KATHMANDU, July 22: Yogesh Bhattarai, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, has directed his staff to submit the progress of their performance agreement within a week.

KATHMANDU, May 21: In a bid to compensate the losses incurred by the country’s tourism industry due to COVID-19, Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has recommended to the government to make a policy level intervention. To make up for the losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, NTB has asked the government to shift its focus on domestic tourism by introducing Leave Travel Concession (LTC), under which companies provide travel leave to their employees.