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Everest clean-up bid
Thursday -
21st January 2010
KATHMANDU: A group of top Nepali
climbers is planning a high-risk
expedition to clean up Everest,
concerned at the toll that decades
of mountaineering has taken on the
world’s highest peak. The 20
climbers, led by seven-time Everest
summiteer Namgyal Sherpa, will brave
thin oxygen and temperatures well
below freezing to clear more than
two tonnes of rubbish discarded by
mountaineers. Sherpa’s team will
begin their ascent in late April,
when a small window between spring
and the summer monsoon offers the
best conditions for climbing the
8,848-metre peak. “We are taking a
big risk. Nobody has ever tried to
clean up Everest at that height,” he
said, describing it as a “daring and
heroic mission”. |
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New provision in TIMS
The cabinet meeting held recently
has changed some provisions related
to Trekkers' Information Management
System (TIMS). The new changes will
come into effect from March 15.
As per the new provision, trekkers
are required to take TIMS Card from
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and
Trekking Agencies' Association of
Nepal (TAAN) before starting their
trek. Trekkers travelling in groups
can get the TIMS card upon paying a
fee of Nepali currency equivalent to
US $10 each while those preferring
to travel individually (FITs) need
to pay Nepali currency equivalent to
$20.
However, trekkers and mountaineers
with climbing permits from Tourism
Industry Division under Ministry of
Tourism and Civil Aviation and Nepal
Mountaineering Association aren't
required to get the TIMS Card.
Similarly, trekkers with permits
from Immigration Department to
controlled areas like Upper Mustang,
Upper Dolpo, Mansulu and others also
are not required to get the TIMS
Card. Likewise, members of
dimplomatic missions are not
requires to get TIMS Card. |
Grand plan to develop Tibet areas
Saturday - 23rd January 2010
China’s top leaders say Tibet’s development
must include Tibetan areas in neighboring
provinces - a move likely aimed at tying the
region tighter to the rest of the country
after deadly riots two years ago. Chinese
President Hu Jintao told the first highlevel
meeting on Tibet in nine years that the
development would require hard work to
prevent “penetration and sabotage” by
separatists working for Tibet’s
independence, the staterun Xinhua News
Agency reported late Friday. Hu also said at
this week’s meeting that residents’
awareness of being part of China should be
constantly enhanced, Xinhua reported. The
meeting was the first of its kind since the
deadly riots in March 2008, the largest
uprising against Chinese rule in decades.
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National Tourism Fair concludes
- 2009-11-27
The third National Tourism Fair
organised by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB)
at Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu,
concluded on November 25.
The three-day festival had stalls of
many districts, travel trade
associations, community groups,
tourism colleges, travel publications
and private companies.
The fair was organised to showcase
tourism and cultural attractions from
across the country under a single
roof. Stalls of different districts
showcased cultural and tourism
attractions in their respective areas.
Likewise, stalls of travel trade
associations were busy imparting
information about their respective
businesses.
Meanwhile, the NATTA International
Himalayan Mart also concluded on the
same day. The mart had stalls from
countries like Thailand, Malaysia,
Qatar and Bhutan among others. The
major attraction of the mart was
affordable tour packages offered by
those countries.
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NAC to fly to Lhasa
in 2010
Nepali and Chinese officials have agreed to
operate Kathmandu-Lhasa-Kathmandu flights by
designated Nepali airlines. The agreement was
raeached during the Third Joint Tourism
Coordination Committee Meeting on November 9.
Joint secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and
Civil Aviation Murari Bahadur Karki and Deputy
Director General of the Tibet Tourism
Administration Wang Songping signed the
agreement.
Nepal Airlines Corporation will start the
direct flight to Lhasa, while China Airlines
will operate Canton-Lhasa-Kathmandu flights.
The meeting also decided to promote a joint
rafting industry by the private sector of both
sides, develop an action plan to establish a
trekking route from Lomanthang of Nepal to
Mansarovar of Tibet.
Meanwhile, officials of both the countries are
making preparation to resume direct bus
service between Kathmandu and Lhasa. The bus
service has remained defunct for the last
three years.
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