Tourism ministers invited to NTY 2011:
KATHMANDU,
The government has invited tourism ministers of 21 Asian countries for the inauguration of Nepal Tourism Year (NTY-2011). NTY-2011 is scheduled to be inaugurated on Jan. 14, 2011 in Kathmandu.
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POKHARA, July 26: Annapurna Conservation Area, a popular trekking destination among tourists the world over, welcomed 79,900 tourists in the last fiscal year. The figure is the highest ever arrivals recorded in the region.
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Bhaktapur: A horse-riding tourist package has been launched in Nagarkot, a famous tourist attraction near Kathmandu. According to Dipak Lamichhane, secretary, Nagarkot Naldum Tourism Development Committee, the committee members travell ......
KATHMANDU, June 9: Mountain Helicopters (P) Ltd, which was established nine months ago operating a Europe-made AS350B2 helicopter, is preparing to add an air ambulance in its fleet.
Captain Dawa Jangbu Sherpa, executive chairm ......
KATHMANDU, May 27: The government is developing new trekking routes to draw in more tourists. A five-year plan to complete a trekking route to Gosainkunda from Kathmandu and another round Kathmandu Valley is in its second year.
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KATHMANDU, MAY 13
The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation is offering free visas to those foreign mountaineers in 2010 and 2011 who have already scaled Mount Everest in a bid to gain publicity for Nepal Tourism Year 2011 ......
Bisket Jatra begins:
BHAKTAPUR: The nine-day festival of Bisket Jatra, coinciding with the Nepali New year, began in Bhaktapur today. Two chariots are pulled during the festival of new year celebration that falls on April 14.
A 25 meter pole is put up ......
BERLIN: The world’s largest tourism fair, the ITB, kicked off today in Berlin with the global travel industry hoping for better times following a crisis-hit 2009.
According to United Nations figures, international tourist arrivals ......
