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Adventure and Events Nepal is organizing 'Open Wall Climbing Competition' in Pasang Lhamu Sports Climbing Center in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu. Open Wall Climbing Competition is a new potential event that could have devastating changes on tourism industry which will be occurring on 4th May 2019. Adventure lover, Students and non-students are welcome. This competition is only for beginner, so sorry for professional climber. Climbing Equipment such as Rope, Harness, Helmet, Belay Devices, Carabiners and Shoes will be by the venue included registration fee. Chief Guest will be Mr. Karna Bdr. Ghale, President of Trekking Guide Association of Nepal. Age: 15-30 Time: 09:00 A.M  Ticket: NPR 1000  Price Includes: Lunch and Certificates. Venue: Pasang Lhamu Sports Climbing center Dhumbarahi.  If you want to participate, you can call at 9847557794. For Bookings: You can Deposit Rs 1000 through Esewa Number: 9847557794, After Deposit you are suppossed to text your (Na...

Sudip Khatri, a growing tourism entrepreneur from Dudhkunda, Solukhumbu. Sudip Kc was born in a business family involved in tourism sector of Nepal. Besides business, Khatri's family members also worked in other jobs that brought additional income to the household. Discipline and hard work were part of the family culture. As business was in their family's tradition. Sudip worked for the Himalayan High Spirits Adventures, one of the famous travel agency in Kathmandu for adventure sports, tour and travel since 1999. He learnt lots of the business lessons in his academic years which was useful in starting his own business ventures in future. Sudip Khatri is 24 years old young freelancer and trekking guide who have established himself as a young entrepreneur in tourism sector. Where, tourism of Nepal is facing lots of problem like lack of infrastructure, political insurgencies,etc Sudip believe in high potential market of tourism products of Nepal. After joining BTTM (Bachelor...

Tourism Events and Research Center is organizing a tourism event which has a prime motive to promote the tourism in Nepal and in entire world. Tourism Events and Research Center (TERC) has been organizing these kinds of tourism events since its establishment. So, it is established as a unique organization that manages and hosts meetings, conventions, events, exhibitions etc. and other different programs that explores and promotes the natural diversities of the country along with its preservation. We have always intended to thrive the tourism business via different dimensions with our continuous effort and research in this sector with the ultimate vision of changing the trend of tourism prospects in Nepal. We have already organized various tourism events such as NepaliPLUS VIP Event access to Tourists and Expats living in Nepal. You can see the archive event in the following link https://tourismeventsnepal.com/category/events/past-events/ EVENT DETAILS Name of Event: Open You...

Tourism Events and Research Center has started a Travel Photo Contest 2018 from September 03, 2018 and end date of the event is November 05 2018. This contest is based on the interest of the participants and followed their travel photos snapped in their travelling in Nepal. Though, participants does not need to pay for the registration and no need to give plenty of time to engage in the event, some rules and terms of the event has been specified for participant by Tourism Events and Research Center as follows: Photo should be scenery and color Photo Should be full or half size Photo should be digital and JPG format Quality mobile photo will be accepted To participate & get more information, visit official Page of Tourism Events & Research Center (Click on the icon above to Visit) The main objective of organizing the contest is to promote tourism in Nepal by attracting public toward tourism through contest. The contest has very attractive magnetic prizes for t...

The new Airbus A330-200 acquired by Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has landed at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), today. In April last year, NAC had signed a purchase agreement with the United States-based AAR Corporation to buy two Airbus 330-200 series wide-body aircraft worth $209.6 million. Nepal is expected to receive the second Airbus by August. AAR Corporation is providing the aircraft to NAC in partnership with German Capital and Hi-Fly Airlines. The addition of 274-seater wide-body aircraft into the fleet of Nepal Airlines is expected to be a milestone in the country’s tourism industry as it will help Nepal Airlines — the national flag carrier — to expand its international flight destinations. NAC plans to start the first commercial flight with the new Airbus A330-200 aircraft to Dubai on August 1 and gradually to other popular destinations. Currently, NAC is conducting international flights through two narrow-body Airbus aircraft and one Boeing 757 to nine...

Travel Mart (HTM) 2018 concluded in Kathmandu on Sunday. The three-day travel mart saw participation of 52 buyers from 26 different countries and 52 sellers from Nepal, India, Bhutan, South Korea, Indonesia, Turkey and UAE, according to the organizers. One of the objectives of the event was building a sustainable road to five million visitors by 2030. Several speakers from different countries deliberated on the issue. Likewise, around 43 bloggers from 18 different countries participated in the event. All of them have provided an overall view of problems and solution for tourist destinations across the world. During the event, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Rabindra Adhikari, stressed on need for fostering cooperation between the government and the private sector for achieving economic prosperity through tourism. The organizers have claimed that HTM 2018 has succeeded in establishing Nepal as a destination for MICE tourism in the South Asia region. The eve...

