Different tourism organizations took out a rally in the morning of September 27 as part of celebrating 24th World Tourism Day.   Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) along with number of travel trade organizations participated in the ...

As air seat demand soars, international carriers have started adding more flights to Kathmandu. Malaysia Airlines and Etihad Airways have already announced operating twice daily flights to Kathmandu. According to CAAN, Malaysia Airlines will be starting its double daily flights from Oct 26, while Etihad has announced doubling its daily ...

The Supreme Court last week issued a verdict which finally established Subash Nirola as the acting chief executive officer (CEO) of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB). Kriti Bhuju of Republica talked to Nirola about NTB´s plans as well as challenges facing the tourism industry. Excerpts: As an acting CEO, what are ...

Luo Sang Jiang Cun, chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) of China, has assured Nepali officials that China would expand rail service to Nepal once Lhasa-Shigatse rail service comes into operation.   Luo made the commitment during a meeting with visiting Chief Secretary Leela Mani Poudel in Tibet on ...

The government has postponed its plan to complete Gautam Buddha Airport (GBA) upgradation project by two years from 2015 due to failure to arrange adequate funds on time.   “The GBA project will now be complete by 2017 as against previous deadline of 2015,” said project director of Gautam Buddha ...