to Annapurna Base Camp, by Muna
Sunuwar (rep 16/02/2020)
Indigenous
nationalities’ cultural, tourism fest to be held in
Lamjung (ht 15/02/2020)
Visit
Nepal is holding an ice skating event on Gokyo but it is
unclear whether authorities have consented: The event,
slated for Friday, requires permission as Gokyo is a
Ramsar site and part of Sagarmatha National Park, a
World Heritage Site, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
14/02/2020), Nepal
hosts figure skating, ice hockey in Gokyo (rep
15/02/2020)
Boosting
tourism: China can play an instrumental role in Nepal’s
infrastructures development desperately needed for
tourism growth, by Niranjan Mani Dixit (kp
12/02/2020)
MoCTCA
prepares to release 2nd tranche of subsidy (rep
11/02/2020)
Karnali
Province lacks mechanism to register tourist arrivals
(rep 11/02/2020)
Tourist
arrivals dropped by 33pc in January (ht 10/02/2020),
VNY
off to a slow start as arrivals fall 2% in Jan (rep
12/02/2020) [confusing figures!!]
Overambitious
campaign: With the share of foreign tourists standing at
49 percent, the target of two million is doomed, by
Shraddha More (kp 09/02/2020)
Resort
with tree houses: attracts tourists in Dharan (ht
09/02/2020)
We
need a long-term vision for tourism in Nepal: Visit
Nepal Year is suffering because of the coronavirus
epidemic. But there are also lessons for Nepali tourism
in the fallout, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 07/02/2020)
Tourism
entrepreneurs look for alternative markets (rep
05/02/2020)
Visit
Nepal 2020 has already suffered setbacks but it can be
salvaged, say tourism entrepreneurs: The tourism
campaign should look beyond China and India if it wishes
to attract enough tourists to meet the 2 million
arrivals target, by Himendra Mohan Kumar (kp
04/02/2020)
Govt
looks for alternative to fulfill gap from Chinese
tourists (rep 02/02/2020)
Nepal’s
best hotel hit the bottom. Can it rise again? How a
high-end resort fell victim to the nation’s political
vicissitudes, becoming a microcosm of how politics and
conflict impact businesses, by Sangam Prasain
(01/02/2020)
Nepal’s
other attraction: the night sky: The Himalaya can be a
haven for stargazers if steps are taken to protect the
darkness, by Himali Dixit (nt 31/01/2020)
Visit
Nepal 2020 could be the biggest embarrassment for this
government: The campaign target should be revised in
view of the coronavirus outbreak and a certain drop in
arrivals, by Kalyan Bhandari (kp 30/01/2020)
Regmi
appointed CEO of NTB (ht 29/01/2020), Coming
from a largely academic background, new Tourism Board
CEO faces a challenge: Not many in the tourism industry
know Dhananjay Regmi but say his academic work could
complement his role as chief of the Tourism Board,
by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 01/02/2020)
Tourism
at receiving end of coronavirus outbreak (rep
29/01/2020)
Coronavirus
fear grips tourism sector (ht 26/01/2020), Chinese
tourist arrivals to slump as Beijing halts group
outbound travel: A big blow to VNY 2020, say tour
operators, by Sagar Ghimure (rep 26/01/2020), Setback
for tourism (rep 26/01/2020), China’s
ban on outbound tours certain to affect the Visit Nepal
campaign: Visit Nepal plans to attract 350,000 Chinese
tourists, which is looking increasingly unlikely in the
face of the coronavirus outbreak, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 27/01/2020), Visit
Nepal 2020 campaign gets off to an ominous start, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 27/01/2020)
Street
children 'terrorize' tourists as they beg, by
Sandesh Shrestha (rep 25/01/2020) [And
government terrorises toursits as it has not repaired
many roads for years!]
Tourist
arrivals slowed significantly in 2019, raising concerns
for Visit Nepal 2020: In order to meet the target of 2
million visitors, Nepal expects 350,000 Chinese arrivals
but the coronavirus outbreak means that is unlikely,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/01/2020)
Nepal
is ready to welcome tourists, but where will they come
from? The country needs focused strategies for existing
and potential source-markets, by Chandra Prasad
Bhattarai (kp 24/01/2020)
Appointment
of CEO to tourism board postponed after “power play”
among aspirants: Three candidates have been shortlisted
but concerns about the top candidate’s loyalty from
Baluwatar put a halt to the process, according to
sources, by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/01/2020), NTB’s
CEO selection process lingers over trivial issues
(rep 21/01/2020), Appointment
process for top job at Tourism Board hangs in the
balance: At least half a dozen people in the know told
the Post that the appointment had become uncertain,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 22/01/2020), Don’t
run interference on tourism: The tourism board cannot
function without its head when Visit Nepal has begun
(kp 23/01/2020), PMO's
intervention throws NTB CEO selection process into
uncertainty (rep 23/01/2020)
Visit
Nepal Year 2020: Let’s promote homestays, by
Gyanendra Dhar Pradhananga (ht 20/01/2020)
Two
new paragliding zones added near Kathmandu Valley
(ht 19/01/2020)
We
all are tourists: Tourists should not be treated as
deities. It augurs well for us to treat them as ordinary
human beings who are prone to all human vagaries, by
Babu Ram Neupane (rep 19/01/2020)
VNY
2020: Prospects And Challenges, by Hira Bahadur
Thapa (rn 17/01/2020)
Tourists
come to Janakpur in droves, but stay only for a day:
Tourists in Janakpur complain of difficulty in
navigation for lack of proper tourism infrastructure,
by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp 14/01/2020)
A
vision for sustainable tourism: The entire country could
learn lessons from the sustainable tourism drive
occurring in the Shey Phoksundo trail, by Amir R.
Thapa (kp 14/01/2020)
Tourist
arrivals dropped slightly in 2019 (ht 13/01/2020)
Sudurpaschim’s
budget lacks: vision and strategic plan, saytourism
entrepreneurs, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 08/01/2020)
Tourism
Minister’s Visit Nepal rally in Sydney condemned for
being insensitive and inappropriate: Yogesh Bhattarai
held a rally to draw Australian tourists to Nepal while
the country reels under massive bushfires across
millions of hectares, by Sangam Prasain (kp
07/01/2020)
Give
a boost to tourism: With optimum IT use, by Pramod
Parajuli (ht 06/01/2020)
What
people can do: Let us do what we can to ensure that our
guests have a pleasant stay in 2020 and every year
following that, by Niraj Shrestha (rep 06/01/2020)
Nepal's
tourism aspirations: In 2020, the country should be open
about its problems and its dedication to the
preservation of our cultural matters, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 05/01/2020)
Adventure
tourism sees growth (ht 05/01/2020)
Visit
Nepal Boosts Economy, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
05/01/2020)
Chinese
tourist influx to Nepal in 2020: Travel trade hopes to
raise visitors from China to half-a-million in 2020,
by Josie Wang (nt 03/01/2020)
Diplomats
take to social media to promote Visit Nepal 2020, and
beyond: Analysts say diplomats using social media to
push diplomacy is fine as long as it doesn’t affect
Nepal’s domestic policies, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
03/01/2020)
Tourists
want public toilets, garbage bins and a hassle-free
airport—not a week-long tourism extravaganza: Kathmandu
Metropolitan City has announced a week-long campaign to
supplement Visit Nepal 2020, but tourists are more
concerned about basic amenities, by Anup Ojha (kp
03/01/2020))
Why
Nepal’s tourism campaigns have—and haven’t—worked: Given
the success of past initiatives, tourism entrepreneurs
have high hopes for the campaign that aims to bring in 2
million tourists, by Sangam Prasain (kp 02/01/2020)
Visit
Nepal campaign fails to enthuse remote Karnali districts,
by Nagerndra Upadhyaya and DB Budha (rep 02/01/2020)
Why
Visit Nepal? Nepal is a unique creation of nature. Visit
Nepal to enjoy the excellent and unique natural
beauty. Gain the lifetime experience and take back
this experience home, by Yogesh Bhattarai (rep
02/01/2020)
Govt
lacks health plans for foreign tourists (ht
02/01/2020)
Visit
Nepal 2020 kicks off today, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht
01/01/2020), Making
VNY 2020 successful: We need to demonstrate goodwill,
both in words and action, so that tourists feel at home
in Nepal and want to visit again and again, by
Purnima Shrestha (rep 01/01/2020)
Visit
Nepal 2020 prime focus for tourism sector in 2019,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 31/12/2019)
Nepal
aims for 2 million tourists in 2020, but cities lack
nightlife: Social activities and entertainment in the
evening and at night can significantly contribute to
making the Visit Nepal campaign a success, entrepreneurs
say, by Sangam Prasain and Himendra Mohan
Kumar (kp 30/12/2019)
Sindhupalchowk
warms up for VNY, by Dhruba Dangal (rep 30/12/2019)
Indigenous
nationalities to support VNY (rep 30/12/2019)
Nepal’s
first online travel aggregator XcelTrip wants to
‘disrupt’ the tourism industry: Nepali travellers can
pay for hotels and flight tickets using e-SEWA, debit
and credit cards issued by local banks while foreigners
can use their international cards, by Prahlqad Rijal
(kp 30/12/2019)
Migrant
workers will be asked to wear shirts and caps with the
Visit Nepal logo: Human rights activists have called the
decision misguided, ineffective and ridiculous (kp
28/12/2019) [Discriminatory
bullshit!]
TAAN
willing to revise TIMS card pact with tourism board
(ht 28/12/2019)
TAAN
operating without organization renewal for two years
(rep 28/12/2019)
Museum
hotel to reflect Nepal’s cultural, ethnic diversity
(rep 28/12/2019)
Fall
in arrivals by air during peak tourist season does not
bode well for Visit Nepal 2020: Visitor arrivals by air
fell by 17.46 percent in November, which is considered
peak tourist season for Nepal, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/12/2019)
How
tourism might not benefit Nepal: The way local
governments are scrambling to host tourism festivals
without any study will not create a sustainable avenue
for tourism development, by Chandra Prasad Bhattarai
(kp 27/12/2019)
Thamel
business likely to suffer for more days (kp
27/12/2017)
A
week before Visit Nepal 2020 begins, Tourism Board loses
its CEO: Deepak Raj Joshi’s term has ended and it could
take at least three weeks before a new CEO is appointed,
board officials say, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/12/2019)
Only
30 percent work on Gorkha Durbar completed as deadline
ends: The Department of Archaeology is preparing to
extend the contract, by Hariram Upreti (kp
25/12/2019)
Northern
base camp of Annapurna to be promoted, by Hari
Krishna Gautam (rep 23/12/2019)
Snowfall
halts tourist arrival in Jumla (rep 21/12/2019)
Tourism
in Karnali: Businesspersons eager to invest, demand
conducive environment, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
21/12/2019)
Tourism
Board's age limit for recruitment challenged in court:
The vacancy announcement says applicants for the post of
CEO should be between 35 and 60 years old, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 19/12/2019)
1.3m
tourists from 113 nations visit Lumbini, by Mohammad
Habib (rep 19/12/2019)
Province
5 to start VNY campaign from Bardiya (rep
17/12/2019)
Rasuwagadhi
border sees a decline in the number of tourists entering
Nepal: The border point is a major point used by Chinese
tourists to enter Nepal, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
16/12/2019)
Poor
infrastructure affects VNY preparation, by Giriraj
Baskota (rep 16/12/2019)
Preparation
for Visit Nepal 2020 in Parsa “absolutely zero”: Hotel
entrepreneurs and campaigners lament that the major
tourist hubs in the district are left in the shadows,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 16/12/2019)
A
community forest in Bardiya attracts tourists: Every
day, an average of 50 to 100 tourists arrive in the
forest to catch glimpses of rhinos and tigers, by
Kamal Panthi (kp 15/12/2019)
Stakeholders
ignore govt’s search and rescue guideline (ht
15/12/2019)
Nepal
is pedalling towards a new form of tourism: Visit Nepal
2020 hopes to capitalise on the potential of Nepal
becoming a prime destination for adventure mountain
biking, by Thomas Heaton (kp 14/12/2019)
Nepali
and Chinese officials stress road connectivity to boost
tourist arrivals from China: Nepal was able to attract a
meagre 0.1 percent out of the total Chinese visiting
abroad, by Prahlad Rijal ()kp 14/12/2019)
International
workshop on transport and tourism begins (ht
14/12/2019)
Kathmandu
goes to sleep by 10, what are tourists going to do?
Nepal is still stuck with archaic policing methods,
which have prevented Nepali cities from discovering
their tourism potential (kp 13/12/2019)
Visit
Nepal 2020 pins hope for strong medium-term growth
outlook, says World Bank report: The multilateral
funding agency said import growth would slow down as the
government implements its programmes to check fiscal
deficit (kp 13/12/2019) [see Nepal
Development Update by World Bank, 12/12/2019]
Bhaktapur
to start ‘night heritage walk’ for tourists ahead of
Visit Nepal 2020: The first of the night walks will take
place this evening, by Anup Ojha (kp 12/12/2019)
Chasing
the chimera of tourism development: Tourism can thrive
in Province 2, but policymakers must not be swayed by
unrealistic plans, by CK Lal (kp 11/12/2019)
Army
unveils various activities to support VNY 2020 (rep
10/12/2019)
High
cost of jet fuel in Kathmandu airport is keeping foreign
airlines away: Airlines pay $1 per litre to fuel up at
Tribhuvan International Airport, compared to $0.55 per
litre in Delhi, a new government report says, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 09/12/2019) [High
ground handling charges, twice as high as at other
international airports, are another reason for foreign
airlines not to fly to TIA. Quite obviously, the
government does not want to increase the number of
incoming tourists!]
