Published on: Jan 10, 2025
Our objective is to encourage tourists to extend their stay in Nepal by at least 7 days. Today, we are laying the foundation stone for the Jalpadevi cable car at the meeting point of the Far West, Lumbini, and Karnali provinces in Karnali Chisapani
By CHANDRA PRASAD DHAKAL | Dec 29, 2024
The failure of COP29, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, concluded with a disappointing agreement that promised at least $300 billion annually in climate finance to developing countries—an amount that is still far from the $1.3 trillion considered necessary by experts for effective climate action.
By Arup Rajouria | Dec 31, 2024
Despite encountering challenges and resistance from top officials, including the Prime Minister and the Energy Minister, Kul Man Ghising, the Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), remains resolute in personally inspecting project sites to ensure timely completion. His guidance has propelled number of 200 kV and 400 kV Transmission line projects
By NEW SPOTLIGHT ONLINE | Jan 07, 2025
Nepal is popular destination for mountaineering and adventure tourism. It is gradually converted into other forms of tourism mainly nature based recreation tourism such as ecotourism, trekking, hiking, sight seen, mountain bike riding, bird watching, wildlife safari, cultural tourism etc..
By Juddha Bahadur Gurung | Jan 07, 2025
Tourist arrivals in Nepal surpassed the one million mark, despite the temporary shutdown of Tribhuwan International Airport for 10 hours daily in the first week of November for emergency expansion work. This led to a sudden increase in airfare prices, making Nepal one of the more expensive destinations. However, this did not deter tourists from booking trips to Nepal, as the country saw a good number of visitors in November and December. In 2024, Nepal received over 1.1 million tourists, marking a positive turnaround for the tourism sector after being heavily impacted by COVID-19. With the announcement of reduced shutdown hours at TIA from February, there is expected to be an increase in international flights and tourist numbers.
By A Correspondent | Jan 10, 2025