Burhan Wilderness Camps in Bardiya district has been included in Time Magazine's list of the world's greatest places for 2024.…
Burhan Wilderness Camps in Bardiya district has been included in Time Magazine's list of the world's greatest places for 2024.…
Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in…
December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north.…
May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination.…
May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk.…
May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on…
May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of…
April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season.…
April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace…
April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased…
April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time…
April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign…
April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction.…
April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season.…
April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign…
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">NewBiz Report<br /> KATHMANDU, July 25</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Burhan Wilderness Camps in Bardiya district has been included in Time Magazine's list of the world's greatest places for 2024. This list highlights the top 100 destinations around the globe to explore in the coming year.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Established about two years ago by conservationists Prabha Gautam and Manoj Gautam, the sister-brother duo, Burhan Wilderness Camps is located at the Khata Wildlife Corridor near Bardiya National Park. According to Time magazine, the camp offers visitors bushwalks, canoe trips, wildlife tracking with anti-poaching units, and opportunities to view Asiatic elephants, one-horned rhinos, and the Royal Bengal Tiger.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Bal Krishna Joshi, husband of Prabha Gautam, expressed his joy to NewBiz. Joshi described Burhan Wilderness Camps as a commitment to eco-friendly tourism.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“We have adhered to the 'leave no trace' philosophy,” Joshi said in a phone interview. “Tourists stay in luxurious tents and enjoy local Tharu cuisine.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">He also noted that “the tourist flow has been steady, and it has created employment opportunities for locals.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Joshi added that they plan to open the tree houses after the monsoon and hope this model will serve as a suitable example for locals in the future.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“Burhan Wilderness Camps is an effort for natural conservation through responsible tourism,” Joshi added.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2024-07-25', 'modified' => '2024-07-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '21367', 'image' => '20240725085900_Bardiya-1721913152.jpg', 'article_date' => '2024-07-25 20:57:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16699', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Helambu Waiting to Welcome Tourists ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">January 9: Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Following the spread of the COVID-19, tourist arrival had dropped drastically. <br /> With most of the countries opening their borders and restrictions, Helambu is waiting for the visitors to come.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Helambu has built attractive hotels and guesthouses with local resources. The tourist site is home to Langtang National Park, Melamchi khola’s water fall, topographical diversity, delicacies made from local products. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“Gumbas, Melmchi Great Trail, Palchowk Temple and Holmo Community’s cultures are major attractions of the Helambu”, said Chairman Nima Gyaljen Sherpa of Helambu Rural Municipality. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Captivating statute of Guru Renpoche constructed at the entrance of Helambu and Great Trail have started luring tourists, according to Sherpa. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Apples are not available in Helambu at the moment. “Apples have stopped growing at Sermanath, Chhimi, Nakate, and Tarkeghyang villages”, said a local Karma Tokpe Lama. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-10', 'modified' => '2023-01-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16441', 'image' => '20230110072035_collage (26).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-10 07:14:29', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16478', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Galkot Palace Turns into Centre of Attraction for Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north. The historical palace has become a centre of attraction for tourists of late. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A large number of people are throng the palace every day to enjoy the scenic beauty and for merry-making. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the palace which was artistically built using stones, mud, bricks and wooden materials in 1979 BS is now deteriorating. People are crowding up here, especially for taking snapshots, creating videos and enjoying its surrounding. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Due to the easy access to roads, tourists from different parts of the country are turning up to the historical palace at Harichaur. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is the Gaighat falls at Tarakhola nearby. Most of the tourists who arrive at the falls do not miss to visit the palace. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Locals say that the inflow of domestic tourists to the palace has increased with easy access to road that leads up to the historical site. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Akash Pariyar, a resident of Bharatpur, Chitwan, who came to explore Dhorpatan also visited the Galkot Palace. He commented the palace that is located in a peaceful atmosphere attracted anyone. "We are fortunate to get an opportunity to see and enjoy the century-old heritage. Our country has a wealth of such antique places which has higher potentials to draw attention of domestic and foreign tourists. The beauty of the palace has captivated me a lot". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pariyar said he had come with a plan to reach Dhoraptan, Kalika Temple, Panchakot and Galkot Palace. He noted that domestic and foreign tourists can be further attracted to the areas if the existing tourism hotspots are managed well with better services. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"I had explored the antique palace through Youtube video. I was eager to visit the place. But, I could not do that as I was overseas country at the moment". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pariyar who has been residing in Japan said, "I had reached the popular religious and tourism spots of Baglung this time". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Dipesh Giri, a resident of Musikot, Gulmi, said it was his fifth visit to the Galkot Palace. "Earlier, there was no good road connectivity to reach the place. Now the road access to the palace has improved. Inflow of tourists to the unexplored tourism site has also increased", he shared. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the locals, daily 200 plus domestic tourists visit the palace. The number of visitors is high during public holidays. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Spokesperson of Galkot municipality, Him Bahadur Bhandari said the Galkot Palace has attracted both domestic and foreign tourists. As the palace carries a historical legacy, it needs to be conserved, he said. "The palace is still under personal ownership. We had discussed to carry out maintenance of the physical infrastructure of the palace despite the personal ownership of the palace. The historical palace is deteriorating. Now it is being repaired," he added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The palace is stretched over five ropanis of land. Bharat Bam Malla was the then king who built the palace. It was the place through which Galkot used to be governed. The administrative, judicial and economic powers of the Galkot State was centralized with the palace until 2017 BS (1962 AD). The first-elected government had decided to eradicate principalities and monarchs. It was the then King Bharat Bam Malla who put forth the proposal to the cabinet. He was elected Member of Parliament in 2015 BS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Manjesh Bam Malla, grandson of the then Malla King, has now put his efforts for the conservation of the palace.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> "We have started repairing the palace adopting original antique style. It is being reconstructed in a way to develop the ground floor as a museum and upper floors for personal use. Other structures around the palace are also to be managed this year," Malla shared. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16220', 'image' => '20221208021455_galkot palace.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 14:14:10', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15301', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Jazeera Airways Pledges to Help Promote Tourism', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination. The airliner is the first international company to start flight service to Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport since May 16 on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti festival.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vice president for sales of Jazeera Airways Ravindran Bharathan said that the flight service has been initiated due to high demand for direct flights to the Terai plains of Nepal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “Jazeera Airways continues to expand its network to offer destinations that also cater to large expatriate communities that are often not served by direct routes from Kuwait and the Middle East. It now really makes it a lot easier for Nepalese and tourists to get into the Terai area of Nepal rather than going through an indirect route which could take up to more than a day of traveling,” he said, adding, “The new service to the Gautam Buddha International Airport is a direct service to the gateway of Lumbini - the birthplace of Gautam Buddha.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rabi Chandra Singh, chairman of the Society International Travel Services, a part of the RR Group of companies, stated, “After 74 years of international flights based only in Kathmandu, this service is going to make a huge difference in the western part of Nepal. This newly opened international flight service will help boost tourism in Bhairahawa which is one of the potential sectors for economic development in Nepal. Let's rejoice in this historic moment together.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The airlines company informed that it will operate three flights a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-19', 'modified' => '2022-05-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15043', 'image' => '20220519051442_Jazeera_Airways_.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-19 17:13:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15276', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Panchpokhari being Developed as Tourism Hub', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk. Panchpokhari, situated at 4,150 meters above sea level, is rich in natural beauty. Panchpokhari is also near Kathmandu. Lately, Panchpokhari has become a popular and scenic tourist destination.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Panchpokhari Thangpal rural municipality, popularly known as Panchpokhari, is one of the 12 rural municipalities of Sindhupalchowk district</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The rural municipality has carried out some important works using local resources. The rural municipality has taken forward the work of post-earthquake reconstruction, housing, health, education, electrification etc. The rural municipality claims that the results are starting to be seen now as education, health, drinking water, agriculture, tourism, and youth-targeted programmes have been given priority instead of roads.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yangri and Panchpokhari tourist routes have been constructed here. Both these unpaved roads are being upgraded. The Panchpokhari ring road is being developed and upgraded rapidly.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Emphasis has been laid on quality education, said Uttam Mani Poudel, school inspector of the rural municipality. Earthquake resilient buildings have been constructed as the physical infrastructure of the school was destroyed by the earthquake of 2015.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chief Administrative Officer of the rural municipality Dinesh Kumar Pokharel said that a nurse has been provided to each of the five schools. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For economic prosperity, work is being done to make the rural municipality a tourism hub and link the tourism business with the living standard of the people. Along with Panchpokhari, Amayangri, Diagran Cave, Dudhpokhari, Pemachal Garden Center, Raithaneshwari, Chojyo Danda, Habeli Naulingeshwari, Jugal Himal, Dorje Lakpa Himal, Yuva Peak, Panchpokhari Peak, Tilman Pass and other tourist places are being developed. The villagers said that rock climbing and paragliding have been successfully tested.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-15', 'modified' => '2022-05-16', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15018', 'image' => '20220515055102_panch-pokhari-lake-trek.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-15 17:50:20', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15234', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Spring Expedition begins after Icefall Doctors Fix Ropes on Everest', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on Saturday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on Saturday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As part of the rope fixing, mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, reportedly scaled the world's highest peak for a record 26th time, breaking his own previous record for climbing Mt Everest. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the Department of Tourism confirmed the beginning of the mountaineering season from Saturday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At present, around 90 percent mountaineers at the Mt Everest Base Camp are waiting for the green signal to climb the peak, said Surya Prasad Upadhyay, director of the Department's mountaineering section. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"As part of the rope fixing, Kami Rita Sherpa reached atop Everest for a record 26 times. We will officially announce the news after verifying it," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The department is expected to get the highest number of application for climbing Mount Everest as this season is favourable to scale the world's highest peak. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A team of 11 Sherpa summiteers from the Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd successfully scaled the peak for rope fixing on Saturday evening at 6:55 pm. The team announced that Everest is ready for climbing. Last year, the spring climbing season started from April 27. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-09', 'modified' => '2022-05-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14977', 'image' => '20220509081240_Spring Expedition (6).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-09 08:11:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15205', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Arrival of Tourists on the Rise', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The available data suggest that tourist activities have increased lately. The arrival of tourists from outside the country is on the rise since the beginning of 2022. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to data obtained from Nepal Tourism Board, 58,348 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal in April which is 160 per cent more compared to the corresponding period of last year. The data shows that 22,450 people had visited the country in April 2021 when the second wave of Covid-19 had just started in Nepal. The government had imposed a ban on international flights in May last year due to which the arrival of tourists declined significantly. However, the situation has improved this year due to the decline in infection as well as lifting of restrictions.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This year, most of the tourists visiting Nepal are from Ocenia followed by visitors from Europe, the NTB informed. According to the board, the number of tourists arriving from Ocenia (Australia and New Zealand) has increased by 2641.7 percent.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, 52, 633 tourists left the country during the review period. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to NTB, the arrival of tourists is gradually increasing after a significant fall in the two previous years due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The arrival of tourists at present is 53 percent of the figure of the pre-pandemic period. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In March, the country welcomed 42,006 tourists from various countries while the number of tourists visiting Nepal in January and February stood at 16,975 and 19766 respectively. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NTB said its strategic marketing in international market and the initiatives of tourism entrepreneurs have contributed to the revival of the tourism sector. