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World Tourism Day 2021: Five must-know tourism facts of Nepal
Birat Anupam Kathmandu: Today, the entire world is in the festive mood of World Tourism Day 2021. The slogan for this years’ celebration is ‘Tourism for Inclusive Growth’. World Tourism Day celebration began in 1980. September 27 is chosen to commemorate the day of the statutes of the World Tourism…
Read More »Dr. Harka Gurung’s Contributions to Mountaineering
Highlights Tourism Dr.Harka Gurung (1935-2006) was one of the most formidable and most influential intellectuals of contemporary Nepal who possessed deep knowledge about the Himalayas, flora, fauna and was equally fond of mountains until his unfortunate death in 2006 in a helicopter crash along with 23 others at Phaple in…
Read More »Attracting Chinese Tourists in the Post Covid-19 Context
Zhiming Gan (James), Chinese Tourism Entrepreneur Nepal is a well-known country for its spectacular hills, valleys, rivers, mountains, and rich cultures which the tourists like the most. A developing country like Nepal had very good plans and strategies for tourism development in 2020. But unfortunately Covid-19 pandemic hit the tourism…
Read More »The Great Himalaya Trail Nepal: Opportunities and Challenges
Sanjib Gurung The Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) is across the Himalayas route from east Namche Barwa Tibet to west Nanga Parbat Pakistan. The original proposed GHT concept of the trail was to establish a single longest and highest alpine trekking trail starting from the eastern Himalaya range and ending at…
Read More »Maurice Herzog and Mountain Tourism in Nepal
Juddha Bahadur Gurung, Tourism Expert A historical photo corner was established at International Mountain Museum in Pokhara on 27 November 2020 in memory of Maurice Herzog, a pioneer of Annapurna I summiteers. The program was jointly inaugurated by honorable minister Bikash Lamsal Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Gandaki…
Read More »The future of Nepali tourism lies in mountaineering
Mira Acharya, Director, Department of Tourism Current situation The tourism sector has been most affected due to the Covid-19 epidemic which has spread globally. The tourism sector of our country has fallen to critical situations due to Covid-19. We have lost two tourist seasons for tourism. When it comes to…
Read More »Bhutan’s Tourism Mantra: High Value, Low Volume
Dorji Dhradhul Director-General, Tourism Council of Bhutan Covid-19 has become more pronounced for the year 2020 and for more than one year the whole world is hard hit by this pandemic. Bhutan and Nepal share the same woes caused by this pandemic that crippled the tourism sector in both countries.…
Read More »Slovenia: True Friend of Nepali Mountaineering
– Aswin Kumar Shrestha Slovene alpinists summitted the peak of Annapurna II in 1964, and Kanchanjangha in 1969. Seven alpinists of then Yugoslavia summitted the peak of Makalu under the leadership of Mr. Ales Kunaver, Alpinist in 1975. Journalist, Mr. Zoran Jerin, wrote two books with the title “Nepal opens…
Read More »The unique history of Mt. Dhaulagiri ascent
Juddha Bahadur Gurung In the global tourism market, Nepal is popular digestion for mountaineering and trekking. There are two reasons behind it. Out of 14 peaks in the world’s 8 peaks above 8000 meters are in Nepal, and many people around the world interest to visit and observe closely these…
Read More »Opportunity for Internal Tourism Promotion
Krishna Adhikari Nepal’s tourism industry, which has been largely crippled by the global Corona Pandemic, needs to be revived. The fight is not likely to end immediately, but the main issue now is how to avoid it and how to continue the business. Economic development efforts can not be meaningful…
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