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Nepal is hoping to welcome tourists back to the country in time for the next trekking season in the autumn Nepal is hoping to welcome tourists back to the country in time for the next trekking season in the autumn, with attractions being rebuilt and trekking routes in the foothills of Mount Everest reopening. Following the recent devastating earthquakes that killed more than 9,000 people, most hotels and restaurants in Nepal shut down, tourism numbers fell significantly and thousands of porters were left out of work. “It has been hard,” said Sujan Sijapati, operations manager for Intrepid Travel in Nepal. "The earthquake meant that the season finished early and we’ve already written off the coming month to focus on rebuilding for the coming season." Two trekking routes, including the popular Langtang trekking route, were closed and hotels damaged in the quakes on April 25, the worst natural disaster in the country since 1934, and its aftershock on May 12, w...

Nepal tourism appoints son of Edmund Hillary to promote Everest mission Published on : Saturday, May 30, 2015 After the Earthquake Nepal’s Everest missions has taken a back seat as people are weary to scale the peaks in fear of avalanches. The Nepal government on May 28, 2015 observed the international Everest Day marking the conquest of the world’s highest peak by Edmund Hillary and Tanzing Norgey Sherpa 62 years ago. The day was observed with intentions of reviving tourism in the country. In a bid to call back tourists the Nepalese Tourism Minister Kripasur Sherpa appealed to international tourists to visit the country. He assured them that there are still many safe and beautiful places which include heritage and cultural sites along with trekking trails that have remained intact despite the devastating earthquakes. The minister looked for support from the private sector. He felt that together the public and private sector can rebuild the losses that Nepal has met w...

They will never be the same, but they will definitely be better. Nepal was, is and will always remain the leading adventure destination of the world! April 25, 2015 was undeniably a black day for the people of Nepal. The earthquake claimed over 8,000 lives; left more than 15,000 people injured; turned houses and heritage sites into rubble and brought thousands of people under the open sky. For those who had the narrowest escape; the fear and the near-to-death experience will, forever remain in their hearts and minds and haunt for months and years to come by. The pain and the grief caused by the loss is inevitable. In such a scenario, picking oneself up and moving on towards the normal lifestyle is very much difficult and challenging. However, despite all the hardships and the challenges, people have to bounce back to normalcy and life has to go on. For this to happen, the people of Nepal need your aid; not in cash or kind, but in the form of jobs. Wondering how? It’s easy. Come,...

The Great Earthquake on April 25 shook all of us. As of yet, the death toll has climbed to 7,000 and the extent of the damage is expected to be in the billions. In Kathmandu, though many have moved back into their homes, continuing aftershocks have contributed to an environment of fear. Rumours still swirl of another impending big quake. There is no need to panic, cautions Deepak Chamlagain , a seismologist who has been researching earthquakes in the Himalayan region for close to 15 years. Pranaya SJB Rana spoke to Chamlagain, who was resident disaster management expert at the New Delh-based Saarc Disaster Management Centre, about the possibilities of another big quake striking soon, the implications of the continuing aftershocks, and the preparatory measures we need to take for the future. The question that has been on everyone’s mind since the Great Earthquake seems to be: what are the possibilities of another big quake striking Nepal in the coming weeks and months? The p...

Tiji Festival is an age old convention being done in the Upper Mustang area since quite a while back. Flowed around the Tiji myth, this celebration is prominent, not just among the occupants of the Upper Mustang district, yet is picking up overall distinguishment among travelers everywhere throughout the world. Amalgamated with the perfectly mysterious Upper Mustang Trek, the Tiji Festival can be seen with full pizazz amid the month of May. Starting 2016, the celebration will be hung on fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth of May, a three day convention. Lo Manthang is the capital of this positively extraordinary locale installed in Nepal, however confined totally regarding conventions and societies from whatever remains of the world. Untouched by the domains of urbanization and modernization, trekking the region obliges uncommon grant from an enlisted trekking organization. This dry parched district is generally without downpour and the Tiji Festival is completed to spare the a...

When people talk about trekking in Nepal, there's one question on everyone's lips. How high did you go? That's more than just bravado – with Nepal's tortuous topography, altitude is something you have to think about every day. Trails in Nepal climb higher than the summits of the tallest mountains in Europe, and conquering the high passes of the Himalaya is a badge of honour for any hiker worth their hiking boots. Part of the glory of trekking in the Himalaya is how high you can go – because of the latitude, the snowline starts higher than the summits of many mountains further away from the Equator. However, this is not an environment to be take lightly, as the events in Annapurna National Park on 12 October 2014 tragically demonstrated. Dozens of trekkers perished after blizzards struck the upper stages of the Annapurna circuit in Nepal's worst ever trekking disaster. On any trek, it is essential to make sure you are properly equipped for the condi...