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-03', 'modified' => '2022-05-03', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14947', 'image' => '20220503113531_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-03 11:34:50', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15181', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => '109 Expedition Teams Granted Permission for Spring Expedition ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season. ', 'content' => '<p>April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season. <br /> According to the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, some of the expedition teams have kicked off their attempts to climb 25 peaks. The teams comprise 876 aspiring climbers from within the country and aboard. <br /> According to the Mountaineering Section of the department, 302 climbers of 38 teams have alone received permits to climb the world's highest peak Mt Everest measuring 8848.86 meters for this spring season. Likewise, 97 climbers of nine teams have been granted permission to climb Mt Ama Dablam (6,814 meters). <br /> Similarly, four teams will be attempting to scale Mt Annapurna (8,011 meters), Mt Nuptse (7,861 meters), Mt Makalu (8,463) while two teams will be climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8,167 meters). One team has been allowed to climb Mt Lhotse (8,516 meters). <br /> Likewise, four teams each have been granted permits to scale the Himlung Peak and the Dhambus Peak. <br /> The department has Rs 448.94 million in royalties by issuing mountaineering permits. -- RSS <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-28', 'modified' => '2022-04-29', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14923', 'image' => '20220428123440_island-peak-climbing22.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-28 12:31:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15158', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourism Activities Increasing in Mustang', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace again.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace again. For the past few days, the number of tourists going to and from Mustang via Myagdi has increased along the Beni-Jomsom road.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rishi Baral, head of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) at Jomsom, said that the arrival of domestic tourists has increased while foreign tourists have also started visiting Mustang. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"The number of foreign tourists visiting Mustang by road and air has increased," he said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the District Traffic Police Office, 50 buses, 150 jeeps and 200 tourist vehicles enter Mustang daily through Myagdi.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Police Chief Indra Bahadur Nepali said that the Border Police Post at Kalipul Post and Bhurung Tatopani in Beni keep records of vehicles entering and leaving Mustang.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Access to vaccines against Covid-19 has led to a decline in infection rate, while the lifting of restrictions on tourist sites and favorable weather have led to increase in number of tourists.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tourists are flocking to Muktinath Temple, Kagbeni, Korala, Lo-Manthang, Jomsom, Dhumwa Lake and Lete. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Samjhana Thakali, a resident of Jomsom, said that those visiting the area include mothers’ group, forest users’ group, club members, cooperatives and students for educational purpose.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The road in Mustang has reached up to Korala pass on the Chinese border. The easy access to transportation has made travel costs cheaper and time shorter.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tourism activities in Mustang has been stagnant for the last two years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 in April 2020. Hotels and restaurants opened with millions of investment were slowed down due to lack of tourists. Entrepreneurs hope that the hotel business will return to its old rhythm with the increase in tourism activities.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Baburam Acharya, district president of the Hotel and Restaurant Entrepreneurs' Association, said that the businessmen of Myagdi were also relieved by the increasing movement of tourists going to and from Mustang.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-24', 'modified' => '2022-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14900', 'image' => '20220424035529_istockphoto-534638391-612x612.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-24 15:49:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15154', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourist Arrival on the rise in Langtang National Park', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased significantly. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased significantly. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Chief Conservation Officer of Langtang National Park, Pramod Bhattarai, around 100 domestic and more than 20 foreign tourists have been arriving on a daily basis in Langtang and the Gosainkunda lake located in the upper region of Rasuwa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Majority of the domestic tourists opt to visit the holy shrine of Gosainkunda while foreign tourists have been visiting the Langtang valley for trekking in the surrounding mountains, the state-owned national news agency RSS quoted Bhattarai as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to RSS, hotelier Pasang Ghurmi Tamang of Chandanbari shared that the Gosaikunda pilgrimage route has become more vibrant after the tourists started flocking to the otherwise deserted area. Hoteliers say that there is hope for economic recovery as the number of visitors continues to increase. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Apart from travelling by land, the attraction of devotees visiting Gosainkund by air is also increasing. The helicopter facility has made it easier for the senior citizens, who are unable to walk on foot, to visit this holy shrine, said a local priest Tanka Prasad Dhakal. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-24', 'modified' => '2022-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14896', 'image' => '20220424110255_Tourist Arrival (1).jpeg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-24 11:02:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15131', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Provision Requiring Cash for On-Arrival Visa Revoked ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time being. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time being. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It may be noted the Immigration Office at the TIA had issued a notice a few days ago asking tourists to carry cash equivalent to US dollar 200 to obtain on-arrival visa upon landing in Nepal. The office cited that it was facing issues with the electronic payment system and foreign tourists were expected to have cash to get the on-arrival visa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The notice sparked widespread protest among the public. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The immigration office informed the provision has been removed for the time- being. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">TIA manager Prem Nath Thakur confirmed the previous decision has been revoked. It has been learnt that the airport authorities have initiated the process of installing ATM booths of Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB) at the immigration office since Monday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Immigration office, two ATM booths and two POS machines are to be added at TIA for convenience of foreign tourists. Prior to this, only one ATM booth of Prabhu Bank was available at the TIA to serve the tourists and the problem surfaced as the machine failed to read master cards. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-19', 'modified' => '2022-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14873', 'image' => '20220419054339_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-19 17:43:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15127', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourism Entrepreneurs urge Government to Facilitate Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists. They expressed concern that the notice issued by the Immigration Department has shown inconvenience and hassle in the service delivery to the tourists. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a joint press statement on Monday, the tourism associations argued that the notice issued by the department would earn negative reputation of the country in the international arena. The Immigration Department had issued the notice on Sunday stating that foreign tourists had to bring dollars physically for on-arrival visa, saying that ATM Lounge at Tribhuvan International Airport was not functional. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Instead of introducing reforms and correcting weaknesses in the tourism sector for its recovery, the recent notice to the foreign tourists would cause a backlash and build negative image of the country, the tourism stakeholders argued. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">They urged the government to immediately make arrangements to facilitate the foreign tourists.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The tourism associations that issued the joint statement include Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Hotel Association Nepal, Trekking Agency Association of Nepal, Nepal Mountaineering Association, and Nepal Association of Rafting Agencies. -RSS</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-19', 'modified' => '2022-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14869', 'image' => '20220419120312_Tourism pokhara.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-19 12:02:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15114', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Foreign Tourists Urged to Pay for On-Arrival Visa in Cash due to Technical Glitches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction. The airport authorities said e-payment was cumbersome and sometimes there were technical glitches in the system. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA)’s Manager Prem Nath Thakur informed that tourists visiting Nepal had to stay in queue for three to four hours to pay their on-arrival visa fee due to malfunctioning of the software time and again. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Due to such hassles, the airport urged the Department of Immigration to make arrangements for the visiting foreigners to pay the fees in cash. Now, a notice in this regard has already been published, said Manager Thakur. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At present, a large number of foreign tourists are visiting Nepal and there is only one ATM machine at the TIA, RSS further reported. Besides, technical problems were detected in course of e-payment through different medium. To avoid difficulties faced by the visiting foreign tourists, they have been asked to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Each visiting foreign tourist has to pay US$ 200 as fee for the on-arrival visa. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-17', 'modified' => '2022-04-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14856', 'image' => '20220417112619_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-17 11:24:50', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15105', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => '689 Climbers Acquire Permits for Climbing Various Peaks for Spring Season ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season. These expedition teams have 689 members. According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the government collected royalties of over Rs 373 million as of April 13 by issuing the permits. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The expedition teams obtaining permissions for scaling 19 peaks including Mt Everest comprise people from 65 different countries including Nepal. Among them, 250 climbers including 194 males and 56 females from 45 countries will be attempting to scale the world's highest peak. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government has collected royalties worth over Rs 310 million alone from permits issued to the climbers to scale Mt Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Department of Tourism (DoT) is hopeful that the expedition teams will climb mountains this year as the threat from COVID-19 has declined significantly and the climate is favourble for climbing. It may be noted that 45 expedition teams had climbed mountains in the spring of 2021 amid threat of Covid-19, giving a big boost to the tourism industry battered by the pandemic. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tourism entrepreneurs say they are somehow optimistic about the good indicators seen in the tourism sector with the decline in COVID-19 cases. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Outgoing chair of Nepal Mountaineering Association and noted tourism entrepreneur Aang Chhiring Sherpa said that the number of tourists is rising fradually.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Although the number of climbers is relatively less this year than the previous year, it seems Nepal's mountain tourism is attracting more foreign climbers and it is indeed a noteworthy. The number is gradually rising," RSS quoted Shrepa as saying. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">How many climbers climbing which peak </span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Both Nepali and foreign climbers are continuously setting out for this season's expedition to scale Mt Everest after taking the permit. So far 250 climbers belonging to 31 expedition teams have alone acquired permission for climbing Mt Everest (8848.86 metres). </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, 64 climbers of nine expedition teams have acquired permission to climb Mt Lhotse (8516 metres), 65 climbers from six teams have taken permission for climbing Mt Amadablam (6814 metres) and 38 mountaineers of five expedition teams have got permission to climb Mt Kanchanjangha (8586 metres). </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, 38 mountaineers belonging to five groups have taken permission for climbing Mt Nuptse (7855 metres), 26 climbers of four groups have acquired permission to climb Mt Annapurna (8091 metres), two expedition teams have taken permission for climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8167 metres), two teams for climbing Milung Chuli, and three mountaineering teams for climbing Bhemdong, Gangapurna and Thapa Peak, the Mountaineering Section of the DoT stated in a press release. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-14', 'modified' => '2022-04-14', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14847', 'image' => '20220414091903_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-14 21:18:06', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15083', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Finance Minister Tells Nepali Ambassadors to Help in Tourism Promotion', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign countries. He also directed the diplomatic mission chiefs to take initiative to increase the visit of foreign tourists to Nepal. He gave such directives in a virtual meeting on Sunday afternoon with ambassadors, acting ambassadors, consul generals and heads of missions of more than two dozen countries.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Admitting that the government was under pressure to increase foreign exchange reserves and improve the balance of payments, Finance Minister Sharma said that all parties should work together during such crisis.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “We are under pressure to increase our foreign exchange reserves. You have to play a crucial role in this matter. Encourage the citizens to send money as remittances. Create an environment for more tourists to come to Nepal through various tourism promotion programs,” said Minister Sharma.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stating that the inflow of remittance from mid-March to mid-April was Rs 91 billion, Minister Sharma said that there is a need to increase the inflow of remittances. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “We are bringing various packages to increase remittances. Homework has been done to give a certain percentage of reservation in IPO and FPO to those who send remittance through formal channels,” the minister furthers stated.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Minister Sharma also said that an investment conference should be organized to create an environment for increasing foreign investment in Nepal. \</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“We are creating a linear modality that allows borrowing only when a larger project is being built and the loan can be repaid by the project itself. We have also made it easy for non-resident Nepalis to open accounts in dollars,” he added. Minister Sharma also asked the envoys to give suggestions for the kinds of products in demand in various countries and if they can be produced in Nepal.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini said that the economy is under pressure and the government is taking measures to improve it gradually. Speaking on the occasion, Acting Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Neelam Dhungana pointed that the economy is under pressure and everyone needs to work together for improvement.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-11', 'modified' => '2022-04-11', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14825', 'image' => '20220411030432_1649626116.3 Mantri prf.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-11 15:03:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">NewBiz Report<br /> KATHMANDU, July 25</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Burhan Wilderness Camps in Bardiya district has been included in Time Magazine's list of the world's greatest places for 2024. This list highlights the top 100 destinations around the globe to explore in the coming year.