Nepal, which currently boasts if eight internationally recognized mountains above 8,000 meters in height, will soon have 13 of such peaks once an international body extends approval. The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) will this year recognize five more peaks of Nepal as mountains above 8,000 meters. UIAA is ...

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Wu Chuntai, has said that he has been making his best efforts for the promotion of tourism as it is the backbone of the economic development of Nepal. Initiating the sale of buses of Higer Company of China on Wednesday, Ambassador Wu, who has been serving ...

Room booking at star hotels and resorts in Kathmandu for this month and the upcoming months look promising compared to the same period of last year. Hoteliers say they have seen 10 to 15 percent increment for October-December compared to last year. Almost all the start hotels have reported growth ...

I did the 20 day annapurna circuit trek with Ame during July 2013, This was the monsoon season, also the low tourist season. I found this to be good, as the trek was not overly crowded, and in the 16 days on the actual trek we only had one day ...

The government is planning to establish Integrated Service Center (ISC) at the Everest Base Camp to better manage expedition teams attempting to reach to the summit of the tallest peak on earth. Purna Chandra Bhattarai, joint secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), told Republica the ...