Uniformity
in airfare for locals, foreigners possible (ht
09/12/2019)
Promotion
of Buddhist religious routes stressed (ht
09/12/2019)
Tipta
La: Paradise under the shadow: Difficult to reach but
it’s worth every step you take towards this hidden
destination nestled between valleys, by Ananda
Gautam (kp 07/12/2019)
Govt
to observe tourism decade (ht 07/12/2019)
Tilaurakot,
where Siddhartha Gautam spent his early years, ignored
in Visit Nepal Year 2020 publicity campaigns: Tilaurakot
was omitted in the publicity programmes by mistake, says
Lumbini Development Trust, by Manojk Paudel (kp
06/12/2019)
Homestays
keep former migrants in Nepal, by Mukesh Pokhrel (nt
06/12/2019), Nepalis
open doors to a better life: Community homestay empowers
women, uplifts communities and provides tourists a
close-up of life in Nepal, by Sanghamitra Subba (nt
06/12/2019
Fearing
setbacks ahead of Visit Nepal campaign’s launch, tourism
board extends CEO's term by three months: The selection
sub-committee of Nepal Tourism Board on Wednesday
invited applications to hire a new CEO, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 05/12/2019)
Stakeholders
seek promotion of sports tourism (ht 05/12/2019)
Tourism
minister seeks ambassadors’ support to make VNY
successful (ht 05/12/2019)
Tourists
are flocking in but hardly spending money: Government
has failed to take appropriate measures to increase
vacation lengths and create avenues for tourists to
spend money, entrepreneurs say, by Himendra Mohan
Kumar (kp 04/12/2019)
Foreign
tourist arrivals down (ht 04/12/2019) [related to
CNP]
Tourism
industry seeks incentive package for Visit Nepal 2020:
Cheaper aviation fuel, cash grants for high performers,
tax discounts and removal of entry fees among major
demands, by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/12/2019)
TAAN
to introduce new trekking routes in January (ht
03/12/2019)
Suryodaya
Municipality organizing tourism festival, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 02/12/2019)
Rs
262m allocated for VNY campaign promotion (ht
01/12/2019)
42
trekking trails to be built in Karnali (rep
01/12/2019)
Pattale:
The perfect destination for Everest sight-seeing: Having
already hosted two famous ultra trail races, this famous
tourist hub in the Everest region is set to welcome
visitors, by Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 30/11/2019)
How
Sindhupalchok’s state-designated destinations are faring
ahead of Visit Nepal 2020: The reconstruction and
renovation works in the district’s destinations are
still in the preliminary phase, with 2020 just a month
away, by Anish Tiwari (kp 30/11/2019)
Why
Nepal won't see two million tourists in 2020: Revenue
growth remains sluggish, but authorities are obsessed
with the arrivals figure, by Chandra Prasad
Bhattarai (kp 29/11/2019)
‘Bring
homestay service under income tax net’ (ht
27/11/2019)
VNY
to be inaugurated from Dasharath Stadium (ht
26/11/2019)
Lack
of budget to implement master plan for the conservation
of Satyawati Lake: The grand plan revolves around
developing the area as one of the important tourist
destinations in the country, by Madhav Aryal (kp
25/11/2019)
Over
12,000 tourists enter Langtang in 4 months, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 24/11/2019)
Rhododendron
capital under-equipped for Visit Nepal 2020: Teenjure,
Milke and Jaljale, spread over three districts,
Tehrathum, Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung, is one of the
designated areas for Visit Nepal Year 2020, by
Chandra Karki (kp 23/11/2019)
Tourism
ministers of 40 countries to visit Nepal (ht
23/11/2019)
Ghumarchowk:
A world away, just an hour from the city: This small
scenic village is a natural antidote for those seeking
to escape from the concrete jungle, by Tsering
Ngodup Lama (kp 22/11/2019)
Nepali
entrepreneurs worry after China hikes Mansarovar entry
fee for Indians (ht 21/11/2019)
Tourist
police receive 576 complaints in 10 months (ht
21/11/2019)
Nepal’s
luxury hotels are growing but the rooms are empty: There
are 15 five-star hotels in the country, and a dozen more
are being planned even as existing hotels continue to
report a significant drop in profit, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 20/11/2019)
Stakeholders
ask government to ensure Manthali-Lukla flights, by
Arpana Ale Magar (ht 20/11/2019)
TAAN
to provide skill training to tourism entrepreneurs
(ht 20/11/2019)
New
rules for Nepali tourists travelling abroad (ht
19/11/2019)
People’s
representatives in Doti say they are 'dissatisfied' over
preparations for Visit Nepal 2020: They complain about
poor coordination with the provincial, federal
government, despite the programme inching closer, by
Mohan Shahi (kp 19/11/2019)
Pathibhara:
The pull of the divine: Unlike several Hindu temples
across the country, Pathibhara is open to people of all
castes and religions, by Ananda Gautam (kp
16/11/2019)
The
Lumba Sumba Passage: Trekking is evolving fast on once
remote east Nepal routes, by Henry Edmundson (nt
15/11/2019)
Air
traffic congestion to hit VNY 2020, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 13/11/2019)
Tanahun
homestays: Packed in season, quiet in off-season, by
Binod Dhungana (rep 13/11/2019)
MoCTCA
allots Rs 1 billion for 100 destinations (ht
12/11/2019)
Lack
of functional toilets in Mayadevi temple area compels
Lumbini visitors to relieve themselves in the open:
Infrastructure was built for four well-equipped toilets
in the area but lack of a plan on how to operate them
has rendered them unusable, by Manoj Poudel (kp
11/11/2019)
Pokhara,
Bharatpur collaborate for tourism promotion (rep
11/11/2019)
Foreign
tourists arrivals surge 8 percent to 975,557: In October
alone, Nepal welcomed 143,870 foreign tourists (kp
09/11/2019), Nearly
million visitors in first 10 months (ht 09/11/2019),
Nepal
sees 10% growth in tourist arrival in October (rep
09/11/2019)
Seti
River, the new favorite for rafting, by Shreehari
Poudel (rep 09/11/2019)
Are
you planning a trip to Dharan? Here are seven places
around the city you would want to visit: A city of many
faces flanked by the Tarai plains and the Eastern hills
welcomes you for an experience of a lifetime, by
Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 09/11/2019)
Langtang
is not a place, it is a people: The Langtang Valley is
sublime, to say the least, but what really wins your
heart is not its beauty but its spirit, by Marissa
Taylor (kp 08/11/2019)
Rhino
Park to be constructed in Meghauli to promote tourism,
by Sabita Shrestha (kp 07/11/2019)
TAAN
to provide discount packages for VNY 2020 (ht
06/11/2019)
Pokali
cultural festival held to attract 20,000 tourists,
by Sher Bahadur Jero (rep 06/11/2019)
Nepal
trekking start-up company ups its ante in the cut-throat
travel business: MountainKick has hired veteran tour
operators and guides to enhance foreign travellers’
trekking experiences, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
04/11/2019)
Over
29,000 tourists enter Nepal from Rasuwagadhi in 10
months, by Himnath Devkota (rep 04/11/2019)
Fully
equipped rescue centre set up along Annapurna trekking
trail (ht 02/11/2019)
Too
many mules on the Everest trail, by Alton C. Byers
(nt 01/11/2019)
Local
units in Baglung prioritise constructing foot trails to
promote tourism: The local government aims to promote
the already-existing foot trails and explore new ones
keeping tourism in mind, by Prakash Baral (kp
01/11/2019)
HAN
member hotels to offer 30% discounts on rooms, 15% on
food (rep 01/11/2019)
Hotels
business thriving in Mulkot due to road connectivity,
by Anil Bhandari (rep 31/10/2019)
Foreigners
report high number of theft and fraud cases with tourist
police: 1,252 cases were reported in the past two fiscal
years, but none concerned serious crime, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 24/10/2019)
Okhaldhunga
homestay awaits guests, by Sher Bahadur Jero (rep
22/10/2019)
VNY
promotional centres to be set up in Nepali embassies
(ht 21/10/2019)
After
Xi Jinping’s visit, Nepal is expecting a surge in
Chinese tourists: The country needs to upgrade
infrastructure and focus more on quality tourism rather
than just numbers, travel and tourism operators say,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 20/10/2019)
NTB
preparing profiles of 100 tourist destinations for VNY
(ht 20/10/2019)
Manaslu
Himal draws mountaineers and tourists in droves: 2,030
foreign tourists, including 17 from SAARC countries,
visited the Manaslu region, by Hariram Urpeti (kp
20/10/2019)
Tourists
arrival up in Tatopani Kunda (ht 20/10/2019)
Here’s
how to spend two weeks in Mundhum trail, the preeminent
destination of Kirati culture: Khotang hosts one of the
newest trails—Mundhum trail—that charts through many
eastern hilly districts, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp
19/10/2019)
New
High Way to Dolpo ... is not good news for trekkers,
by Sonam Choekyi Lama (nt 18/10/2019)
Rara
Lake attracting tourists in droves (ht 18/10/2019)
TAAN
expects increase in flow of Chinese tourists after Xi’s
visit (ht 17/10/2019)
Police
patrol along Annapurna trail to ensure travellers’
safety: More than 250 tourists use the famous trekking
route every day, by Aash Gurung (kp 16/10/2019)
Road
condition the major stumbling block for Lumbini’s
tourism year goal: The Buddha’s birthplace hasn’t seen
as many tourists as expected for the Lumbini Travel Year
2076, owing to the sorry state of its roads, by
Amrita Anmol (kp 14/10/2019), The
government must undertake development activities for its
citizens: The problems road conditions are creating for
Lumbini’s tourism year goals cannot be ignored (kp
15/10/2019)
Hordes
of tourists descend upon Langtang: The area is popular
with trekkers and offers panoramic views, by Balaram
Ghimire (kp 14/10/2019)
Foreign
visitors up (ht 14/10/2019) [related to BNP]
20pc
discount on homestay next year (ht 14/10/2019)
With
Jinping’s visit, Pokhara entrepreneurs hopeful business
will grow: Last year, 154,000 Chinese tourists arrived
in Nepal, according to data of the Tourism Board, by
Deepak Pariyar (kp 13/10/2019)
Rasuwa
sees rise in tourist footfalls (rep 13/10/2019)
Nepali
Army to promote Visit Nepal Year 2020 (ht
04/10/2019)
Five-star
Everest Hotel reopens its door a crack: The luxury
property is yet to clear its dues, renew the permit and
do an impact study, by Sangam Prasain (kp
01/10/2019)
Hotel
workers give 21-day ultimatum: Workers threaten protest
on the eve of Visit Nepal Year (rep 01/10/2019)
Meghauli
offering homestay services targeting VNY 2020, by
Sabita Shrestha (rep 01/10/2019)
A
guide to vacationing in Pokhara: Breathtaking sights,
beautiful lakes, amazing food and one-of-a-kind
experience is what Pokhara is about. Put it well on top
of your bucket list when you plan your vacation next,
by Madha Malla (kp 28/09/2019)
Tourist
arrivals surge 9 percent in first eight months: Visitors
from Thailand rose 38.9 percent (kp 27/09/2019)
As
neighbouring economies slump, tourists number could see
a drop: The impact of the slowdown in India and China is
likely to be felt in currency, which will affect trade
and forex reserves, economists say, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 25/09/2019) [Nepal's tourism policy is also not very helpful:
it already makes flights to Nepal extremely expensive.
The discriminatory staggered and already expensive
domestic fares are another handicap.]
Will
dengue impact Visit Nepal 2020?, by Priyanka
Adhikari (rep 19/09/2019)
Gosaikunda:
A fair mix of adventure and spiritualism: Don’t make the
trek only about trekking; stand back, smell the
rhododendrons, look at the mountains and breathe in the
fresh mountain air, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
14/09/2019)
Tourism,
aviation and carbon: If Nepal hits its 2 million tourist
target in 2020, travellers will emit up to 4 million
tons of carbon, by Sanghamitra Subba (nt 13/09/2019)
Nepal
has been named one of the cheapest countries to visit.
Here's why that's not good news: A new report by the
World Economic Forum ranks Nepal in 15th position for
price competitiveness while placing it poorly in terms
of other criteria, by Sangam Prasain (kp 12/09/2019)
[see correspong
report]
Tourism
industry in Nepal: Make it backbone of economy, by
Bidhyaman Mahatara (ht 06/09/2019)
Tourism
thrives on teamwork: Visit Nepal Year 2020 can
accommodate all people and institutions for the common
goal of solidarity for prosperity, by Yogesh
Bhattarai (kp 05/09/2019)
Tourism
Satellite Account to be ready by end of this fiscal year
(ht 05/09/2019)
Everest
Hotel plans a comeback without clearing outstanding
dues: Department of Tourism says the five-star property
owes Rs103.5 million to the government, by Sangam
Prasain. (kp 04/09/2019)
Airbnb
is thriving but hoteliers are worried, by Sujeeta
Pradhan (rep 03/09/2019)
Nepal
is in the midst of hotel building spree. But will the
tourists come? This year, the Tourism Department awarded
a five-star rating to four hotels, bringing the total
number of hotels in the five-star category to 15, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 02/09/2019)
TGAN
seeks removal of FIT permit (ht 02/09/2019)
Khopra-Khayerbaraha
trekking trail is most famous for monsoon trek. But it’s
a trail for all seasons: Monsoon has brought the
Nagi-Mahare-Khopra-Khayerbaraha trekking route alive in
a riot of colours, by Ghanshyam Khadka (kp
31/08/2019)
The
right place for rainy respite: Bardev offers travellers
a slice of rural life, a fast-vanishing lifestyle,
by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 30 08/2019)
Homestay
brings locals home: Tourism has helped restore Kalabang
in Pokhara’s hinterland, by Reeti K.C. (nt
30/08/2019)
DoT
hands over tourism-related responsibilities to
provincial govts (ht 28/08/2019)
Bhedatar
ill-prepared for VNY-2020 (ht 27/08/2019)
Tourism
minister unveils one-year work plan (ht 27/08/2019)
Gorkha
reviving traditional round houses for attracting
tourists, by Binod Dgungana (rep 27/08/2019)
Domestic
tourist inflow increases in Rasuwa, by Him Nath
Devkota (rep 27/08/2019)
Publicity
is not enough to retain tourist numbers: There is a need
to preserve the country's cultural and natural assets to
develop the tourism industry, by Arju Dahal (kp
26/08/2019)
With
criticism growing, fewer tourists are riding elephants
in Chitwan: While tourism entrepreneurs say that their
elephants are treated humanely, wildlife
conservationists believe that the model of elephant
tourism needs to change, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp
26/08/2019)
Here
are five places you should visit in Surkhet: Surkhet has
its own several awe-inspiring sites that one can get to
within an hour’s ride from the district headquarters,
Birendranagar, by Jyoti Katuwal (kp 24/08/2019)
Tourism
ministry asks subordinate bodies to be active on social
media (rep 22/08/2019)
Kavre
homestay holiday packages getting popular among
foreigners, by Jyoti Shrestha (rep 21/08/2019)
Reviving
Nepal’s rural economy: Nepal can take cues from
post-second world war Tuscany and promote agro-tourism,
by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 20/08/2019)
Number
of tourists up by 42.6% in Ilam, by Bhim Chapagain
(rep 20/08/2019)
Saipal,
land of verdant hills, indigenous festivities, and local
wine, invites you for one-of-a-kind experience: Saipal
might as well be one of the most beautiful, yet fairly
uncharted, territory in the country, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 17/08/2019)
NTB
bringing Rs 1.5 billion budget, by Nikeeta Gautam
(rep 17/08/2019)
Hotels
in Annapurna Base Camp resume operations: A heavy
snowstorm in February had blown the roofs off and left
the hotels vulnerable to the elements, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 17/08/2019)
How
to travel from Manang to Mustang in five days—and not
die along the way: At times, it may feel like it’s your
last day on earth. But you’ll live, by Pranaya SJB
Rana (kp 16/08/2019)
Hiking,
trekking trails unveiled in Kavre targeting Visit Nepal
Year (ht 14/08/2019)
Tourism
targets not attained, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht
11/09/2019)
Innovating
tourism: In the age of digitalization, Nepal should opt
for ‘QR code’ information system to enable tourists to
gather information about places they visit, by
Biranchi Poudyal (rep 11/08/2019)
Private
sector asks the government to wake up as Visit Nepal
2020 nears: There were many grievances— expensive jet
fuel charge, haphazard taxes imposed on foreign
trekkers, pollution and shoddy airport
infrastructure—that need a fix, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 10/08/2019)
Karnali
announces 40 destinations for VNY 2020, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 05/08/2019)
Sauraha
to be more eco-friendly for VNY 2020, by Nikeeta
Gautam (rep 04/08/2019)
NRN
investor offers to buy Tiger Palace Resort in Bhairahawa
for $33.9 million: The 100-room property is the first
integrated five-star casino resort in South Asia, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 03/08/2019)
Hotels
along Annapurna region to resume operations (rep
03/08/2019)
New
tourism minister faces a slew of challenges, especially
on policy: Yogesh Bhattarai will need to retool civil
aviation while also ensuring that Visit Nepal 2020 takes
off without a hitch, by Sangam Prasain (kp
02/08/2019), Challenges
facing Minister Bhattarai: The new tourism minister has
to chart a new course to revitalise a promising industry
(kp 02/08/2019)
Langtang
receives record number of tourists in the last fiscal
year: 16,386 foreign and 5,559 Nepali trekkers thronged
Langtang National Park, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
31/07/2019)
Sardu
riverside: A new tourist destination in Dharan, by
Rohit Rai (rep 28/07/2019)
There’s
more to Rara than just the lake: Local delicacies, antique
villages and religious shrines provide an array of things
to do while visiting the pristine lake in Mugu, by Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 27/07/2019)
Time
in Lwang, with my two-year-old nephew: A journey to a
beautiful tea garden, with glorious mountain views makes
for quality time to reaffirm important ties, by
Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 26/07/2019)
Visit
Nepal 2020 is five months away, but not much has been done
to promote the country abroad: An inexperienced campaign
leader, an inadequate budget and lack of leadership at the
Tourism Ministry are all hampering promotional activities,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 26/07/2019)
Visa
stickers in short supply in Consulate Office, Munich
(ht 23/07/2019)
Rock
Garden to boost tourism in Rolpa, by Dinesh Subedi
(rep 22/07/2019)
Rs
68 bn earned from travel sector: Tourism Excellency
Award to be held in September, Tourism Investment Summit
in 1st quarter of 2020 (ht 21/07/2019)
Tourism
fraternity sees ample promotion opportunities for VNY
2020, by Nikeeta Gautam (rep 21/07/2019)
Tourist
arrivals up 12 pc in first half (ht 18/07/2019)
Government
raises tourist visa fees, after a decade, by Muna
Sunuwar (rep 17/07/2019)
Tourist
arrivals to Chitwan reach all-time high of 185,644: The
national park is home to 125 tigers and 605 one-horned
rhinos, making it a must-see destination for wildlife
enthusiasts, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 16/07/2019)
New
visa fee for foreign visitors from July 17: Tourists to
pay five to 35 dollars more (ht 12/07/2019)
101
tourist destinations declared in Karnali State (rep
12/07/2019)
To
make up for monsoon slack, Nepal opts for spiritual
tourism, by Sonam Choekyi Lama (nt 12/07/2019)
Everest
hotel preparing to resume services (ht
11/07/2019)
Bollywood
celebs to create buzz about Nepal: Tourism sector to
cash in on multi-million dollar media blitz (ht
10/07/2019) [??]
In
an embarrassing gaffe, tourism campaign for Nepal
promotes a picture from Thailand in London: Tourism
Board says it has nothing to do with the poster,
pointing finger at Visit Nepal secretariat. The
banner has now been changed (kp 09/07/2019)
Tourist
information centre opens in Thamel, by Anup Ojha (kp
04/07/2019)
Pokhara
eyes more Indian visitors: Sets target of increasing
share of Indian tourists to 50% of total arrivals in
next five years, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
04/07/2019)
Homestay
registration on the rise, by Muna Sunuwar (rep
01/07/2019)
Average
tourist spending drops (ht 30/06/2019)
‘Nepal’s
Switzerland’ in the making, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep
30/06/2019)
Overlooking
the Valley: A day’s hike to Chandragiri; Grab your
hiking boots and take the trail less travelled to
Chandragiri, by Diya Rijal (kp 28/06/2019)
Nearly
200 Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims stuck in Humla (ht
27/06/2019)
Nepal
— a destination for both backpackers and high-end
tourists, say entrepreneurs, by Arpana Ale Magar (ht
26/06/2019)
Tourism
entrepreneurs dissatisfied with provincial level
committee for Visit Nepal 2020: The committee has failed
to have inclusive representation from all the 13
districts of the province, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp
24/06/2019)
Praying
for rain in Chhaimale: There are numerous short walks to
go on and majestic views to take in from the village of
Chhaimale, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 21/06/2019)
NTB
promoting VNY in international markets (ht
18/06/2019)
Hyatt
Regency shuts down operations: The decision follows a
tussle between workers and management, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/06/2019), Hyatt
resumes services: Labour office to moderate discussions
between workers and hotel management (ht 20/06/2019)
VNY
campaign likely to face funds shortage, by Arpana
Ale Magar (ht 15/06/2019)
Study
underway for Karnali tourism master plan, by DB
Budha (rep 13/06/2019)
Road
to Rara a ‘torment’ all the way, by DB Budha (rep
12/06/2019)
Plan
to introduce tourism activities in protected areas
alarms conservationists: Jungle safari and adventure
sports in parks may help earn revenue but they can have
deleterious impact on biodiversity, experts say, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/06/2019)
Himalayan
Travel Mart 2019 concludes on a high note (ht
10/06/2019)
Parbat
homestays building infrastructure, upgrading facilities,
by Chhabi Lal Tiwari (rep 10/06/2019)
House
panel seeks progress report on VNY 2020 campaign (ht
08/06/2019)
Visit
Nepal Year 2020: About roads less traveled, by
ZenithShah (rep 09/06/2019)
Dusty
road along Bhairahawa–Taulihawa route a challenge to
Visit Lumbini Year, by Mohammad Habib (rep
08/06/2019)
Doing
the Mardi trek in three days, by Marissa Taylor (kp
07/06/2019)
The
Budget And Tourism Sector, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
06/06/2019)
‘Need
to promote coffee tourism in Nepal’ (ht 05/06/2019)
Luxury
hotels in Kathmandu post record profits on higher
arrivals, by Sangam Prasain (kp 04/06/2019)
Trekking
circuit opened at Phoksundo Lake, by Bishnu Prasad
Devkota (ht 04/06/2019)
Himalayan
Travel Mart to push Nepal as gateway to the Himalayas
(kp 04/06/2019)
Budget
for tourism sector slashed by 51%, by Nikeeta Gautam
(rep 01/06/2019)
Crawling
towards Markhu: Taking the (bumpy) road less travelled
to Markhu tested our riding skills and patience, but the
reward came in the form of heart-stoppingly beautiful
views, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 31/05/2019)
Who
should tourism benefit in Nepal? Nepali tourism cannot
continue to rely on old policymaking. It needs to take
local communities into account, by Amish Raj Mulmi
(kp 31/05/2019)
Save
wildlife tourism: Let’s go back to nature, by
Manohar Shrestha (ht 28/05/2019)
Tourist
spending, stay falls further, by Nikeeta Gautam (rep
28/05/2019)
Nepal
tourism generated Rs240 billion and supported 1
million jobs last year, by Sangam Prasain (kp
27/05/2019)
Bad
road a challenge to Visit Lumbini campaign, by
Mohammad Habib (rep 27/05/2019)
VNY
needs to go beyond regular destinations (ht
25/05/2019)
Making
Nepal accessible to all: The country is making a start
in inclusive adventure tourism with disabled-friendly
trekking and other facilities, by Monica Deupala (nt
24/05/2019)
Making
Visit Lumbini Year Fruitful, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
24/05/2019)
NTB
signs pact with UNDP to develop TSA framework (ht
22/05/2019)
High-end
tourism: Unless we attract high paying clients, revenue
from Nepal’s tourism industry will not see a meteoric
rise, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 21/05/2019) [?????]