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Established about two years ago by conservationists Prabha Gautam and Manoj Gautam, the sister-brother duo, Burhan Wilderness Camps is located at the Khata Wildlife Corridor near Bardiya National Park. According to Time magazine, the camp offers visitors bushwalks, canoe trips, wildlife tracking with anti-poaching units, and opportunities to view Asiatic elephants, one-horned rhinos, and the Royal Bengal Tiger.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Bal Krishna Joshi, husband of Prabha Gautam, expressed his joy to NewBiz. Joshi described Burhan Wilderness Camps as a commitment to eco-friendly tourism.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“We have adhered to the 'leave no trace' philosophy,” Joshi said in a phone interview. “Tourists stay in luxurious tents and enjoy local Tharu cuisine.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">He also noted that “the tourist flow has been steady, and it has created employment opportunities for locals.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Joshi added that they plan to open the tree houses after the monsoon and hope this model will serve as a suitable example for locals in the future.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“Burhan Wilderness Camps is an effort for natural conservation through responsible tourism,” Joshi added.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2024-07-25', 'modified' => '2024-07-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '21367', 'image' => '20240725085900_Bardiya-1721913152.jpg', 'article_date' => '2024-07-25 20:57:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16699', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Helambu Waiting to Welcome Tourists ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">January 9: Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Following the spread of the COVID-19, tourist arrival had dropped drastically. <br /> With most of the countries opening their borders and restrictions, Helambu is waiting for the visitors to come.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Helambu has built attractive hotels and guesthouses with local resources. The tourist site is home to Langtang National Park, Melamchi khola’s water fall, topographical diversity, delicacies made from local products. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“Gumbas, Melmchi Great Trail, Palchowk Temple and Holmo Community’s cultures are major attractions of the Helambu”, said Chairman Nima Gyaljen Sherpa of Helambu Rural Municipality. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Captivating statute of Guru Renpoche constructed at the entrance of Helambu and Great Trail have started luring tourists, according to Sherpa. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Apples are not available in Helambu at the moment. “Apples have stopped growing at Sermanath, Chhimi, Nakate, and Tarkeghyang villages”, said a local Karma Tokpe Lama. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-10', 'modified' => '2023-01-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16441', 'image' => '20230110072035_collage (26).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-10 07:14:29', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16478', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Galkot Palace Turns into Centre of Attraction for Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north. The historical palace has become a centre of attraction for tourists of late. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A large number of people are throng the palace every day to enjoy the scenic beauty and for merry-making. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the palace which was artistically built using stones, mud, bricks and wooden materials in 1979 BS is now deteriorating. People are crowding up here, especially for taking snapshots, creating videos and enjoying its surrounding. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Due to the easy access to roads, tourists from different parts of the country are turning up to the historical palace at Harichaur. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is the Gaighat falls at Tarakhola nearby. Most of the tourists who arrive at the falls do not miss to visit the palace. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Locals say that the inflow of domestic tourists to the palace has increased with easy access to road that leads up to the historical site. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Akash Pariyar, a resident of Bharatpur, Chitwan, who came to explore Dhorpatan also visited the Galkot Palace. He commented the palace that is located in a peaceful atmosphere attracted anyone. "We are fortunate to get an opportunity to see and enjoy the century-old heritage. Our country has a wealth of such antique places which has higher potentials to draw attention of domestic and foreign tourists. The beauty of the palace has captivated me a lot". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pariyar said he had come with a plan to reach Dhoraptan, Kalika Temple, Panchakot and Galkot Palace. He noted that domestic and foreign tourists can be further attracted to the areas if the existing tourism hotspots are managed well with better services. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"I had explored the antique palace through Youtube video. I was eager to visit the place. But, I could not do that as I was overseas country at the moment". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pariyar who has been residing in Japan said, "I had reached the popular religious and tourism spots of Baglung this time". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Dipesh Giri, a resident of Musikot, Gulmi, said it was his fifth visit to the Galkot Palace. "Earlier, there was no good road connectivity to reach the place. Now the road access to the palace has improved. Inflow of tourists to the unexplored tourism site has also increased", he shared. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the locals, daily 200 plus domestic tourists visit the palace. The number of visitors is high during public holidays. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Spokesperson of Galkot municipality, Him Bahadur Bhandari said the Galkot Palace has attracted both domestic and foreign tourists. As the palace carries a historical legacy, it needs to be conserved, he said. "The palace is still under personal ownership. We had discussed to carry out maintenance of the physical infrastructure of the palace despite the personal ownership of the palace. The historical palace is deteriorating. Now it is being repaired," he added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The palace is stretched over five ropanis of land. Bharat Bam Malla was the then king who built the palace. It was the place through which Galkot used to be governed. The administrative, judicial and economic powers of the Galkot State was centralized with the palace until 2017 BS (1962 AD). The first-elected government had decided to eradicate principalities and monarchs. It was the then King Bharat Bam Malla who put forth the proposal to the cabinet. He was elected Member of Parliament in 2015 BS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Manjesh Bam Malla, grandson of the then Malla King, has now put his efforts for the conservation of the palace.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> "We have started repairing the palace adopting original antique style. It is being reconstructed in a way to develop the ground floor as a museum and upper floors for personal use. Other structures around the palace are also to be managed this year," Malla shared. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16220', 'image' => '20221208021455_galkot palace.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 14:14:10', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15301', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Jazeera Airways Pledges to Help Promote Tourism', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination. The airliner is the first international company to start flight service to Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport since May 16 on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti festival.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vice president for sales of Jazeera Airways Ravindran Bharathan said that the flight service has been initiated due to high demand for direct flights to the Terai plains of Nepal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “Jazeera Airways continues to expand its network to offer destinations that also cater to large expatriate communities that are often not served by direct routes from Kuwait and the Middle East. It now really makes it a lot easier for Nepalese and tourists to get into the Terai area of Nepal rather than going through an indirect route which could take up to more than a day of traveling,” he said, adding, “The new service to the Gautam Buddha International Airport is a direct service to the gateway of Lumbini - the birthplace of Gautam Buddha.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rabi Chandra Singh, chairman of the Society International Travel Services, a part of the RR Group of companies, stated, “After 74 years of international flights based only in Kathmandu, this service is going to make a huge difference in the western part of Nepal. This newly opened international flight service will help boost tourism in Bhairahawa which is one of the potential sectors for economic development in Nepal. Let's rejoice in this historic moment together.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The airlines company informed that it will operate three flights a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-19', 'modified' => '2022-05-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15043', 'image' => '20220519051442_Jazeera_Airways_.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-19 17:13:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15276', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Panchpokhari being Developed as Tourism Hub', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk. Panchpokhari, situated at 4,150 meters above sea level, is rich in natural beauty. Panchpokhari is also near Kathmandu. Lately, Panchpokhari has become a popular and scenic tourist destination.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Panchpokhari Thangpal rural municipality, popularly known as Panchpokhari, is one of the 12 rural municipalities of Sindhupalchowk district</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The rural municipality has carried out some important works using local resources. The rural municipality has taken forward the work of post-earthquake reconstruction, housing, health, education, electrification etc. The rural municipality claims that the results are starting to be seen now as education, health, drinking water, agriculture, tourism, and youth-targeted programmes have been given priority instead of roads.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yangri and Panchpokhari tourist routes have been constructed here. Both these unpaved roads are being upgraded. The Panchpokhari ring road is being developed and upgraded rapidly.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Emphasis has been laid on quality education, said Uttam Mani Poudel, school inspector of the rural municipality. Earthquake resilient buildings have been constructed as the physical infrastructure of the school was destroyed by the earthquake of 2015.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chief Administrative Officer of the rural municipality Dinesh Kumar Pokharel said that a nurse has been provided to each of the five schools. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For economic prosperity, work is being done to make the rural municipality a tourism hub and link the tourism business with the living standard of the people. Along with Panchpokhari, Amayangri, Diagran Cave, Dudhpokhari, Pemachal Garden Center, Raithaneshwari, Chojyo Danda, Habeli Naulingeshwari, Jugal Himal, Dorje Lakpa Himal, Yuva Peak, Panchpokhari Peak, Tilman Pass and other tourist places are being developed. The villagers said that rock climbing and paragliding have been successfully tested.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-15', 'modified' => '2022-05-16', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15018', 'image' => '20220515055102_panch-pokhari-lake-trek.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-15 17:50:20', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15234', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Spring Expedition begins after Icefall Doctors Fix Ropes on Everest', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on Saturday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on Saturday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As part of the rope fixing, mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, reportedly scaled the world's highest peak for a record 26th time, breaking his own previous record for climbing Mt Everest. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the Department of Tourism confirmed the beginning of the mountaineering season from Saturday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At present, around 90 percent mountaineers at the Mt Everest Base Camp are waiting for the green signal to climb the peak, said Surya Prasad Upadhyay, director of the Department's mountaineering section. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"As part of the rope fixing, Kami Rita Sherpa reached atop Everest for a record 26 times. We will officially announce the news after verifying it," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The department is expected to get the highest number of application for climbing Mount Everest as this season is favourable to scale the world's highest peak. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A team of 11 Sherpa summiteers from the Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd successfully scaled the peak for rope fixing on Saturday evening at 6:55 pm. The team announced that Everest is ready for climbing. Last year, the spring climbing season started from April 27. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-09', 'modified' => '2022-05-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14977', 'image' => '20220509081240_Spring Expedition (6).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-09 08:11:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15205', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Arrival of Tourists on the Rise', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The available data suggest that tourist activities have increased lately. The arrival of tourists from outside the country is on the rise since the beginning of 2022. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to data obtained from Nepal Tourism Board, 58,348 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal in April which is 160 per cent more compared to the corresponding period of last year. The data shows that 22,450 people had visited the country in April 2021 when the second wave of Covid-19 had just started in Nepal. The government had imposed a ban on international flights in May last year due to which the arrival of tourists declined significantly. However, the situation has improved this year due to the decline in infection as well as lifting of restrictions.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This year, most of the tourists visiting Nepal are from Ocenia followed by visitors from Europe, the NTB informed. According to the board, the number of tourists arriving from Ocenia (Australia and New Zealand) has increased by 2641.7 percent.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, 52, 633 tourists left the country during the review period. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to NTB, the arrival of tourists is gradually increasing after a significant fall in the two previous years due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The arrival of tourists at present is 53 percent of the figure of the pre-pandemic period. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In March, the country welcomed 42,006 tourists from various countries while the number of tourists visiting Nepal in January and February stood at 16,975 and 19766 respectively. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NTB said its strategic marketing in international market and the initiatives of tourism entrepreneurs have contributed to the revival of the tourism sector. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-03', 'modified' => '2022-05-03', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14947', 'image' => '20220503113531_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-03 11:34:50', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15181', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => '109 Expedition Teams Granted Permission for Spring Expedition ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season. ', 'content' => '<p>April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season. <br /> According to the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, some of the expedition teams have kicked off their attempts to climb 25 peaks. The teams comprise 876 aspiring climbers from within the country and aboard. <br /> According to the Mountaineering Section of the department, 302 climbers of 38 teams have alone received permits to climb the world's highest peak Mt Everest measuring 8848.86 meters for this spring season. Likewise, 97 climbers of nine teams have been granted permission to climb Mt Ama Dablam (6,814 meters). <br /> Similarly, four teams will be attempting to scale Mt Annapurna (8,011 meters), Mt Nuptse (7,861 meters), Mt Makalu (8,463) while two teams will be climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8,167 meters). One team has been allowed to climb Mt Lhotse (8,516 meters). <br /> Likewise, four teams each have been granted permits to scale the Himlung Peak and the Dhambus Peak. <br /> The department has Rs 448.94 million in royalties by issuing mountaineering permits. -- RSS <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-28', 'modified' => '2022-04-29', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14923', 'image' => '20220428123440_island-peak-climbing22.