Prince Harry, the third-in-line to the British throne, is all set to realize his long-held ambition of conquering Mount Everest this year, a report said.   The 27-year-old Prince had dropped a broad hint about scaling the world’s highest mountain in May this year at the end of his trek to the North Pole last year to raise money for ‘Walking with the Wounded’, a charity for wounded soldiers. Harry had, in fact, indicated that [...]

Mima Terenziani (39), an Italian mountaineer who was airlifted from Mt. Langtang Lirung, has died at the Norvic Hospital in Kathmandu on Thursday evening. According to the police, Terenziani was injured after she bogged down in snow during an expedition of the 7234-metre tall mountain. A helicopter had brought her to the hospital at around 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon. But she breathed her last there at 6:33 pm in the evening. Her dead body has [...]

Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) has proposed that the government come up with a single permit for Great Himalayan Trail (GHT) to ease and cut short the processing time. Speaking at a program organized in the capital on Dec 21, TAAN President Mahendra Singh Thapa said, “It will be very easy for us to sell the package of GHT if the government introduces single window policy for different permits,” The 1,700-km trail passes through [...]

The Nepali government is all set to launch the Visit Lumbini Year 2012 on January 14 in a bid to spread Gautam Buddha’s message of peace across the world and develop the Buddha’s birthplace as a peace city and a global Buddhist center. According to the Ministry of Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture, the cabinet had decided to mark 2012 as the Visit Lumbini Year about two months ago. The government will [...]

Leading international news broadcaster Cable News Network (CNN) has included Nepal’s white water rafting in its ‘15 ways to see the world on water’ list. Nepal’s rafting package features in the 9th position in the list published on Nov 23. “Participants in this epic 15-day trip start in Kathmandu, and after acclimatizing to the dizzying altitude, trek for four days through scenic mountain passes from Pokhara to their river drop-off,” CNN writes, adding, “Then you [...]

United States of America has canceled travel warning that it had issued for US citizens preparing to visit Nepal. “In recognition of improved conditions in Nepal, the US Department of State has cancelled the travel warning that was most recently issued on January 12,” the US Embassy in Kathmandu said in a statement on Wednesday. The US Embassy is pleased that the overall situation in Nepal has improved to such a degree that this decision [...]

The Nepalese Embassy in London organized a special function in the Irish capital of Dublin on July 12 to felicitate Irish Everest summiteers and also to promote Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign. Issuing a press statement, the Nepali mission in London said the newly elected mayor of Dublin Lord Mayor Andrew Montague; senior members of parliament, Ambassador of India to Ireland P S Raghavan along with high level Irish officials attended the program. On the [...]

Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN) is organizing the 13th Eco-Trekking Workshop in the last week of July. The workshop is being held with the theme of ‘Promoting Responsible Tourism in Destinations’. Around 70 participants from TAAN’s member agencies are expected to participate in the program. TAAN has been organizing the event to promote responsible tourism practices among member agents. We Advanced Adventures, active member of TAAN having a responsible attendance to the Eco Trekking [...]

Hospital has set up a health clinic at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) targeting foreign passengers. Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma inaugurated the clinic amid a function on June 5. The hospital opened the clinic after the government requested it to set up the clinic at the country´s only international airport. According to the hospital, all the services provided through the clinic will be free of cost. It will also provide free [...]

Nepalese travel trade sector, concerned organizations/experts and Government of Nepal decided to launch a national tourism campaign “Nepal Tourism Year 2011″. This announcement reflects the government’s anticipation to bring into Nepal at least one million international tourists by the year 2011 and tourism industry’s exigency to organize a tourism promotion campaign for wider impact. The badge of adventure destination glittering and the adage “Atithi Devo Bhava” (Guests are Gods) embedded in our culture, the portfolio [...]