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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 ...

Known as the “sun city”, Lhasa witnessed a tourism boom in the 1st 8 months of 2013, tourist current rising 19.6% year on year. 6.08 million travelers came to Lhasa in the duration of Jan. to Aug., bringing 5.6 billion CNY in. The tourism revenue has increased 23.4% by far. ...

Jangbu Sherpa and Ramesh Dhamala are contesting for the post of president of the Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN). The association will elect a 17-member executive committee during its 35th AGM to be held in Kathmandu on September 20. According to the final list of candidates published by the ...

The religious festival, Indrajatra, which is mainly celebrated in Kathmandu Valley, has kicked off from Monday. This festival begins after a long wooden pole called “Indradhwojnthan” is erected in front of Hanuman Dhoka, Basantapur in order to propitiate the Lord Indra. The pole was erected after worshipping the pole with ...