Santosh Pokharel

October arrival highest in five years

The Annapurna Conservation Area Project and the local administration said it has become unsafe to trek there due to the risk of avalanches in the upper Annapurna region.

Business owners say the strong wave of advance bookings they had received for this season sharply declined following the unrest.

The Gen-Z protests affected the tourism sector just at the start of the tourist season. With the protests came vandalism and arson in tourism infrastructure, causing significant physical and financial losses to the sector.  

Renu Timilsina Bhattarai, the spokesperson for the Inland Revenue Office Pokhara, said that the companies failed to issue proper invoices for a portion of their transactions in the previous fiscal year, leading to at least Rs 25 million in additional taxes due.

70,193 foreign tourists enter Nepal in July alone

As the eco village has grown, other villagers have also started resorts and homestays. “Trekkers entering the Annapurna region through Dhampus now prefer this route. The whole village is becoming active in tourism,” said Jhabi Adhikari, another tourism entrepreneur from Astam, “The...

Solo paragliding flights, which had been suspended for nearly three years, have officially resumed. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the country’s aviation regulatory body, has reopened solo (individual) paragliding flights.

According to NTB officials, several factors have hindered this year's progress: reduced international promotion, difficult travel access to Nepal, expensive airfare, and ongoing conflicts in various countries. These challenges have made it harder to meet projected numbers.

Ten companies in Pokhara are enough: Authority