Tour from Beijing to Kathmandu.

 

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The Great Wall of China.

Mr. Malcolm James Smith and Ms. Helen Grace Smith recently traveled from Beijing, China to  all the way to Kathmandu, Nepal on their 18 days tour package. The tour was organized by the Explore Himalaya. Smith couple took an opportunity to visit the Great Wall of China. They had the life time experience of river cruise on Yangtze River. The tour included the visit to Shanghai Museum. The last four days of the tour included the sightseeing around the ancient city of Kathmandu.  The couple were guided to the largest Buddhist stupa at Boudhanath, popular Hindu shrine Pashupatinath, UNESCO World heritage site Changunarayan temple and the Durbar squares of the three cities within the Kathmandu Valley; Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. The couple flew to Xian from Beijing  on the fourth day of the trip. They traveled to Shanghai on a three days cruise over Yangtze River from Chengdu on the ninth day to eleventh day of their tour. On the fourteenth day they flew back to Shanghai from Chengdu and on the fifteenth day they flew to Kathmandu from Chengdu.

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Bhaktapur Durbar Square.

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Temple of Pashupatinath, Kathmandu.

Nepal is a burgeoning republic nestled in the heart of the Himalaya whose name evokes images of soaring snow-capped peaks, fast flowing rivers, and of course, the iconic Mt. Everest.

Nepal has so much to offer historically and culturally as well.

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January Arrivals – NTY 2011 begins on a positive note

According to the Tourist Arrival data issued by the Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), NTY 2011 has had a flying start. Figures show that visitor arrivals in the month of January 2011 have increased by 26.2% to 32914, as compared to the same month last year.All regions have shown positive growth in the first month of 2011. India which constitutes the major market of Nepal, has recorded positive growth of 35.5%. Arrivals from China have also increased significantly by 79.6%. An overall positive growth of 14.6% has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from major generating markets such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Russia up by 7.5%, 35.3%, 48.9% and 40.3% respectively.Tourist arrivals from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and USA have also registered robust growth of 23.8%, 59.7%, 9.8% and 27.6% respectively

Nepal to issue Visa Fee waiver for Chinese Tourists

As Nepal has been receiving a good number of visitors from China and India, the country is planning to  waive off visa fees for Chinese tourists for the year 2011. The government hopes this will help them  achieve NTY 2011’s target of  bringing in 1 million tourists to Nepal.

At the 18th National Convention of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) held in Kathmandu, Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Mr. Sharat Singh Bhandari stated that efforts  were on to offer free visa entry facility to the Chinese tourists.

Nepali Food: Drawing Visitors to Nepal Pavilion at World Expo 2010

According to Shanghai Daily, Nepali food served at Nepal Pavilion at the ongoing World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, is proving to be a big hit among visitors.The report says that a Nepali meal set consisting of steamed rice with dried grapes, fried chicken, Aachar and a serving of vegetable curry is the most popular dish. The report quotes Bishan Shah, the pavilion’s F&B Manager, who says that that the set  priced at 40 yuan (US$5.90), sells almost 500 sets everyday and on weekends around 800 sets.

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China to Impose Age Limit on Climbers

Following 13 year old Jordon Romero’s ascent to Mount Everest from Tibet side, Chinese officials have decided to impose age limits for mountaineers wishing to scale peaks in Tibet from the next climbing season. Though Chinese officials  have not made public the age limit , but according to sources,   restrictions may  apply to climbers below 18 and above 60 years of age. Currently China has no age restrictions for climbers.

2010 World Expo, Shanghai

2010 World Expo is all set to begin in Shanghai, China tomorrow. The Expo, with around 200 international organizations participating from the world over , is expecting  70 million visitors from home and abroad.

Nepal will be promoting ‘Nepal Tourism Year 2011’ at the 2010 World Expo. With the aim of attracting 1 million tourists to Nepal next year, the activities will be promoted in the Nepal pavilion at the Expo with millions of Chinese-language brochures being distributed at the event. for more here is Best Software Company

China & Nepal agree on Mt. Everest’s official height

Ending a long running dispute over the height of Mt. Everest, neighbors China and Nepal finally agreed that the official height of the mountain (which traverses the borders of both countries) should be taken as 8848metres.The Chinese previously held that the height of the mountain should be measured by its rock height (8844m) while Nepal argued that it should be measured by its snow height (four meters higher than the rock height). The two countries finally agreed on the height of the world’s tallest peak, which is 8848m, during talks in Kathmandu earlier this month. Nepal also recognized China’s claim that the rock height of Everest as 8,844m. The broadly-accepted height of 8,848m was first recorded by an Indian survey in 1955.

Soaring Vista : Mount Everest (8848m)

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