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Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) is all set to start exploring two new trekking trails — Great Buddhist Master’s Trail and Mahabharat Rhododendron Trail — in the Timal region of Kavre district, from August 19. “We will study the trail for two weeks. The trek will start from Timal ...

This year’s Shoton Festival in Lhasa, regional capital of Tibet, attracted a record-high 1.38 million tourists from home and abroad, government sources revealed Tuesday. Also known as the Yogurt Banquet, the week-long event, which ended Monday, brought tourism revenue of 286 million yuan (about 46.7 million U.S. dollars) to Lhasa, ...

The government says developing the Pashupatinath and Lumbini heritage sites as per the master plans in the current fiscal year is in its priority list. The procedures to complete works of both the heritages will be forwarded this year, officials at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation said. ...

The Embassy of Nepal in Copenhagen, Denmark organized a promotional programme entitled “A Presentation on Tourism, Trade and Investment Opportunities in Nepul” at Restaurang Himalaya in Goteborg, the second largest city in Sweden on 06 July 2013. A team of the Embassy officials comprising of Mr. Ram Kaji Khadka, Counsellor/Deputy ...

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 ...