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Tourism spotlighted as key driver for economic diversification at UN LLDC3 Conference
14 August 2025Tourism emerged as a central theme for economic transformation at the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3), where global experts underscored its potential to diversify economies, create jobs, and foster inclusion.
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ClimbingNepal opens 97 western peaks with free climbing permits for two years
13 August 2025In a major push to promote adventure tourism in its far-western Himalayas, Nepal has announced a two-year waiver on climbing permit fees for 97 peaks in Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces.
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ClimbingNMA to organize Summer Skill Course for professional mountain guides
13 August 2025The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has announced that it will organize the Summer Skill for Professional Mountain Guide Course–2025 from August 14 to September 16, 2025, based on the newly approved curriculum of the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT).
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Travel & LeisureModern Mustang – A trek in the once-forbidden Himalayan kingdom
12 August 2025Sometimes it is a person or place that sets the tone of a trip. For me, it was a wall. More specifically, a 1,000-foot-long rock wall that divided some buckwheat crops from the wild Himalayan peaks beyond.