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-28 12:31:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15158', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourism Activities Increasing in Mustang', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace again.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace again. For the past few days, the number of tourists going to and from Mustang via Myagdi has increased along the Beni-Jomsom road.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rishi Baral, head of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) at Jomsom, said that the arrival of domestic tourists has increased while foreign tourists have also started visiting Mustang. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"The number of foreign tourists visiting Mustang by road and air has increased," he said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the District Traffic Police Office, 50 buses, 150 jeeps and 200 tourist vehicles enter Mustang daily through Myagdi.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Police Chief Indra Bahadur Nepali said that the Border Police Post at Kalipul Post and Bhurung Tatopani in Beni keep records of vehicles entering and leaving Mustang.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Access to vaccines against Covid-19 has led to a decline in infection rate, while the lifting of restrictions on tourist sites and favorable weather have led to increase in number of tourists.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tourists are flocking to Muktinath Temple, Kagbeni, Korala, Lo-Manthang, Jomsom, Dhumwa Lake and Lete. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Samjhana Thakali, a resident of Jomsom, said that those visiting the area include mothers’ group, forest users’ group, club members, cooperatives and students for educational purpose.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The road in Mustang has reached up to Korala pass on the Chinese border. The easy access to transportation has made travel costs cheaper and time shorter.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tourism activities in Mustang has been stagnant for the last two years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 in April 2020. Hotels and restaurants opened with millions of investment were slowed down due to lack of tourists. Entrepreneurs hope that the hotel business will return to its old rhythm with the increase in tourism activities.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Baburam Acharya, district president of the Hotel and Restaurant Entrepreneurs' Association, said that the businessmen of Myagdi were also relieved by the increasing movement of tourists going to and from Mustang.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-24', 'modified' => '2022-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14900', 'image' => '20220424035529_istockphoto-534638391-612x612.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-24 15:49:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15154', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourist Arrival on the rise in Langtang National Park', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased significantly. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased significantly. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Chief Conservation Officer of Langtang National Park, Pramod Bhattarai, around 100 domestic and more than 20 foreign tourists have been arriving on a daily basis in Langtang and the Gosainkunda lake located in the upper region of Rasuwa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Majority of the domestic tourists opt to visit the holy shrine of Gosainkunda while foreign tourists have been visiting the Langtang valley for trekking in the surrounding mountains, the state-owned national news agency RSS quoted Bhattarai as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to RSS, hotelier Pasang Ghurmi Tamang of Chandanbari shared that the Gosaikunda pilgrimage route has become more vibrant after the tourists started flocking to the otherwise deserted area. Hoteliers say that there is hope for economic recovery as the number of visitors continues to increase. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Apart from travelling by land, the attraction of devotees visiting Gosainkund by air is also increasing. The helicopter facility has made it easier for the senior citizens, who are unable to walk on foot, to visit this holy shrine, said a local priest Tanka Prasad Dhakal. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-24', 'modified' => '2022-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14896', 'image' => '20220424110255_Tourist Arrival (1).jpeg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-24 11:02:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15131', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Provision Requiring Cash for On-Arrival Visa Revoked ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time being. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time being. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It may be noted the Immigration Office at the TIA had issued a notice a few days ago asking tourists to carry cash equivalent to US dollar 200 to obtain on-arrival visa upon landing in Nepal. The office cited that it was facing issues with the electronic payment system and foreign tourists were expected to have cash to get the on-arrival visa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The notice sparked widespread protest among the public. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The immigration office informed the provision has been removed for the time- being. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">TIA manager Prem Nath Thakur confirmed the previous decision has been revoked. It has been learnt that the airport authorities have initiated the process of installing ATM booths of Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB) at the immigration office since Monday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Immigration office, two ATM booths and two POS machines are to be added at TIA for convenience of foreign tourists. Prior to this, only one ATM booth of Prabhu Bank was available at the TIA to serve the tourists and the problem surfaced as the machine failed to read master cards. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-19', 'modified' => '2022-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14873', 'image' => '20220419054339_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-19 17:43:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15127', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourism Entrepreneurs urge Government to Facilitate Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists. They expressed concern that the notice issued by the Immigration Department has shown inconvenience and hassle in the service delivery to the tourists. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a joint press statement on Monday, the tourism associations argued that the notice issued by the department would earn negative reputation of the country in the international arena. The Immigration Department had issued the notice on Sunday stating that foreign tourists had to bring dollars physically for on-arrival visa, saying that ATM Lounge at Tribhuvan International Airport was not functional. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Instead of introducing reforms and correcting weaknesses in the tourism sector for its recovery, the recent notice to the foreign tourists would cause a backlash and build negative image of the country, the tourism stakeholders argued. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">They urged the government to immediately make arrangements to facilitate the foreign tourists.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The tourism associations that issued the joint statement include Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Hotel Association Nepal, Trekking Agency Association of Nepal, Nepal Mountaineering Association, and Nepal Association of Rafting Agencies. -RSS</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-19', 'modified' => '2022-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14869', 'image' => '20220419120312_Tourism pokhara.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-19 12:02:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15114', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Foreign Tourists Urged to Pay for On-Arrival Visa in Cash due to Technical Glitches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction. The airport authorities said e-payment was cumbersome and sometimes there were technical glitches in the system. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA)’s Manager Prem Nath Thakur informed that tourists visiting Nepal had to stay in queue for three to four hours to pay their on-arrival visa fee due to malfunctioning of the software time and again. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Due to such hassles, the airport urged the Department of Immigration to make arrangements for the visiting foreigners to pay the fees in cash. Now, a notice in this regard has already been published, said Manager Thakur. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At present, a large number of foreign tourists are visiting Nepal and there is only one ATM machine at the TIA, RSS further reported. Besides, technical problems were detected in course of e-payment through different medium. To avoid difficulties faced by the visiting foreign tourists, they have been asked to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Each visiting foreign tourist has to pay US$ 200 as fee for the on-arrival visa. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-17', 'modified' => '2022-04-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14856', 'image' => '20220417112619_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-17 11:24:50', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15105', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => '689 Climbers Acquire Permits for Climbing Various Peaks for Spring Season ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season. These expedition teams have 689 members. According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the government collected royalties of over Rs 373 million as of April 13 by issuing the permits. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The expedition teams obtaining permissions for scaling 19 peaks including Mt Everest comprise people from 65 different countries including Nepal. Among them, 250 climbers including 194 males and 56 females from 45 countries will be attempting to scale the world's highest peak. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government has collected royalties worth over Rs 310 million alone from permits issued to the climbers to scale Mt Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Department of Tourism (DoT) is hopeful that the expedition teams will climb mountains this year as the threat from COVID-19 has declined significantly and the climate is favourble for climbing. It may be noted that 45 expedition teams had climbed mountains in the spring of 2021 amid threat of Covid-19, giving a big boost to the tourism industry battered by the pandemic. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tourism entrepreneurs say they are somehow optimistic about the good indicators seen in the tourism sector with the decline in COVID-19 cases. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Outgoing chair of Nepal Mountaineering Association and noted tourism entrepreneur Aang Chhiring Sherpa said that the number of tourists is rising fradually.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Although the number of climbers is relatively less this year than the previous year, it seems Nepal's mountain tourism is attracting more foreign climbers and it is indeed a noteworthy. The number is gradually rising," RSS quoted Shrepa as saying. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">How many climbers climbing which peak </span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Both Nepali and foreign climbers are continuously setting out for this season's expedition to scale Mt Everest after taking the permit. So far 250 climbers belonging to 31 expedition teams have alone acquired permission for climbing Mt Everest (8848.86 metres). </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, 64 climbers of nine expedition teams have acquired permission to climb Mt Lhotse (8516 metres), 65 climbers from six teams have taken permission for climbing Mt Amadablam (6814 metres) and 38 mountaineers of five expedition teams have got permission to climb Mt Kanchanjangha (8586 metres). </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, 38 mountaineers belonging to five groups have taken permission for climbing Mt Nuptse (7855 metres), 26 climbers of four groups have acquired permission to climb Mt Annapurna (8091 metres), two expedition teams have taken permission for climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8167 metres), two teams for climbing Milung Chuli, and three mountaineering teams for climbing Bhemdong, Gangapurna and Thapa Peak, the Mountaineering Section of the DoT stated in a press release. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-14', 'modified' => '2022-04-14', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14847', 'image' => '20220414091903_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-14 21:18:06', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15083', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Finance Minister Tells Nepali Ambassadors to Help in Tourism Promotion', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign countries. He also directed the diplomatic mission chiefs to take initiative to increase the visit of foreign tourists to Nepal. He gave such directives in a virtual meeting on Sunday afternoon with ambassadors, acting ambassadors, consul generals and heads of missions of more than two dozen countries.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Admitting that the government was under pressure to increase foreign exchange reserves and improve the balance of payments, Finance Minister Sharma said that all parties should work together during such crisis.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “We are under pressure to increase our foreign exchange reserves. You have to play a crucial role in this matter. Encourage the citizens to send money as remittances. Create an environment for more tourists to come to Nepal through various tourism promotion programs,” said Minister Sharma.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stating that the inflow of remittance from mid-March to mid-April was Rs 91 billion, Minister Sharma said that there is a need to increase the inflow of remittances. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “We are bringing various packages to increase remittances. Homework has been done to give a certain percentage of reservation in IPO and FPO to those who send remittance through formal channels,” the minister furthers stated.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Minister Sharma also said that an investment conference should be organized to create an environment for increasing foreign investment in Nepal. \</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“We are creating a linear modality that allows borrowing only when a larger project is being built and the loan can be repaid by the project itself. We have also made it easy for non-resident Nepalis to open accounts in dollars,” he added. Minister Sharma also asked the envoys to give suggestions for the kinds of products in demand in various countries and if they can be produced in Nepal.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini said that the economy is under pressure and the government is taking measures to improve it gradually. Speaking on the occasion, Acting Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Neelam Dhungana pointed that the economy is under pressure and everyone needs to work together for improvement.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-11', 'modified' => '2022-04-11', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14825', 'image' => '20220411030432_1649626116.3 Mantri prf.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-11 15:03:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 60 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">NewBiz Report<br /> KATHMANDU, July 25</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Burhan Wilderness Camps in Bardiya district has been included in Time Magazine's list of the world's greatest places for 2024. This list highlights the top 100 destinations around the globe to explore in the coming year.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Established about two years ago by conservationists Prabha Gautam and Manoj Gautam, the sister-brother duo, Burhan Wilderness Camps is located at the Khata Wildlife Corridor near Bardiya National Park. According to Time magazine, the camp offers visitors bushwalks, canoe trips, wildlife tracking with anti-poaching units, and opportunities to view Asiatic elephants, one-horned rhinos, and the Royal Bengal Tiger.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Bal Krishna Joshi, husband of Prabha Gautam, expressed his joy to NewBiz. Joshi described Burhan Wilderness Camps as a commitment to eco-friendly tourism.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“We have adhered to the 'leave no trace' philosophy,” Joshi said in a phone interview. “Tourists stay in luxurious tents and enjoy local Tharu cuisine.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">He also noted that “the tourist flow has been steady, and it has created employment opportunities for locals.