Press Releases

The month of May 2013 saw resilience in visitor arrivals after decline in  the month of March and April, 2013. The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of May 2013, compared... Read More

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On April 27, 2013, a heated argument took place between three Sherpas who were fixing the top for Mt. Everest and three European climbers Jonathan Griffith(UK), Ueli Steck(Switzerland) and Simone Moro(Italy) in the Camp II over  asking them not to move in... Read More

The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of Feb 2013, compared to the same month last year, have increased by 6% to 45,123. Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have... Read More

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The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that the tourist arrivals reached 35,330 with 15.9% of decline in January this year compared to the same month last year. Major source markets have recorded negative... Read More

The total number of tourist arrivals by air in aggregate (Jan-Dec, 2012), compared to same period in 2011, have increased by almost 10% to 598,204.  The total tourist arrivals in 2012 were 598,204 that were 53,219 more visitors in same period (Jan-Dec) of... Read More

Former Prime Minister and Chairman of UCPN(Maoist) Pusupa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ launched a new tourist trekking trail, giving visitors the chance to retrace the guerrillas' footsteps on October 2.   The Guerrilla Trek, a two-week to four-week... Read More

The upward trend which is already seen in January 2012 continues in the eight months of the year 2012 showing clearly the rising travel demand towards the destination. Nepal has enjoyed a sustained positive growth in the international visitor arrivals since... Read More

As the May 28th deadline for promulgating the new Nepali constitution nears, the political situation here is expected to remain fluid. However, it has been our experience during past political disturbances that the movement of tourists, all over Nepal, has... Read More