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Tourism entrepreneurs advocate free visa policy to boost tourist arrivals in Nepal

KATHMANDU, March 19: Although the government aims to attract more foreign tourists, inadequate policies have hindered this effort. Stakeholders point out that while countries with high tourist inflow have simplified entry permits, Nepal's restrictions to a few countries have stifled tourism growth.

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Nepal International Tourism Fair to be held

KATHMANDU, JANUARY 29: The Nepal International Tourism Fair is going to be held to publicize the tourist destinations of Nepal at the international level. The fair is going to be organized from May 31 to June 1 to promote the tourism sector of Nepal globally, said Bishnu Pandey of Summit Event and Market Limited, the […] The post Nepal International Tourism Fair to be held appeared first on Aarthiknews:: A leading business & economic news portal from Nepal.

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Tourism surge: Over 117,000 tourist arrivals set new monthly record

Nepal welcomed over 117,306 tourists. This figure sets a historic record for the number of tourists visiting Nepal in a month. The post Tourism surge: Over 117,000 tourist arrivals set new monthly record appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

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Tourist Bus Nepal app launched

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: An app, 'Tourist Bus Nepal', has been launched for the convenience of visitors in booking bus tickets to various tourism destinations. The app was developed by the Tourist Bus Association of Nepal (TBAN), the common organisation of tourist bus entrepreneurs.

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NTB reports over 99,000 tourist arrivals in March, indicating industry recovery from COVID-19 pandemic

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190,739 tourists visit Nepal in first five months of 2022

KATHMANDU, June 3: A total of 190,739 tourists have visited Nepal in the first five months of the year 2022. According to the Nepal Tourism Board  as many as 53,608 tourists arrived in Nepal in the month of May while the number of tourist arrivals in April was 58,384. Director of Nepal Tourism Board Maniraj Lamichhane said that the tourism industry in the country has recovered by almost 75 per cent compared to the time prior to COVID-19 outbreak. Tourism industry in the country was severely hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   According to Director Lamichhane, the country has witnessed a positive growth in tourist arrivals from Bangladesh and Europe for the recovery of tourism.

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Over 150,000 foreign tourists in 2021

A total of 150,962 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal during 2021, said the Nepal Tourism Board. The Board shared that it is 25 percent less than the number of tourist entering Nepal in 2020.

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Over 150,000 foreign tourists in 2021

A total of 150,962 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal during 2021, said the Nepal Tourism Board. The Board shared that it is 25 percent less than the number of tourist entering Nepal in 2020.

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Over 150,000 foreign tourists in 2021

A total of 150,962 foreign tourists arrived in Nepal during 2021, said the Nepal Tourism Board. The Board shared that it is 25 percent less than the number of tourist entering Nepal in 2020.

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World Tourism Day 2021: Five must-know tourism facts of Nepal