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Joshi added that they plan to open the tree houses after the monsoon and hope this model will serve as a suitable example for locals in the future.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“Burhan Wilderness Camps is an effort for natural conservation through responsible tourism,” Joshi added.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2024-07-25', 'modified' => '2024-07-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '21367', 'image' => '20240725085900_Bardiya-1721913152.jpg', 'article_date' => '2024-07-25 20:57:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16699', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Helambu Waiting to Welcome Tourists ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">January 9: Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Following the spread of the COVID-19, tourist arrival had dropped drastically. <br /> With most of the countries opening their borders and restrictions, Helambu is waiting for the visitors to come.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Helambu has built attractive hotels and guesthouses with local resources. The tourist site is home to Langtang National Park, Melamchi khola’s water fall, topographical diversity, delicacies made from local products. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“Gumbas, Melmchi Great Trail, Palchowk Temple and Holmo Community’s cultures are major attractions of the Helambu”, said Chairman Nima Gyaljen Sherpa of Helambu Rural Municipality. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Captivating statute of Guru Renpoche constructed at the entrance of Helambu and Great Trail have started luring tourists, according to Sherpa. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Apples are not available in Helambu at the moment. “Apples have stopped growing at Sermanath, Chhimi, Nakate, and Tarkeghyang villages”, said a local Karma Tokpe Lama. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-10', 'modified' => '2023-01-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16441', 'image' => '20230110072035_collage (26).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-10 07:14:29', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16478', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Galkot Palace Turns into Centre of Attraction for Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north. The historical palace has become a centre of attraction for tourists of late. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A large number of people are throng the palace every day to enjoy the scenic beauty and for merry-making. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the palace which was artistically built using stones, mud, bricks and wooden materials in 1979 BS is now deteriorating. People are crowding up here, especially for taking snapshots, creating videos and enjoying its surrounding. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Due to the easy access to roads, tourists from different parts of the country are turning up to the historical palace at Harichaur. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is the Gaighat falls at Tarakhola nearby. Most of the tourists who arrive at the falls do not miss to visit the palace. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Locals say that the inflow of domestic tourists to the palace has increased with easy access to road that leads up to the historical site. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Akash Pariyar, a resident of Bharatpur, Chitwan, who came to explore Dhorpatan also visited the Galkot Palace. He commented the palace that is located in a peaceful atmosphere attracted anyone. "We are fortunate to get an opportunity to see and enjoy the century-old heritage. Our country has a wealth of such antique places which has higher potentials to draw attention of domestic and foreign tourists. The beauty of the palace has captivated me a lot". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pariyar said he had come with a plan to reach Dhoraptan, Kalika Temple, Panchakot and Galkot Palace. He noted that domestic and foreign tourists can be further attracted to the areas if the existing tourism hotspots are managed well with better services. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"I had explored the antique palace through Youtube video. I was eager to visit the place. But, I could not do that as I was overseas country at the moment". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pariyar who has been residing in Japan said, "I had reached the popular religious and tourism spots of Baglung this time". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Dipesh Giri, a resident of Musikot, Gulmi, said it was his fifth visit to the Galkot Palace. "Earlier, there was no good road connectivity to reach the place. Now the road access to the palace has improved. Inflow of tourists to the unexplored tourism site has also increased", he shared. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the locals, daily 200 plus domestic tourists visit the palace. The number of visitors is high during public holidays. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Spokesperson of Galkot municipality, Him Bahadur Bhandari said the Galkot Palace has attracted both domestic and foreign tourists. As the palace carries a historical legacy, it needs to be conserved, he said. "The palace is still under personal ownership. We had discussed to carry out maintenance of the physical infrastructure of the palace despite the personal ownership of the palace. The historical palace is deteriorating. Now it is being repaired," he added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The palace is stretched over five ropanis of land. Bharat Bam Malla was the then king who built the palace. It was the place through which Galkot used to be governed. The administrative, judicial and economic powers of the Galkot State was centralized with the palace until 2017 BS (1962 AD). The first-elected government had decided to eradicate principalities and monarchs. It was the then King Bharat Bam Malla who put forth the proposal to the cabinet. He was elected Member of Parliament in 2015 BS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Manjesh Bam Malla, grandson of the then Malla King, has now put his efforts for the conservation of the palace.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> "We have started repairing the palace adopting original antique style. It is being reconstructed in a way to develop the ground floor as a museum and upper floors for personal use. Other structures around the palace are also to be managed this year," Malla shared. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16220', 'image' => '20221208021455_galkot palace.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 14:14:10', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15301', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Jazeera Airways Pledges to Help Promote Tourism', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination. The airliner is the first international company to start flight service to Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport since May 16 on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti festival.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vice president for sales of Jazeera Airways Ravindran Bharathan said that the flight service has been initiated due to high demand for direct flights to the Terai plains of Nepal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “Jazeera Airways continues to expand its network to offer destinations that also cater to large expatriate communities that are often not served by direct routes from Kuwait and the Middle East. It now really makes it a lot easier for Nepalese and tourists to get into the Terai area of Nepal rather than going through an indirect route which could take up to more than a day of traveling,” he said, adding, “The new service to the Gautam Buddha International Airport is a direct service to the gateway of Lumbini - the birthplace of Gautam Buddha.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rabi Chandra Singh, chairman of the Society International Travel Services, a part of the RR Group of companies, stated, “After 74 years of international flights based only in Kathmandu, this service is going to make a huge difference in the western part of Nepal. This newly opened international flight service will help boost tourism in Bhairahawa which is one of the potential sectors for economic development in Nepal. Let's rejoice in this historic moment together.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The airlines company informed that it will operate three flights a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-19', 'modified' => '2022-05-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15043', 'image' => '20220519051442_Jazeera_Airways_.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-19 17:13:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15276', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Panchpokhari being Developed as Tourism Hub', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk. Panchpokhari, situated at 4,150 meters above sea level, is rich in natural beauty. Panchpokhari is also near Kathmandu. Lately, Panchpokhari has become a popular and scenic tourist destination.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Panchpokhari Thangpal rural municipality, popularly known as Panchpokhari, is one of the 12 rural municipalities of Sindhupalchowk district</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The rural municipality has carried out some important works using local resources. The rural municipality has taken forward the work of post-earthquake reconstruction, housing, health, education, electrification etc. The rural municipality claims that the results are starting to be seen now as education, health, drinking water, agriculture, tourism, and youth-targeted programmes have been given priority instead of roads.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yangri and Panchpokhari tourist routes have been constructed here. Both these unpaved roads are being upgraded. The Panchpokhari ring road is being developed and upgraded rapidly.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Emphasis has been laid on quality education, said Uttam Mani Poudel, school inspector of the rural municipality. Earthquake resilient buildings have been constructed as the physical infrastructure of the school was destroyed by the earthquake of 2015.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chief Administrative Officer of the rural municipality Dinesh Kumar Pokharel said that a nurse has been provided to each of the five schools. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For economic prosperity, work is being done to make the rural municipality a tourism hub and link the tourism business with the living standard of the people. Along with Panchpokhari, Amayangri, Diagran Cave, Dudhpokhari, Pemachal Garden Center, Raithaneshwari, Chojyo Danda, Habeli Naulingeshwari, Jugal Himal, Dorje Lakpa Himal, Yuva Peak, Panchpokhari Peak, Tilman Pass and other tourist places are being developed. The villagers said that rock climbing and paragliding have been successfully tested.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-15', 'modified' => '2022-05-16', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15018', 'image' => '20220515055102_panch-pokhari-lake-trek.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-15 17:50:20', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15234', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Spring Expedition begins after Icefall Doctors Fix Ropes on Everest', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on Saturday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on Saturday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As part of the rope fixing, mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, reportedly scaled the world's highest peak for a record 26th time, breaking his own previous record for climbing Mt Everest. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the Department of Tourism confirmed the beginning of the mountaineering season from Saturday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At present, around 90 percent mountaineers at the Mt Everest Base Camp are waiting for the green signal to climb the peak, said Surya Prasad Upadhyay, director of the Department's mountaineering section. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"As part of the rope fixing, Kami Rita Sherpa reached atop Everest for a record 26 times. We will officially announce the news after verifying it," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The department is expected to get the highest number of application for climbing Mount Everest as this season is favourable to scale the world's highest peak. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A team of 11 Sherpa summiteers from the Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd successfully scaled the peak for rope fixing on Saturday evening at 6:55 pm. The team announced that Everest is ready for climbing. Last year, the spring climbing season started from April 27. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-09', 'modified' => '2022-05-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14977', 'image' => '20220509081240_Spring Expedition (6).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-09 08:11:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15205', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Arrival of Tourists on the Rise', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The available data suggest that tourist activities have increased lately. The arrival of tourists from outside the country is on the rise since the beginning of 2022. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to data obtained from Nepal Tourism Board, 58,348 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal in April which is 160 per cent more compared to the corresponding period of last year. The data shows that 22,450 people had visited the country in April 2021 when the second wave of Covid-19 had just started in Nepal. The government had imposed a ban on international flights in May last year due to which the arrival of tourists declined significantly. However, the situation has improved this year due to the decline in infection as well as lifting of restrictions.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This year, most of the tourists visiting Nepal are from Ocenia followed by visitors from Europe, the NTB informed. According to the board, the number of tourists arriving from Ocenia (Australia and New Zealand) has increased by 2641.7 percent.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, 52, 633 tourists left the country during the review period. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to NTB, the arrival of tourists is gradually increasing after a significant fall in the two previous years due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The arrival of tourists at present is 53 percent of the figure of the pre-pandemic period. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In March, the country welcomed 42,006 tourists from various countries while the number of tourists visiting Nepal in January and February stood at 16,975 and 19766 respectively. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NTB said its strategic marketing in international market and the initiatives of tourism entrepreneurs have contributed to the revival of the tourism sector. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-03', 'modified' => '2022-05-03', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14947', 'image' => '20220503113531_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-03 11:34:50', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15181', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => '109 Expedition Teams Granted Permission for Spring Expedition ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season. ', 'content' => '<p>April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season. <br /> According to the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, some of the expedition teams have kicked off their attempts to climb 25 peaks. The teams comprise 876 aspiring climbers from within the country and aboard. <br /> According to the Mountaineering Section of the department, 302 climbers of 38 teams have alone received permits to climb the world's highest peak Mt Everest measuring 8848.86 meters for this spring season. Likewise, 97 climbers of nine teams have been granted permission to climb Mt Ama Dablam (6,814 meters). <br /> Similarly, four teams will be attempting to scale Mt Annapurna (8,011 meters), Mt Nuptse (7,861 meters), Mt Makalu (8,463) while two teams will be climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8,167 meters). One team has been allowed to climb Mt Lhotse (8,516 meters). <br /> Likewise, four teams each have been granted permits to scale the Himlung Peak and the Dhambus Peak. <br /> The department has Rs 448.94 million in royalties by issuing mountaineering permits. -- RSS <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-28', 'modified' => '2022-04-29', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14923', 'image' => '20220428123440_island-peak-climbing22.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-28 12:31:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15158', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourism Activities Increasing in Mustang', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace again.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace again. For the past few days, the number of tourists going to and from Mustang via Myagdi has increased along the Beni-Jomsom road.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rishi Baral, head of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) at Jomsom, said that the arrival of domestic tourists has increased while foreign tourists have also started visiting Mustang. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"The number of foreign tourists visiting Mustang by road and air has increased," he said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the District Traffic Police Office, 50 buses, 150 jeeps and 200 tourist vehicles enter Mustang daily through Myagdi.