Posts Tagged ‘Nepal’

Members of Everest Women 7 Summits Eco Action attained the peak of Mt. Kosciuszko/Targangil (2228m) – the highest peak of Australia - on July 7, as a part of their crusade to the peak the highest peak of all the continents. The group had begun the expedition in June. Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) was the main sponsor of this leg of the assignment that was also favored ... Full story

An event was arranged in Kolkata, India from 16-18 of July 2010 which was known as Chalo Jaai TTE fair and four Nepalese private travel trade companies along with Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) had also took part in that event. The main purpose of the event was to boost Nepal tourism in India and its neighboring countries and to cherish friendship among Indian and Nepali people. According ... Full story

Officials on Friday said that Nepal and Tibet are going to work together to promote tourism industry in the Himalayan region. Deputy Chief of Tibet's tourism administration Mr. Wang Songping said, “To start with, we are jointly going to launch day tours along the China-Nepal border”. Mr. Wang along with his Nepalese counterparts is investigating a cross Himalayan route passing through Kathmandu, in Nepal, and Tibet's Jilung ... Full story

Cultural and Food Festival of Nepal has been concluded in Sri Lanka. The Festival turned out to be a big success. It was held on June 27, 2010 and it was a 10 day long festival. The festival was organized by the Embassy of Nepal in Sri Lanka, in association with Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). Ambassador of Nepal to Sri Lanka Mr. Sushil Chandra Amatya had shed ... Full story

Nepali Ambassador to Australia Mr. Yogendra Dhakal, during the sales mission in Australia - reported the rejuvenated state of tourism in Nepal. "The tourism business of Nepal and the Nepalese government are quite ecstatic about the campaign and NTY welcomes large numbers of tourists from Australia," said the ambassador, the hope of cooperation and support of travel operator’s tour of Australia in its efforts to send ... Full story

Zao Liyang, a 35 year old climber was part of a nine-member expedition to the peak but fell to his death by bad weather on Saturday, the Nepal Tourism and Civil Aviation Department said. He was killed and two other companions got disappeared on the slopes of the highest seventh peak in the world, officials said. A search of them is going on, including searches by ... Full story

TIES-The International Eco-tourism Society defines eco-tourism as Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people. Eco-tourism has been a globally known catchphrase for a form of responsible tourism in natural areas in theory but yet waits to be implemented properly. Nepal, which collects ... Full story

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

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

World record holder Legendary mountaineer Apa Sherpa witnessed water while in South Col route of Everest at an altitude of 8000 meters. Lakpa Dorje Sherpa memorizes quenching his thirst melting the ice even in Everest base camp some years before, but during this year’s expedition, he saw plenty of small lakes around the same spot. Dawa ... Full story