ITAHARI, September 27: Today, the entire world is in festive mood of the World Tourism Day 2021. The slogan for this years' celebration is 'Tourism for Inclusive Growth'. World Tourism Day celebration began from 1980. September 27 is chosen to commemorate the day of the statutes of World Tourism Organization of 1970, the United Nations Organizations responsible for tourism sector.  UNWTO was established on 1 November 1975. In the same year, Nepal got its membership making it one of the founding states of UNWTO. Headquartered at Madrid of Spain, UNWTO is Nepal's UN partner for tourism activities.  Before talking about, Nepal's tourism world, it is required to know some important facts and figures of it. Here are some of them.  1. Nepal's tourism history is associated with Himalayan adventures In the early days of 1950s, Nepal started to issue climbing permits to foreign adventures to scale Nepal's unclimbed tallest peaks of the planet. During the Premiership of last Rana Prime Minister Mohan Shumsher, Nepal permitted French team to scale either Dhaulagiri or Annapurna. The French team led by Maurice Herzog scaled Mt. Annapurna, the tenth tallest peak in the planet and the first one among the eight thousand plus meters of height, on 3 June 1950. Two historic climbing partners were Herzog and his friend Louis Lachenal.  Sherpa Sirdar Ang Tharkay helped them make this historic human record on the Himalayas. That dawned the development of Nepal's tourism. According a report by New York Times, the Annapurna ascent book authored by Herzog titled 'Annapurna' was sold 11 million copies until 2000. According to a report by France24, a French Government-run media outlet, Annapurna was translated into 40 languages.  The book was also listed among 100 adventure books of all time by National Geographic Magazine. This worked as catalysts to brand and expand Nepal's international glamour.   After the historic summit on Everest on 29 May 1953 by Nepal's Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary, it got further global attention paving the way for Nepal's rapid tourism promotion all around the world.  2. Arrival of passport-carrying tourism began from 1955  Despite early entry of adventure tourists in Nepal in the name of Himalayan expeditions, the first batch of passport-carrying tourists came only in 1955. The trip was managed by Kolkata-based Thomas Cook and Sons, the the very famous travel agency.  The visit was managed by Boris Lisanevich, the first tourism entrepreneur in Nepal who had established Nepal's first tourist class hotel named 'Royal Hotel' which was located at the today's Election Commission office of Kathmandu. Boris, a Ukrainian living in Kolkata of India, had befriended King Tribhuwan  during his occasional visits at Kolkata, had established the 40-room iconic hotel in partnership with Basundhara, the son of Tribhuwan. A  book on Boris tiled 'Tiger for Breakfast' details this connection. Boris had persuaded newly crowned King Mahendra whose coronation ceremony was held on 2 May 1955.  A group of elderly women were first batch of passport-carrying tourists in Nepal. Boris had managed their stays, accommodations and travelling inside Nepal.  3. Delay in maintaining tourism statistics and the arrival curve  Nepal only started to make strong record keeping of tourist arrival from 1964.  No strong tourism statistics is available before 1964. In addition, about the length of stay, this was only recorded properly since 1973.  The growth of tourists in Nepal is in snail's pace. In 1964, the arrival digit was 9526. Nepal only reached the one million mark in 2018. That year, Nepal welcomed 1,173,072.  Year 2019 received highest number of tourists in the tourism history of Nepal. 1,197,191 tourists made their footfalls in Nepal that year. The year 2020 is very troubling year in the tourism history of Nepal as was the case all over the world owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, just 230,085 tourists arrived in Nepal, said Nepal Tourism Board. It was 80 percent lesser than the previous year.  4.Tourism authority was latecomer in Nepal's tourism world  Nepal welcomed foreign tourists from 1950s. It got UNWTO membership in 1975. The Ministry of Tourism was constituted after three years of UNWTO entry in 1978. Nepal Tourism Board was established in 1998.  These dates speak volumes about Nepal's slow pace towards institutional development in Nepal's tourism world which hampered a lot in terms of legislation and strong regulation, research as well as record-keeping.  5.The mixed stories of thee Visit Nepal Year campaigns  In the almost seven-decade-long tourism history of Nepal, there are three major global tourism promotion of Nepal. They were promoted in the name of Visit Nepal Year.  The historic Visit Nepal Year was held on 1998. There were sic major objectives of this pioneering tourism celebration. Which aimed to brand Nepal as the new tourism destination in the world and to increase stays in Nepal. Visit Nepal 1998 slogan was: A World of Its Own. The year did not made drastic difference in terms of arrival. Just 9.9 percent growth was recorded compared to previous year of 1997. In 1997 also, the growth rate was 7.2 percent. In 1998, a total of 463,684 tourists came in Nepal.  According to The Government-unveiled Nepal Tourism Statistics, in terms of stays, the average length of stay was increased from 10.49 days to 10.76 days.  Nepal celebrated its second major Visit Nepal Year 2011 targeting one million tourist arrival. Tragically, only 736, 215 tourists came in Nepal. However, the average length of stay from previous year was increased from 12.67 days to 13.12 days. The tourism growth was 22.1 percent which was little more compared its previous year's growth rate of 18.2 percent.  The slogan of Visit Nepal Year 2011 was 'Together for Tourism'.  The scheduled Visit Nepal 2020, with an aim to lure 2 million tourists, was ravaged by COVID-19 pandemic. Despite early optimism and grand inauguration of Visit Nepal Year of 2020 with the tagline of 'Lifetime Experience', the overall arrival that year was just 230,085.

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World Tourism Day to be celebrated physically

KATHMANDU, September 17: The 42nd World Tourism Day on September 27 is to be celebrated in Nepal also by organizing various programmes. The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and bodies under it as well as the stakeholder organisations are preparing to mark the occasion physically this time amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by following the health safety protocols.     The Ministry officials and the chiefs of bodies under it held a virtual meeting recently in that connection. Tourism Secretary Yadav Prasad Koirala chaired the meeting which held discussions on celebrating the World Tourism Day in a grand manner.  The WTD is being commemorated this year around the slogan of 'Tourism for Inclusive Growth.' World Tourism Day, celebrated each year on 27 September, is the global observance day fostering awareness of tourism’s social, cultural, political and economic value and the contribution that the sector can make towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. Senior Director of Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), Hikmat Singh Aiyer said a formal programme would be organized at the NTB's auditorium. According to NTB data, more than 66 thousand tourists arrived in Nepal in the last eight months of 2021. The tourist arrivals in 2020 was only 230 thousand 85 for the whole year. It was one million 197 thousand 191 in 2019.

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