The government has listed a string of tourism and civil aviation achievements from the first 100 days in office, under Prime Minister Balendra Shah's administration, ranging from the approval of flydubai's regular flight schedule from Pokhara International Airport to the digitisation of mountaineering permit services and the launch of a national health tourism strategy — outlining what it describes as a period of significant policy and operational reform for the sector.
The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has commenced a two-day rock-climbing training at Bimal Nagar in Tanahun district, bringing professional mountain skills development out of Kathmandu and into Gandaki Province as part of its ongoing Professional Mountain Leader Fundamental Skills Training.
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 long-awaited Tourism Bill 2081 has attracted 263 amendment notices from 58 members of the House of Representatives, signalling that the legislation, which covers everything from hotel licensing and mountaineering permits to casino regulation and digital tourism, faces significant revision before it can be enacted.
The Nepal government has extended fee waivers for international flights at Pokhara International Airport (PIA) and Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) in Bhairahawa by two years, to mid-September 2028, in a renewed push to draw foreign carriers to the two long-underutilized airports outside the capital.
A US-manufactured drone has successfully completed high-altitude supply flights on Ama Dablam, months after Nepali authorities blocked a similar American drone from operating on Everest amid regulatory concerns and a broader US-China contest over drone technology in the Himalayas.
The first-look poster and official teaser of ‘Road To Everest’, a new documentary tracing a real-life journey from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest, have been released ahead of its Nepal premiere later this month.
Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Khadak Raj Paudel said today that new bills on Nepal’s civil aviation will be tabled soon in parliament.