SANTOSH POKHAREL

A growing garbage problem is plaguing the streets of Pokhara, a major tourist destination in Nepal. The tourist town’s waste collection has been disrupted for days due to the blockage of the disposal site by locals. The intersections where Pokhara’s main and inner roads meet are overflow...

According to Arun Parajuli, Forest Officer at the Division Forest Office in Manang, the fire broke out in the Timang forest on Saturday evening. Although the fire started near the Timang settlement, it does not currently pose any direct threat to the human settlement. However, Parajuli said that the...

By 2009, foreign tourist arrivals in Nepal surged to 599,956, with approximately 40 percent (203,000) of these tourists visiting Pokhara. Over the four-year period from 2005 to 2009, the share of foreign tourists visiting Pokhara doubled, from 20 percent to 40 percent.

Preparations to launch 'solo' flights

Global tourism improves by 98 percent

According to CAAN Joint Spokesperson Gyanendra Bhul, Himalaya Airlines has already submitted its schedule for the Pokhara-Lhasa route. “After almost two years, PRIA is finally preparing for international flights. Regular flights on this route could significantly boost the inflow of Chinese tou...

POKHARA, Feb 1: Air accidents in Nepal have recently slowed down the tourism business during the off-season entering Nepal in this off-season as well.

POKHARA, Jan 14: A helicopter carrying five leaders of the Nepali Congress including the party’s President Sher Bahadur Deuba made an emergency landing in Gorkha on Thursday due to foggy weather.