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Nepal Urges Travellers Not to Abandon the Himalayas after the Floods

After the deadly Bhotekoshi floods, Nepal's tourism minister urged travellers to keep visiting. Which trekking regions are open, what is affected in Rasuwa, and how visiting helps Nepal recover.

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2022
  1. Travel & tourism

    First Broad-Gauge Passenger Train Links India and Nepal at Janakpur

    On 2 April 2022, the prime ministers of Nepal and India flagged off the first passenger train on the 35 km broad-gauge line from Jaynagar in Bihar to Janakpur and Kurtha...
2021
  1. Travel & tourism

    Nepal Resumes Visas on Arrival and Ends Quarantine for Vaccinated Travellers

    From 23 September 2021, Nepal resumed on-arrival tourist visas and scrapped quarantine for fully vaccinated visitors with a negative PCR test, reopening for the autumn tr...
  2. Travel & tourism

    Rebuilt Dharahara Tower Inaugurated Six Years after Earthquake

    On 24 April 2021, the eve of the sixth anniversary of the 2015 earthquake, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the rebuilt Dharahara tower in central Kathmandu, thou...
2020
  1. Travel & tourism

    Nepal Records 1.19 Million Tourists in 2019, Its Best Year

    Nepal received about 1.19 million foreign tourists in 2019, a record, though growth slowed to 2% ahead of Visit Nepal 2020. COVID-19 closed borders months later.
  2. Travel & tourism

    Nepal Launches Visit Nepal 2020, Aiming for Two Million Tourists

    On 1 January 2020, Nepal launched Visit Nepal 2020 at Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu with the slogan "Lifetime Experiences", aiming for two million visitors, before the C...
2019
  1. Travel & tourism

    Nepal Welcomes More Than One Million Tourists in a Year for the First Time

    Official figures published in January 2019 showed that Nepal received more than one million foreign tourists in 2018 for the first time, a milestone that had been targete...
2011
  1. Travel & tourism

    Nepal Tourism Year 2011 Launched with a Target of One Million Visitors

    On 14 January 2011, Nepal launched Nepal Tourism Year 2011 at Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu, aiming to welcome one million tourists and show the world a peaceful Nepal a...