Tourism In Nepal

With the ambition to conquest the world’s highest peak, daring adventurers pay Nepal government a hefty sum of money to climb Mount Everest (8,848 meters). Despite Everest being an important source of revenue for the government, mountaineers who risk everything to reach the top of the world have been complaining of rampant wastes in the Everest region. Amid complaints that the government which collects US $11,000 per person as the fee to climb Everest is not doing enough to manage the widespread waste in the region, a French association, Montagne et Partage, has successfully collected five tons of waste from the Everest region. The 40-day cleanup campaign “Everest Green Project”, which had started on April 13, ended on May 23 after recovering waste from Everest Base Camp (5,300 meters) and the South Col (7,906 meters). According to the Embassy of France in Kathmandu, two tons were sent to Namche for incineration whereas the remaining three tons of recyclable waste is being broug

Mt. Everest on Sunset: Photo by Rajan Nepal tourism board (NTB) Recently signed its biggest media campaign partnering with BBC, Reuters and the travel site TripAdvisor in a bid reach to a large number of audience to boost tourist arrivals. The NTB will be spending around USD 1 million to disseminate information about Nepal to Global audience through this popular platforms. The Campaign also comes as NTB’s first ever consumer media campaign aimed at luring foreign visitors to Nepal. Speaking at the signing event, Dipak Raj Joshi, The CEO of NTB said: we are partnering with these three Medias with a sole objective of promotion of Nepal’s tourism and is aimed at disseminating information about Nepal. Vishal Bhatnagar sales director-south Asia BBC Worldwide also expressed his confidence in delivering the information about Nepal across the globe and further informed about the strategy to reach targeted audiences. “BBC is the oldest broadcasting service with worldwide reach in ov