NEW DELHI, April 8: India has received 6.19 million foreign tourists last year, as compared to 1.52 million in 2021, the Tourism Ministry said on Friday.

KATHMANDU, July 22: Mayor of Pokhara Metropolitan City, Dhan Raj Acharya has been named as a member of a thematic committee under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

KATHMANDU, June 8: The Technical Committee formed earlier for revival of tourism by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has been dissolved.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation on Thursday formed a committee to carry out an investigation into irregularities in charter flights made for rescuing Nepali migrant workers from gulf countries during the first and second wave of coronavirus pandemic.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28 : Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai has directed the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal to reconsider the license of self-ground handling for the Himalaya Airlines.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation is proposing a two-day holiday a week plan for the promotion of domestic tourism in the country. The ministry will make the proposal to the Council of Ministers.

KATHMANDU, Aug 25: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has achieved 60 percent progress in the last fiscal year 2019/20, according to Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai.

KATHMANDU, June 15: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has deferred Air Arabia’s request to operate a special charter flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nepal citing overpricing of tickets.

KATHMANDU, Aug 22: The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, in an attempt to engage with the people far and wide, has directed its subordinate bodies to make the utmost use of social media.

KATHMANDU, August 1: Newly appointed minister for Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai said that he will resign if he fails to live up to people's expectations.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: Prime Minister KP Oli on Wednesday appointed the party's youth leader Yogesh Bhattarai as Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, honoring his own promise to make him cabinet colleague during the parliamentary election campaign some two years ago.