A deadly avalanche on Mount Everest is believed to have avoided any New Zealanders on the world’s tallest mountain. Six Nepalese guides are dead and nine other people – believed to also be Nepali – are missing, a Nepal tourism official told the Associated Press (AP). The avalanche struck just ...

Spring marks the onset of the tourist season in Bhutan and with it begins preparations. And unlike in the past, flight booking and shortage of hotels are no longer problem for the tour operators, and the number of hotels catering for tourists has increased over the years, particularly in Thimphu ...

The Tourism Ministry has said that it will take ownership and control of the second international airport (SIA) project in Nijgadh as Investment Board Nepal has been sitting on the proposal for the past two years. The SIA scheme envisions building a modern airport in the southern plains 175 km ...

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Bhim Acharya has said the government has a plan of purchasing 22 aircrafts within the next five years. Taking part in a programme organised at Bidur-based CPN (UML) party district office today, Minister Acharya stated the government has a plan of purchasing seven ...

Tiger census has begun in Laljhadi Mohana Reserve Area of Kanchanpur district in far west Nepal with the use of camera trapping methodology. The counting has started with the joint efforts of the District Forest Office (DFO) and Terai Landscape Program (TLP) since Sunday. The Laljhadi Mohana Reserve is a ...