Unchecked
encroachment tarnishes the beauty of Kalinchowk, by
Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 21/05/2019)
Thriving
tourism in Namuna community forest benefits many local
residents, by Nabin Poudel (kp 19/05/2019)
President
inaugurates Visit Lumbini Year; campaign targets over 2
million tourists, by Madhav Dhungana and Manoj
Poudel (kp 19/05/2019), Lumbini
to be promoted as centre for global peace (ht
19/05/2019), Lumbini
Master Plan not completed even after 4 decades, by
Rekha Bhusal and Kiran Man Bajracharya (rep 19/05/2019)
China
sends 64,578 tourists to retain top spot as source market
(kp 18/05/2019)
More
tourists are visiting the country, but they are spending less
money: According to the tourism ministry, the average spending
by a tourist per day has dropped to $44, the lowest in
seven years, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/05/2019)
This
is what it’s like to trek: Manaslu Circuit is an exercise in
extremes, where one’s limits—and resolve—are constantly put to
the test by the trails, by Thomas Heaton (kp 17/05/2019)
Tourism
entrepreneurs call for reviewing air rescue procedures, by
Santosh Pokharel and Narahari Sapkota (rep 16/05/2019)
Campaign
for Buddhist tourism: Buddha’s legacy has been monopolized by
India. Nepal needs to reclaim the Buddha and his legacy as a
fundamental part of nation’s identity and narrative. Our
history is inseparable from Buddhism, by Dharma Adhikari
and Juyang Zhang (rep 15/05/2019)
Kailash
pilgrimage uncertain as Tibet govt tightens permit, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 14/05/2019)
Experts’
team all set to study wildlife, tourism (ht 12/05/2019)
Additional
Rs 84 million to be given for homestay, by Santosh Pokhrel
(rep 12/05/2019)
New
trekking route to Hidden Lake comes into operation (ht
11/05/2019)
Italian
trekker succumbs to altitude sickness, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 11/05/2019)
Govt
raises visa fees for foreigners, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
10/05/2019)
Tourism
Infrastructure Summit in offing (ht 10/05/2019)
Visit
Lumbini Year campaign announced, targets 2.5 million tourists
(kp 09/05/2019)
Branding
Buddha’s birthplace: Buddhist tourism can appeal to a large
number of faith-inspired travelers. Branding Nepal as Buddha’s
birthplace would help to counter the persisting misinformation
that Buddha was born in India, by Dharma Adhikari and
Juyan Zhang (rep 08/05/2019)
Nothing
new for tourism sector for next fiscal year (ht
04/05/2019)
Wasted
opportunity
in tourism: Lo Manthang warrants a world heritage status, but
authorities should be able to look beyond monetary
exploitation, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 03/05/2019)
Downhill
all the way: Nepal has the ideal extreme terrain for mountain
bicycle racing, by Reeti K.C. (nt 03/05/2019)
Nepali
tourism fraternity fails to tap Sri Lanka’s tourists (ht
02/05/2019)
Gandaki
province doling out Rs 300 million to homestays on ad
hoc basis: Homestays getting Rs 1 million each, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 02/05/2019)
DoT
collects Rs 487 million in expedition royalty (ht
01/05/2019)
Scenery
is not enough: Here are a few things Karnali Province needs to
do to boost the local tourism sector, by Jaya Jung Mahat
(kp 30/04/2019)
Build
on sand: Thoughtless exploitation of river-based
resources will hit water tourism hard (kp
23/04/2019)
Himalayan
Travel Mart 2019 to be organised from June 7 (ht
22/04/2019)
Tourism
ministry to prioritise VNY 2020 in next fiscal budget
(ht 18/04/2019)
Has
influx of Chinese tourists benefitted Nepal
economically?, by Rupak D Sharma (ht 17/04/2019)
Tourism
businesses thrive in quake-hit Melamchighyang, by
Dhruba Dangal (rep 17/04/2019)
High-altitude
yak festival draws tourists from India, China and Bhutan,
by Giriraj Baskota (rep 16/04/2019)
Rupandehi
sees internal tourism surge (rep 15/04/2019)
Govt
holds soft launch of VNY 2020 (ht 14/04/2019)
Tourism
campaign
misses target: Karnali Province welcomed only 233,021
tourists during tourism year campaign which is far below
the targeted 500,000 footfall, by Nagendra Upadhyaya
(rep 13/04/2019)
VNY
2020 budget endorsed (kp 11/04/2019)
Flow
of Chinese tourists yet to meet expectations (ht
10/04/2019)
Ban
on musical event leaves foreign tourists stranded
(ht 08/04/2019)
Along
the fringe of the Valley: In Kakani, you can walk off
your fill of trout and berries along two distinctly
different walking trails, each offering
serenity and stunning views, by Thomas Heaton
(kp 05/04/2019)
Camping
trek: Mobile hotel, by Manohar Shrestha (ht
03/04/2019)
Bafikot
Rural Municipality making tourism master plan, by
Lokendra Khanal (reo 03/04/2019)
VNY
2020 to be launched on Nepali New Year (ht
03/04/2019)
Tourism
board seeks technical expertise for TSA (ht
02/04/2019)
Pokhara
hoteliers worried as room occupancy falls, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 02/04/2019)
Over
15,000 visited Rara Lake in a year: Karnali-Rara Tourism
Year campaign had targeted 100,000 visitors, by
Suman Malla (rep 01/04/2019)
Tourist
Police
to provide services from Thamel office from mid-April:
Officials say they want to make it easier for tourists
to seek assistance by setting up a new all-service unit
in Capital’s tourist hub, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/04/2019)
DoT
raises Rs 39m through expedition permits (ht
27/03/2019)
Hotel
Central Plaza in Kohalpur joins five-star club (kp
24/03/2019)
Tourists
being charged fees unfairly in Sarankot: Entrepreneurs
(rep 21/03/2019)
Ensuring
tourists’ safety (rep 19/03/2019)
Bhujung,
a tourist destination in Lamjung, declared ‘cleanest
village’, by Kisan Sangeet Nepali (rep 18/03/2019)
Holeri
gears up for tourism promotion through literary festival,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 16/03/2019)
Chinese
top list of tourist arrivals in February (kp
12/03/2019)
Ski
training in Mustang to attract tourists, by Sushil
Babu Tahakali (rep 23/02/2019)
Number
of five-star hotels in Nepal reaches 12, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/02/2019)
Looking
east: A strategic marketing plan is needed to tap into
the outbound Chinese tourism market, by Saroj Dhakal
(kp 21/02/2019)
Feasibility
study of Mundhum trekking route begins (ht
21/02/2019)
Nepalis
spent Rs 48b on foreign holidays (rep 20/02/2019)
Gandaki
Province observing Internal Tourism Year sans
preparation, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 20/02/2019)
Experts
weigh pros and cons of mass tourism, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 19/02/2019)
Annapurna
Circuit closed due to worsening weather, by Santosh
Pokhrel (rep 17/02/2019)
'Heaven
is myth, Nepal is real' catches attention at Intl
tourism meet (rep 15/02/2019)
Tourist
arrivals up 25pc in January (kp 13/02/2019), Bright
start to international tourist arrivals (ht
13/02/2019), Tourist
arrivals up 25% in January: Nepal welcomed 91,793
foreign tourists in first month of 2019 (rep
13/02/2019)
Sustainable
Tourism Development, by Chet Nath Kanel (rn
13/02/2019)
International
company
used lies to threaten government, private rescue
agencies and hospitals in Nepal: A Post investigation
shows Australia-based Traveller Assist has been using
the helicopter rescue scam to market itself as the sole
representative of global insurance firms, by Arpan
Shrestha and Sangam Prasain (kp 11/02/2019), Govt
launches investigation into Traveller Assist (rep
11/02/2019)
(Un)making
tourism: Our apathy towards the environment is harming
tourism, by Geetanjali Upadhyaya (kp 10/02/2019)
Tourists
stranded after snowfall (kp 08/02/2019)
Don’t
overcharge
foreigners: Charging foreign visitors extra makes them
feel they are being cheated and Nepal’s welcome is
conditional on money they can be milked for, by
Marianne Heredge (rep 05/02/2019)
Escaping
the ‘tourism trap’: Tourism is not always linked to
development and prosperity, by Kashif Islam (kp
04/02/2019)
Tourism
to be promoted in Northeast India (ht 04/02/2019)
More
than 10,000 new room nights added in two years, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 03/02/2019)
Govt
initiates agro-tourism hub, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
03/02/2019)
Nepal
trekking
industry in damage control mode: The Tourism Ministry
cracks down on fake rescues, plans to counter negative
publicity, by Sharad Ojha (nt 01/02/2019)
Try
visiting Nepal, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 25/01/2019)
Buddhist
Circuit fixed departure tours slated to launch mid-July
(kp 22/01/2019)
Tourist
arrival in Bhaktapur yet to reach pre-earthquake level,
by Pawan Khanal (rep 21/01/2019)
Manang’s
dilemma: Pending burden, by Sashreek Shrestha (ht
18/01/2018)
Solar
light powers homestay in Chitwan’s Madi, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 17/01/2019)
Rasuwa
welcomed 300,000 foreign tourists in 40 years, by
Himnath Devkota (rep 17/01/2019)
Excess
baggage: The wave of domestic tourism has arrived - what
are we doing about its implications?, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp 15/01/2019)
Buddhist
International Travel Mart begins in Lumbini (ht
12/01/2019)
Tourism
boom abets deforestation and encroachment in Kalinchowk,
by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep 10/01/2019)
‘Working
procedure for eco-tourism soon’ (ht 09/01/2019)
Tourist
arrivals
cross coveted 1-million mark: The number of tourists
visiting Nepal recorded a 24.77 percent growth over last
year. Among the total arrivals, 969,287 individuals came
by air, by Sabgam Prasain (kp 09/01/2019), Nepal
receives 1.17m tourists (ht 09/01/2019)
Zip-line
to attract adventure tourists to Dhulikhel ahead of Visit
Nepal 2020, by Madhusudhan Guragain (kp (07/01/2019)
Tourism
breathing life into dying art of pottery, by Pawan
Khanal (rep 04/01/2019)
Hiking
up the benefits of tourism: Trekkers receive a meaningful
immersion in rural Nepal, while uplifting the local
economy, by Sangmin Kim (nt 04/01/2019)
Homestays
in Madi bring cheer to locals, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel
(kp 03/01/2019)
Bhedetar
jam-packed with tourists, by Balika Maden (rep
02/01/2019)
Hoteliers
upbeat as domestic tourists descend on Pokhara, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 01/01/2019)
Nepal
is
the new marketTravel trade entrepreneurs are excited about
what the new season has to offer, and expect around 1.5
million tourist arrivals in 2019 (kp 31/12/2018)
At
the
heart of jungle: Chitwan is the place of nature, culture
and adventure. There is something here for everyone making
it the prime destination for a real trip in Nepal, by
Taylor Mason (rep 30/12/2018)
The
Chinese are coming: Two entrepreneurs prepare for the
expected influx of Chinese tourists by educating them
about Nepal, by Ruixue Zhang (nt 28/12/2018)
Buddhist
Travel Mart to kick off on Jan 12 (kp 26/12/2018)
14
companies show interest to operate bus service to Indian
cities: DoTM officials say 10 will get permit very soon
(rep 25/12/2018)
New
trekking route to Kanchanjunga Base Camp explored, by
Bhim Chapagain (rep 24/12/2018)
Reviving
homestay in Gorkha challenging, by Narhari Sapkota
(rep 23/12/2018)
Tourism,
aviation minister rues poor implementation of projects
(rep 22/12/2018)
Nepal
may lose Indian tourists after currency restriction,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 18/12/2018)
Neglected
foot trail of Fewa Lake, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
17/12/2018)
Work
begins on walking trail from Beni Bazar to Lovely Hill
(rep 17/12/2018)
Patihani
attracting hospitality investment, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 16/12/2018)
Foreign
tourist arrivals cross one million mark (rep
14/12/2018)
Corporate
culture: Hotels must embrace it, by Deependra Singh
(ht 14/12/2018)
Making
adventure accessible: Tourism is not only for the
able-bodied, by Obindra B Chand (kp 12/12/2018)
Khumbu
Rural Municipality collects Rs 49.7 million in tourism
fee, by Sikhar Jung Shrestha (rep 11/12/2018)
Accommodation
fees being charged ‘illegally’ for walking to Everest,
by Khumba Raj Rai (kp 10/12/2018)
Start
with
tourism: Nepal must take measures to control air
pollution as we get close to Visit Nepal 2020, when we
aim to welcome two million visitors, by Sabita
Nakarmi (rep 10/12/2018)
Branding
the city: A way to promote tourism, by Niharika
Mathema (ht 10/12/2018)
Entrepreneurs
promote Nepali tourist destinations in Kolkata, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 10/12/2018)
Trails
less travelled, by Joy Stephens (nt 07/12/2018), Seti’s
gorgeous gorges, by Hermann Warth (nt 7/12/2018)
More
trekkers, more trees: After 35 years, environmentalist
sees much positive change on the Everest Trail,
by Adam Stern (nt 30/11/2018)
Chopper
scam thrives despite Nepal’s promised crackdown (kp
29/11/2018)
Ten
o’clock bar on bars: Serving of liquor in restaurants to
be prohibited after 10:00pm, by Rupak D Sharma (ht
28/11/2018)
Patihani,
a lesser known tourist destination with unmatched beauty,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 26/11/2018)
Tourism
industry lures foreign investors, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 23/11/2018)
Lack
of quality tourists worries Pokhara entrepreneurs,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 12/11/2018) [The
quality of tourists has nothing to do with the amount of
money they are able to spend but with their interest in
and understanding of Nepali culture and society!!]
