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Govt nods Airlines to hike fuel surcharge
As of 28 July, 2008
The government Wednesday gave the green signal to airlines to add a fuel surcharge on domestic routes, but at a rate lower than what the airlines are now charging. The surcharges fixed by the government range from Rs 350 t...

Nepalese Tourism Promotes in Japan
As of 28 July, 2008
In corporation with the Embassy of Nepal in Japan, Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) held the Nepal Sales Mission in the two major Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka on 17 and 18 June 2008 respectively. As Nepal witnessed entered ...

Literary journey to promote local tourism
As of 28 July, 2008
A three-day literary journey is all set to kick off in tourist hubs Pokhara, Chitwan and Bandipur tomorrow. The tour, organized by the Color Nepal and dubbed as Rang Yatra 2065, basically focuses on identifying local touri...

Travel trade associations to form a federation
As of 28 July, 2008
Feeling that the problems within the industry can only be solved by joint efforts of all travel trade associations, Nepalese travel trade associations have principally agreed to form a federation where all travel trade ass...

Tibet reopens to foreign tourism
As of 28 July, 2008
More than three months after a wave of violent anti-China protests, Tibet has reopened to foreign tourists, Chinese state media says. The region was "safe" and overseas visitors were welcome, Xinhua quoted a local tourism ...

Tourist arrival declines in April
As of 28 July, 2008
Tourist arrival to Nepal via air has decreased for the first time after the initiation of peace process in the country. Arrivals in April recorded a marginal decline of 1% as compared to the arrival figure of same period l...