Nepal's hotel industry has the capacity to serve four million tourists annually but is currently receiving only 1.2 million — a gap that Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) says costs the country jobs, investment and the chance to keep Nepali youth from seeking work abroad.
Mike Harker, Chief of Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, said that Nepal and the United States share strong ties between their climbing communities.
The Tourist Guide Association of Nepal (TURGAN) has elected a new executive committee at its 33rd Annual General Assembly, held at Nepal Pragya Pratisthan on July 11.
Maheshwor Bhakta Shrestha has been appointed as Executive Chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation, with the additional responsibility of Managing Director, as a Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday at Singhadurbar decided.
Nepal's hotel industry has the capacity to serve four million tourists annually but is currently receiving only 1.2 million — a gap that Hotel Association Nepal (HAN) says costs the country jobs, investment and the chance to keep Nepali youth from seeking work abroad.
Mike Harker, Chief of Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, said that Nepal and the United States share strong ties between their climbing communities.
The Tourist Guide Association of Nepal (TURGAN) has elected a new executive committee at its 33rd Annual General Assembly, held at Nepal Pragya Pratisthan on July 11.
Nepali mountaineer Abiral Rai has successfully summited Mount Elbrus (5,642m), Europe's highest peak, becoming the first climber from the Thulung Rai community to achieve the feat.
Six of Nepal's leading mountaineering organisations have jointly urged the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) to restart its Basic Mountaineering Training (BMT) and Advanced Mountaineering Training (AMT) courses, which have remained suspended since 2019, warning that the gap is undermining the pipeline of skilled mountain professionals in the country.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sustainable Tourism Project (STP) — a joint initiative of the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nepal — to run a series of specialised mountaineering training programmes across three of Nepal's most iconic Himalayan regions.
Mike Harker, Chief of Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, said that Nepal and the United States share strong ties between their climbing communities.
The Tourist Guide Association of Nepal (TURGAN) has elected a new executive committee at its 33rd Annual General Assembly, held at Nepal Pragya Pratisthan on July 11.
The Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) Gandaki has issued an urgent appeal following severe flooding and landslides in the Annapurna trekking region, triggered by continuous rainfall over the past several days.
Maheshwor Bhakta Shrestha has been appointed as Executive Chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation, with the additional responsibility of Managing Director, as a Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday at Singhadurbar decided.
The Airlines Operators Association of Nepal (AOAN) and the Aeronautical Society of Nepal (AeSN) have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance the unified development, safety, and modernisation of Nepal's aviation sector, the two organisations announced.
The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has welcomed the announcement of daily direct flights between Pokhara and Dubai by flydubai, set to commence from September 23, 2026, calling it a major breakthrough for international air access to Nepal's tourism capital.
Seventy volunteers removed 55 sacks of waste from trekking routes around Pisang in Manang during a one-day cleanup campaign, covering ground from Swargadwari Bridge to Ngoro Danda and from Upper Pisang to the Pisang-Ghyaru Bridge.
A wildlife survey in the Manang Ngisyang Block has found the Blue Sheep, locally known as Naur, population to be healthy and stable, a result conservationists say reflects sustained habitat protection efforts in the Annapurna Conservation Area.
The Annapurna Conservation Area Project's Unit Conservation Office in Manang has completed a three-day cleanup campaign along one of Nepal's most popular trekking routes, collecting around 75 sacks of waste from the trail between Tanki Manang and Thorong La Pass.
As the dust settles on the busiest climbing season Mt Everest has ever seen, the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) has wrapped up its Spring 2026 cleanup campaign with a staggering 90,329 kg of waste hauled off the world's highest mountain, and a clear signal that Everest rangers will remain at the centre of its strategy going forward.
The Polish extreme skier Andrzej Bargiel has finally announced the success of his ambitious project – skiing down from the summit of Nanga Parbat in Pakistan without using supplemental oxygen.
Colorado State has officially proclaimed May 29 as Sherpa Appreciation Day, honouring the extraordinary contributions of the Sherpa community to mountaineering, humanitarian work, and the cultural fabric of the American state
Visiting United States Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor on Friday officially unveiled the “Ultra X Gen 2” American cargo drone built by Freefly Systems at Everest Base Camp.
The installation of the world’s highest automatic weather station had made headlines globally in 2022, but it turned out to be rubbish in just four years.
On the occasion of World Protein Day, health experts and officials in Nepal are calling on the public to ignore persistent myths about the poultry industry and recognize chicken and eggs as safe, affordable, and vital sources of protein.
A ten-year-old football fan from Kathmandu has become one of Nepal's youngest ambassadors at the FIFA World Cup 2026, travelling 8,500 miles to Dallas to watch Argentina play live — and taking Nepal's flag and a Visit Nepal banner along for the ride.
The New York State Assembly has issued a formal proclamation honouring Urgen Sherpa, a Nepali community organiser, Buddhist scholar and advocate, for more than two decades of service to Himalayan and immigrant communities in New York City.
Women remain severely underrepresented across all sectors of tourism transport, in the air, on land and on water, with legal, cultural and structural barriers continuing to block their access to decent work, career advancement and leadership roles, according to a new global report released jointly by UN Tourism and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).
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