Completed Annapurna Circuit Trek with AME Treks

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 ...

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Tibet’s Bangda Airport to reopen after repairs

The Bangda Airport, the world’s highest-altitude civilian airport currently in use, is expected to resume operations on Monday after months of repairs, local aviation authorities said.   The airfield, located in Qamdo Prefecture in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, closed on June 22 so that its 19-year-old runway could be ...

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Govt set to establish Integrated Service Center at Everest BC

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 ...

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Nepal Tourist Board eager to work out Goa-Nepal casino circuit

The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) plans to tie up with Goa’s tourism players to swap foreign tourist arrivals at both locations, senior officials said. The Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) and NTB officials are currently in Goa for a business-to-business (B2B) conference with Goa tourism players to ...

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Govt plans to open 70 new peaks

The government is all set to open around 70 new peaks by 2014. A technical team, formed under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA), is preparing to recommend names of around 70 new peaks for final approval from the Cabinet. The technical team, till date, has made ...

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