Lhasa, the capital city of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, on Sunday completed renovation of its old city, a bustling cultural and commercial center. The 1.5-billion-yuan (243 million U.S. dollars) project involved upgrading the sewage system, water supplies and electric lines, elimination of safety hazards, installment of heating facilities and ...

New excavations have unearthedruins of a thriving village with a shrine in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha in Nepal, more than a thousand years before Emperor Ashoka built monuments there to spread Buddhism. “We have now very robust proof that Lumbini’s history extends far before the visit of Emperor ...

A new ultralight flights -Pokhara Ultralight Company has started operation in the tourist town of Pokhara.  Earlier, Avia Club has been operating ultralight flights in Pokhara. The company has acquired three ultralight aircraft with 80 horse power capacity made by Ukraine-based Aeros, according to Dr Prabin Baniya, president of the ...

In a bid to develop Thamel, one of the most happening tourist destinations of the capital, as a pedestrian-friendly area, Thamel Tourism Development Council (TTDC) has decided to declare the area vehicle-free zone from the third week of August. The TTDC has proposed that vehicles be restricted from entering into ...

The UNESCO World Heritage List now includes six hill forts of Rajasthan—Amber, Chittorgarh, Gangron, Jaisalmer, Kumbhalgarh and Ranthambore. The hills forts were approved at the ongoing 37th Meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Pnom Penh, Cambodia, informed Bina Kak, Minister for Tourism, Art & Culture, Archaeology, Printing Stationery, Forest ...