Everest Journal » Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation http://www.everestjournal.com Nepal Travel Guide With Special Nepal Trekking & Nepal Tour Programs, Nepal Hotel Booking, Travel News, Event, Views, & Reviews Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:35:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Government of Nepal to waive visa fee for tourists http://www.everestjournal.com/government-of-nepal-to-waive-visa-fee-for-tourists/ http://www.everestjournal.com/government-of-nepal-to-waive-visa-fee-for-tourists/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:12:11 +0000 www.everestjournal.com http://www.everestjournal.com/?p=1935 Tourists arriving to Nepal will not need to pay fee for visa if the motion sent by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) is approved by the government of Nepal.

MoTCA has suggested the government of Nepal to abandon visa fee at least for the campaign time in order to draw more foreign tourists to the country and make Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign a huge accomplishment.

Since, more than half a million foreign tourists had arrived Nepal in 2009, so the country has aimed a goal to greeting more than one million foreign tourists in 2011.

The motion have been send to Ministry of Finance to include it in the budget for fiscal year 2010/11 said, Mr. Laxman Bhattarai, Spokesperson and Joint Secretary of MoTCA.

He notified that the motion to present free-visa regime was worked out by the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 National Coordination Committee.

Recently, visitors from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries get visa free of cost whereas foreign visitors need to pay 25 U.S. dollars for visa for 15 days and 40 dollars for a month.

Nepal Visa Rules

]]> http://www.everestjournal.com/government-of-nepal-to-waive-visa-fee-for-tourists/feed/ 0 Government of Nepal to regulate rules in Casinos http://www.everestjournal.com/government-of-nepal-to-regulate-rules-in-casinos/ http://www.everestjournal.com/government-of-nepal-to-regulate-rules-in-casinos/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:25:25 +0000 www.everestjournal.com http://www.everestjournal.com/?p=1911 The Government of Nepal is planning to regulate some rules and regulations in Casinos to control possible malpractices in Casino business.
Mr. Laxman Bhattarai, spokesperson for Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation said that, “We have realized the need of close monitoring and this is why the ministry is planning to introduce a set of rules and regulations”.
He also said that, “The new procedures would set a number of standards, including maintaining international standard service quality”.
Altogether, there are 10 Casinos recently operating in Kathmandu and Pokhara with each casino paying 20 million Nepali rupees (some 270270 U.S. dollars) as royalty to the government.

Mr. Bhattarai does not accept in improving the law to allow Nepalese citizens to gamble in casinos. He mentions that, “Giving permission to Nepalese citizens to gamble in casinos is like inviting economic and social problem for them”.

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