Nepal Tourism Board in co-ordination with the Nepali Embassy Canberra, Australia and Consulate of Nepal in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane organized a Sales Mission in Australia on May 18-21 to promote Nepal Tourism.
“The government and Nepali tourism entrepreneurs are quite euphoric about the NTY campaign and looking forward to welcome a large number of tourists from Australia,” Ambassador Yogendra Dhakal said hoping for the full cooperation and support from the Australian travel-tour operators. During the sales mission he informed about the revived tourism state in Nepal to increase Australians visits to Nepal in 2010 and especially in NTY-2011.
The Australian travel writers and the entrepreneurs were also appraised during the same program about the growing situation in Nepal and how Nepal's tourism industry has revived after the launching of Nepal Tourism Year 2011.
With the slogan ‘Together for Tourism’, Nepal Tourism Year 2011 aims to double the visitors ...
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Save the Children Australia and Inspired Adventures have been hosting trips to raise funds. In a similar project 12 people came to visit Nepal last October, which involved trekking through the careening routes with stunning mountains as backdrop. The participants of this trip raised $50,000 to help build a classroom in the small village of Bihun.
According to the participants, “the trek was a visual feast – stunning snow capped mountains one day, lush rainforest the next and acres and acres of rice fields everywhere ...
An unprecedented cycling venture, on an unmarked route Muktinath to Lo-manthang - David Yonjan
Mustang is located in the north-east of Nepal, bordering China (Tibet) on the Central Asian plateau between the Nepalese provinces of Dolpo and Manang. It is roughly 80 km long (north-south) and 45 km at its widest, and is at an elevation of over 2500 m.
Lo Manthang! I had never heard the name before and my imagination was running wild trying to put a picture to the place. So I did what any normal person would do in such a situation. I googled ‘Lo Manthang’ and was instantly flooded with information!
Lo Manthang – a walled city, is the capital of Mustang, an ancient Himalayan kingdom at an elevation of nearly 3800 ...
The Australian Embassy in Kathmandu celebrated the golden jubilee of diplomatic relations between Australia and Nepal. Australia and Nepal have enjoyed their diplomatic relationship for nearly half the century. Nepal is a popular travel and trekking destinations of many foreigners including Australians. Having Australian Embassy in Nepal makes lot easier for Australian citizens living and travelling in Nepal and for Nepalese desiring and planning to visit, study and migrate to Australia. This 50 year celebration was marked with a series of events and cultural exchange programs.
The Australian Embassy hosted a live concert on the eve of 14th February with Sydney-based Latin Jazz band Tigramuna and Nepali musicians entertaining more than 200 friends of the embassy outside Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory, Jhamkishel.
The embassy is also hosting a festival of contemporary Australian films for five days from Friday February 19th, which includes eight recent Australian feature films and six short films. The films highlight the history, culture and ...
