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The second month of Nepal Tourism Year 2011 also saw a strong growth in arrivals by air. According to the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Nepal welcomed 37,584 international visitors in February, up 12 percent against the same period last year. Between January to February 2011, international tourist arrivals to Nepal…

Nepal will organise International Canyon Rendezvous-2011 for the first time in Asia and the Himalayas from 7 - 13 April 2011. “With consistent and hard effort of Nepal Canyoning Association (NCA) in support of other international partner organisations Himalayan Canyon Team (HCT) and Federation Francaise de Speleologie (FFS), France, ICR — 2011 is…

Ncell, the country’s largest private GSM mobile service provider, has started using solar power to operate its Base Transceiver Station (BTS) towers under its ‘Going Green’ scheme. According to the company, it launched this initiative to offer uninterrupted service to customers even during load-shedding hours. “The system provides back-up for…

Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) is set to fix tariff for interconnection service to international call termination. “The authority is planning to reduce the interconnection tariff of international call termination,” NTA chairman Bhesh Raj Kanel said, adding that it is aimed at reducing illegal Voice Over Internet Protocal (VoIP) call by…

The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) is studying possible ways to phaseout the casinos out of the Valley. “The ministry is forming a separate committee for a detailed technical and feasibility study of the shifting process after February 27,” said secretary at the ministry Kishore Thapa. “The idea to shift casinos is a good one…

The government is gearing up for a multimillion dollar international bidding for its ambitious project to distribute biometric national ID cards to citizens of 16 years or above. The National ID Management Centre under the Home Ministry has finalised the hiring of an international consultant to prepare, among others, the detailed project report…

Nepal Telecom (NT) is all set to reduce the tariff of its all most all its services to be effective from February 13. We are reducing tariff in most of services, said Amar Nath Singh, Managing Director at NT in seventh anniversary today. As per the plan, security deposit of Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) service is reduced to Rs 1,500…

Caterpillar Inc, USA proudly announced the introduction of its world class Vibratory soil compactors CS-533e in 10 tonne segment in Nepal. Caterpillar CS533e is best in its category for power and performance, claims the company. “It has 130HP CAT 3054c turbocharged diesel engine, operating weight 10tons and dual vibration mode.” The CS 533E…

Nepal highlighted itself as a premier tourist destination at Vakantiebeurs, the fourth largest tourism exhibition, at Utretch, the Netherlands on January 11-16. Nepal made a pictorial presentation and photograph exhibition to reach out directly to consumers, and convince foreign tour operators, persuade the media to create a favourable publicity…

Cinnovation CG, a part of Chaudhary Group (CG), launched Zinc InVision Hospitality in Thailand on Tuesday in partnership with Thailand-based In Vision Hospitality. Zinc InVision Hospitality aims to open 30 hotels in Asia by 2013. The growth will be financed in part by Z-I Capital Partners, which is an investment fund set up by Zinc InVision…

Tourist arrivals in the Annapurna region, one of the top 10 trekking routes in the world, reached an all-time high of 88,418 in 2010, up 10.67 percent from the previous year. Of the total arrivals, 12,000 were from SAARC countries, said the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP). According to ACAP records, 79,896 tourists visited the area in…

The much-awaited launch of the Nepal Tourism Year (NTY)-2011 took place in the Capital amidst a gala on Friday. “I declare the formal launch of NTY-2011 that will help bring peace, prosperity and stability in the nation,” President Ram Baran Yadav said at the inaugural function at Dasharath Stadium at Tripureshwor. Rallies, motor paragliding,…

Etihad Airways today reported a 29.2 per cent rise in revenue in 2010 to $2,951 million from $2,285 million a year ago, significantly outpacing its capacity growth, which saw available seat kilometres (ASKs) rise by 19.5 per cent to 45.1 billion from 37.8 billion a year ago. The result marked a continued progress towards the airline’s goal of…

The national flag carrier is flying both of its aircraft from the January-end as the aircraft sent to Israel for C Check is due to return. The aircraft that is in Israel for C Check also had a problem of crack in the engine. “The engine was flown to Spain for repair,” said a source at the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). NAC has paid the Spanish…

An international team of archaeologists has begun a three-year survey of the archaeological vestiges in Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha. The team, which also includes experts from the Department of Archaeology and the Lumbini Development Trust, is working under the leadership of Robin Coningham, Vice Chancellor and Professor of…

The only international airport in the country is facing air traffic jam due to technical problem in the radar, which was rectified yeseterday but today again it showed signs of probelm. The existing radar was set up at a cost of $34 million some 13 years ago. According to Sanjeev Gautam, Air Traffic Management (ATM) director at CAAN, the air…