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Declining visitor numbers threaten peak tourism season

Kathmandu, March 3 -- A haphazard decision to close the Kathmandu airport, Nepal's key gateway, for 10 hours daily has begun to take a toll on the country's tourism sector, marking the first decline i... Read More


Domestic air travel rebounded in 2024

Kathmandu, Feb. 25 -- Domestic air travel, which faced severe setbacks due to the economic slowdown, high taxes, and crashes in 2023, experienced a revival in 2024, achieving a 7.72 percent year-on-ye... Read More


Kathmandu airport nears 5 million international flyers

Kathmandu, Feb. 13 -- International passenger traffic at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) has surged nearly fivefold since 2000, when it handled just a million flyers. In 2024, the a... Read More


Budget trimmed by 9 percent, citing low spending capacity

Kathmandu, Feb. 7 -- The government has reduced the annual budget by 9 percent, acknowledging its inability to fully use the allocated funds. It did so through a mid-term budget review presented on Th... Read More


Nepal bans solo expeditions on Everest and other 8000ers

Kathmandu, Feb. 5 -- Nepal has officially ended solo expeditions on Everest and other 8,000-metre peaks by amending its mountaineering regulations. The Sixth Amendment was implemented on Tuesday foll... Read More


Two long-delayed civil aviation bills return to federal parliament

Kathmandu, Feb. 3 -- Tourism Minister Badri Prasad Pandey re-registered two long-pending civil aviation bills in the lower house of Parliament on Sunday-three years after their passage by the upper ho... Read More


Nepal adds six new 8000ers, raising its official tally to 14

Kathmandu, Feb. 1 -- How many mountains towering above 8,000 metres does Nepal have? Official records once listed eight, but that figure has now grown. The Nepal government has updated its peak profi... Read More