Archive for the ‘Nepal Tourism Year 2011’ Category

The most anticipated and highly expected Tourism campaign of Nepal, Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 is set to officially launch on February 26, 2010. With an aim to attract one million tourists, tourism entrepreneurs are urging to celebrate this campaign as “Year of Celebration”. NTY Secretariat announced the program will formally begin with the illumination of the ... Full story

Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) participated in (Vakantiebeurs) "Holiday Fair 2010" held at Utrecht in the Netherlands from 12-17 January, 2010. According to an estimate, between 120,000-130,000 travel enthusiasts visited the fair. Around 800 exhibitors from 70 countries participated in Holiday Fair 2010. The Vakantiebeurs Holiday Fair 2010 is the largest consumer travel fair and the world's largest trade event in the Benelux region. The main ... Full story

New year brought good news for tourism sector of Nepal. Two more international airlines Oman Air and Spirit of Manila will launch their flights from March 2010, making it total of 25 international operators. Nepal is gearing up for ambitious promotion of 'Nepal Tourism Year 2011' addition of international operators will definitely help to bring in more tourists. Secretary of Ministry of Toursim and Civil Aviation ... Full story

The Nepal Association of Rafting Agents (NARA) is organizing the whitewater running festival namely, 9th Mountain Dew Himalayan Whitewater Rafting Challenge 2009 with an aim of promoting general tourism along with promoting rivers of Nepal as the world's premier river running tourism destinations. The three day event is taking place in the ... Full story

Third Joint Coordination Committee Meeting was held in Kathmandu on November 8th and 9th with an endeavor of promoting tourism between Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region. The meeting held is pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding signed in August 2003 between the Nepal Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation and Tibet Tourism Bureau. The Nepalese delegation was led by Mr. Murari Bahadur Karki, Joint Secretary, the ... Full story

Many of us know Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit of Everest, but we may not be aware of the fact how many days it took them to reach the summit. It took more than 15 days for Tenzing Norgay and Sir ... Full story

This Wednesday at 2:30 P.M., the Boeing plane 737-800 of Arke Fly, Netherland has touched the Nepali ground at Tribhuvan International Airport carrying about 180 passengers on board. According to some intellectuals, the landing of ... Full story

Nepal and India have agreed to let each other's air carriers to fly up to thirty thousand passengers on trans-boarder flights per week. Which is five times more than previous number, the existing treaty only let air carriers to fly up to six thousand passengers on cross-border flights per week. Secretary-level representatives of the two ... Full story

The Embassy of Nepal in Canberra hosted a dinner and cultural programme at Stamford Plaza hotel in Sydney to celebrate the New Year 2066 BS on April 14. Nepalese Ambassador to Australia Yogendra Dhakal, and Verginia Judge, Minister for Fair Trading, Minister for Citizenship, and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts attended the function and jointly launched the Nepalese Food and Cultural Festival. Extending her New ... Full story

Taking the plunge is nothing new in the life of Hisila Yami, but this time was different. Yami, Maoist Minister for Tourism, bungee jumped from 160 meters high Bhotekoshi suspension bridge over the river. She was promoting Nepal as an exotic adventure destination as part of the Nepal Tourism Year 2011. "It was ... Full story