Nepal Tourism Board and TikTok have launched a three-day workshop in Kathmandu to train tourism professionals, trekking guides, mountaineers, and content creators in digital storytelling, as Nepal looks to sharpen its social media presence under the Visit Nepal Campaign 2026.
Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Khadak Raj Paudel has pledged to bring Gautam Buddha International Airport into full regular operation without further delay, saying Nepal cannot meet its target of attracting one crore tourists without activating both the Bhairahawa and Pokhara airports and connecting them to international destinations.
A new trekking trail giving access to Pochoka Glacial Lake in Manang has been completed, opening one of the Annapurna region's lesser-known alpine destinations to a wider range of visitors.
Women remain severely underrepresented across all sectors of tourism transport, in the air, on land and on water, with legal, cultural and structural barriers continuing to block their access to decent work, career advancement and leadership roles, according to a new global report released jointly by UN Tourism and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).
The New York State Assembly has issued a formal proclamation honouring Urgen Sherpa, a Nepali community organiser, Buddhist scholar and advocate, for more than two decades of service to Himalayan and immigrant communities in New York City.
A ten-year-old football fan from Kathmandu has become one of Nepal's youngest ambassadors at the FIFA World Cup 2026, travelling 8,500 miles to Dallas to watch Argentina play live — and taking Nepal's flag and a Visit Nepal banner along for the ride.
Hollywood is set to bring the legendary story of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first person to summit Mount Everest, to the big screen with the biographical film "Tenzing." The movie will hit theaters on October 9, followed by its streaming premiere on Apple TV+ on October 16.
Nepal's trekking trails may soon get a high-tech safety upgrade. The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South Korean Safety Tech Alliance to explore rolling out an AI-powered digital safety network across the country's mountain tourism routes.
Nepal recorded 91,363 international visitor arrivals in June 2026, marking a 19.5 percent increase over the same month last year and surpassing pre-pandemic June 2019 levels by 22 percent, according to data released by the Nepal Tourism Board