eTravelPress

27/09/2020

The task force will be a common entity of the government and the private sector. It will cooperate and align the rational, responsible, progressive, and constructive advocacy with the government and decision-making authorities in tourism on how best Nepal’s tourism sector can adapt with and recover from the COVID-19 crisis and also work for better collaborations with key authorities/organizations

Nepal forms task force to bring tourism back on track ETravelPress | September 27, 2020 Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation unveils logo of a campaign launched to promote domestic tourism. In an attempt to breathe life into the tourism industry battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal l...

13/03/2020

Climbing season for Spring 2020 is over !

http://etravelpress.com/news/nepal-shuts-mount-everest-other-peaks-due-to-coronavirus/

21/01/2020

The eight tourists, who were a part of a 15-member entourage, staying at Everest Panorama Resort in Daman , were airlifted to Kathmandu on Tuesday morning after all of them were found unconscious in their hotel room. A chopper of Kailash Air had airlifted them to HAMS Hospital in Mandikhatar.

Remaining seven members of the entourage are fine.

Eight Indians found unconscious in Daman hotel confirmed dead ETravelPress | January 21, 2020 File photo of Everest Panorama Resort in Daman, Makwanpur. Eight Indian tourists, who were found unconscious in a hotel room in Daman, Makwanpur, on Tuesday morning, have been confirmed dead. The eight tour...

07/09/2019

Khum Subedi has been elected president of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN)

Khum Subedi elected TAAN president ETravelPress | September 7, 2019 Khum Bahadur Subedi of Unique Adventure Treks International Ltd has been elected the president of Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN). In the election for the new executive held in Kathmandu on Friday, Subedi defeated h...

06/09/2019

Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) -- the largest association in the tourism sector in terms of members base -- is holding an election to elect a new executive committee for a two-year term today.. Former treasurer Kumar Thapa and incumbent senior vice president Khum Subedi are leading their respective panels in the election.

TAAN election today ETravelPress | September 6, 2019 Two panels of leftist and democratic forces led by Anjan Thapa and Khum Bahadur Subedi, respectively, contesting the election   Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) is holding an election for new leadership on Friday. The election has...

31/07/2019

The new job, however, will not be a cakewalk for this promising young leader. Ailing Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), which has been failing to make proper use of the four newly-procured Airbus series aircraft, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) expansion works, and the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign will be his foremost challenges. Yogesh Bhattarai

Yogesh Bhattarai appointed tourism minister ETravelPress | July 31, 2019 The government has appointed Yogesh Bhattarai as the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Bhattarai is a standing committee member of the ruling Nepal Communist Party and a lawmaker representing Taplejung district....

09/07/2019

Holding election is a normal democratic practice. But, in tourism industry in general and TAAN in particular, election is much more than that. It’s a nearly Rs 5 million show-off, with TAAN Secretariat spending nearly Rs 2.5 million to hold the election and contesting panels spending nearly Rs 2-2.5 million on series of dinners and cocktail parties to woo voters.

Thamel warms up for TAAN election ETravelPress | July 9, 2019   Thamel — the tourist hotspot in Kathmandu — is getting warmer with every passing day after Nepal’s largest tourism association — Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) — announced dates for election for its new exec...

04/07/2019

Number of five-star hotel rises to 15

Number of five-star hotels rises to 15 ETravelPress | July 4, 2019 The number of five-star hotels in the country has risen to 15 after Aloft Kathmandu Thamel got approval from the Department of Tourism on Monday. Aloft Kathmandu Hotel will be managed by Aloft Hotels — a US-based hotel chain owned ...

07/04/2019

event of April features photographs by widlife photographer Sagar Giri. is a regular monthly event of Nepal Tourism Board

features wildlife photographs ETravelPress | April 7, 2019 Wildlife photographs taken by Chitwan-based photographer Sagar Giri are on display at Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) as part of its monthly event. “The new series of is began on April 5 with works of renowned...

26/03/2019

Pk Sherpa and his 14-year-old son Sonam have announced an ambitious plan to climb Seven Summits to raise awareness about the pressing need to save mountains. Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN), among others, are supporting the ambitious plan.

Nepali father-son duo out to climb Seven Summits ETravelPress | March 26, 2019 PK Sherpa with his son Sonam. A Nepali father-son duo has unveiled an ambitious plan to climb highest mountains of all seven continents. The duo also aims at raise awareness about the pressing need to save mountains which...

12/12/2018

The PAC formed the sub-committee based on a monitoring report prepared by the Public Procurement Monitoring Office (PPMO), after studying the all documents related to procurement of the aircraft.

PAC forms sub-committee to look into wide-body procurement ETravelPress | December 12, 2018 File photo of Airbus A330-200 series aircraft of Nepali Airlines Corporation. The Public Accounts Committee of (PAC) has formed a sub-committee under the leadership of Nepali Congress lawmaker Rajan KC to pro...

23/07/2018

Nepali tourism industry has lost its doyen today! Rest in peace Tek Chandra Sir. Condolences to Ashok Pokharel and bereaved family members.

Senior entrepreneur Tek Chandra Pokharel passes away ETravelPress | July 23, 2018 Late Tek Chandra Pokharel Senior tourism entrepreneur Tek Chandra Pokharel passed away in Kathmandu this morning. He breathed his last at Om Hospital, Kathmandu. The veteran entrepreneur was associated with Nepali tour...