| Trekkers rescued from Lukla |
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| The government on November 20 rescued trekkers who were stranded in Lukla for over a week due to cancellation of flights owing to bad weather. Choppers of Nepal Army and some private companies airlifted the trekkers to Kathmandu. |
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| Budget prioritizes NTY 2011 |
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| The budget for fiscal year 2010/11, which the budget issued as ordinance on November 20, has announced incentives and heavy investment in tourism infrastructure to boost visitors’ arrival. The government has put Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign, which is starting from January, 2011, in high priority. |
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| Mechanical faults behind Agni Air crash: Report |
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| The investigation team formed to investigate Agni Air crash that killed 14 people, including six foreigners, said on November 21 that mechanical faults were to be blamed for the crash. |
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| Clothing bank opens in Lukla |
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| Clothing bank opens in Lukla As a part of launching different welfare schemes for trekking workers, Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN) has brought into operation a clothing bank in Lukla of Solukhumbu district. |
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| Stranded tourists rescue from Lukla |
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| More than 1500 tourists and passengers stranded at Lukla, only airport for Everest region for more than a week have been rescued today with the help of the Army helicopters and other helicopters and airplanes operated by private airlines. |
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| Udhouli Parba ( Kirant Parba) |
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Udhouli festival is celebrated by Kirat, Rai and Limbu ethnic groups during the harvest season which falls in the month of November/December, mainly to exhibit the gratefulness to the nature for the plentiful harvest and to receive the approval to harvest from the land. |
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| Mount Everest Gets 3G Service Provide by Ncell |
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| Of all the places to get away from the connected world, you would think that Mount Everest would be a pretty good bet. That's about to change, however, with the announcement that wireless provider Ncell has successfully launched 3G services in the Mount Everest area. |
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| Youths collecting donation from tourists in net |
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| Police on October 25 took two Maoist cadres under control for forcefully collecting ‘donation’ from trekkers in Lakuridanda in Dolakha district. Travel trade entrepreneurs have taken the incident as the positive move ahead of Nepal Tourism Year The police swung into action after the tourists informed police headquarters about the forceful donation collection. The police headquarters then informed Dolakha police that within two hours arrested the youths and returned Rs 10,000 collected from two microbuses ferrying the tourists to Jiri. |
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| 19th time Everester goes missing in Baruntse |
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| Veteran Nepali mountaineer Chewang Nima Sherpa, who is one summit short of equaling the record of most summits on Mt Everest, has gone missing after an avalanche struck his expedition team on the slopes of Baruntse (7,129m). |
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| Visit Nagarkot campaign to be organized during NTY 2011 |
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| Tourism entrepreneurs in Nagarkot are preparing to organized ‘Visit Nagarkot’ campaign to attract more visitors to the popular hill destination in Bhaktapur district during Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign. |
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| NTY campaign promoted in Singapore |
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| Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) along with four private companies promoted Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 campaign among international travel trade and media representatives during the three-day ITB Asia trade fair that concluded in Singapore on October 22. |
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| Nepali, Bangla climbers conquer virgin peak |
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| A joint team of Nepali and Bangladeshi mountaineers successfully scaled the previously unclimbed Mt Chekigo (6257m) on October 18. The peak located in eastern Nepal will officially be named the Nepal-Bangladesh Friendship Peak. |
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| The executive meeting of Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) held on September 27 has rescheduled its 32nd annual general meeting (AGM) to October 12. Earlier, the umbrella association of trekking agencies in the country had decided to hold the AGM on September 29. |
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| Ban on tourists to Upper Mustang lifted |
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| The people of Upper Mustang have decided to withdraw their decision to prohibit the entry of tourists to the Upper Mustang after the government assured to address the demands raised by them. "The government has, albeit lately, addressed the demands raised by the people of Upper Mustang. Keeping in view the upcoming Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign, special requests by TAAN and negative impact that the decision could make in our tourism industry, we have decided to completely withdraw our decision of prohibiting the entry of tourists to the Upper Mustang from October 1," read a statement issued by the Upper Mustang Youth Society on Sunday. |
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| Three new trekking routes unveiled on World Tourism Day |
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| Three new trekking routes unveiled on World Tourism Day Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation launched three new trekking trails as a part of celebrating 31st World Tourism Day in Kathmandu on 27 September. |
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Dec. 11, 2010
Travels & Tours, Trekking & Expeditions.