Gorkha
growing into an educational tourism hub, by Narahari
Sapkota (rep 07/11/2018)
The
Dynamics Of Domestic Tourism, by Kiran Dahal (rn
07/11/2018)
Mid-season
hike in permit fees worries trekking operators: Trekking
agencies’ association warns of protests (rep
06/11/2018)
Rasuwa
brimming with Nepali tourists, by Himnath Devkota
(rep 06/11/2018)
NTB
approves Rs 1.71bn budget for ongoing fiscal (ht
05/11/2018)
Sikles
attracting hordes of tourists, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 04/11/2018)
Government
unveils list of 97 new tourist destinations (rep
02/11/2018)
Nepal
sees domestic tourism boom ahead of Visit Nepal Year
2020, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 01/11/2018)
Nagarkot
tourism
sector slams double entry fees: Nagarkot Naldum Tourism
Development Committee, says dual fees imposed on the
foreign tourists has already hit the number of tourist
arrivals (kp 30/10/2018)
Tourist
arrivals up in Manang (ht 29/10/2018)
Annapurna
foot trail sees influx of trekkers, by Siddha Raj
Rai and Kisan Sangeet Nepali (rep 28/10/2018)
70
percent of guests at Sauraha hotels this season were
Nepalese, by Sabita Shrestha (rep 27/10/2018)
Nepali
safari-goers pack Sauraha during Dashain, by Ramesh
Kumar Poudel (kp 26/10/2018)
Tourists
flock to Rara Lake after monsoon, by Raj Bahadur
Shahi (kp 25/10/2018)
Domestic
tourism on the rise during festive holidays, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 24/10/2018)
Kathmandu
ranked fifth tourist destination of the world (rep
24/10/2018)
Nepalis
have
to pay entry fee to conservation areas: Nepalis will
have to pay Rs100 to enter the conservation areas. SAARC
nationals will now have to pay Rs1,000, while other
foreign nationals will be charged Rs3,000, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 17/10/2018)
Rara
Lake lacks infrastructure to lure tourists, by Zhou
Shengping (kp 16/10/2018)
Over
19,000
tourists entered Nepal via Rasuwagadhi: In the entire
year of 2017, around 17,620 Chinese tourists had visited
Nepal, while in 2016, only 4,961 Chinese tourists had
come into Nepal via Rasuwagadhi, by Himnath Devkota
(rep 13/10/2018)
Imagine
Nepal to explore Rara (kp 11/10/2018)
Hotels
brimming with foreign tourists (rep 11/10/2018)
Lack
of access hinders Shey Phoksundo's tourism, by
Bishnu Prasad Devkota (rep 10/10/2018)
Online
visa application kiosk installed at Rasuwagadhi
immigration, by Himnath Devkota (kp 10/10/2018)
Tourist
season kicks off with 34pc growth (kp 09/10/2018)
Tourism
as soft power: Investing in the tourism industry will do
more than just generate income, by Bhuwan Bhusal (kp
07/10/2018)
Hotel
Siddhartha View gets four-star rating, 7th in the
country (kp 07/10/2018)
Agitation
to bar tourists entry into Annapurna region (ht
28/09/2018)
Tourism
in the digital age: Time is ripe to realign the whole
ecosystem of tourism industry with the new technology,
by Sunil Sharma (rep 27/09/2018)
Annapurna
Circuit witnesses more trekkers flowing in: ATC is known
as one of the top 10 trekking routes in the world (ht
26/09/2018)
Packages
abound as more Nepalis opt to travel, by Arpana Ale
Magar (rep 26/09/2018)
Boosting
Sino-Nepali tourism: The importance of connectivity
cannot be overemphasised in spurring tourism across the
borders, by Gao Liang (kp 23/09/2018)
Madi
homestays attracting tourists (rep 23/09/2018)
No
road expansion at ABC foot trail for next 30 years,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 23/09/2018)
Lack
of health facilities on trekking route hits tourists
(ht 23/09/2018)
Foreign
tourist arrivals surge by 18.8 percent (kp
20/09/2018), ‘Prime
minister’s visit boosts tourist arrivals from China’,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 20/09/2018)
Together
for
tourism: Visit Nepal 2020 is going to gain fair amount
of global attention. But will we be able to brand it
internationally?, by Kabi Adhikari (rep 19/09/2018)
First
5-star hotel in Lumbini to start operation next month,
by Binod Pariyar (rep 16/09/2018)
Menu
of services along Manaslu trekking route set, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 15/09/2018)
Country’s
tourism promoted in Sichuan (ht 10/09/2018)
So
much to do: Tourism and Nepal are synonymous yet we fail
to capitalise it fully, by Nischal Dhungel (kp
09/09/2018)
NTB
fails to pass budget due to delayed verdict (kp
06/09/2018)
Nepal’s
tourism
moment: Tourism industry can help Nepal burnish its
image abroad, emboldening its soft-power for a country
with negligible hard-power, by Nishan Kafle (rep
04/09/2018)
Centre
eliminates dubious emergency operators (kp
01/09/2018), Fake
rescue scam: Helicopter operators question taskforce
report (rep 03/09/2018)
Outbound
Nepali travellers spent almost Rs 80bn (ht
31/08/2018)
Silver
Heritage building casino resort in Jhapa (kp
28/08/2018)
NRB
report: Tourism income grows to record Rs67b last fiscal
(kp 27/08/2018), DoT
sees revenues rise by 26% (rep 27/08/2018)
Deplorable
road
affects Nagarkot entrepreneurs: Local bussinessmen blame
Shailung Construction for the sharp decline in tourist
numbers, by Anup Ojha (kp 26/08/2018)
NTB’s
budget in limbo over board controversy (kp
26/08/2018)
Up
in
the air: Bogus rescue operations are casting doubts on
Nepal’s ability to attract tourists while keeping them
safe and secure, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 25/08/2018)
If
we
want to bring more tourists: Why does not Nepal Tourism
Board open its branch offices in major European cities
to promote Nepali tourism?, by Prem Lamichhane (rep
25/08/2018)
Government
to set up tourism satellite account, by Sujan
Dhungana (ht 24/08/2018)
Realizing
tourism dream: This is the right time for Nepal to
establish the country as the world’s premier tourist
destination, by Rebanta Bahadur KC (rep 23/08/2018)
Fake
rescue
scam: Government initiates action against guilty
companies; Flight Connection Domestic alone received
$22.4 million in payments from insurance companies,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 21/08/2018), Global
insurers
threaten to stop cover for tourists: Four hospitals
Swacon International Hospital, Era Health Centre, CIWEC
Hospital and Vayodha Hospitals and three helicopter
companies Heli Everest, Manang Air and Air Dynasty Heli
Services are being scrutinised by the government for
quoting exorbitant rates and making claims against
tourist insurance policies, by Sangam Prasain (kp
23/08/2018), Police-led
search,
rescue unit proposed: Local agents of international
rescue, insurance companies barred from getting involved
in search and rescue ops, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
23/08/2018), Ultimatum
issued to end tourist rescue fraud (ht 23/08/2018)
Tourist
arrivals up 18% in first seven months, entrepreneurs
unimpressed, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 18/08/2018), Tourist
arrivals soared in July (ht 18/08/2018), Tourist
arrivals in Nepal jumped 73.5 percent in July (kp
19/08/2018)
Dhunche-Gosaikunda
trail reopens after 10 days, by Himnath Devkota (rep
15/08/2018)
Gandaki
Province to integrate all tourism fees into one, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 13/08/2018)
Forgotten
backyard: Nepal’s far western region has tremendous
tourism potential that remains untapped, by Rebanta
Bahadur KC (kp 12/08/2018)
Tour
operators, South Korea sign MoU to promote tourism ties
(rep 11/08/2018), Nepal,
South
Korea seek to boost bilateral tourism: IIn 2017, as many
as 34,000 Korean tourists visited Nepal. Currently,
Korean Air operates four weekly fights between Nepal and
the South Korea (kp 12/08/2018)
Mentally-disturbed
tourists a headache for Tourist Police, by Diya
Dhakal (rep 11/08/2018)
How
Nepal
can lure Chinese tourists: Language is the main barrier
for Chinese tourists. Hotels in Nepal should train their
staffs in basic Chinese language and culture, by
Subas Chandra Dahal (rep 09/08/2018)
Trilateralism
via tourism: Promote people-to-people ties, by Mani
Raj Lamichhane and Biranchi Poudyal (ht 09/08/2018)
Tourists
returning to Langtang in hordes, by Balram Ghimire
(kp 08/08/2018)
Ambitious
Plan for Tourism Sector, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn
06/08/2018)
About
7,000 Chinese tourists visit Nepal via Rasuwagadhi till
July, by Himnath Devkota (rep 05/08/2018)
Govt
to develop 100 new tourist destinations this FY, by
Sagar Ghimire (rep 04/08/2018)
Chitlang
sizzles in new avatar as homestay spot, by Pratap
Bista (kp 03/08/2018)
Call
for turning Ratna Mandir into museum, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 01/08/2018)
Homestay
flourishing in Namje village, by Rohit Rai (rep
01/08/2018)
Tourism
industry
unhappy after Casino Bill dropped: ‘The industry would
not attract foreign investment without a separate Casino
Act’, by Sangam Prasain (kp 01/08/2018)
Shakya's
hotel found to have encroached upon Fewa Lake, by
Prashant Lamichhane (rep 01/08/2018)
Hike
in
vehicle rental cost to make tour packages dearer:
Tourist vehicle service providers announce they will be
raising rental charges from October 1 (rep
30/07/2018)
1.36m
Indian tourists visited Nepal in 2017, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/07/2018)
The
Tamu Trek Trail: A new hiking route retracing the
heritage of the Gurung people is the new trekking
destination this autumn, by Jit Gurung (nt
27/07/2018)
Ministry
sets 10 milestone activities to attract Indian, Chinese
tourists (rep 22/07/2018)
Nepal-India
codeshare deal awaits Cabinet OK: Nepal and India signed
a revised ASA in 2010 but it does not permit
codesharing; The Nepali delegation led by Tourism Joint
SecretarySuresh Acharya had signed the pact without
getting the Cabinet’s go-ahead in December 2016
(kp 20/07/2018)
Nepal
hosted 520,014 foreign tourists in H1 (kp
18/07/2018)
Dangerous
development:
Nepal’s tourism has seen its share of tragedies over the
past years. Further tragedies will undermine development
potential of new trekking destinations such as Manaslu,
by Rune Bennike (rep 18/07/2018)
Province
7 awaits tourism promotion, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal
(rep 17/07/2018)
Integrated
mountain rescue centers remain limited to paper, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 16/07/2018)
Int’l
airport spurs star hotel growth in Rupandehi, by
Binod Pariyar (rep 15/07/2018)
Boom
Time in Central Terai: Bhairawa and Lumbini are poised
for more growth with the completion of a new
international airport, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt
13/07/2018)
NTB
makes Visit Nepal 2020 pitch in Kolkata (kp
10/07/2018)
TAAN,
NTB purchase rescue materials worth Rs 1 million
(rep 09/07/2018)
NTB
promotes Nepal in India’s key cities (kp 08/07/2018)
Spotlight
on female trekking guides, by Manoj Ghartimagar (rep
08/07/2018)
Clarion
call to increase tourists’ stay, spending in Nepal,
by Santosh Pokharel (kp 08/07/2018)
Pilgrims’
distress: It’s time to take urgent lessons from the
deaths along the Mansarovar route (kp 05/07/2018)
Jeep
safaris close down for monsoon (kp 03/07/2018)
Entrepreneurs
want more tourism budget for Pokhara, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 03/07/2018)
Govt
begins
pilot of agro tourism village: The government has
launched the community-based agro tourism village for
the first time targeting tourists who like greenery,
quiet and calm natural environment (kp
01/07/2018)
Lack
of direct air connectivity stifling Sri Lanka-Nepal
tourism (rep 30/06/2018)
Branding
tourism: Nepal’s tourism needs government’s policy
support and a brand to reap its utmost benefit, by
Aditya Baral (kp 29/06/2018)
‘Unnecessary
rescues’ soar in Nepal on profits from insurance payouts
(kp 29/06/2018)
Gosainkunda
rolls up its sleeves to boost tourism (kp
29/06/2018)
More
Mustang locals into homestay business, by Sushil
Babu Thakali (rep 26/06/2018)
Lalitpur
adopts ‘audio-visual’ guide system (ht 25/06/2018)
Off-season
closes hotels in Manasalu area, by Narahari Sapkota
(rep 24/06/2018)
China
to help Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign (rep
24/06/2018)
Tourist
arrivals in May reach 68,825 (kp 21/06/2018), Tourist
arrivals grew in May (rep 21/06/2018)
Nepal
lands best travel booth award (kp 19/06/2018)
Nepal
promotes VNY 2020 in Hong Kong travel fair (rep
19/06/2018)
China
ups travelling charges for Kailash Manasarovar (kp
11/06/2018)
1st
ever East Tourism Mart a big draw (kp 11/06/2018)
Average
length of tourist stay drops to 7-year low, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 10/06/2018)
3rd
Himalayan Travel Mart slated for next June (kp
09/06/2018)
Govt
brings yet another policy to keep close tab on
foreigners (rep 09/06/2018)
Two-year-long
service
charge row resolved: Tips split six ways, hotel
employees will now get 72pc of the 10 percent service
charge (kp 08/06/2018), Service
charge dispute at hotels ends with new ‘sharing
structure’, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 08/06/2018)
PATA
ready to help Nepali tourism grow (ht 04/06/2018)
Budget
gives Rs 730m for tourism infrastructure: Nine tourism
bodies did not receive capital expenditure, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 03/06/2018)
Himalayan
Travel Mart throws open its doors (kp 02/06/2018)
More
Indians come to Nepal after Modi visit (rep
02/06/2018)
Visit
Nepal version 3.0 targets 2 million arrivals, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 31/05/2018), Tourism
fraternity baulk at target of two million annual
tourists by 2020: Statistics show foreign tourist inflow
surged by less than 250,000 in the last seven years,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 01/07/2018)
Budget
fails to excite tourism sector (rep 30/05/2018)
Messy
road greets tourists: Authorities ‘unaware’ of the muddy
street in Thamel, by Anup Ojha (kp 29/05/2018)
Almost
half of foreign tourists in 2017 hailed from five
countries (ht 29/05/2018)
Changunarayan
witnessing fewer tourists (ht 28/05/2018)
Religious
tourism: After Modi visit, Janaki Temple charms Indian
tourists, by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp 24/05/2018)
Nepal
loses service trade surplus (ht 24/05/2018)
PATA
elects Joshi as Chairman of Destination (kp
23/05/2018)
Investment
pouring in Itahari's hospitality sector, by Amar
Khadka (rep 21/05/2018)
Tourist
arrivals grow 11 percent in April (kp 18/05/2018)
Kailash
Manasarovar Yatra likely to see record numbers, by
Kalendra Sejuwal (kp 16/05/2018)
Himalayan
Travel Mart slated to open in June (kp 15/05/2018)
It
takes two to tango: The private sector leads tourism,
but the government plays a key role in promoting it,
by Aditya Baral (kp 14/05/2018)
Modi’s
visit could boost religious tourism, entrepreneurs say,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 12/05/2018)
Domestic
tourists seek thrill of bungee jumping, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 11/05/2018)
For
a few dollars more: You cannot sell Nepal if the first
and last impression is so bad, by Ted Atkins (nt
11/05/2018)
Wild
and deadly, by Yuvaraj Shrestha (nt 11/05/2018)
Riding
above the haze: Mountain biking with a mask is better
than no exercise at all, by Tyler McMahon (nt
11/05/2018)
Nepal
showcases local cuisines to lure tourists (kp
08/05/2018), Delicious
destinations: Gastronomy tourism is flourishing
globally, and Nepal is attempting to catch up, by
Sunil Sharma (kp 09/05/2018)
Nepali
cooking show to be live streamed today (kp
07/05/2018)
NRB
expands definition of 'tourism' for lending (rep
01/05/2018)
Trekking
entrepreneurs propose promoting Dolpo as 'Ambassador
Trail' (rep 29/04/2018)
‘Nepal
should
target tourists from MENA’: MENA could provide a huge
boost to arrival numbers and improve the fortunes of
Nepal’s tourism industry if NTB organises more tourism
promotion events in the Middle east and place higher
priority on digital promotion (kp 28/04/2018)
One
million rupees paid in compensation for porter’s death
during trekking expedition (ht 28/04/2018)
Government
readying DPR of a model tourist destination in each
province (ht 27/04/2018)
‘Natural
Nepal’ promoted in Mid-East (ht 27/04/2018)
Bihawar
tourism fair from April 28 (ht 26/04/2018)
GVA
growth in hotel, restaurant sector to reach 9.77
percent: CBS (rep 26/04/2018)
Safer
Himalayas: Measures must be put in place to ensure the
safety of visitors and local guides in the mountains of
Nepal, by Anustha Shrestha (kp 24/04/2018)
‘MoCTCA
working to bring in 1.5m tourists’ (ht 21/04/2018)
Seven
five-star hotels under construction complete EIA, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 17/04/2018)
Tourist
arrivals surge by 14.2 per cent (ht 17/04/2018)
Home
stay facilities in Lamjung luring tourists (ht
17/04/2018)
Oli
to open Karnali Rara Tourism Year (kp 14/04/2018)
Into
the heart of once forbidden realm, by Anita Bhuju
(rep 14/04/2018)
China
overtakes India as top source country for tourists,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 13/04/2018)
RKTY
visitors to be put up in villages (ht 13/04/2018)
Go
take a hike: The Mardi Trek is so wild you don't want to
brag about once it is over so it remains that way,
by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 13/04/2018)
Airport
construction triggers hotel boom in Rupandehi, by
Amrita Anamol (kp 12/04/2018)
Govt
to identify more than 100 tourist destinations (ht
12/04/2018)
Promoting
tourism: We must broaden scope, by Pramod Nepal (ht
11/04/2018)
Khaptad
tourism body’s funding cut off due to irregularities,
by Mohan Shahi (kp 08/04/2018)
Rara
Lake visitors to be housed in villages, by Raj
Bahadur Shahi (kp 08/04/23018)
‘Tourists
go missing as they ignore regulations’, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 08/04/2018)
Khumbu
sees more tourists (ht 07/04/2018)
'Rs
17 billion new investment in tourism in 2017', by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 02/04/2018)
Chitwan
National
Park tourist inflow up 7.5pc: Data shows 95,357 foreign
and local tourists visited the wildlife park in the
first eight months this year (kp 01/04/2018)
Logo
and slogan unveiled for Karnali-Rara Tourism Year,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 01/04/2018), Lack
of facilities likely to mar Karnali Rara Tourism Year,
by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp 07/04/2018)
Disabled-friendly
trekking route constructed in Kaski (ht 01/04/2018),
Asia’s
first
accessible trail opens in Pokhara: NTB built the trail
to attract a strong segment of accessible
tourists’ population (kp 02/04/2018)
Clipped
wings: As tourism grows globally, infrastructure
bottleneck could stunt growth of Nepal’s major industry
(kp 30/03/2018)
MoCTCA
to unveil 100-day action plan today (ht 30/03/2018),
TourMin
issues100-day plan to revitalise tourism, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 31/03/2018)
More
tourists visiting Chitwan National Park (ht
29/03/2018)
Travel,
tourism pumps Rs195b into economy, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 28/03/2018)
Korea
Tours and Trekking Operator Association of Nepal formed
to boost tourist arrivals (ht 28/03/2018)
Entrepreneurs
in Nepal, India seek joint cooperation for tourism
promotion, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 25/03/2018)
Call
to open ancient foot trail of Queen Mayadevi, by
Manoj Paudel (kp 24/03/2018)
Hoteliers
seek proper infrastructure (ht 23/03/2018)
Government
urges entrepreneurs to diversify tourism products,
services (ht 22/03/2018)
Target
of 1.5 million foreign tourists by 2020 is gettable:
Stakeholders, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 22/03/2018)
Chandragiri
safe for tourists: Tourism Minister (rep 22/03/2018)
Call
to construct tourist bus park near Thamel (kp
20/03/2018)
Planned
Buddhist Circuit tour remains on paper, by Manoj
Paudel (kp 20/03/2018)
Trekking
route explored in Pokhara’s periphery, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 20/03/2018)
Adventure
tourism expo on March 23 (kp 19/03/2018)
Nepal’s
tourism sector to suffer due to bad publicity from
aircraft crash (rep 17/03/2018)
Rara-Karnali
Visit Year to be observed to attract tourists (ht
12/03/2018), Province
6 announces Rara-Karnali Visit Year (kp 23/03/2018)
Entrepreneurs
worried at low tourist spending, by Arpana Ale Magar
(rep 12/03/2018)
Entrepreneurs
urge government to separate area for rafting, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 10/03/2018)
Adventure
tourism activities in the Annapurna Conservation Area
yet to be recognized, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
09/03/2018)
Cultural
laws, policies to be amended in spirit of federalism
(rep 07/03/2018)
Buddha's
home town Kapilvastu awaits pilgrims, visitors, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 06/03/2018)
Water
tourism brings cheer to Sindhupalchok, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 04/03/2018)
Pokhara
to launch first trekking trail for differently-abled
people (kp 03/03/2018)
Jungle
safari to go live at Banke Nat’l park, by Thakur
Singh Tharu (kp 02/03/2018)
Rs
210 million from tourism royalties lies stagnant in
Solukhumbu, by Radha Dhungana (rep 28/02/2018)
Traffic
jam: Tourism sector could replace floundering
remittance, provided infrastructure matches aspirations
(kp 23/02/2018)
Tea
tourism: Promoting Nepali product, by Youbaraj
Gautam (ht 21/02/2018)
'Tourism
contributed Rs 91b to GDP in 2017', by Arpana Ale
Magar (rep 21/02/2018)
Lumbini
turning into a pit stop: Hoteliers are losing out on
customers with tourists returning in haste (ht
20/02/2018)
Tourist
arrivals: Inbound flight bookings for April exceed 70
percent (kp 19/02/2018)
18,000
Chinese tourists entered Nepal via Rasuwagadhi in 2017,
by Himnath Devkota (kp 19/02/2018)
40k
Chinese tourists expected during Chinese New Year
(kp 16/02/2018)
Valley
hotels
net record profits in 2017: Arrivals to Nepal hit a new
record in 2017, resulting in hotel occupancy rate at an
average of 65 percent (kp 15/02/2018), Tourism
receipts up 27 percent to Rs 34 billion (rep
15/02/2018)
Service
in Chinese for Chinese tourists at TIA, by Arpana
Ale Magar (rep 14/02/2018)
Number
of group trekkers increasing, by Arpana Ale Magar
(rep 10/02/2018)
Winter
tour
packages in Rara Lake flop for lack of snow: Rara Lake
has remained deserted for the last two months because of
the winter cold, by Raj Bahadur Shahi (kp
05/02/2018)
Record
27k trekkers visit Annapurna via Lamjung, by Aash
Gurung (kp 04/02/2018)
Annapurna
region welcomed record 158,600 trekkers in 2017 (rep
01/02/2018)
Chitwan
National Park witnesses less tourists this fiscal
(ht 29/01/2018), Despite
bad road, floods, CNP sees surge in visitor numbers,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 30/01/2018)
Jungle
safari operators demand regulations (ht 28/01/2018)
Local
hotels, traders fleecing tourists in Simbhanjyang
(ht 28/01/2018)
Need
of tourist policing in all provinces stressed (ht
27/01/2018)
Nepal
to host accessible tourism meet in March (kp
22/01/2018)
Tourism
income hits Rs29.32b in five months (kp 20/01/2018)
Travel
traders design Lumbini tour packages, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 18/01/2018)
Water
canyoning in Parbat to attract tourists, by
Chhabilal Tiwari (rep 17/01/2018)
Ban
on elephant safari will kill business, say operators,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/01/2018)
All
proposals for agri-tourism grant disqualified:
Vegetables Development Directorate publishing notice for
proposals again, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
16/01/2018)
Jeep
safari to cement Patihani as tourism spot, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 14/01/2018)
Lumbini
saw more than 1.55m tourists in 2017, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 13/01/2018)
Re-imagining
tourism:
Nepal is not land-locked, but land-linked, with untapped
potential for Indian, Chinese and domestic Nepali
tourism, by Anil Chitrakar (nt 12/01/2018)
Search
on for new trekking route to Kahphuche glacial lake
(ht 11/01/2018)
Ski
competition to be organized in October (rep
11/01/2018)
Three
hotels awarded 4-star rating by Tourism Department,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 03/01/2018)
Minimum
requirements relaxed for star hotels outside Valley
(kp 02/01/2018)
Tourist
arrival breaks the record of 2012, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 02/01/2018), Arrivals
hit
new high but fall short of 1 million target: The Nepal
Tourism Board has claimed that tourist arrivals crossed
the 1.05 million mark in 2017, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 04/01/2018), Nepal
welcomed record 940,000 visitors in 2017 (rep
04/01/2018)
2017
a satisfactory year for tourism, say entrepreneurs,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 01/01/2017)
Tensions
in tourism: Nepal’s middle class claim they are
‘unwanted guests’: Locals who want to join overseas
visitors in enjoying the country’s stunning mountains
say its tourist industry gives western trekkers
preferential treatment, by Pete Pattison (kp
30/12/2017)
Nepal
again fails to draw in one million tourists, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 30/12/2017)
Home-stay
in Bhimdattanagar attracting tourists (ht
29/12/2017)
Tourist
Information Centre opens in Dhulikhel, by Madhusudan
Guragain (rep 28/12/2017)
Outbound
Nepalis spend more than foreign visitors to Nepal
(ht 26/12/2017)
Various
trekking routes constructed in Mustang (ht
26/12/2017)
Bhaktapur
attracts most tourists among Ktm Valley’s Durbar Squares,
by Ayam Shrestha (rep 26/12/2017)
Khumbu
rural municipality collects Rs 40 million in tourist
entrance fee: 22,000 tourists enter the region in less
than three months, by Radha Dhungana (rep
24/12/2017)
Adventure
tourism: Nepal’s potentials, by Pravat Adhikari (ht
19/12/2017)
17
applications received for agri tourism grant (rep
19/12/2017)
Buoyed
by election results, tourism aims for 5 million arrivals
(kp 15/12/2017) [??]
