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10,000 devotees reach Gosainkund on Janaipurnima
Kathmandu:On the occasion of Janaipurnima festival, thousands of devotees have reached the holy shrine Gosainthan located on Niladhri mountain for bathing and worship. Since it is a holy shrine that should be visited at least once in a lifetime, more than 10,000 devotees, including women, men, and senior citizens, have…
Read More »Heliport in Bhaktapur to be constructed
Blueprint courtesy: CAAN Kathmandu: Nepal government is planning to set up a heliport in Bhaktapur in order to free the Kathmandu airport of helicopters. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), an agreement to this effect has already been signed with the contractors to construct this new heliport…
Read More »Govt mulls over maintaining paragliding in Pokhara: Minister Shrestha
Minister Shrestha said at a press conference organized by the Samajwadi Press Organization in Pokhara on Wednesday that efforts will be made to maintain the paragliding business without affecting the safety of the aircraft. The concern that the current paragliding will be displaced after the international airport comes into operation…
Read More »Palpa-Butwal cable car will be operational from Feb
Kathmandu: The under-construction Lumbini cable car, which will reach from Bamghat in Butwal sub-metropolitan city of Rupandehi district to Basantpur Danda in Tinau rural municipality of Palpa district, will be operational from the month of February. Presenting the progress report at the recently concluded special general meeting of the company,…
Read More »January 1, 2023 set for Pokhara Int’l Airport operation
Kathmandu: The government has set a date to bring Pokhara Regional International Airport into operation. Jagannath Niraula, the spokesperson of the authority, informed that the meeting of the board of directors of Nepal Civil Aviation Authority held on Sunday decided to start operation on January 1, 2023. The meeting was…
Read More »Master-plan ready to construct 10 Himalayan cities
Kathmandu: The government is mulling over constructing 10 Himalayan cities with the aim of increasing tourism prospects and reducing the migration of people from the Himalayan region to other regions. In the year 2017, the government announced that the tourist places of the Himalayan region, Lukla, Jomsom, Simkot, Martadi, and…
Read More »Cluttered wires to be removed from Thamel
Kathmandu: The cluttered wires in Thamel, the main tourist destination of the capital, will be removed. A meeting held with the concerned bodies at the office of the Thamel Tourism Development Council on Thursday decided to remove the wires of various service provider companies placed in a haphazard manner within…
Read More »Youths introduce “My Hotel and Home.com”
Kathmandu: To facilitate internal and external tourists, two young people have developed the website ‘My Hotel and Home.com’ for easy hotel booking before traveling to major cities across the country. You can easily book a hotel of your desired price and level by logging into the website from a mobile…
Read More »Cathay Pacific will fly Hong Kong-Kathmandu from October 1
Cathay has planned to operate one flight a week from next October (October 1st). For this, it has taken permission from Nepal Civil Aviation Authority. Currently, Cathay is flying cargo between Hong Kong and Kathmandu. According to Junu Maleku, Cathay’s head of sales, the route will be operated by the ‘A330-300’…
Read More »Hot-air-balloon flights to resume in Pokhara
Kathmandu: A private travel company -Balloon Nepal- is preparing to resume its hot air balloon flights in Pokhara with effect from the month of September this year. The travel company is restarting its hot air balloon flights in the wake of decreased number of Covid-19 cases. The hot air balloon…
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