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Police Chief Indra Bahadur Nepali said that the Border Police Post at Kalipul Post and Bhurung Tatopani in Beni keep records of vehicles entering and leaving Mustang.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Access to vaccines against Covid-19 has led to a decline in infection rate, while the lifting of restrictions on tourist sites and favorable weather have led to increase in number of tourists.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tourists are flocking to Muktinath Temple, Kagbeni, Korala, Lo-Manthang, Jomsom, Dhumwa Lake and Lete. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Samjhana Thakali, a resident of Jomsom, said that those visiting the area include mothers’ group, forest users’ group, club members, cooperatives and students for educational purpose.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The road in Mustang has reached up to Korala pass on the Chinese border. The easy access to transportation has made travel costs cheaper and time shorter.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tourism activities in Mustang has been stagnant for the last two years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 in April 2020. Hotels and restaurants opened with millions of investment were slowed down due to lack of tourists. Entrepreneurs hope that the hotel business will return to its old rhythm with the increase in tourism activities.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Baburam Acharya, district president of the Hotel and Restaurant Entrepreneurs' Association, said that the businessmen of Myagdi were also relieved by the increasing movement of tourists going to and from Mustang.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-24', 'modified' => '2022-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14900', 'image' => '20220424035529_istockphoto-534638391-612x612.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-24 15:49:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15154', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourist Arrival on the rise in Langtang National Park', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased significantly. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased significantly. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Chief Conservation Officer of Langtang National Park, Pramod Bhattarai, around 100 domestic and more than 20 foreign tourists have been arriving on a daily basis in Langtang and the Gosainkunda lake located in the upper region of Rasuwa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Majority of the domestic tourists opt to visit the holy shrine of Gosainkunda while foreign tourists have been visiting the Langtang valley for trekking in the surrounding mountains, the state-owned national news agency RSS quoted Bhattarai as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to RSS, hotelier Pasang Ghurmi Tamang of Chandanbari shared that the Gosaikunda pilgrimage route has become more vibrant after the tourists started flocking to the otherwise deserted area. Hoteliers say that there is hope for economic recovery as the number of visitors continues to increase. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Apart from travelling by land, the attraction of devotees visiting Gosainkund by air is also increasing. The helicopter facility has made it easier for the senior citizens, who are unable to walk on foot, to visit this holy shrine, said a local priest Tanka Prasad Dhakal. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-24', 'modified' => '2022-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14896', 'image' => '20220424110255_Tourist Arrival (1).jpeg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-24 11:02:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15131', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Provision Requiring Cash for On-Arrival Visa Revoked ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time being. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time being. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It may be noted the Immigration Office at the TIA had issued a notice a few days ago asking tourists to carry cash equivalent to US dollar 200 to obtain on-arrival visa upon landing in Nepal. The office cited that it was facing issues with the electronic payment system and foreign tourists were expected to have cash to get the on-arrival visa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The notice sparked widespread protest among the public. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The immigration office informed the provision has been removed for the time- being. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">TIA manager Prem Nath Thakur confirmed the previous decision has been revoked. It has been learnt that the airport authorities have initiated the process of installing ATM booths of Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB) at the immigration office since Monday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Immigration office, two ATM booths and two POS machines are to be added at TIA for convenience of foreign tourists. Prior to this, only one ATM booth of Prabhu Bank was available at the TIA to serve the tourists and the problem surfaced as the machine failed to read master cards. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-19', 'modified' => '2022-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14873', 'image' => '20220419054339_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-19 17:43:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15127', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourism Entrepreneurs urge Government to Facilitate Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists. They expressed concern that the notice issued by the Immigration Department has shown inconvenience and hassle in the service delivery to the tourists. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a joint press statement on Monday, the tourism associations argued that the notice issued by the department would earn negative reputation of the country in the international arena. The Immigration Department had issued the notice on Sunday stating that foreign tourists had to bring dollars physically for on-arrival visa, saying that ATM Lounge at Tribhuvan International Airport was not functional. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Instead of introducing reforms and correcting weaknesses in the tourism sector for its recovery, the recent notice to the foreign tourists would cause a backlash and build negative image of the country, the tourism stakeholders argued. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">They urged the government to immediately make arrangements to facilitate the foreign tourists.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The tourism associations that issued the joint statement include Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Hotel Association Nepal, Trekking Agency Association of Nepal, Nepal Mountaineering Association, and Nepal Association of Rafting Agencies. -RSS</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-19', 'modified' => '2022-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14869', 'image' => '20220419120312_Tourism pokhara.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-19 12:02:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15114', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Foreign Tourists Urged to Pay for On-Arrival Visa in Cash due to Technical Glitches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction. The airport authorities said e-payment was cumbersome and sometimes there were technical glitches in the system. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA)’s Manager Prem Nath Thakur informed that tourists visiting Nepal had to stay in queue for three to four hours to pay their on-arrival visa fee due to malfunctioning of the software time and again. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Due to such hassles, the airport urged the Department of Immigration to make arrangements for the visiting foreigners to pay the fees in cash. Now, a notice in this regard has already been published, said Manager Thakur. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At present, a large number of foreign tourists are visiting Nepal and there is only one ATM machine at the TIA, RSS further reported. Besides, technical problems were detected in course of e-payment through different medium. To avoid difficulties faced by the visiting foreign tourists, they have been asked to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Each visiting foreign tourist has to pay US$ 200 as fee for the on-arrival visa. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-17', 'modified' => '2022-04-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14856', 'image' => '20220417112619_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-17 11:24:50', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15105', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => '689 Climbers Acquire Permits for Climbing Various Peaks for Spring Season ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season. These expedition teams have 689 members. According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the government collected royalties of over Rs 373 million as of April 13 by issuing the permits. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The expedition teams obtaining permissions for scaling 19 peaks including Mt Everest comprise people from 65 different countries including Nepal. Among them, 250 climbers including 194 males and 56 females from 45 countries will be attempting to scale the world's highest peak. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government has collected royalties worth over Rs 310 million alone from permits issued to the climbers to scale Mt Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Department of Tourism (DoT) is hopeful that the expedition teams will climb mountains this year as the threat from COVID-19 has declined significantly and the climate is favourble for climbing. It may be noted that 45 expedition teams had climbed mountains in the spring of 2021 amid threat of Covid-19, giving a big boost to the tourism industry battered by the pandemic. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tourism entrepreneurs say they are somehow optimistic about the good indicators seen in the tourism sector with the decline in COVID-19 cases. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Outgoing chair of Nepal Mountaineering Association and noted tourism entrepreneur Aang Chhiring Sherpa said that the number of tourists is rising fradually.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Although the number of climbers is relatively less this year than the previous year, it seems Nepal's mountain tourism is attracting more foreign climbers and it is indeed a noteworthy. The number is gradually rising," RSS quoted Shrepa as saying. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">How many climbers climbing which peak </span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Both Nepali and foreign climbers are continuously setting out for this season's expedition to scale Mt Everest after taking the permit. So far 250 climbers belonging to 31 expedition teams have alone acquired permission for climbing Mt Everest (8848.86 metres). </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, 64 climbers of nine expedition teams have acquired permission to climb Mt Lhotse (8516 metres), 65 climbers from six teams have taken permission for climbing Mt Amadablam (6814 metres) and 38 mountaineers of five expedition teams have got permission to climb Mt Kanchanjangha (8586 metres). </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, 38 mountaineers belonging to five groups have taken permission for climbing Mt Nuptse (7855 metres), 26 climbers of four groups have acquired permission to climb Mt Annapurna (8091 metres), two expedition teams have taken permission for climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8167 metres), two teams for climbing Milung Chuli, and three mountaineering teams for climbing Bhemdong, Gangapurna and Thapa Peak, the Mountaineering Section of the DoT stated in a press release. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-14', 'modified' => '2022-04-14', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14847', 'image' => '20220414091903_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-14 21:18:06', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15083', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Finance Minister Tells Nepali Ambassadors to Help in Tourism Promotion', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign countries. He also directed the diplomatic mission chiefs to take initiative to increase the visit of foreign tourists to Nepal. He gave such directives in a virtual meeting on Sunday afternoon with ambassadors, acting ambassadors, consul generals and heads of missions of more than two dozen countries.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Admitting that the government was under pressure to increase foreign exchange reserves and improve the balance of payments, Finance Minister Sharma said that all parties should work together during such crisis.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “We are under pressure to increase our foreign exchange reserves. You have to play a crucial role in this matter. Encourage the citizens to send money as remittances. Create an environment for more tourists to come to Nepal through various tourism promotion programs,” said Minister Sharma.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stating that the inflow of remittance from mid-March to mid-April was Rs 91 billion, Minister Sharma said that there is a need to increase the inflow of remittances. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “We are bringing various packages to increase remittances. Homework has been done to give a certain percentage of reservation in IPO and FPO to those who send remittance through formal channels,” the minister furthers stated.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Minister Sharma also said that an investment conference should be organized to create an environment for increasing foreign investment in Nepal. \</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“We are creating a linear modality that allows borrowing only when a larger project is being built and the loan can be repaid by the project itself. We have also made it easy for non-resident Nepalis to open accounts in dollars,” he added. Minister Sharma also asked the envoys to give suggestions for the kinds of products in demand in various countries and if they can be produced in Nepal.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini said that the economy is under pressure and the government is taking measures to improve it gradually. Speaking on the occasion, Acting Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Neelam Dhungana pointed that the economy is under pressure and everyone needs to work together for improvement.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-11', 'modified' => '2022-04-11', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14825', 'image' => '20220411030432_1649626116.3 Mantri prf.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-11 15:03:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falseinclude - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