Mayors
of three tourism destinations unveil plan for tourism
development (rep 14/12/2017)
Tourism
growth spurs hotel expansion spree, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 13/12/2017)
No
takers for govt's agro-tourism promotion grant,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
11/12/2017)
Homestay
promotional programme launched, by Aas Gurung (kp
06/12/2017)
Hotels
in remote areas witness brisk business (ht
06/12/2017)
Homestay
service: Chitlang folk earning up to Rs100k a month,
by Pratap Bista (kp 05/12/2017)
Way
to do it: We need to develop Buddha’s birthplace in such
a way that visitors can be engaged intellectually and
emotionally, by Rajendra P. Adhikari (rep
04/12/2017)
Lost
in my own land, by Swasti Gautam (rep 01/12/2017)
Tiger
Palace Resort gets 5-star rating (kp 30/11/2017)
The
footfall
at the ABC is estimated to hit record high 50,000
tourists next year. But is it ready, or capable,
of entertaining such numbers?, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/11/2017)
Will
Nepal
be able to meet its goal of drawing million visitors
this year? Security concerns related to the upcoming
elections could be a dampener, say tourism entrepreneurs,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 25/11/2017)
Eco
and agro tourism gains steam in Ilam, by Biplav
Bhattarai (kp 25/11/2017)
Strangers
in
our own land: From the first day of the trek, we felt
like unwelcomed guests at a party. Even guides and
porters seemed annoyed with Nepali tourists, by
Sandeep Poudyal (rep 21/11/2017)
Nepal
as
a Dharma destination: Tourism can help promote and
preserve traditional practices like shamanism. But
to do so, traditions need to keep evolving and expanding
to remain accessible to those who come seeking it,
by Sandesh Ghimire (kp 18/11/2017)
Country-specific
tourism marketing plan prepared (kp 18/11/2017)
Nepal
on track to hit magic figure of 1 million arrivals,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 16/11/2017), Breaking
records: Nepali tourism sector may well be on track to
attract 2.5m tourists by 2025 (kp 17/11/2017) [But the airpot is not!]
Local
govts defy centre’s order on ‘tourism fee’ (kp
08/11/2017) [It is bad for
tourism if the central government is not willing to
understand constitution and federal principles!]
Tourism
secy hopeful of early resolution of tourist tax
collection dispute (rep 30/10/2017)
The
mountains are calling, but not you: On being treated as
a second-class tourist in your own country, by
Shreya Paudel (kp 28/10/2017)
Investments
pour
into booming resort sector: estimates show that
hoteliers have injected more than Rs7 billion into
Chitwan’s hospitality industry, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 27/10/2017)
Bojhini:
A new favorite retreat in Changunarayan, by Krishna
KC (ht 26/10/2017)
Gyrocopters
set to take tourism to new heights, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 25/10/2017)
Chitlang
makes a comeback as tourist destination, by Pratap
Bista (kp 24/10/2017)
MoFALD,
MoFA consult over resource-sharing, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 20/10/2017)
Tiger
Tops Hotel brings innovation to jungle safari (ht
16/10/2017)
High-way:
With
the opening of the Besisahar- Chame Sadak, Manang is
witnessing an unprecedented boom in tourism, but
concerns over safety continue to loom large, by Bhim
Ghimire and Aash Gurung (kp 14/10/2017)
Tourism
festival begins at Annapurna base camp (ht
13/10/2017)
Shey-Phoksundo
may
soon become a bus park, rather than a national park:
Shey-Phoksundo is used by outsiders and even the
government mainly for revenue extraction rather than
conservation, by Tsiring Lama (nt 13/10/2017), Stairway
to heaven: Make a once-in-lifetime pilgrimage to the
sacred landscape of Phoksundo Lake, by Kunda Dixit
(nt 13/10/2017)
Selling
Nepal on the Net: Digital marketing of Nepal’s tourism
is replacing traditional advertising, by Shreejana
Shrestha (nt 13/10/2017)
ACAP
allowing lodges on Annapurna BC trail to add rooms:
Trekkers sleeping on floors, corridors in lack of rooms,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 11/10/2017)
Destination
Nepal:
With proper planning, investment and adequate
infrastructure, domestic tourism can work wonders for
the country, by Saurav Bashyal (ht 08/10/2017)
Star
hotels slash room rates (ht 08/10/2017)
Chinese
man fined Rs 25,000 for using drone (kp 07/10/2017)
Domestic
tourists visiting Manang make most out of Dashain break
(rep 07/10/2017)
CAAN
brings new rules for paragliding companies: Asks
companies to operate flights only between 10 am and 3:30
pm, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 07/10/2017)
Alternative
trail to Tilicho Lake now open for trekkers, by Hari
Krishna Gautam (rep 06/10/2017)
Tourism
in Langtang on the upswing, by Balram Ghimire (kp
06/10/2017)
Raze,
retrofit
or rebuild? Instead of tearing down damaged Rana-era
buildings, turn them into heritage hotels to give
tourism a boost, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 06/10/2017)
Pokhara
brimming with domestic tourists, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 05/10/2017)
Tourist
standard hotels record tepid business during Dashain
this year (ht 05/10/2017)
Rural
municipality starts collecting tourism fee in Everest
region, by Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 05/10/2017)
Call
to attract Indian and Chinese tourists to Nepal (ht
26/09/2017)
Baglung
benefits from Muktinath tourism, by Prakash Baral
(kp 24/09/2017)
Chinese
tourism promoted in Nepal (ht 21/09/2017)
Paradigms
of tourism: Nepal is not developing as it should to
capture its true tourism potential, by Aditya Baral
(kp 19/09/2017)
Ban
on travel business lifted in Annapurna, by
Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 19/09/2017)
Nepal
participates in PATA Travel Mart 2017 (ht
19/09/2017)
Hotels
could accommodate 1.6m tourists by 2020 (ht
18/09/2017)
Additional
fee for foreigners in Khumbu: Opinion divided on the
issue of rural municipality’s fee (ht 17/09/2017), Act
locally:
The constitution enables the local government to collect
local taxes such as property tax, land revenue tax and
tourism promotion fee for sustainability (ht
18/09/2017) [This is absolutely
correct, but Nepal should avoid double taxation of
tourists since the country depends on them! So, pleade
stop the taxation on the central lever under the federal
structure!], Experts
call for constitutional clarity on tourism tax, by
Arpana Ale Magar (rep 19/09/2017)
Annapurna
trek draws tourists in droves (kp 14/09/2017), Annapurna
Circuit bustling with a surge in tourists, by Nabin
Lamichhane (rep 14/09/2017)
Tourist
spending
decreases despite increase in arrivals; Cut-throat
competition among hotels behind low tourist
expenditures: Entrepreneurs, by Arpana Ale Magar
(rep 12/09/2017)
‘Visit
Nepal Year’ planned for 2020 (ht 11/09/2017)
NTB
proposes record Rs1.35b budget for 2017-18 (kp
10/09/2017)
Buddhist
pilgrims
return to Lumbini after floods: Before the floods, 600
tourists used to enter nepal daily. in september,
pilgrims particularly from thailand,south Korea, Vietnam
and China visit the birthplace of Buddha, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 09/09/2017)
Community
development: Role of tourism, by Reshu Bashyal (ht
05/09/2017)
Sarangkot:
A place for thrill in monsoon, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 05/09/2017)
Number
of women trek guides on rising trend, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 04/09/2017)
Fulbari
Resort closed due to labour dispute, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 02/09/2017)
Exporters
may have to sell 20pc goods in local market (kp
02/09/2017)
Tiger
Palace
casino resort slated to open on September 15: The casino
aims to provide expanded gaming opportunities to
customers from the growing Indian, Chinese and
Bangladeshi markets (kp 31/08/2017)
Hello
Doctor service to be launched in Everest region (kp
29/08/2017)
Tourism
in Lumbini plunges after floods, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp 27/08/2017)
62
tourists gone missing in five years: Srtatus of 51 still
unknown, by Khilak Budhathoki (rep 27/08/2017)
Tourism
earnings hit record Rs58.52b last fiscal year (kp
25/08/2017)
Nepalis
spent Rs 80 billion on travel last fiscal year (ht
24/08/2017)
Hotel
occupancy drops as visitors stay away (ht
24/08/3027)
After
flood fury, Sauraha struggles to get back on its feet,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 20/08/2017)
Visit
Nepal Year put off due to rebuilding delays, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 18/08/2017)
Sauraha
hotels preparing to resume operation, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (rep 16/08/2017)
Flood
leaves tourists stranded in Sauraha, by Bimal
Khatiwada and Shiva Puri (kp 14/08/2017), Normalcy
returns to Sauraha: It may take some more time for
tourists to return to famous jungle safari destination,
by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 15/08/2017)
Nepal
tourism excited by prospect of boom year (kp
13/08/2017)
Annapurna
Trekking Circuit turning risky for tourists due to
landslips (ht 12/08/2017)
Govt
body says no permit given for Shakya’s Fewa resort,
by Prashant Lamichhane (rep 11/08/2017)
Jomsom
in the off-season: Don’t let the rains deter you from
visiting Mustang in the monsoon, by Sean Shoemaker
(nt 11/08/2017)
Langtang
sees tourist numbers rebound, by Balaram Ghimire (kp
05/08/2017)
Himalayan
Travel Mart to be organised every year (ht
03/08/2017)
Tourist
inflow
via air sees exponential growth: Arrivals this year
expected to surpass the previous record of 803,000 set
in 2012, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 02/08/2017)
Tourism
potential of Budhinanda region remains unexplored,
by Krishna Oli (rep 02/08/2017)
Tourism
development to be prioritised at local level: DPM Mahara
(ht 01/08/2017)
Nepalmandal
campaigners call for developing Kathmandu Valley into a
cultural city (rep 01/08/2017)
Elephant-back
safaris stopped, by Nabin Poudel (kp 29/07/2017)
Chitwan
tourism seeks new route for travel, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 26/07/2017)
Poor
road condition hits Chitwan tourism, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 21/07/2017), Chitwan
hotels’ road to recovery literally blocked by
landslides, construction, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel
(rep 21/07/2017)
Hanumandhoka
entry fee hiked for tourists (ht 20/07/2017)
Floods,
landslips
deal blow to tourism in Pokhara (ht 18/07/2017)
Activists
launch
campaign to transform city into tourist hub (ht
13/07/2017)
Tourist
spending
jumps 41.9pc: Yet country’s services trade surplus
of the country is gradually narrowing (kp
12/07/2017)
New
monetary policy allowing hotels to exchange foreign
currency welcomed, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep
12/07/2017)
New
hotels
worry old players, by Sangam Prasain (kp 11/07/2017)
Tourist-standard
hotel
thrives in Taplejung (kp 09/07/2017)
Tatopani
border closure has its toll on Pokhara tourism, by
Santosh Pokhrel (rep 09/07/2017)
India
grants
double entry e-visa facility to foreign tourists : With
the double-entry benefits, tourists coming India can
visit Nepal and can return to India within the
stipulated time (kp 09/07/2017)
First
meeting
of Network of BIMSTEC Tour Operators ends (ht
08/07/2017)
Fortunate
karma:
Buddhist tourism can be a path to our prosperity because
of the presence of the holy site of Lumbini in Nepal,
by Atindra Dahal (kp 07/07/2017)
Promotion
of
Nepal’s tourism in South Asian region sought (ht
05/07/2017)
Tour
operators
call for good transport services: Travel traders from
Pokhara are currently in Patna to conduct the sixth
edition of the ‘Go Pokhara’ campaign organised by the
Paschimanchal Hotel Association and the NTB in the
Indian city, by Deepak Pariyar (kp 04/07/2017)
Arabian
guests, new attraction for Pokhara's hospitality
industry, by Santosh Pokharel (rep 04/07/2017)
Soaring
Indian
arrivals boost Pokhara tourism, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 01/07/2017)
Surkhet's
first homestay to welcome guests from October, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 30/06/2017)
Tourism
in Everest thrives on animal abuse, by Neeraj
Chandra Roy (rep 30/06/2017)
Tourism
promotion
campaign in neighbouring cities of India (ht
29/06/2017)
Manang
brimming with tourists even in off-season, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 29/06/2017)
Chandragiri
emerging
as a major tourist destination (kp 24/06/2017)
Paraglider
numbers
jumped twofold to 19k last year (kp 24/06/2017)
KMC
Mayor’s 101-point plan: Tourism entrepreneurs not
impressed, by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 24/06/2017)
Govt
drafts
immigration strategic plan (ht 22/06/2017)
Everest
Hospitality
to launch five-star deluxe Marriott in Naxal next March
(kp 21/06/2017), IFC,
FMO
invest $5.5m in Fairfield Marriot Hotel (ht
21/06/2017)
View
tower
being constructed in Bedkot: The project, which aims to
attract foreign and domestic tourists, lies 22 km north
of Mahendranagar (ht 17/06/2017)
Six
years on, one million tourists target still eludes govt,
by Arpana Ale Magar (rep 17/06/2017)
Fulbari
Resort shut since Feb over workers' strike, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 15/06/2017)
Pokhara
sees more self-drive tourists from India (rep
14/06/2017)
Jagan
Timilsina’s
journey to the podium of the Great Himal Race, a 44-day,
1,600km race through the high Himalayas, from
Kanchenjunga in the east to Hilsa in the west, by
Anuj D Adhikary (kp 10/06/2017)
Spending
plunges,
length of stay hits 12-year high (kp 07/06/2017)
Himalayan
travel
mart 2017: 1st Int’l bloggers meet begins in Kathmandu
(kp 02/06/2017)
NATTA
signs
agreement to promote tourism in China (kp
27/05/2017)
Hotel
chain
OYO debuts in Nepal; rates start from IRs999 (kp
24/05/2017)
Nature
tourism:
With 71.5 million tourists, tourism in the Hindu Kush
Himalaya plays a potentially significant role in
addressing poverty, by Janita Gurung and Anu Kumari
Lama (rep 22/05/2017), Rich
in diversity: The challenge is to carry out tourism
activities sustainably, without harming our biodiversity,
by Shankar Adhikari (rep 22/05/2017)
Sustainable
tourism:
Alternate livelihood opportunities are needed to
motivate local people in conservation, by Bharat
Gotame (kp 21/05/2017), Biodiversity
and
tourism: Any tourism concept should be developed on the
basis of a landscape’s potential and knowledge of the
risks involved, by Lipy Adhikari and Pratikshya
Kandel (kp 21/05/2017)
Several
hotel
chains to enter Nepal (kp 20/05/2017), Brands
that
matter: Entry of international hotel chains will raise
standards of the hospitality sector (kp 23/05/2017)
Flow
of
Indian tourists to surge (ht 19/05/2017)
Services
exports
jump 20.6pc on tourism hike (kp 18/05/2017)
Chitwan
to
remain open for tourists on election day, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 14/05/2017)
Himalayan
Travel
Mart prep nears completion (kp 12/05/2017), Nepal
set
to host travel mart from June 1 (ht 12/05/2017)
NTB
to
open shuttle service from Tribhuvan Int’l Airport on
election day (kp 12/05/2017) [And
what about travellers who are not going to stay in
five-star hotels???]
