tourists

No visitors in Pokhara to admire view

After raining every day for the past two weeks since the monsoon rains arrived, Pokhara got a rare respite from clouds on Sunday, bringing...

Updated tourist information

Nepal’s tourism planners urgently need to update the country’s guidebooks so that visitors arriving in Kathmandu know exactly what to expect, and...

The Ass

Despite Covid-19, climbers are back on Everest

Namche Bazar, the gateway to Mt Everest, is currently abuzz with climbers and trekkers as they prepare to head towards Base Camp...

Nepal relaxes entry for tourists

After much criticism about unnecessary hassles for tourists, the Nepal government has relaxed entry formalities for foreigners arriving by air.Tourists visiting Nepal will no...

Call to ease entry of tourists to Nepal

Nepal’s tourism industry has come down heavily on the government for not streamlining the process for entry of foreign visitors even after four months...

Survive, revive, thrive

Every crisis is also a chance to improve. The global pandemic wrecked Nepal’s economy in 2020, and its impact will be felt...

Everest Trail reopens, but cautiously

Nepali hikers have returned to Khumbu, but Covid-free Sherpas do not want virus in their valley

Stranded visitors want to stay on in Nepal

During the first two months of lockdown when foreign embassies in Kathmandu were rounding up their last remaining nationals to fly home...

Sonia Awale

Tourists stranded in Nepal on last flights out

Foreign embassies in Kathmandu are flying out the last remaining of their nationals stranded in Nepal after the country went into lockdown,...

Nepal COVID-19 lockdown extended till 7 April

The Nepal government decided on Sunday to extend its national lockdown by another week till midnight 7 April, and to continue the...