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', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">NewBiz Report<br /> KATHMANDU, July 25</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Burhan Wilderness Camps in Bardiya district has been included in Time Magazine's list of the world's greatest places for 2024. This list highlights the top 100 destinations around the globe to explore in the coming year.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Established about two years ago by conservationists Prabha Gautam and Manoj Gautam, the sister-brother duo, Burhan Wilderness Camps is located at the Khata Wildlife Corridor near Bardiya National Park. According to Time magazine, the camp offers visitors bushwalks, canoe trips, wildlife tracking with anti-poaching units, and opportunities to view Asiatic elephants, one-horned rhinos, and the Royal Bengal Tiger.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Bal Krishna Joshi, husband of Prabha Gautam, expressed his joy to NewBiz. Joshi described Burhan Wilderness Camps as a commitment to eco-friendly tourism.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“We have adhered to the 'leave no trace' philosophy,” Joshi said in a phone interview. “Tourists stay in luxurious tents and enjoy local Tharu cuisine.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">He also noted that “the tourist flow has been steady, and it has created employment opportunities for locals.”</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Joshi added that they plan to open the tree houses after the monsoon and hope this model will serve as a suitable example for locals in the future.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“Burhan Wilderness Camps is an effort for natural conservation through responsible tourism,” Joshi added.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2024-07-25', 'modified' => '2024-07-26', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '21367', 'image' => '20240725085900_Bardiya-1721913152.jpg', 'article_date' => '2024-07-25 20:57:39', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16699', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Helambu Waiting to Welcome Tourists ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk.', 'content' => '<p><br /> <span style="font-size:20px">January 9: Once famous for sweet apples, Helambu, a tourist site, is waiting for domestic and foreign tourists in Sindhupalchowk.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Following the spread of the COVID-19, tourist arrival had dropped drastically. <br /> With most of the countries opening their borders and restrictions, Helambu is waiting for the visitors to come.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Helambu has built attractive hotels and guesthouses with local resources. The tourist site is home to Langtang National Park, Melamchi khola’s water fall, topographical diversity, delicacies made from local products. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">“Gumbas, Melmchi Great Trail, Palchowk Temple and Holmo Community’s cultures are major attractions of the Helambu”, said Chairman Nima Gyaljen Sherpa of Helambu Rural Municipality. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Captivating statute of Guru Renpoche constructed at the entrance of Helambu and Great Trail have started luring tourists, according to Sherpa. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size:20px">Apples are not available in Helambu at the moment. “Apples have stopped growing at Sermanath, Chhimi, Nakate, and Tarkeghyang villages”, said a local Karma Tokpe Lama. </span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2023-01-10', 'modified' => '2023-01-10', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16441', 'image' => '20230110072035_collage (26).jpg', 'article_date' => '2023-01-10 07:14:29', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '42' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '16478', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Galkot Palace Turns into Centre of Attraction for Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">December 8: Galkot Palace is located in-between Harichaur Bazaar in Baglung district and the mountains to the north. The historical palace has become a centre of attraction for tourists of late. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A large number of people are throng the palace every day to enjoy the scenic beauty and for merry-making. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">However, the palace which was artistically built using stones, mud, bricks and wooden materials in 1979 BS is now deteriorating. People are crowding up here, especially for taking snapshots, creating videos and enjoying its surrounding. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Due to the easy access to roads, tourists from different parts of the country are turning up to the historical palace at Harichaur. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">There is the Gaighat falls at Tarakhola nearby. Most of the tourists who arrive at the falls do not miss to visit the palace. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Locals say that the inflow of domestic tourists to the palace has increased with easy access to road that leads up to the historical site. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Akash Pariyar, a resident of Bharatpur, Chitwan, who came to explore Dhorpatan also visited the Galkot Palace. He commented the palace that is located in a peaceful atmosphere attracted anyone. "We are fortunate to get an opportunity to see and enjoy the century-old heritage. Our country has a wealth of such antique places which has higher potentials to draw attention of domestic and foreign tourists. The beauty of the palace has captivated me a lot". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pariyar said he had come with a plan to reach Dhoraptan, Kalika Temple, Panchakot and Galkot Palace. He noted that domestic and foreign tourists can be further attracted to the areas if the existing tourism hotspots are managed well with better services. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"I had explored the antique palace through Youtube video. I was eager to visit the place. But, I could not do that as I was overseas country at the moment". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Pariyar who has been residing in Japan said, "I had reached the popular religious and tourism spots of Baglung this time". </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Dipesh Giri, a resident of Musikot, Gulmi, said it was his fifth visit to the Galkot Palace. "Earlier, there was no good road connectivity to reach the place. Now the road access to the palace has improved. Inflow of tourists to the unexplored tourism site has also increased", he shared. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the locals, daily 200 plus domestic tourists visit the palace. The number of visitors is high during public holidays. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Spokesperson of Galkot municipality, Him Bahadur Bhandari said the Galkot Palace has attracted both domestic and foreign tourists. As the palace carries a historical legacy, it needs to be conserved, he said. "The palace is still under personal ownership. We had discussed to carry out maintenance of the physical infrastructure of the palace despite the personal ownership of the palace. The historical palace is deteriorating. Now it is being repaired," he added. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The palace is stretched over five ropanis of land. Bharat Bam Malla was the then king who built the palace. It was the place through which Galkot used to be governed. The administrative, judicial and economic powers of the Galkot State was centralized with the palace until 2017 BS (1962 AD). The first-elected government had decided to eradicate principalities and monarchs. It was the then King Bharat Bam Malla who put forth the proposal to the cabinet. He was elected Member of Parliament in 2015 BS. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Manjesh Bam Malla, grandson of the then Malla King, has now put his efforts for the conservation of the palace.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif""> "We have started repairing the palace adopting original antique style. It is being reconstructed in a way to develop the ground floor as a museum and upper floors for personal use. Other structures around the palace are also to be managed this year," Malla shared. -- RSS</span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-12-08', 'modified' => '2022-12-08', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '16220', 'image' => '20221208021455_galkot palace.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-12-08 14:14:10', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15301', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Jazeera Airways Pledges to Help Promote Tourism', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 19: Jazeera Airways, a leading airline company of Kuwait, has pledged to promote Bhairahawa as a tourism destination. The airliner is the first international company to start flight service to Bhairahawa-based Gautam Buddha International Airport since May 16 on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti festival.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Vice president for sales of Jazeera Airways Ravindran Bharathan said that the flight service has been initiated due to high demand for direct flights to the Terai plains of Nepal.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “Jazeera Airways continues to expand its network to offer destinations that also cater to large expatriate communities that are often not served by direct routes from Kuwait and the Middle East. It now really makes it a lot easier for Nepalese and tourists to get into the Terai area of Nepal rather than going through an indirect route which could take up to more than a day of traveling,” he said, adding, “The new service to the Gautam Buddha International Airport is a direct service to the gateway of Lumbini - the birthplace of Gautam Buddha.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rabi Chandra Singh, chairman of the Society International Travel Services, a part of the RR Group of companies, stated, “After 74 years of international flights based only in Kathmandu, this service is going to make a huge difference in the western part of Nepal. This newly opened international flight service will help boost tourism in Bhairahawa which is one of the potential sectors for economic development in Nepal. Let's rejoice in this historic moment together.”</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The airlines company informed that it will operate three flights a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-19', 'modified' => '2022-05-20', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15043', 'image' => '20220519051442_Jazeera_Airways_.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-19 17:13:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15276', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Panchpokhari being Developed as Tourism Hub', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 15: Panchpokhari is one of the 100 tourist destinations selected by the federal government in Sindhupalchowk. Panchpokhari, situated at 4,150 meters above sea level, is rich in natural beauty. Panchpokhari is also near Kathmandu. Lately, Panchpokhari has become a popular and scenic tourist destination.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Panchpokhari Thangpal rural municipality, popularly known as Panchpokhari, is one of the 12 rural municipalities of Sindhupalchowk district</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The rural municipality has carried out some important works using local resources. The rural municipality has taken forward the work of post-earthquake reconstruction, housing, health, education, electrification etc. The rural municipality claims that the results are starting to be seen now as education, health, drinking water, agriculture, tourism, and youth-targeted programmes have been given priority instead of roads.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Yangri and Panchpokhari tourist routes have been constructed here. Both these unpaved roads are being upgraded. The Panchpokhari ring road is being developed and upgraded rapidly.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Emphasis has been laid on quality education, said Uttam Mani Poudel, school inspector of the rural municipality. Earthquake resilient buildings have been constructed as the physical infrastructure of the school was destroyed by the earthquake of 2015.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Chief Administrative Officer of the rural municipality Dinesh Kumar Pokharel said that a nurse has been provided to each of the five schools. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For economic prosperity, work is being done to make the rural municipality a tourism hub and link the tourism business with the living standard of the people. Along with Panchpokhari, Amayangri, Diagran Cave, Dudhpokhari, Pemachal Garden Center, Raithaneshwari, Chojyo Danda, Habeli Naulingeshwari, Jugal Himal, Dorje Lakpa Himal, Yuva Peak, Panchpokhari Peak, Tilman Pass and other tourist places are being developed. The villagers said that rock climbing and paragliding have been successfully tested.</span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-15', 'modified' => '2022-05-16', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '15018', 'image' => '20220515055102_panch-pokhari-lake-trek.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-15 17:50:20', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15234', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Spring Expedition begins after Icefall Doctors Fix Ropes on Everest', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on Saturday.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">May 9: This year's spring mountaineering expedition to Everest has started after the fixing of ropes on the world's highest peak by a group of Sherpa climbers completed on Saturday. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">As part of the rope fixing, mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa, 52, reportedly scaled the world's highest peak for a record 26th time, breaking his own previous record for climbing Mt Everest. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and the Department of Tourism confirmed the beginning of the mountaineering season from Saturday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At present, around 90 percent mountaineers at the Mt Everest Base Camp are waiting for the green signal to climb the peak, said Surya Prasad Upadhyay, director of the Department's mountaineering section. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"As part of the rope fixing, Kami Rita Sherpa reached atop Everest for a record 26 times. We will officially announce the news after verifying it," he said. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The department is expected to get the highest number of application for climbing Mount Everest as this season is favourable to scale the world's highest peak. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">A team of 11 Sherpa summiteers from the Seven Summit Treks Pvt Ltd successfully scaled the peak for rope fixing on Saturday evening at 6:55 pm. The team announced that Everest is ready for climbing. Last year, the spring climbing season started from April 27. -- RSS </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-09', 'modified' => '2022-05-09', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14977', 'image' => '20220509081240_Spring Expedition (6).jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-09 08:11:42', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15205', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Arrival of Tourists on the Rise', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">May 3: The tourism industry of Nepal is gradually recovering from the impact of COVID-19. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The available data suggest that tourist activities have increased lately. The arrival of tourists from outside the country is on the rise since the beginning of 2022. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to data obtained from Nepal Tourism Board, 58,348 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal in April which is 160 per cent more compared to the corresponding period of last year. The data shows that 22,450 people had visited the country in April 2021 when the second wave of Covid-19 had just started in Nepal. The government had imposed a ban on international flights in May last year due to which the arrival of tourists declined significantly. However, the situation has improved this year due to the decline in infection as well as lifting of restrictions.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">This year, most of the tourists visiting Nepal are from Ocenia followed by visitors from Europe, the NTB informed. According to the board, the number of tourists arriving from Ocenia (Australia and New Zealand) has increased by 2641.7 percent.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Meanwhile, 52, 633 tourists left the country during the review period. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to NTB, the arrival of tourists is gradually increasing after a significant fall in the two previous years due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The arrival of tourists at present is 53 percent of the figure of the pre-pandemic period. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">In March, the country welcomed 42,006 tourists from various countries while the number of tourists visiting Nepal in January and February stood at 16,975 and 19766 respectively. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NTB said its strategic marketing in international market and the initiatives of tourism entrepreneurs have contributed to the revival of the tourism sector. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-05-03', 'modified' => '2022-05-03', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14947', 'image' => '20220503113531_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-05-03 11:34:50', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15181', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => '109 Expedition Teams Granted Permission for Spring Expedition ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season. ', 'content' => '<p>April 28: A total of 109 teams have so far acquired mountaineering expedition permit for this spring season. <br /> According to the Department of Tourism under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, some of the expedition teams have kicked off their attempts to climb 25 peaks. The teams comprise 876 aspiring climbers from within the country and aboard. <br /> According to the Mountaineering Section of the department, 302 climbers of 38 teams have alone received permits to climb the world's highest peak Mt Everest measuring 8848.86 meters for this spring season. Likewise, 97 climbers of nine teams have been granted permission to climb Mt Ama Dablam (6,814 meters). <br /> Similarly, four teams will be attempting to scale Mt Annapurna (8,011 meters), Mt Nuptse (7,861 meters), Mt Makalu (8,463) while two teams will be climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8,167 meters). One team has been allowed to climb Mt Lhotse (8,516 meters). <br /> Likewise, four teams each have been granted permits to scale the Himlung Peak and the Dhambus Peak. <br /> The department has Rs 448.94 million in royalties by issuing mountaineering permits. -- RSS <br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-28', 'modified' => '2022-04-29', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14923', 'image' => '20220428123440_island-peak-climbing22.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-28 12:31:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15158', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourism Activities Increasing in Mustang', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace again.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">April 24: Tourism activities have increased in Mustang. Tourism activities which had slowed down due to Covid-19, is picking up pace again. For the past few days, the number of tourists going to and from Mustang via Myagdi has increased along the Beni-Jomsom road.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rishi Baral, head of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) at Jomsom, said that the arrival of domestic tourists has increased while foreign tourists have also started visiting Mustang. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"The number of foreign tourists visiting Mustang by road and air has increased," he said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">According to the District Traffic Police Office, 50 buses, 150 jeeps and 200 tourist vehicles enter Mustang daily through Myagdi.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Police Chief Indra Bahadur Nepali said that the Border Police Post at Kalipul Post and Bhurung Tatopani in Beni keep records of vehicles entering and leaving Mustang.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Access to vaccines against Covid-19 has led to a decline in infection rate, while the lifting of restrictions on tourist sites and favorable weather have led to increase in number of tourists.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tourists are flocking to Muktinath Temple, Kagbeni, Korala, Lo-Manthang, Jomsom, Dhumwa Lake and Lete. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Samjhana Thakali, a resident of Jomsom, said that those visiting the area include mothers’ group, forest users’ group, club members, cooperatives and students for educational purpose.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The road in Mustang has reached up to Korala pass on the Chinese border. The easy access to transportation has made travel costs cheaper and time shorter.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tourism activities in Mustang has been stagnant for the last two years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 in April 2020. Hotels and restaurants opened with millions of investment were slowed down due to lack of tourists. Entrepreneurs hope that the hotel business will return to its old rhythm with the increase in tourism activities.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Baburam Acharya, district president of the Hotel and Restaurant Entrepreneurs' Association, said that the businessmen of Myagdi were also relieved by the increasing movement of tourists going to and from Mustang.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-24', 'modified' => '2022-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14900', 'image' => '20220424035529_istockphoto-534638391-612x612.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-24 15:49:34', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15154', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourist Arrival on the rise in Langtang National Park', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased significantly. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 24: With the onset of spring season and the decline in number of Covid-19 cases, the number of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Langtang National Park in Rasuwa has increased significantly. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Chief Conservation Officer of Langtang National Park, Pramod Bhattarai, around 100 domestic and more than 20 foreign tourists have been arriving on a daily basis in Langtang and the Gosainkunda lake located in the upper region of Rasuwa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Majority of the domestic tourists opt to visit the holy shrine of Gosainkunda while foreign tourists have been visiting the Langtang valley for trekking in the surrounding mountains, the state-owned national news agency RSS quoted Bhattarai as saying. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to RSS, hotelier Pasang Ghurmi Tamang of Chandanbari shared that the Gosaikunda pilgrimage route has become more vibrant after the tourists started flocking to the otherwise deserted area. Hoteliers say that there is hope for economic recovery as the number of visitors continues to increase. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Apart from travelling by land, the attraction of devotees visiting Gosainkund by air is also increasing. The helicopter facility has made it easier for the senior citizens, who are unable to walk on foot, to visit this holy shrine, said a local priest Tanka Prasad Dhakal. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-24', 'modified' => '2022-04-24', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14896', 'image' => '20220424110255_Tourist Arrival (1).jpeg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-24 11:02:17', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15131', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Provision Requiring Cash for On-Arrival Visa Revoked ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time being. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 19: The provision requiring foreign tourists to possess cash for obtaining on-arrival visa at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has been revoked for the time being. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">It may be noted the Immigration Office at the TIA had issued a notice a few days ago asking tourists to carry cash equivalent to US dollar 200 to obtain on-arrival visa upon landing in Nepal. The office cited that it was facing issues with the electronic payment system and foreign tourists were expected to have cash to get the on-arrival visa. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The notice sparked widespread protest among the public. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The immigration office informed the provision has been removed for the time- being. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">TIA manager Prem Nath Thakur confirmed the previous decision has been revoked. It has been learnt that the airport authorities have initiated the process of installing ATM booths of Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB) at the immigration office since Monday. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the Immigration office, two ATM booths and two POS machines are to be added at TIA for convenience of foreign tourists. Prior to this, only one ATM booth of Prabhu Bank was available at the TIA to serve the tourists and the problem surfaced as the machine failed to read master cards. -- RSS </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-19', 'modified' => '2022-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14873', 'image' => '20220419054339_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-19 17:43:05', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15127', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Tourism Entrepreneurs urge Government to Facilitate Tourists', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">April 19: The tourism entrepreneurs have drawn the government's attention to facilitate the arrival of foreign tourists. They expressed concern that the notice issued by the Immigration Department has shown inconvenience and hassle in the service delivery to the tourists. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Issuing a joint press statement on Monday, the tourism associations argued that the notice issued by the department would earn negative reputation of the country in the international arena. The Immigration Department had issued the notice on Sunday stating that foreign tourists had to bring dollars physically for on-arrival visa, saying that ATM Lounge at Tribhuvan International Airport was not functional. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">Instead of introducing reforms and correcting weaknesses in the tourism sector for its recovery, the recent notice to the foreign tourists would cause a backlash and build negative image of the country, the tourism stakeholders argued. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">They urged the government to immediately make arrangements to facilitate the foreign tourists.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:18px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif"">The tourism associations that issued the joint statement include Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents, Hotel Association Nepal, Trekking Agency Association of Nepal, Nepal Mountaineering Association, and Nepal Association of Rafting Agencies. -RSS</span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-19', 'modified' => '2022-04-19', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14869', 'image' => '20220419120312_Tourism pokhara.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-19 12:02:22', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15114', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Foreign Tourists Urged to Pay for On-Arrival Visa in Cash due to Technical Glitches', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 17: The Immigration Office at the Tribhuvan International Airport has urged foreign tourists visiting Nepal to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash after facing problems in electronic transaction. The airport authorities said e-payment was cumbersome and sometimes there were technical glitches in the system. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA)’s Manager Prem Nath Thakur informed that tourists visiting Nepal had to stay in queue for three to four hours to pay their on-arrival visa fee due to malfunctioning of the software time and again. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Due to such hassles, the airport urged the Department of Immigration to make arrangements for the visiting foreigners to pay the fees in cash. Now, a notice in this regard has already been published, said Manager Thakur. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">At present, a large number of foreign tourists are visiting Nepal and there is only one ATM machine at the TIA, RSS further reported. Besides, technical problems were detected in course of e-payment through different medium. To avoid difficulties faced by the visiting foreign tourists, they have been asked to pay their on-arrival visa fee in cash. </span><br /> <span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Each visiting foreign tourist has to pay US$ 200 as fee for the on-arrival visa. </span></span></span><br /> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-17', 'modified' => '2022-04-17', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14856', 'image' => '20220417112619_Tourist.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-17 11:24:50', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15105', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => '689 Climbers Acquire Permits for Climbing Various Peaks for Spring Season ', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season. ', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">April 14: A total of 84 mountaineering teams have obtained permits to climb mountains and peaks in Nepal for this spring season. These expedition teams have 689 members. According to the state-owned national news agency RSS, the government collected royalties of over Rs 373 million as of April 13 by issuing the permits. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The expedition teams obtaining permissions for scaling 19 peaks including Mt Everest comprise people from 65 different countries including Nepal. Among them, 250 climbers including 194 males and 56 females from 45 countries will be attempting to scale the world's highest peak. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The government has collected royalties worth over Rs 310 million alone from permits issued to the climbers to scale Mt Everest.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">The Department of Tourism (DoT) is hopeful that the expedition teams will climb mountains this year as the threat from COVID-19 has declined significantly and the climate is favourble for climbing. It may be noted that 45 expedition teams had climbed mountains in the spring of 2021 amid threat of Covid-19, giving a big boost to the tourism industry battered by the pandemic. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Tourism entrepreneurs say they are somehow optimistic about the good indicators seen in the tourism sector with the decline in COVID-19 cases. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Outgoing chair of Nepal Mountaineering Association and noted tourism entrepreneur Aang Chhiring Sherpa said that the number of tourists is rising fradually.</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">"Although the number of climbers is relatively less this year than the previous year, it seems Nepal's mountain tourism is attracting more foreign climbers and it is indeed a noteworthy. The number is gradually rising," RSS quoted Shrepa as saying. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">How many climbers climbing which peak </span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Both Nepali and foreign climbers are continuously setting out for this season's expedition to scale Mt Everest after taking the permit. So far 250 climbers belonging to 31 expedition teams have alone acquired permission for climbing Mt Everest (8848.86 metres). </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Similarly, 64 climbers of nine expedition teams have acquired permission to climb Mt Lhotse (8516 metres), 65 climbers from six teams have taken permission for climbing Mt Amadablam (6814 metres) and 38 mountaineers of five expedition teams have got permission to climb Mt Kanchanjangha (8586 metres). </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Likewise, 38 mountaineers belonging to five groups have taken permission for climbing Mt Nuptse (7855 metres), 26 climbers of four groups have acquired permission to climb Mt Annapurna (8091 metres), two expedition teams have taken permission for climbing Mt Dhaulagiri (8167 metres), two teams for climbing Milung Chuli, and three mountaineering teams for climbing Bhemdong, Gangapurna and Thapa Peak, the Mountaineering Section of the DoT stated in a press release. </span></span></span></p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-14', 'modified' => '2022-04-14', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14847', 'image' => '20220414091903_maxresdefault.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-14 21:18:06', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ), (int) 14 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '15083', 'article_category_id' => '239', 'title' => 'Finance Minister Tells Nepali Ambassadors to Help in Tourism Promotion', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => 'April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign countries.', 'content' => '<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">April 11: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has instructed the heads of Nepal’s missions abroad to take initiative to send as much remittances as possible from Nepali nationals living in foreign countries. He also directed the diplomatic mission chiefs to take initiative to increase the visit of foreign tourists to Nepal. He gave such directives in a virtual meeting on Sunday afternoon with ambassadors, acting ambassadors, consul generals and heads of missions of more than two dozen countries.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Admitting that the government was under pressure to increase foreign exchange reserves and improve the balance of payments, Finance Minister Sharma said that all parties should work together during such crisis.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “We are under pressure to increase our foreign exchange reserves. You have to play a crucial role in this matter. Encourage the citizens to send money as remittances. Create an environment for more tourists to come to Nepal through various tourism promotion programs,” said Minister Sharma.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stating that the inflow of remittance from mid-March to mid-April was Rs 91 billion, Minister Sharma said that there is a need to increase the inflow of remittances. </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> “We are bringing various packages to increase remittances. Homework has been done to give a certain percentage of reservation in IPO and FPO to those who send remittance through formal channels,” the minister furthers stated.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Minister Sharma also said that an investment conference should be organized to create an environment for increasing foreign investment in Nepal. \</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“We are creating a linear modality that allows borrowing only when a larger project is being built and the loan can be repaid by the project itself. We have also made it easy for non-resident Nepalis to open accounts in dollars,” he added. Minister Sharma also asked the envoys to give suggestions for the kinds of products in demand in various countries and if they can be produced in Nepal.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,"sans-serif""><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini said that the economy is under pressure and the government is taking measures to improve it gradually. Speaking on the occasion, Acting Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank Neelam Dhungana pointed that the economy is under pressure and everyone needs to work together for improvement.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2022-04-11', 'modified' => '2022-04-11', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '14825', 'image' => '20220411030432_1649626116.3 Mantri prf.jpg', 'article_date' => '2022-04-11 15:03:53', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '34' ) ) ) $current_user = null $logged_in = false $xml = falsesimplexml_load_file - [internal], line ?? include - APP/View/Elements/side_bar.ctp, line 133 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::_renderElement() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 1224 View::element() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 418 include - APP/View/Articles/index.ctp, line 157 View::_evaluate() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 971 View::_render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 933 View::render() - CORE/Cake/View/View.php, line 473 Controller::render() - CORE/Cake/Controller/Controller.php, line 968 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 200 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/Cake/Routing/Dispatcher.php, line 167 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 117
| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