Quota
system
worries Kailash tour operators, by Sangam Prasain
and Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 10/05/2017)
Unstable
room occupancy rates worry Pokhara hoteliers, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 03/05/2017)
Pokhara
begins
search for new trekking trails, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 26/04/2017)
Hoteliers
seek foreign currency exchange facility; Hotels can only
receive payments in foreign currency: NRB (rep
26/04/2017)
Need
to
cash in on China’s outbound boom stressed (kp
20/04/2017)
Revenue
sharing:
NTB, TAAN close to ending dispute after four years
(kp 18/04/2017)
Nepal
named
top travel destination (kp 17/04/2017)
The
Guardian names Nepal as No 1 destination for Britons
(rep 17/04/2017)
New
Year
celebrations in Pokhara a success, by Lalprasad
Sharma (kp 16/04/2017)
Whitewater
rafting
spurs Sindhupalchok tourism, by Anish Tiwari (kp
15/04/2017)
Mustang
reveals
its secrets via tourism (kp 13/04/2017)
Khumbu
Hotels chock-a-block with tourists, by Radha
Dhungana (rep 13/04/2017)
3-star
Hotel
Mulberry to open on Friday (kp 13/04/2017)
Rupakot
set
for Tourism Fest to promote the region: The festival
will start on Friday coinciding with New Year’s Day of
Bikram Sambat, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 12/04/2017)
Expenses
of
Nepali outbound travellers rise to Rs 50.64bn (ht
10/04/2017)
Tourists
avoiding
Chitwan due to bad road conditions, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 07/04/2017), Chitwan
blues
Tourists are abandoning the popular jungle safari
destination due to concerns about road safety (kp
11/04/2017)
Tap
and
tour: Bhuntu is a smart phone app that explains Nepal’s
culture from the perspective of locals, by Clara
Bullock (nt 07/04/2017)
IFC
offers
to invest: $100m in tourism: The strategy envisages a
fivefold increase in foreign tourist arrivals to 2.52
million annually (kp 06/04/2017)
Visitors
to EBC swell, by Radha Dhungana (rep 05/04/2017)
NTB
to
spend $1m on promotional campaign (kp 04/04/2017), NTB
signs
agreements with BBC, Reuters and TripAdvisor for
promotion (ht 04/04/2017)
KMC
to
operate sightseeing buses (kp 02/04/2017)
Tourism
pumped
Rs177b into Nepal’s economy, by Sangam Prasain (kp
31/03/2017)
City-centric
home
stay troubling hotel industry: Hoteliers (ht
30/03/2017) [??], Hotel
concerns:
If the number of tourists could be increased by
developing new products of tourism, the hotel industry
would hardly have to be scared of homestay (ht
31/03/2017)
New
trekking
routes identified at Dhaulagiri and Kanjirowa (kp
29/03/2017)
Masterplan
proposed
to develop Byas cave as religious tourism site (ht
25/03/2017)
Nepal-Europe
Travel Summit 2017 concludes (rep 25/03/2017)
Tourism
is
changing: If Nepal does not keep up with the pace of
transformation, it’s going to miss the bus, by
Aditya Baral (kp 22/03/2017)
Tourism
fair
kicks off in Far Western region, by Bhawani Bhatta
(kp 18/03/2017)
Pokhara
in the list of 'World's Best Spring Trips' (rep
18/03/2017)
Credit
flow to service sector jumps 12 percent as tourism
rebounds (rep 15/03/2017)
Foreign
exchange
facility from hotels illegal, says central bank (ht
14/03/2017)
Shutdowns
hit tourism industry hard, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
13/03/2013)
Hotel
occupancy
rate rebounds to 60 per cent (ht 13/03/2017)
Tansen
blossoms
as new hotels sprout, by Madhav Aryal (kp
11/03/2017)
Women
work
to promote tourism (ht 11/03/2017)
Tourists
flock
to Chunpahara Cliff in Tanahun for rock climbing (ht
07/03/2017)
Annapurna
Group
takes over Jagatpur (kp 06/03/2017)
Sauraha:
Reconnecting
with nature, by Keshav Thapa (kp 04/03/2017)
Green
tourism:
If tourism and horticulture can be linked Nepal stands
to make robust and sustainable economic progress, by
Bhairab Raj Kaini (rep 04/03/2017)
Travel
ban
to be lifted in northern regions (kp 04/03/2017)
Home
stays
to promote local culture (kp 03/03/2017)
Rafting
in
Seti a big hit at far-western festival (ht
02/03/2017)
Rara
area
sees jump in real estate investment, by Raj Bahadur
Shahi (kp 25/02/2017)
Trekkers
return
in droves to Annapurna, by Aash Gurung (kp
23/02/2017)
Tourists
flock
back to Manaslu area, by Sudip Kaini (kp 20/02/2017)
Local
visitors
flock Ghalegaun, by Ramji Rana (ht 20/02/2017)
To
escape the crowd (rep 17/02/2017)
2
million by 2020: Nepal has set an ambitious target to
increase tourist numbers, but is it realistic?, by
Shreejana Shrestha (nt 17/02/2017), Inbound
rebound (nt 17/02/2017)
Agitating
hotel,
restaurant staffers warn of further protests (ht
12/02/2017)
Chitlang
boosts
homestay services as arrivals jump, by Pratap Bista
(kp 11/02/2017)
Over
63,000 travelled to Chitwan National Park in 6 months,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 04/02/2017)
Cases
of
high-altitude sickness rising among Nepali trekkers,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 30/01/2017)
Annapurna
region sees 45% more trekkers in 2016, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 30/01/2017)
Hi-Aim
2017
meet to be held next month: The event aims to be a
common knowledge sharing platform to confer and exchange
ideas on key issues and emerging trends in the
hospitality industry (kp 30/01/0217)
Resorts
to
be allowed back in Chitwan National Park: Govt forms a
high-level committee to recommend the operation modality
of the resorts inside the park (kp 26/01/2017)
Ski
tourism:
Make the most of it, by Pratap Adhikari (ht
25/01/2017)
Home
stay
to retain tourists (ht 24/01/2017)
Service
charge
issue reignites as workers demand entire amount: Hotels,
customers want end to compulsory tip that is added to
bill (kp 23/01/2017), Trade
unions give 3-week ultimatum to hotels (rep
23/01/2017)
'Put
vulture
restaurants on the tourist map' (jht 21/01/2017)
Bored
by
politics: The hospitality culture is Nepal’s
greatest tourism asset, and it is in danger of
waning, by Aditya Baral (kp 20/01/2017)
Cantilever
trail, by Sonia Awale (nt 20/01/2017)
Hotels
operating
in ACAP start getting registered, by Aash Gurung (kp
18/01/2017)
Tilaurakot
hosted
over 36k tourists in 2016, by Manoj Paudel (kp
18/01/2017)
Clarion
call
for incorporating GHT as nat’l pride project (kp
16/01/2017)
Homestay
service
thriving in Ghale Gaun (ht 14/01/2017)
Nepal
tourism
makes spectacular rebound, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/01/2017), Turnaround
in
tourism: Nepal needs to do more to improve on last
year’s tourist arrival figures (kp 13/01/2017)
CNP
lodge
makes it to CNN’s list of boutique hotels (ht
08/01/2017)
Showcasing
Dolpo, by Anuj D. Adhikary (kp 07/01/2017)
Nepal
expects
fillip from tourism promo in China: Nepal has witnessed
constant growth in Chinese tourist arrivals since June
2009 (kp 07/01/2017)
Annapurna
circuit
welcomes record 22k foreign trekkers, by Aash Gurung
(kp 06/01/2017)
Lumbini
hosts
over a million tourists in 2016, by Amrita Anmol (kp
03/01/2017)
10
domestic
travel destinations you can’t afford to miss in 2017
(kp 01/01/2017)
NTB
to
promote Nepal in Europe in 2017 (ht 01/01/2017), NTB
to
launch tourism campaign in Europe (kp 02/01/2017), Visit
Nepal-Europe 2017 campaign on the cards (rep
02/01/2017)
Pokhara
abuzz
with tourists for English New Year (ht 31/12/2016)
Government
set
to amend Travel and Trekking Guideline: Mandatory
registration of tourism organisations at DoT proposed,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 30/12/2016)
Upbeat
Pokhara
tourism looks forward to 2017, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/12/2016)
Trekking
trails exploration, maintenance in TAAN priority
(rep 28/12/2016), TAAN
allocates
funds for trekking infradevelopment (ht 29/12/2016),
TAAN
unveils
Rs100m dev, promotional plan (kp 30/12/2016)
Tourist
buses
to be given access through Narayangadh-Muglin road
(ht 26/12/2016)
PM
inaugurates
Guerrilla Trail, Insurgency Museum (ht 25/12/2016)
China
issues
travel restriction to Nepal: Move could be a major
setback for Nepali tourism that was seeing gradual
growth, by Anil Giri and Sangam Prasain (kp
24/12/2016), No
restrictions
on Chinese Tourists: Chinese embassy in Kathmandu has
denied rumours of official restrictions on the travel of
Chinese tourists to Nepal, by Qiu Tian and Pan Lan
(nt 30/12/2016)
Discovering
the joys of skiing (rep 23/12/2016)
Sewage
from
local hotels polluting Phewa Lake, by Birendra KC
(kp 20/12/2016)
Demonetisation
in
India to hit tourism in Nepal: NRB (ht 17/12/2016)
Elephant
safari
okayed in four more buffer zones, by Shiva Puri (kp
14/12/2016)
Special
provisions
for hotels sought in supplementary budget (ht
14/12/2016)
Inflow
of
foreign tourists up 32pc, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
09/12/2016)
At
home
abroad: Heritage homes in Kathmandu’s historic towns
appeal to a new breed of visitors, by Jessica Cortis
(nt 09/12/2016)
Pokhara’s
hotel
boom spreads to valley rim: Currently, 20 tourist-standard
hotels are rapidly coming up in Pokhara, and most of them
are located at vantage points far from the city,
by Birendra KC (kp 08/12/2016)
Himalayan
Travel
Mart to kick off from June 1 (kp 05/12/2016), Nepal
to
host travel mart in June (ht 05/12/2016)
Tourist
arrival
doubles in Chitwan National Park (ht 02/12/2016), Tourism
rebounds
with a vengeance in Sauraha, by Shiva Puri (kp
03/12(2016)
Healing
Langtang:
Australian researchers caught up in avalanche last year
building a cultural museum to boost tourism, by
Jessica Cortis (nt 02/12/2016)
NTB
launches
tourism campaign (kp 01/12/2016)
A
new trajectory: The tourism industry should be shaken up
to attract new ideas and quality visitors, by Aditya
Baral (kp 29/11/2016)
Hoteliers
highlight
challenges in sector (ht 29/11/2016)
Tourism
businesses
optimistic despite disasters, says study: About 57 percent
of the businesses said they were thinking
about diversifying their business within tourism
(kp 28/11/2016)
Whitewater
challenge
in Seti River starts today, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
28/11/2016)
Soaltee
opened
its doors to guests 50 years ago (kp 26/11/2016)
Entrepreneurs
demand
three-day permits to tourists visiting CNP, by Shiva
Puri (kp 23/11/2016)
Taking
over
the eastern skiesBoasting dazzling views of both the
Himalayas and the vast Tarai, will Dharan emerge as the
next paragliding hub?, by Birat Anupam (kp 19/11/2016)
Mountaineering
tourism
conference begins (ht 19/11/2016)
Promising
yet
untapped Mid-west, by Bharat Bandhu Thapa (kp
19/11/2016)
TAAN
for striking a balance between conservation, development
(rep 19/11/2016)
Palpa
hotel sector sees a boom, by Mukti Prasad Nyaupane
(rep 14/11/2016)
Tourists
complain
of mismanagement in Rara (ht 14/11/2016)
Chinese
make
up half of arrivals to Poon Hill, by Ghanshyam Khadka
(kp 11/11/2016)
TAAN
accuses
Nepal Tourism Board of misusing trekker fees: Foreign
trekkers are required to obtain a TIMS card by paying a
fee ranging from $10 to $20 per person (kp 09/11/2016)
Maipokhari
luring
more tourists, by Bhim Chapagain (rep 08/11/2016)
Four-star
hotel
comes up in Nepalgunj outskirts, by Tekendra Basyal
(rep 08/11/2016)
Muktinath
sees
hotel construction boom as number of tourists jumps,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 07/11/2016)
Migrant
Workers
As Tourism Ambassadors, by Birat Anupam (kp
05/10/2016)
Discovering
Eastern
Nepal (rep 04/10/2016)
Around
the valley: When the sky is clear, a magnificent view from
the eastern part of the Annapurna range to Gaurishanker in
the east greets you when you reach the top of the hill,
by Usha Upadhyay (rep 04/11/2016)
NTB
announces
holiday packages targeting domestic tourists (kp
31/10/2016)
Domestic
adventure
seekers throng Annapurna Circuit: Around 1,800 Nepali
trekkers have been arriving daily since the start of the
Dashain festival, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 28/10/2016)
Nepal
named
the world’s ‘best value destination’ (kp 26/10/2016)
Madhes
and
tourism: Abundant potential, by Ram Dayal Rakesh (ht
26/10/2016)
Untapped
potential:
The necessary infrastructure should be built to enhance
earnings from tourism as Nepal is among the must-visit
tourism sites in the world (ht 25/10/2016)
Tourist
arrivals
in BNP up by 42 per cent (ht 24/10/2016)
Paragliding
to
be introduced in Baitadi (ht 24/10/2016)
Soaltee
to
open 4-star hotel in Nepalgunj (kp 21/10/2016)
Lomanthang
attracting
domestic tourists (ht 21/10/2016)
Chandragiri
by
cable car: A destination for family outings and weekend
getaways, by Bachhu BK (nt 21/10/2016)
A
ridge too far: Even for the not so religious minded, the
remote Badimalika Trek could be a pilgrimage to the
natural wilderness, by Madhu Sudan Dahal (nt
21/10/2016)
Illegal
use
of camera drones goes unchecked in Khumbu, by Kumbha
Raj Rai (kp 19/10/2016)
Roads
stealing charm of trekking in Annapurna region, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 17/10/2016)
Tourists
throng
Madi, Seti rivers for rafting (ht 16/10/2016)
Dhampus
declaration
issued (ht 16/10/2016)
Surkhet
expecting
influx of visitors: Traveler movement to Karnali from
Surkhet has increased significantly due to direct air
connectivity with Kathmandu, by Prakash Adhikari (kp
15/10/2016)
Tourist
arrivals
to Ghale Gaun soar during fest, by Aash Gurung (kp
14/10/2016)
Low
air
connectivity hinders tourism recovery (ht 14/10/2016)
NRNA
aims
to bring 1.6m foreign tourists to Nepal within 2017
(ht 07/10/2016)
Putting
Dolakha
back on the map: Tourism can help earthquake-ravaged
district rise up from the rubble, by Sahina Shrestha
(nt 07/10/2017)
Driving
you
up the wall: Rock climbing is catching on as the next big
thing in the country for thrill seekers and fitness
enthusiasts, by Samriddhi Rai (nt 07/10/2016)
Taan,
Keep
in partnership (kp 03/10/2016)
Indo-Pak
tensions
affect Nepal's tourism sector: International tourists
start cancelling bookings; 60 percent tourists come to
Nepal via India , by Santosh Pokharel (rep 03/10/2016)
No
business
like snow business, by Astha Joshi (kp 01/10/2016)
Trouble
in
Shangrila: Another Tourism Day passes while we continue to
struggle with a litany of problems, by Ganga Sagar
Pant (kp 30/09/2016)
Travel
and
tourism: Nepal should enhance its travelling experience to
draw 2.52 million tourists annually by 2025 (kp
28/09/2016)
TAAN
organises
‘Heritage Walk’ in Capital (ht 27/09/2016)
Dearth
of tourists steals Pokhara's tourism day fanfare, by
Santosh Pokharel (rep 27/09/2016)
Dashing
off:
Surrounded by rough terrain and scenery, Kathmandu
Valley’s rim is a trail runner’s delight, by Smriti
Basnet (nt 23/09/2016)
Entreprenuers
call
on govt to promote organic agro tourism (ht
17/09/2016)
Growth
spurt
predicted for hospitality industry, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 16/09/2016)
Tourist
police
post set up in Nagarkot (kp 15/09/2016)
Ignorance
hurting
Palpa's tourism potential, by Mukti Prasad Nyaupane
(rep 13/09/2016)
Barring
nepalis
from using tourist buses: Pokhara businessmen plan to
pressure govt, by Birendra KC (kp 11/09/2016)
Nepal
explores
opportunities at PATA Travel Mart (ht 09/09/2016)
The
world’s
best whitewater: The topographical extreme that gives
Nepal the highest mountains in the world also endows the
country with the wildest rivers for whitewater rafting,
by Samriddhi Rai (nt 09/09/2016)
Tourists
continue
to enter Upper Mustang without necessary permit (rep
03/09/2016)
Round
Table
aims to push Nepal tourism (kp 01/09/2016)
Tourism
added
Rs85b to Nepal’s GDP: WTTC, by Sangam Prasain (kp
26/08/2016)
Go
Do
Phoksundo: Dolpa lake in the monsoon is a precious jewel
in Nepal’s crown, by Jay Poudyal (nt 26/08/2016), Trekking
as
if people mattered: In Dolpa, as elsewhere, it is not
simply a question of ‘more’ tourism, but tourism of the
‘right’ kind, by Joy Stephens (nt 26/08/2016)
Thrill
and
chill in Pokhara: The Lake City is now more renowned as a
place for both chill and thrill seekers, by Samriddhi
Rai (nt 26/08/2016)
Tourist
arrivals
jump 13pc in first half of ’16, by Sangam Prasain (kp
22/08/2016)
The
Otherworld, by Anuj Adhikary (kp 20/08/2016)
Chitlang
Heritage
Trail: Mixing history with adventure and fun on the old
trail to Kathmandu, by Samriddhi Rai (nt 12/08/2016)
Nepal
in
NatGeo’s list of 10 places hat deserve more travellers
(kp 11/08/2016)
NTB
passes
Rs1.12b budget to revive crippled tourism (kp
11/08/2016)
Accommodation
cost
rises on Annapurna Base Camp trek route (ht
09/08/2016), Unnecessary
row:
The locals’ decision
to increase the prices for their services by 10 per cent
will not in any way affect the arrival of foreign tourists
who will be ready to pay the increased prices (ht
10/08/2016) [In any way, it is
less than the yearly rate of inflation!!]
Decline
in
Chinese arrivals concerns Pokhara tourism, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 31/07/2016)
Nepal
tourism
sets goal to boost arrivals fivefold, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/07/2016)
NTB
promo
campaign in India (kp 27/07/2017)
New
regulation
to promote adventure tourism sector (kp 24/07/2016)
Minister
hails
Sherpas’ role in tourism development (ht 15/07/2016)
but: Sherpas
denied
summit certificates, by Rajan Pokhrel (kp 15/07/2016)
[Only those who are carried by the
Sherpas to the top get certificates, not the real heroes?]