Nepal’s hospitality industry has taken initiative to promote gastronomy tourism in Nepal. The Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), a grouping of hoteliers, has launched the campaign named Campaign to Globalize Nepalese Cuisines under which the HAN plans to internationalize 25 Nepali food items. The food items include: Kwanti, Sisne jhol, Phando, Jwano ko jhol, Pancha Kwa, Chukur khanda, Karesabari, Chukauni, Timure Aalu, Fulaura, Sekuwa, Sandheko, Tareko, Usineko, Pakku, Chhoyola, Mo:mo, Chatamari, WO, Jogi Bhat, Daal Bhat, Dhindi,Himali, Yomari, Sikarni and Dahiphal, according to HAN. “These items have been selected from around 200 items collected from different communities of the country,” Binayak Shah, secretary general of HAN, said on Wednesday. “The recipes for these items can be available across the globe.” It is the first ever effort from Nepal’s hospitality industry to attract tourists by promoting Nepal’s food items. “There are number of tourists who make trips around the world...

Two Nepali Sherpas broke their own world records for the most Everest summits by a man and a woman on Wednesday (May 16), reaching the world’s highest peak for a 22nd and ninth time respectively. Kami Rita Sherpa, a professional guide, and Lhakpa Sherpa, who works in a supermarket in Connecticut, reached the summit from opposite sides of the 8,848m (29,030 feet) mountain. Kami Rita, 48, was one of six sherpas who took seven clients to the summit from the Nepali side, Mingma Sherpa of Seven Summit Treks, who organised the expedition, told AFP. A guide for more than two decades, he broke the previous record of 21 summits that he shared with two other Sherpas. Kami Rita first reached the top of Everest in 1994 when working for a commercial expedition. “I did not start climbing to set a world record,” he told AFP last month before setting out for the mountain. “It wasn’t for any competition.” Lhakpa Sherpa, 44, reached the peak for a ninth time via the northern, Tibetan route, her ...

In a bid to promote Nepali signature heritage cuisine in global market, Nepal launched cook book and videos under the campaign “Globalizing Nepal Heritage Cuisine” on Monday. Amid a special program including cuisine display and tasting in Kathmandu, Nepali Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari launched the book and videos that feature Nepali food recipe including information on all ingredients and cooking methods. The move is a joint initiation of Nepal Tourism Board, Hotel Association Nepal, Chefs Association of Nepal and Restaurant and Bar Association of Nepal. With the help of the booklet and videos, Nepal also aims to position itself in the international market as a global food and gastronomy destination. “We need to promote Nepali food within the country first so that the foreign tourists visiting Nepal will taste it and later promote in their respective countries. It’s all about mixing food and tourism together,” Rabindra Adhikari said in the eve...

Nepal eyes 1.5 million tourists in 2020 with one third of them coming from China and India, Nepal’s Tourism Ministry has said. The country is set to organize the year 2020 as Visit Nepal Year. It will be the third national level initiative to promote Nepal’s tourism sector since the country first celebrated Visit Nepal Year in 1998 followed by the Nepal Tourism Year in 2011. In 2017, Nepal welcomed 940,218 foreign tourists. It expects a growth of foreign tourists by 30 percent every year since 2018 to meet the target of 1.5 million tourists by 2020. “China and India are two largest source markets for Nepal. But, there is still huge scope of more tourist arrivals from these two neighbours. So, our main focus of promotional activities will be China and India for Visit Nepal Year,” Krishna Prasad Devkota, secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation said on Tuesday. “We have not set any target of tourist arrivals from China and India for the Visit Nepal Year 20...

Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) plans to remain open for 21 hours a day to handle a growth in flights and provide incentives to air traffic controllers (ATCs) and other staff as compensation for the increased workload. The new schedule will be implemented from May 21, and airport authorities have proposed asking employees to work an hour extra daily as TIA suffers from a shortage of experienced manpower. Currently, the airport operates for 18 hours 30 minutes daily.Traffic congestion is also severe on the ground due to a limited number of parking bays. Experts said that TIA had turned into a ‘roll and hold’ airport as its existing infrastructure has not been able to cope with the rising travel demand. During the tourist season, March-May and September-November, TIA handles more than 500 flights daily, 75 percent of them domestic flights. The sole reason behind the congestion at TIA during the tourist season is Lukla flights. And if a flight to Lukla, the gateway to Everest,...