Kohalpur, Rastriya Samachar Samiti Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has declared Pokhara as the Tourism Capital of Nepal. He made this announcement amidst a function organised at Barahighat, near the Phewa Lake in Kaski today. Prior to this, the Prime Minister unveiled a logo and memorial pillar relating to the touristic capital. Tourism capital was officially declared in the wake of boosting the tourism sector for fulfilling 20 indicators. The ceremony also included a tribute to the late esteemed literary figure, linguist, and writer, Prof Dr Mukunda Sharan Upadhyay, the renowned ..read more

Feb 18:Air services have begun from Nepalgunj to Janakpur. Yeti Airlines’ ATR 72 aircraft, carrying 72 people, arrived in Janakpur from Nepalgunj Airport on Saturday. Lumbini Province Government Urban Development Minister Krishna KC, Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolitan City Mayor Prashant Bista, Nepalgunj Udyog Banijya Association President Tank Dhami, and other tourism entrepreneur, civil society leaders, and media representatives took part in the inaugural flight from Nepalgunj to Janakpur. The team that landed at Janakpur airport, including Mahant Chandranath Yogi, the creator of Bageshwari Temple ..read more

Restaurant and Bar Association Nepal (REBAN), Pokhara, organizes this festival every year to welcome the English New Year. Acting Chairperson of REBAN Pokhara, Bishwo Raj Poudel, said preparations have been made to observe the street festival organized every year for the tourism promotion of Pokhara as the silver jubilee this year. The street festival is going to be organized in a three-kilometer area in Lakeside with the objective of promoting Pokhara as the English New Year holiday destination for domestic and foreign tourists. Also, the festival coordinator, Poudel mentioned that this year ..read more

Atwari is a holy festival of Tharu Community. Atwari is celebrated especially by the Tharu community in the western Terai of Nepal. The Atwari Parba is also celebrated for brother and sisterhood. It is being celebrated generation to generation from the ancestors to now. It is only celebrated one day in a year and the day is always same Sunday. It falls in month of (Bhaddra). When the Krishna Janmastami (Astimki in Tharu language) festival is celebrated, Atwari Festival is celebrated after 2 Sunday. Tharu’s belief in “Mahabharata Stories”. It is said, one day, five Pandavs went to live in fores ..read more

KATHMANDU, August 11: A total of 167652 tourists visited Bhaktapur in the last fiscal year 2022/23, an increase compared to the 114,092 tourists who visited Bhaktapur the year before. In the last fiscal, 81,318 tourists who visited the ancient city were from SAARC countries while 86,334 were from non-SAARC countries. The city has collected Rs 184 million issuing entry tickets to tourists. Around Rs 143.4 million was received from issuing tickets to tourists from non-SAARC countries while the remaining amount was collected from tourists from SAARC countries. Bhaktapur municipality has been coll ..read more

Tourists who reached the base camp of Annapurna Himal located in Narchang, Annapurna rural municipality-4 of Myagdi. The number of tourists who visit the base camp area has increased after the journey by foot has been shortened so that the base camp can be reached in two days. Photo: Kamal Khatri/RSS The post Tourists at Annapurna Base Camp appeared first on Wonders of Nepal ..read more

POKHARA, June 07: The Nepal-China Friendship Dragon Boat Race Festival will be hosted for the first time in Pokhara with the goal of attracting more Chinese visitors to Nepal while fostering cordial cultural and interpersonal ties between the two countries. As a collaborative effort by the Nepal Tourism Board, the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, and Pokhara Metropolitan City, a boat race has been planned in the tourist destination of Pokhara. Here, preparations have begun for the celebration, which will take place on June 23 and 24. The Phewa Lake Camping Chowk is where the festival is taking p ..read more

The Rautes are one of the most typical indigenous groups of Nepal sustaining their unique cultural identities for generations. They are the only nomadic people in the country who never settle permanently in any particular place. The Rautes deny any idea on permanent settlement, education or agriculture. The fact that the Rautes, the last fulltime nomads of Nepal, have survived into this century is truly remarkable in our current period of diminishing cultural diversity. It is estimated that the total population of Rautes in Nepal is about 180, or roughly 52 families. The Karnali Province of Ne ..read more

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International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific. Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is val ..read more