The rule, one of several new measures for mountaineering in the Himalayan nation, will apply to climbers ascending beyond Everest’s base camp from April onwards, said Nepalese tourism ministry official Madhusudan Burlakoti. “The government has decided in order to clean up Mount Everest, each member of an expedition must bring ...

Nepal will cut climbing fees for Mount Everest to lure more mountaineers to the world’s highest peak, already overcrowded during the peak climbing season. Hundreds of foreign climbers, each paying thousands of dollars, flock to the 8,850-metre Everest summit during the main climbing season stretching from March to May. Under ...

In Nepal, according to a study, tourist arrivals via air in Nepal in fiscal 2012-13 dropped a marginal 1.4 percent to 586,668, largely due to a significant dip in arrivals from a southern neighbor. Indian arrivals to Nepal via air transport dropped 15.1 percent in the last fiscal year. However, ...

An esteemed newspaper of the US, The New York Times , has ranked Nepal 45th place among 52 ‘ must visit places’ of the world for 2014. In its Travel page, the newspaper, under the title ‘New peaks open up for alpine adventures’, has mentioned that Nepal is the home to eight of ...

  Each trekking trip up the grand Mt. Everest nearby its own incredible, memorable moment that everlastingly live on in the hearts and minds of those daring enough to make the mount. One of the most impulsive essentials of the Everest region is the weather. If you’re not suitably geared ...