Tourism needs an urgent image makeover, according to the Economic Survey 2012-13. The survey recommended recognizing the sector as national priority area in order to harvest its potential for inclusive and sustainable growth of the economy.   The survey unveiled on Friday highlighted the need for immediately addressing issues relating ...

The government has turned a deaf ear to the request of tourism entrepreneurs to amend the restriction on some trekking routes. It has already been around five years since people related to trekking and mountaineering businesses urged the government to remove the restriction imposed on Upper Dolpo, Mustang, Manaslu area, ...

A Food Festival is going to be organised in Lalitpur district from September 14 for attracting domestic and foreign tourists and promoting Nepali food. At a news conference organised here on Thursday, it was informed that the Ritz Hospitality Management College, Lalitpur, is going to organise the one-day festival at ...

If things go as planned, tourists arriving in Nepal will be able to explore around 165 new peaks. A recent report of the sub-committee formed under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has recommended names of 165 new peaks to be opened for adventure tourism. Along with ...

Vice-President of the People´s Republic of China, Li Yuanchao, has said that there is a huge market in China for Nepal´s vast tourism potential. “Nepal has a world-famous tourism potential, and there is a huge market and production capacity (for it) in China,” Li said, addressing the opening ceremony of ...