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» Nepal's first time participation in Nordic Travel Fair MATKA 2008
Nepal Tourism Board along with four Nepalese private travel companies namely Mountain Adventure Trekking, Snowland Travel and Tours, Makalu Adventure and Sahara Worldwide Travels and Tours...
» Nepal Captured Central Stage in TTF Chennai
Nepal's participation in TTF 2008, India's largest Travel and Tourism Fair, in Chennai, received very cheering response amongst Indian visitors. The Fair, held on 18-20 January 2008, registered more than 10000 general visitors...
» Sir Edmund Hillary will always live in Nepali hearts
A condolence meeting was organized on January 15, 2008 in memory of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first summiteer of Mt. Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary passed away at a hospital in Auckland, New Zealand on January 10, 2008, at the age of 88...
» Nepal honoured Band and Hinkes at WTM
Press Release November 16, 2005
Nepal Tourism Board in co-ordination with Royal Nepalese Embassy, London, UK, Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation, Honorary PRR of Nepal Tourism Board...
» Visitors' Arrival Grows by 15.1% in October
October 2005, compared to the same month last year marked a 15.1% growth in visitors number coming to Nepal by air, reaching a total of 38,563 visitors for the month. The growth during the month was fueled by increase in Indian visitors...
» Climbing Everest in the list 20 sports destinations for 2006
Press Release November 6, 2005
National Geographic Adventure's November 2005 issue lists the top 20 sports destinations to help its readers plan their next challenge naming it as Adventure Travel...
» High-level French team in Nepal for rescue operation
A press conference was organized today by French Embassy based in Kathmandu, Nepal to disseminate the factual information about French climbers swept down by avalanche that hit the base camp of a climbing expedition on Mount Kang Guru...
» US Sales Mission Rescheduled to May 2006
Press Release September 29, 2005
Nepal Tourism Board is working towards repositioning the image of the country so as to market and promote Nepal aggressively and extensively..
» Additional Flights on KTM/CCU/KTM sectors during Oct’ 05
We are extremely pleased to announce that during the ‘Dasain Festivals’ Indian Airlines has decided to operate additional flights on Kathmandu-Kalkata-Kathmandu sectors on 7th, 9th , 14th & 16th October,2005.
» Press Release September 27, 2005
World Tourism Day has been observed in Nepal today organising various events and programmes throughout the kingdom. This year's slogan for the day is "Travel & Transport: From the imaginary of Jules Verne to the reality of the 21st Century...
» Air Nepal International Opens its Wings
Air Nepal International, a Nepali Airline promoted by an elite group of domestic airline operators and tourism entrepreneurs, has commenced operations. The airline is currently flying twice a week to Kuala Lumpur and thrice a week to each of the cities...
» Austrian Airlines resumes flights from Sept 15
The Austrian Air from Vienna landed on September 15 at 2250 hrs at Tribhuvan International Airport carrying 231 passengers. This was the first flight of Austrian Air in the Vienna-Kathmandu route for this season. ...
» Association of South Asian travel journalists formed
Tourism journalists from South Asia, including Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, at a meeting held during the Travel Media Workshop in Kathmandu on August 27, 2005 decided to establish South Asian Forum for Tourism Journalists (SAFTOJ)...
» Royalty fee to climb Mt. Manaslu and Mt. Lhotse slashed
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has decided to provide a fifty percent discount in the royalty charge to the mountaineering teams seeking permission to scale Mt. Manaslu (8163m) and Mt. Lhotse (8516m)...
» Nepal unique, safe place: Finnish mountaineer
“Nepal is a very unique country where foreigners can find good hospitality and people are friendly. Besides these, Nepal is also one of the few countries of the world where foreigners feel the safest”, says Veikka Gustafsson a mountaineer...
» Tourists to get VAT refunded
According to a Financial Ordinance-2061 provision, which the government has recently decided to implement, Value Added Tax (VAT) paid by tourists on goods worth more than Rs 15,000 would be refunded at the time of their departure...
» New procedures for recording mountaineering feats
Press Release April 11, 2005
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) issued the working modalities related to keeping mountaineering records on April 8, 2005....
» Trek to EBC holds 7th position in Top Ten 'Once In A Lifetime' Trips
iExplore announced a list of Top Ten "Once-in-a-Lifetime" Trips, as determined by unique travel inquiries at iExplore over the last year on March 7, 2005. Trek to Mount Everest Base Camp (EBC) has been placed in seventh position in Top Ten ranking...
» 24 hrs Hotline Telephone Service at Nepal Tourism Board
To effectively respond the problems tourists and tourism entrepreneurs in Nepal and abroad may come across, Nepal Tourism Board has taken a holistic approach to address these problems by running its Media Center 24 hours...
» New Tourism Service Fee Scheme implemented
His Majesty's Government has issued the Financial Ordinance 2061-62 on January 14, 2005 which has made the new provision for Nepal Tourism Board to collect its Tourism Service Fee of NRs. 565 (including VAT) from Tribhuvan International Airport...
» Nepal in 2005
The Independent UK asked the travel experts to name this year's top destinations under the banner of Where to be, what to see in 2005. Here is the comments of two travel experts who mentioned Nepal in their interviews...
» Mt. Cho-Oyu climbing fee halved
The government has reduced climbing fee by 50 percent for ascending 8,201-metre high Mt. Cho-Oyu for five years (from December 1, 2004 to November 30, 2009) in a bid to encourage mountaineers to use Nepali route while scaling the mountain...
» Visa & Trekking Permits on Public Holidays
The offices of the Department of Immigration will remain open on public holidays, including Saturdays and Sundays to provide visa and trekking permits to tourists and trekkers. The Home Ministry says the offices will remain open...