Road
disruption
from Narayangadh to Muglin hits tourism hard (ht
15/07/2016)
The
Holy
Hike: This monsoon, combine a trek with a pilgrimage in
the mystical dales of Khaptad National Park, by Binita
Dahal (nt 15/07/2015), Falling
with
water: Why canyoning in Jalbire's all-natural water theme
park should be your go-to adventure this monsoon, by
Samriddhi Rai (nt 15/07/2016)
Districts
getting
more tourists given less budget: Rasuwa gets Rs 100,000,
Gulmi Rs 35.7 million, by Rudra Pangeni (kp
12/07/2016) [??]
Tourism
board
to promote Nepal on CNN, BBC World (kp 08/07/2016)
Tourist
spending,
stay rise as arrivals plunge, by Sangam Prasain (kp
05/07/2016), Tourism
At
A Crossroads, by Hari Prasad Shrestha (rn 05/07/2016)
Karnali
Tourism
entrepreneurs Society formed (kp 01/07/2016)
The
domestic travel dilemma, by Priyanka Gurung (rep
01/07/2016)
41
erring
foreigners expelled in one year (ht 29/06/2016)
Honeyguide
to
launch ‘Trekking in Nepal’ app: The application will serve
to bridge the knowledge gap among travellers, guides and
other stakeholders in the industry (kp 26/06/2016)
Sauraha
tourism
struggles to recover after disasters, by Shiva Puri
(kp 22/06/2016)
Paragliders
fear
being displaced by airport, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
21/06/2016)
Far
western
review: Cursed by geography but blessed with scenic
beauty, the region has great tourism potential, by
David Kainee (kp 19/06/2016)
Bhaktapur
lacks
night time entertainment (ht 12/06/2016)
Stakeholders
seek
enhanced ties with India to boost tourism (ht
10/06/2016)
Promoting
rural
tourism key to alleviating poverty (ht 03/06/2016)
India
urges
its citizens to avoid route via Nepal (kp 02/06/2016)
Buddhist
circuit:
Trans-national route from India to Nepal on the anvil
(kp 01/06/2016)
Indian
tourist arrivals up in Pokhara (ht 01/06/2016)
Rara
National
Park: Potential touristic hub, by Chandra Jung Hamal
(ht 26/05/2016), Arrivals
to
Rara swell after road completion, by Tularam Pandey
(kp 27/05/2016)
Artistic
tourism:
Artists are skilled communicators and can be among the
loudest and most effective critics of injustice and
corruption.
As such, these kind of people can be both key defenders of
an open and just society, and a nuisance to those in power,
by Mark Harris (kp 21/05/2016)
Tourism
for
the people, by the people: Unique eco-green hotel in
Pokhara is a global model for self-sustainability, by
Kunda Dixit (nt 20/05/2016)
Rivers
of
Nepal’s Wild West: Go white water rafting on the
Seti-Karnali before new reservoir projects change them
forever, by Yu Wei Liew (nt 20/05/2016)
Buddha’s
birthplace
on his birthday: If visitors look beyond its neglect and
crassness, Lumbini offers a spiritual reawakening, by
Seulki Lee (nt 20/05/2016)
MoCTCA,
NTB,
NRNA join hands for tourism promotion (rep 19/05/2016)
Drop
in
tourist numbers: Bhaktapur Municipality suffers Rs209m
loss (kp 17/05/2016)
Safety
matters:
Technology and coordination can reduce risks inherent in
trekking and climbing (kp 17/05/2016)
Boosting
tourism:
Nepal has plenty to offer in order to be a beehive for
quality tourists, such as mountaineering, trekking, sight
seeing and rafting (ht 16/05/2016)
20
stranded
trekkers rescued: Were descending to Manang after climbing
Mt Saribung in Mustang, by Aash Gurung (kp 15/05/2016)
Chinese
market
crucial to revive tourism: Entrepreneurs; Nepal needs to
focus on promotion, more flight connectivity (ht
15/05/2016)
Bandipur
drawing
tourists again: The town’s 60 tourist-standard hotels
boast 1,200 room-nights, where Panoramic mountain views,
including that of Annapurna and Manaslu, are the major
drawn, by Prakash Baral (kp 15/05/2016)
UNESCO
expresses
concern (ht 14/05/2016)
Getting
tourism
out of hot water: Nepalis have been using Himalayan hot
springs for health reasons, but their full tourism
potential has never been tapped, by Sahina Shrestha
(nt 13/05/2016)
Langtang
is
ready for you. Are you? The scenic national park is open
to trekkers again after last year’s deadly earthquake and
avalanche, by Yu Wei Liew (nt 13/05/2016)
Selling
ourselves
short: Nepal needs to raise the bar urgently for
sustainable high-value tourism, by Arild Molstad (nt
1305/2016)
Pokhara
sees
dip in number of Indian tourists, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 10/05/2016)
Most
visitors
to Lumbini spend 30min sightseeing, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp 06/05/2016)
Brand
Nepal:
The tourism sector is in dire need of rebranding if it is
to tap its full potential (kp 05/05/2016)
TAAN
to
mark its 37th anniversary in Langtang (kp 05/05/2016)
Boom
times
revisit hotel sector: Hospitality sector recalls the heady
days of the 70s and 80s with leading global hotel brands
returning to the country, by Sangam Prasain (kp
29/04/2016)
CG
Holdings
plans to build four hotels in next five years: The company
has acquired 35-cottage Tigerland Safari Resort and Lodge
located on the edge of the Chitwan National Park (kp
28/04/2016)
Visit
Nepal: Nepalis are naturally hospitable, their
friendliness exemplary, by Robert S. Kittel (rep
28/04/2016)
Ghumphir
Barsha
launched: Go out and enjoy Nepal (kp 26/04/2016), Tourism
year:
Nepal should offer appealing packages to tourists, both
international and domestic (kp 27/04/2016)
Tourism
industry
bounces back, by Sangam Prasain (kp 24/04/2016)
Peak
Tourism:
High-end hilltop hideaways present the best way to rebuild
tourism in earthquake-hit areas, by Kanak Mani Dixit
(nt 22/04/2016)
Langtang
tourism
rebounds gradually, by Krishna Thapa (kp 20/04/2016)
Government
starts
survey along Annapurna trek route (ht 20/04/2016)
Tourism
back on its feet in Chitwan, by Tilakram Rimal (ht
18/04/2016)
Bhaktapur
ends
tragic year on optimistic note, by Anup Ojha
(kp/04/2016)
NTB
announces
2073 as ‘Ghumphir Barsa’ (kp 12/04/2016), Govt
unveils
Ghumfir Barsa to revive tourism sector after a sluggish
year: Civil servants will have to take at least one week
leave and visit a local destination in the new year,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 12/04/2016)
Recapping
a
harrowing year for tourism sector (ht 10/04/2016)
Pura
Vida:
As the tourism industry looks to rebuild from what has
been a devastating year following the quakes, the best
foot forward might just be a step closer to home; one that
takes the industry back to nature, by Kripa Shrestha
(kp 09/04/2016)
Tourism
entrepreneurs
using brochures in Chinese language (ht 09/04/2016)
Meghauli
Serai
Jungle Lodge opens in Chitwan (ht 07/04/2016), Meghauli
Serai
opens booking for tourists (ht 10/04/2016), Taj
re-enters
Nepal with luxury lodge, by Sangam Prasain (kp
11/04/2016)
House
panel
seeks clarification from Nepal Tourism Board (ht
07/04/2016)
Foreign
tourists
spend $50 a day in Pokhara: Study, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 05/04/2016)
Unfinished
homework:
The government and tourism industry fail to conduct risk
studies recommended for major trekking regions, by
Navin Singh Khadka (kp 01/04/2016), Conservation
and
Tourism: The two can go hand-in-hand and Nepal has shown
how to do it, by Kristjan Edwards (nt 01/04/2016)
Restoring
resorts:
The debate about whether or not to allow wildlife resorts
inside national parks flares up again, by Smriti
Basnet (nt 01/04/2016)
Quake-damaged
Manaslu
Circuit awaits restoration , by Sudip Kaini (kp
30/03/2016)
Service,
please!
If there are some establishments that have done well and
expanded, they have done so based on innovation, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 29/03/2016)
Rebound
in
Chinese arrivals cheers up Nepal’s tourism, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 25/03/2016)
Baghkhor
hotels
reeling under water crisis (ht 24/03/2016)
TAAN
hands
over compensation (ht 20/03/2016)
Mini
Saarc
proves shot in the arm for Pokhara, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 18/03/2016)
Dilapidated
infrastructure
threatens Koshi Barrage tourism, by Jitendra Kumar Jha
(rep 15/03/2016)
Gorkha
tourism
entrepreneurs to offer ‘Home Stay’ in temporary
settlements (ht 13/03/2016)
Entrepreneurs
seek
proper policies to retain aesthetic value of ‘tourist-hub’
Thamel, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 12/03/2016)
Tourism
sector
on road to recovery, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
10/03/2016), Tourism
industry
starting to recover: Sharp rise in the number of adventure
tourists and volunteers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
13/03/2016)
Women-managed
hotels
flourishing in Mustang, by Binod Tripathi (kp
09/03/2016)
Dolakha
tourism
returns to normalcy, by Ramesh Khatiwada (kp
08/03/2016)
New
road
results in losses for hotels, by Aash Gurung (kp
06/03/2016)
Foreigners
arriving
at TIA get free sim cards (kp 03/03/2016)
Govt
urged
to introduce policy to streamline homestays (kp
01/03/2016)
Country’s
wildlife
tourism sector in peril, say entrepreneurs (ht
29/02/2016)
Parbat
sees
increased investment in tourism, by Agandhar Tiwari
(kp 28/02/2016)
Hotels
oppose
uniform price fiat, by Harihar Singh Rathaur (kp
26/02/2016)
Go
take a hike, by Seulki Lee (nt 26/02/2016)
In
the
lap of Annapurnas: Rupakot Resort offers the perfect
getaway spot, pampering guests in the lap of luxury amid
stunning views of the Annapurnas, by Yu Wei Liew (nt
26/02/2016
Confusing
route
daunts domestic, foreign tourists bound for Rara Lake
(ht 24/02/2016)
Flow
of
Chinese tourists dismal despite free visa provision,
by Santosh Pokhrel (rep 17/02/2016)
Tourism
Blues:
Nepali tourism industry needs serious recalibration,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 16/02/2016)
Madi
to
Sauraha trekking route for tourism development, by
Ramesh Kumar Poudel (rep 13/02/2016)
NTB’s
board
gets full shape (ht 09/02/2016)
Hotel
business
booms in villages around Pokhara, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 08/02/2016)
Valley’s
heritage
sites await tourists’ return: Hanuman Dhoka was reopened
in June, but number of visitors has remained low (kp
04/02/2016)
Commercial
paragliding
to be started in Parbat, by Agandhar Tiwari (kp
02/02/2016)
Revival
of
tourism: Concrete efforts required, by Atmaram Pandey
(ht 01/02/2016)
A
sharper focus: Doing half as much as other tourist
destinations will woo a sizable chunk (kp 26/01/2016)
Entrepreneurs
hopeful
of better tourism prospects in 2016 (ht 24/01/2016)
Tiger
Tops
offers new style elephant tourism (kp 23/01/2016)
Ten
Nepali
hotels included in Travelers’ Choice 2016 list, by
Santosh Pokhrel (rep 23/01/2016)
Number
of
trekkers down only 6 percent in 2015, by Kriti Bhuju
(rep 23/01/2016)
CNP
sees
50 pc drop in foreign visitors (ht 23/01/2016)
Arrivals
hit
6-year low as quake, agitation take toll, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 22/01/2016)
Chitwan
expos
aim to boost tourism, economy, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp
21/01/2016)
Chinese
arrivals
expected to jump (kp 14/01/2016)
Two
new
trekking routes explored in Kaski district (ht
12/01/2016)
Visitor
numbers
in 2015 not so low but tourism suffered, by Kriti
Bhuju (rep 12/01/2016)
Bid
to
boost air connectivity, tourism: Nepal, Bhutan agree on
six-point agenda (kp 09/01/2016)
First
batch
of Chinese tourists get free visas (kp 08/01/2016)
Nepal
placed
on top of 10 must-see countries (kp 06/01/2016)
Despite
measures,
Thamel’s night life plan put on hold: But entrepreneurs
say they’re ready to keep shutters open all night long,
by Gaurav Thapa (kp 06/01/2016)
New
Year
merrymakersconverge in Bhedetar, by Ramesh Chandra
Adhikari (kp 04/01/2016)
A
forgettable year for tourism?, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
31/12/2015)
Ni
Hao
China: Incentivising Chinese tourist arrivals can help
floundering tourism industry (kp 29/12/2015)
Nepal
expects
more tourists from China (kp 27/12/2015)
India,
China
present big tourism opportunity: Joshi (kp 24/12/2015)
Christmas,
new
year celebration: Valley’s 5 star hotels expect brisk
business (kp 24/12/2015)
FNCCI
asks
govt to waive visa fees to boost arrivals, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 23/12/2015)
Tourism
earnings
down 18pc (kp 20/12/2015)
Nepal
Tourism
Board has new CEO, finally, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/12/2015)
Madhes
agitation,
blockade hitting hoteliers hard (ht 17/12/2015)
Problem
of
discrimination: Corrective measures needed, by Vincent
Verbon (ht 10/12/2015)
Nepal
in
Nat Geo’s Cool List amid tourism gloom (kp 09/12/2015)
NTB,
CBI
sign deal to revive tourism (kp 23/11/2015)
40
new
places identified as potential tourist destinations,
by Chandni Hamal (rep 21/11/2015)
40
pc
Tanahun hotels close down (ht 18/11/2015)
Cycle
tourism
becomes popular in Mustang, by Shiva Sharma (kp
17/11/2015)
Fuel
crunch
forces Phidim hotels to shut (ht 17/11/2015)
Mustang
receives
increasing number of domestic tourists (kp 13/11/2015)
Arrivals
drop
by half as disasters take their toll, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 11/11/2015)
Sauraha
hotels
in dire straits (ht 06/11/2015)
Hotel
occupancy
rates fall from bad to worse: Report; Occupancy plunged
below 20 percent in October following the Tarai unrest,
fuel crisis, by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/11/2015)
Nepal
is
beautiful, safe, say foreign tourists (ht 05/11/2015)
Come
back,
tourists: Nepali authorities and the European media have
both aggravated the tourism crisis in Nepal, by Oli
Dischoe (kp 01/11/2015)
Hoteliers
having
hard time coping with fuel crisis; deplore government
apathy, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 31/10/2015)
Trekking
trails
half-full… at least not half empty: Everest and the
Annapurna regions which were not so badly affected by the
April earthquake are seeing healthy traffic, by Ayesha
Shakya (nt 30/10/2015)
NTB
resumes
selection process for new CEO (kp 28/10/2015)
Dhaulagiri
Icefall
trekking route construction complete (ht 28/10/2015)
Nepali
outbound
stalls as economy heads downhill: The country’s
deteriorating business environment has affected the travel
plans of Nepali holidaymakers, by Sangam Prasain (kp
25/10/2015)
Entry
fee
for tourists hiked (ht 19/10/2015)
Tarai
unrest
gives another blow to Pokhara tourism: Hopes of a
revival have been dashed after Tarai became engulfed in
political unrest and India mounted an undeclared embargo
which led to crippling fuel crisis, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 18/10/2015)
Disturbances
in
Nepal ‘hit’ Sikkim tourism, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/10/2015)
Tourism
in
Khumbu region rebounds after earthquake, by Kumbha
Raj Rai (kp 16/10/2015)
Trekking
in
Nepal turns 50: It has indeed been a wonderful first 50
years for trekking in Nepal, but which way forward the
country takes will determine its next 50, by Robin
Marston (nt 16/10/2015)
Government
working
to amend Tourism Act (rep 16/10/2015)
Improving
relationships
in the tourism industry (nt 16/10/2015)
Hoteliers
searching
alternatives to LPG, by Anup Ojha (kp 15/10/2015)
Unrest
a
new blow to Nepal’s quake-ravaged tourism industry
(kp 15/10/2015), Unrest
a
new blow to Nepal’s tourism: Protests by ethnic groups
and severe fuel crisis again keeping visitors away
(ht 15/10/2015)
Peak
season
attracts tourists to Mustang, by Shiva Sharma (kp
15/10/2015)
Nepal
tourism
promotion in China (kp 15/10/2015)
Two
new
check posts, six shelters built on Annapurna trekking
route (ht 14/10/2015)
Border
blockade:
US warns visiting citizens (kp 10/10/2015)
Now,
a
trekking app: Throw out your hardcopy guidebook and
navigate with your phone on your next trek, by
Ayesha Shakya (nt 09/10/2015)
Open
for
businessGovt and the private sector both need to go an
extra mile to revive tourism (kp 06/10/2015)
Hotels
cut
services to deal with fuel shortage (ht 06/10/2015)
Thousands
lose
jobs as tourism sector struggles, by Rup Narayan
Dhakal (ht 04/10/2015)
Shortage
of
cooking gas: ‘40pc of hotels, restaurants shut’ (kp
04/10/2015), Top
hotels
running out of fuel, food stock, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 04/10/2015)
Foreign
tourist
arrivals declining in Mustang following April earthquake
(ht 03/10/2015)
#MyGHT:
Instagrammers
promote Nepal trekking, by Ayesha Shakya (nt
02/10/2015)
Easy
escapism:
The Nepali Times reviews some of the most talked about
getaway spots in Kathmandu and outside (nt 02/10/2015)
Tourism
sector
in buoyant mood after constitution, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 22/09/2015)
Slowdown
in
tourist arrivals hits Thamel (ht 19/09/2015)
Tourism
sector
back on its feet after earthquake, says Minister Sherpa
(ht 16/09/2015)
Future
of
travel: Cape Town offers many lessons for tourism
destinations in Nepal, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
15/09/2015)
Bardia
hotels
lay off staffers: With the number of safari goers dropping
sharply, the hotels said they have had to send home around
95pc of their employees, by Kamal Panthi (kp
14/09/2015)
NTB
holds
tourism promo event in India’s Bangalore (kp
07/09/2015)
Annapurna
circuit
gets shelter houses (ht 07/09/2015)
Appellate
court
clears way for NTB chief appointment (kp 06/09/2015)
Continuous
strikes
have hit tourism sector (ht 03/09/2015)
Federal
tourism:
Future provinces which blend resources, connectivity and
skills will attract more visitors, by Aditya Baral and
Kashi R. Bhandari (kp 03/09/2015)
Indian
visitors
avoiding Pokhara due to strikes, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 03/09/2015)
Rs
600m
promo campaign planned (kp 25/08/2015)
Tourism
shows
signs of resurgence: Surge in inbound international flight
