The government has listed a string of tourism and civil aviation achievements from the first 100 days in office, under Prime Minister Balendra Shah's administration, ranging from the approval of flydubai's regular flight schedule from Pokhara International Airport to the digitisation of mountaineering permit services and the launch of a national health tourism strategy — outlining what it describes as a period of significant policy and operational reform for the sector.
A short bus ride out of Kathmandu and a trail that wound through forest, past smaller waterfalls and through a quiet hillside village took my three friends, and me to Pangsam Okhreni Waterfall on a recent hike — a day that delivered fresh air, good company and, by the time we turned back, an unplanned lesson in why a raincoat beats an umbrella on the trail.
The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) Gandaki has issued an urgent appeal following severe flooding and landslides in the Annapurna trekking region, triggered by continuous rainfall over the past several days.
Nepal's hotel industry has the capacity to serve four million tourists annually but is currently receiving only 1.2 million — a gap that Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) says costs the country jobs, investment and the chance to keep Nepali youth from seeking work abroad.
The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal has held a series of meetings with the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Khadak Prasad Paudel, the Nepal Tourism Board and private sector stakeholders to advance key priorities for Nepal's trekking industry, including a proposed law to protect the country's trekking trails and stronger implementation of the trekker registration system.
The Annapurna Conservation Area has received 508,476 international visitors from more than 165 countries and territories in the last fiscal year drawing trekkers and nature enthusiasts from every inhabited continent, according to data released by the National Trust for Nature Conservation's Annapurna Conservation Area Project.
The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Never Rest Project Pvt. Ltd. and the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee to establish a research and data-driven management framework for sustainable tourism and environmental preservation in the Everest region.
The Nepal Association of Tour & Travel Agents (NATTA) participated in the 4th Meeting of the BIMSTEC Network of Tour Operators (BNTO), held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from July 21 to 23.
A five-member delegation from China, led by Chen Guanghao, Director General of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism in Chengdu, visited the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) on Wednesday as part of a three-day official visit.