Nepal's international visitor arrivals declined 7.3 percent in April 2026 compared to April 2025, with 107,934 tourists recorded in what is typically the country's strongest month for inbound travel
Nepal's rural tourism movement took a tangible step forward this week as the Village Tourism Mart 2026 opened in Bandipur — the Queen of the Hills — introducing for the first time a safari-style community immersion experience that takes visitors directly into village homestays as a structured tourism product.
Nepal's Department of Tourism has put adventure and recreational sports operators on notice, ordering those running activities without proper permits to shut down immediately and apply for authorisation within 30 days — or face legal consequences.
Nepal's trekking sector has begun its spring round of professional guide training, with 179 participants, including 38 women, enrolled in programmes that kicked off at the Nepal Academy of Tourism, Hospitality and Mountaineering (NATHM) in Rabibhawan, Kathmandu on Monday.
Godawari Municipality in Bagmati Province has signed a Friendship City agreement with Wyndham City in Victoria, Australia, in a partnership that both sides say opens new avenues for tourism promotion, cultural exchange, and community-level cooperation between the two countries.
Foreign tourist arrivals to Mustang surged in the first four months of 2026, with 83,149 visitors recorded between January and April — a rise of more than 31,000 compared to the 51,896 who visited during the same period in 2025, according to the Annapurna Conservation Area Project office in Jomsom.
The Department of Immigration has warned trekking agencies against taking foreign trekkers into restricted areas without valid trekking permits, cautioning that both agencies and trekkers found in violation could face legal action under the prevailing Immigration Act.
European Union Ambassador to Nepal Veronique Lorenzo paid a courtesy call on Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Khadak Raj Paudel on Monday, with the two sides exchanging views on tourism development, aviation safety, and the broader Nepal-EU partnership.
A newly released video ‘I tried Everest’ by celebrated Jordanian documentarian Joe Hattab featuring world record-holding Nepali mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa enthralled global audiences with over 5.7 million views in YouTube in just 11 days.