| Nepali woman mountaineers aim higher |
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| Ten Nepali woman mountaineers, who created history last May by climbing Mt Everest, plan to summit all the highest peaks of seven continents by 2010. They disclosed their mission at a press meet organised at Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) on March 6. |
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| Bahrain Air to launch Nepal flights from March 17 |
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| Bahrain Air, a privately owned budget airline, is all set to launch its scheduled flights to Kathmandu from March 17. According to Zenith Travels, the general sales agents of the airline in Kathmandu, the airline will fly to Kathmandu three times a week on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays. |
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| Himalayan International Yoga Academy and Research Centre (HIYA-RC) at Ichangu Narayan is starting its operation from March 14. The centre lies just 1.8 km away from Swoyambhunath Stupa. |
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| Tourist arrival plunges by 16 pc in February |
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| The total tourist arrival in the country via air in the month of February has declined by 16.2 % as compared to the arrival figure of the same period last year. According to the arrival figures disseminated by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), a total of 25,181 foreigners visited the country in the second month of 2009. |
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| TAAN organises annual Lhosar Dinner Ball |
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| As a part of celebrating the Lhosar, the New Year festival of different ethnic groups residing in mountains and hilly areas of the country, Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) organised TAAN Lhosar Dinner Ball at Direction Exhibition and Convention Centre, Tripureshwor, on February 28. |
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| KMC increases entry fee for Kathmandu Durbar Square |
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| Kathmandu Metropolitan City has increased the entry free for foreign visitors to visit the Kathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
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| Nepal woos Italians at BIT |
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| A delegation of Nepali tourism entrepreneurs participated in the BIT Tourism Fair February 19-22 in Italy. |
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| British pilots dominate National Open Paragliding |
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| British paraglider Jami Messenger won the Open Class Championship of 10th National Open Paragliding Championship organised by the Western Regional Chapter of Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) in Pokhara. |
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| Bahrain Air to launch Nepal flights from March 3 |
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| Bahrain Air, a private carrier of Bahrain, will launch its Nepal flights from March 3. The airline will fly to Nepal three times a week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. |
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| Sri Lankan Prez to visit Lumbini |
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| Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, during his first visit to Nepal from March 2-4, the Sri Lankan Embassy in Kathmandu confirmed on February 19. Rajapakse will be the highest dignitary to visit the Himalayan republic after the successful Constituent Assembly polls. |
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| TAAN's cook training concludes |
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| Three-week long cook training organised jointly by Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) and Nepal Institute of Food Studies and Operation (NIFSO) concluded on February 16. A total of 41 participants from different trekking agencies had participated in the training. |
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| Presentation on helicopter rescue in mountaineering organised |
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| Himalayan Rescue Association on February 16 organised a programme on the use of helicopter to conduct rescue operations in mountains.
Renny Jackson, co-coordinator of rescue team of Grand Teton National Park of the USA, made a special presentation on the use of helicopter to conduct rescue operations in mountains. "Lives of mountaineers can be rescued by the effective use of choppers. Choppers are very important for mountainous countries like Nepal to assure safety and security of mountaineers," he said. |
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| Paragliding C’ship from Feb 19 |
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| The 10th National Opean Paragliding Championship will be held on February 19 to 21 in Pokhara. The event, which was originally scheduled to be held on January, was postponed to February because of some technical problems, according to the organisers. More than 100 gliders from both home and abroad are expected to take part in the only paragliding championship in the country. |
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| Call to lure Chinese tourists |
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| Call to lure Chinese tourists Participants at an interaction organised in Kathmandu on February 10 said Nepali tourism could take a turn around if only 10% of the three million Tibet-bound Chinese tourists could be attracted to Nepal. |
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| Send Home A Friend campaign to run till 2010 |
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| ‘Send Home a Friend’ and ‘Nepal for all Seasons’ campaigns will now run through 2009 and 2010 in a run up to Nepal Tourism Year celebration in 2011. |
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Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN )
Media Center
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