ticket bookings;Bookings for October cross 80 percent as
international airlines raise flight frequency, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 23/08/2015)
Tourism
industry
on tenterhooks, by Karina Neupane Subedi (ht
23/08/2015)
Hotel
profits
plunge as quake hits occupancy (kp 20/08/2015)
UK
ambassador,
DFID chief join ‘I am in Nepal Now’ campaign (kp
16/08/2015)
Innovations
in
Nepal's Tourism Industry (nt 14/08/2015)
Lack
of
tourists affects vendors at heritage sites (ht
10/08/2015)
Naturally
Nepal
needs tourists now more than ever, says Peter Athans,
by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 09/08/2015)
Trekking
routes
in Everest region ‘safe’, by Sangam Prasain (kp
08/08/2015)
Nepal
wows
visitors at Singapore travel fair (kp 05/08/2015)
Some
western
countries lift travel warnings, issue geo-specific advices
(ht 04/08/2015)
Terhathum
moves
to boost tourism, by Chandra Karki (kp 02/08/2015)
Promotion
of
village tourism stressed (ht 01/08/2015)
Tamang
Heritage
Trail reopens after quake (kp 31/07/2015)
‘Visit
Rukum
Year’ promotes Guerrilla Trek, Yarsa trails, by
Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 26/07/2015)
Chitwan
National
Park saw rise in number of visitors last fiscal: Number of
tourists in ’14-15 stood at 178,220, with authorities
collecting Rs 249.4 million in revenue (ht 25/07/2015)
Annapurna
region
safe for trekking: Study, by Sangam Prasain (kp
24/07/2015), Annapurna
Circuit
declared safe for trekking (ht 24/07/2015), Trekking
agencies
doubt Annapurna report (ht 25/07/2015)
Tourists
inflow
gaining momentum, by Riwaj Rai (rep 23/07/2015)
Works
on
Buddhist Circuit begins formally (kp 19/07/2015)
Entrepreneurs’
bid
to revive Pokhara tourism, by Shiva Sharma (kp
19/07/2015)
Mystical
Mustang
in the monsoon: Tourist guesthouses in Upper Mustang are
intact, but empty, by Stéphane Huë (nt 17/07/2015)
The
Millennium
Trek, by LB Thapa (rep 17/07/2015)
Naturally
Nepal:
Despite devastating earthquakes, Nepal is as beautiful
as before and its people are just as welcoming, by
Him Lal Ghimire (kp 15/07/2015)
Number
of
tourists, their stay in Nepal declined (ht
14/07/2015)
Govt
okays
10-year Greater Lumbini tourism strategy, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 14/07/2015)
Nepal
in
Lonely Planet’s best travel destinations (kp
14/07/2015)
Five-star
hotels
record 61pc average occupancy in 2014, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 12/07/2015)
Chinese
tourists
expected to return to Nepal in Aug (kp 11/07/2015)
Together
for
tourism: Disasters can provide countries an opportunity
to start afresh and build back better, by Hari Man
Lama (kp 10/07/2015)
Fixing
what's
broken: Nepal’s tourism was in crisis long before the
earthquake struck (nt 10/07/2015)
Tourism
industry
scrambles to restore faith: Entrepreneurs are confident
the budget will be vital in addressing the industry’s
troubles in a more sustainable way, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 10/07/2015)
Social
media
campaign to woo visitors, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
08/07/2015)
Govt
to
erect 5 tall view towers, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 08/07/2015)
Foreign
Ministry
directs embassies to encourage foreigners to visit
Nepal: Campaigning with the slogan Nepal is safe for
tourists (ht 08/07/2015)
Tourism
industry
demands tax cuts to boost recovery (kp 07/07/2015)
Bid
to
revive tourism gains momentum, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
07/07/2015)
Pokhara
tourism
promotion in China, India, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
05/07/2015)
Stakeholders
demand
serious tourism recovery plan, by Rojina Maharjan
(ht 05/07/2015)
Three
countries
lift restrictions to Nepal: The countries are the US,
the UK and New Zealand; More countries are likely to
follow suit, NTB said, by Sangam Prasain (kp
04/07/2015)
Madi,
a
potential tourist hub, in need of publicity (ht
03/07/2015)
Gonepalholiday
travel
companion app launched (kp 01/07/2015)
Experts
say
Nepal tourism will need time to recover, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 01/07/2015)
Tourist
flow
to return to normal only next year (ht 01/07/2015)
Homestay
boosts
incomes, living standards in Bardia, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 29/06/2015)
Surrogate
Shangri-La:
It is still not clear why tourists come to Nepal, but
rebuilding heritage sites will definitely attract more
of them, by Abhi Subedi (kp 28/06/2015)
Plans
afoot
to develop Devdaha as tourist hub, by Amrita Anamol
(kp 27/06/2015)
NTB
appoints
goodwill ambassadors (ht 27/06/2015)
Travelling
by
road risky in quake-hit districts, by Rajendra
Manandhar (kp 25/06/2015)
Tourism
fraternity
welcomes plan to organize Visit Nepal Year: Say
preparations should beginn now, by Kriti Bhuju (rep
25/06/2015)
Toll
in
tourism: Many tourism entrepreneurs who I soke to had
one very clear reason for the sudden slump: media
coverage, by Binod Bhattarai (rep 25/06/2015)
Up
and
about: The Nepal Tourism Board will have to take
well-planned measures to revive the tourism sector,
by Dandeep Basnyat (kp 24/06/2015)
Nepal
tourism
year campaigns to assure visitors: PDNA report, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 24/06/2015)
PATA
urges
visa-free travel policy, by Sangam Prasain (kp
23/06/2015)
51-point
tourism
revival declaration issued (ht 23/06/2015)
Stakeholders
stress
concerted efforts to revive tourism sector: Say
government and private agencies must work in tandem,
by Bharat Koirala (ht 22/06/2015)
'Tourist
destinations
in eastern Nepal safe', by Benup Raj Bhattarai (rep
22/06/2015)
Tourism
ministry
encourages entrepreneurs (ht 20/06/2015)
Chunpahara
cliff
safe for climbers, say geologists (ht 20/06/2015)
Getting
them
back: Govt needs to repair damaged heritage sites and
trekking routes immediately (kp 19/06/2015), Bringing
the
tourists back: Government preparing action plan for
tourism recovery, by Kriti Bhuju (rep 19/06/2015)
Trekking
in
solitude: A perfect time to trek for those who prefer
isolation, by Peregrine Frissell (nt 19/06/2015)
Disaster
tourism:
Frustrated villers of affected districts were discontent
with people and organizations wandering in to ogle at
their misery, by Sneha Pandey (rep 18/06/2015)
Nepal
could
lose ‘over 300k’ visitors this year, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 17/06/2015)
MoCTCA
seeks
funds for safety audit of tourist sites (ht
17/06/2015)
Landslips
affect
inflow of tourist, pilgrims: Tourism in the district is
badly affected due to the traffic disruption along the
highway for three weeks (kp 17/06/2015) [related to
Mustang]
Don’t
believe
everything you hear, says TourMin, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 16/06/2015), Nepal
safe
to visit: Sherpa (rep 17/06/2015), Govt
requesting
embassies to remove negative travel advisories, by
Kriti Bhuju (rep 17/06/2015)
Rules
for
hotels in Chitwan issued (kp 16/06/2015)
Minister-led
panel
formed for tourism revival, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht
15/06/2015)
Is
Nepal
ready to welcome tourists?, by Shradha Pal (kp
14/06/2015)
DoT
inspects
48 hotels, three marked unsafe (ht 14/06/2015)
Nagarkot
hotels
bounce back, by Nagendra Adhikari (kp 12/06/2015)
Tourism
Board
begins hunt for new CEO, by Sangam Prasain (kp
11/06/2015)
Tourist
flow
gradually picking up at Annapurna trekking circuit (ht
10/06/2015)
Govt
readying
Tourism Concessional Manual: Aims to open and regulate
tourism-related activities within protected areas (ht
10/06/2015)
Kathmandu
in
the list of world’s top tourist destinations (ht
09/06/2015)
Rescue
tourism (ht 09/06/2015)
Hoteliers
worried
by drop in arrivals, by Aash Gurung (kp 09/06/2015)
Lumbini
travel
traders act to revive tourism (kp 06/06/2015)
On
the
right trail: Trekking and mountaineering industry seeking
post-quake scientific assessment for safety is a
responsible move, by Navin Singh Khadka (kp
05/06/2015)
Working
with
hope, interview with Ramesh Prasad Dhamala (rep
05/06/2015)
Waiting
and
watching: Guests may be gods, but they are not very
visible lately in the tourist hub of Thamel, by Karma
Gurung (nt)
Annapurna
circuit
trek route safe (ht 05/06/2015)
DoT
team
has inspected 29 hotels till date (ht 03/06/2015)
Pokhara
seeks
to lure back tourists: Tourism entrepreneurs in the Lake
City offer heavy discounts, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
02/06/2015)
Pokhara
acts
to shake off earthquake blues, by Lal Prasad Sharma
(kp 01/06/2015)
Ministry
all
set to name chief at NTB, by Sangam Prasain (kp
31/05/2015)
Foreign
media
urged to help revive tourism (ht 31/05/2015)
Only
15%
of tourist destination affected by quake: Minister
(rep 30/05/2015)
Pokhara
hotels unaffected by quake, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
30/05/2015)
IFC
lends
$3m for Fairfield Hotel project (kp 29/05/2015)
Left
intact
in quake, Namche Bazaar awaits tourists, by
Bhanubhakta Niraula
Where
have
all the tourists gone? The earthquake didn't damage
Pokhara but it scared off most visitors, by Tsering
Dolker Gurung (nt)
There
is
enough room to make tourists visit Nepal this autumn,
interview with Andrew Jones (kp 29/05/2015))
Tourism
entrepreneurs
slash prices to revive arrivals, by Bhushan Yadav (kp
28/05/2015)
Heritage
sites
in Valley to open for tourists from June 15 (ht
28/05/2015)
The
Everest
Hotel marked ‘unsafe’, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
27/05/2015)
Tourism
industry
urged to open wallets wider, by Sangam Prasain (kp
26/05/2015)
Campaign
to
revive tourism in Pokhara, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
24/05/2015), Pokhara
entrepreneurs
in bid to revive tourism: Offering heavy discounts to
tourists in hotels in and around Lake City, by Rup
Narayan Dhakal (ht 04/05/2015)
Rumors
turning
off tourists; Situation here isn't as dangerous as we've
been informed: Indian tourists, by Santosh Pokharel
(rep 23/05/2015)
NTB
deposits
Rs 100m as seed money in Tourism Recovery Fund (ht
19/05/2015)
Panel
to
study quake’s impact on tourism: The committee will
identify short- and long-term work needed to be done and
make suggestions (kp 18/05/2015)
Travel
and
tourism competitiveness 2015: Nepal moves up 10 spots to
102nd position, by Sangam Prasain (kp 17/05/2015) [This is already history after the
earthquake!]
Food
safety
critical for tourism sector, by Pushpa Raj Acharya
(ht)
Tourism
sector
bearing temblor brunt (ht 11/05/2015)
Tourism
envisions
rebound plan after deadly quake, by Sangam Prasain (kp
09/05/2015), Govt
forms
TRC in a bid to revive tourism industry (ht
09/05/2015)
80
percent
tourists cancel reservations in quake’s wake: Hoteliers
expect situation to last for at least another six months,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 05/05/2015)
Pokhara
tourism
entrepreneurs upbeat about reviving business (ht
05/05/2015)
TICC
established:
An initiative to gather details about tourists who have
gone missing,are dead or injured (ht 03/05/2015)
Expanding
ecotourism:
The ACAP model of ecotourism would do wonders for
communities across the country, but the government and
the private sector will need to pitch in, by Pragati
Shahi (kp 25/04/2015)
NTB
spending
less than 10pc of allotted budget (kp 24/04/2015), NTB
has
spent only 10pc of annual budget so far (ht
25/04/2015)
Appointing
board
members at NTB an uphill task (ht 24/04/2015)
What
transport
infrastructure will tourists need? (nt 24/04/2015)
Luring
the
dragon: Tourism destinations in Nepal are busy, as more
and more Chinese are arriving, by Aditya Baral (kp
21/04/2015), Chinese
are
coming: Nepal needs to learn from global initiatives to
lure Chinese tourists (kp 24/04/2015), China
set
to edge out India as No 1 tourist source, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 25/04/2015)
More
Nepalis
vacationing abroad during New Year, by Kriti Bhuju
(rep 15/04/2015)
A
wish for New Year’s: This Baisakh 1, the resolution
should be to find a way to leverage the New Year into a
tourism opportunity, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
14/04/2015)
Bikram
Sambat
association: Nepal could bring together the countries
that follow the Bikram Sambat lunar calendar to boost
regional tourism, by Hari Man Lama (kp 14/04/2015)
Homestay
tourism
changing lives of villagers in Agyauli, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 10/05/2015)
Trekkers’
safety
in hands of a living-room weatherman (kp 09/04/2015)
Malaysian
tourist
goes missing, by Manish Gautam (kp 09/04/2015)
Swelling
tourism
draws investors to Sauraha, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
09/04/2015)
3
govt agencies face uncertainty: Given political
influence, uncertainty shrouds over new appointments to
fill the vacuum at these agencies, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 05/04/2015), Tourism
board
calls emergency meeting today (ht 05/04/2015), NTB
board
likely to take decision today (ht 06/04/2015), Sub-panel
set
up to resolve crisis at NTB (kp 07/04/2015)
Durbarmarg
to
open 24 hours, by Anup Ojha (03/04/2015)
Nepal
tourism
generated 487k direct jobs in 2014 (kp 01/04/2015)
Tourist
arrivals
drop; Pokhara entrepreneurs disappointed (ht
01/04/2015)
Renovation
of
Nepal Academy proposed: NTB plans to utilise the
revamped property to promote MICE tourism in the country
(ht 31/03/2015)
Not
looking
good: Tourist arrivals for spring are down; steps must
be taken to keep them coming (kp 26/03/2015)
Paragliders
collide
in first accident involving tandem flight, by Bharat
Koirala (kp 24/03/2015)
TIMS
card
made mandatory of all trekking areas, by Kriti Bhuju
(rep 23/03/2015)
Pata
Nepal
targets 215k Chinese tourists (kp 22/03/2015)
Carrying
chitwan:
Elephants play a pivotal role in Chitwan’s tourism
industry. But the pachyderms and their handlers have to
put up with a lot of hardship to ensure that the
industry hums along, by Prateebha Tuladhar (kp
21/03/2015)
Khumbu
street-viewed:
Google Earth Outreach has partnered with local
organisations—StoryCycle and the Apa Foundation—to help
locals in the Everest region digitally represent their
areas on Google Maps, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
21/03/2015)
Sluggish
airline
bookings hint at poor peak season, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 21/03/2015)
Mustang
in
march: here are many obscure villages in Lower Mustang
that are mystical and can be reached on a day’s hike
from Jomsom, by Cynthia Choo and Kenji Kwok (nt
20/03/2015)
CG,
NE
acquire Summit Hotel (kp 19/03/2015)
Thamel,
Durbarmarg
to open 24 hrs soon (kp 17/03/2015)
TIA
closure
has knock-on effect on Pokhara hotels, by Shiva Sharma
(kp 13/03/2015)
Tourism
flatlines,
Chinese are up: Number of Chinese tourists have increased
by 18 per cent in the past year (nt 13/03/2015)
Tourist
arrivals
by air slip 0.3 percent (kp 12/03/2015)
New
resort
turns sleepy village into tourist spot, by Basanti
Bastola (kp 11/03/2015)
Chitwan
hotels
to reopen (ht 25/02/2015)
Protest
against
police excesses: Chitwan hotels, restaurants shut, by
Bimal Khatiwada (kp 24/02/2015), More
than
1,500 Chitwan hotels shut (ht 24/02/2015)
Flush
tourists
trigger growth of luxury hotels in Chitwan, by Bimal
Khatiwada (kp 22/02/2015)
Team
Delhi-bound
for tourism talks (kp 19/02/2015)
Investment
in
Pokhara hotel industry witnesses significant rise, by
Rup Narayan Dhakal (ht 14/02/2015)
‘Infrastructure
must
for tourism sector’ (ht 14/02/2015)
Adventure
Tourism:
A billion dollar industry? (nt 13/02/2015)
Hotel
Tulsi
Home begins operation in Besishahar, by Kishan Sangeet
Nepali (rep 12/02/2015)
Parajuli
to
lead 10-member team in JWG meeting (rep 11/02/2015)
Circuit
trek
route being developed, by Shiva Sharma and Purna BK
(kp 07/02/2015)
Sauraha
to
hotels offer 20% discount, by Chandani Hamal (kp
07/02/2015)
Safety
issues
mar thriving paragliding biz, by Shiva Sharma (kp
02/02/2015)
Nepal
to
join PATA event in Thimphu (kp 02/02/2015), 14
Nepali
participants join PATA Mart in Bhutan, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 06/02/2015)
Tourism
Dept:
38 proposed hotels applied for impact assessment, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 31/01/2015)
Right
this
way, please: Recent Indian government moves are expected
to boost tourist arrivals to Nepal, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 26/01/2015)
Historical
Panchase
luring tourists in droves (ht 26/01/2015)
Four
countries
issue travel alerts: Advise their respective citizens to
exercise high degree of caution when in Nepal, by
Kriti Bhuju (rep 22/01/2015)
Day
trippers
throng Lumbini (kp 21/01/2015)
22
new
paragliding cos acquire permits (kp 17/01/2015)
Jiri
to
be developed as green tourism city, by Ramesh
Khatiwada (rep 16/01/2015)
Tourist
hubs
may remain open 24 hrs: Authorities working to let
Thamel, Durbar Marg operate round-the-clock (ht
13/01/2015)
Surkhet
can
become a paragliding hub: NAA, by Moti Lal Poudel
(kp 11/01/2015)
Thai
hospitality
chain Dusit to manage Hotel Annapurna, by Suman
Bashyal (kp 09/01/2015)
Sarang
sanctuary
resort throws its doors open, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp
03/01/2015)
Rural
Development Through Ecotourism, by Reagan Bhandari
(rn 02/01/2015)
Back
to
Everest in 2015: A blaze of publicity for the Himalaya
in 2015 is expected to give a boost to Nepal’s trekking
tourism, by Kunda Dixit (nt 02/01/2015)
The
Chinese
are coming: ...but a lot more tourists from China would
visit if there was more information about Nepal online
in Mandarin, by Claire Li Yingxue (nt 02/01/2015)
Investment
booming
in Pokhara hospitality (kp 01/01/2015) |