Nepal is well-known for its culture and tourism, the two most important areas for the country. With regard to tourism, Nepal has been maintaining its stature as the global tourism destination.. <\/p>\n
Here are some key highlights of culture and tourism related updates of Nepal in 2017:<\/p>\n
Culture<\/a> is one important area that describes Nepal as a whole.<\/p>\n In a move promoting its culture, Nepal, in 2017, discussed and signed key agreements to strengthen cultural ties with its ally countries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Very recently, Sri Lanka and Nepal entered into an agreement to boost cultural tourism<\/a> between the two countries.<\/p>\n Taking ahead the Indo-Nepal cultural ties<\/a>, a group of pilgrims recently began their 2-week long pilgrimage to India.<\/p>\n Apart from the above, Nepal celebrated its famous annual festivals such as Dashain<\/a>, Tihar, Kanya Puja<\/a>, Gaijatra, Indra Jatra, Janai Purnima, Krishna Janmashtami<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n Tourism<\/a> is one important area of focus for Nepal owing to the country\u2019s dependence on tourism revenue.<\/p>\n Despite major natural calamities such as 2015 earthquake, floods in August 2017, among others, Nepali tourism<\/a> regained its strength in 2017 aiming at a million tourists\u2019 arrival target by the end of 2017.<\/p>\n October 2017 alone witnessed the all-time high of 112,492 tourist arrivals and November was estimated to have more than 130,000 tourists breaking all the past records.<\/p>\n Nepal tourism had gone to a six-year low registering only 538,970 foreign visitors earlier. However, the latest figures over the rise of tourist arrivals<\/a> appeared as an encouragement to the country\u2019s tourism industry.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a survey spotted a rise in women mountaineers<\/a> to Mount Everest, once again proving Nepal\u2019s status as the global destination for adventure sports.<\/p>\n With the rise in tourism activity, Nepal is undergoing a complete transformation in terms of infrastructure and is heading for the completion of key infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n Kathmandu\u2019s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and Lumbini\u2019s Gautam Buddha International Airport (GBIA) are among two infrastructure projects that were deferred until 2019.<\/p>\n Upgradation of Bhairahawa airport, the gateway to the pilgrimage destination of Lumbini in south central Nepal, expansion of the Narayanghat-Mugling road, Kathmandu Ring Road Improvement Project and the reconstruction of monuments & heritage sites (damaged in the 2015 earthquake) are among other key projects that are set to offer needed boost the country\u2019s tourism sector.<\/p>\n Besides, Nepal is also witnessing a lot of hotel construction activity, which is expected to add 4,000 star category rooms to the country by 2020. A dozen hotels are investing more than Rs 40 billion in the Nepali hotel industry.<\/p>\n World Travel Market 2017<\/a><\/a> is one major event that proved what Nepal means to the world tourism, wherein, a large number of business leaders expressed interest to invest in and collaborate with the Nepali tourism industry.<\/p>\n To overcome the existing drawbacks and offer a better Nepal, the Government of Nepal has postponed its major tourism event Visit Nepal Year 2018<\/a> Campaign to 2020 that aims at attracting 1.5 million tourists.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we had little time to make preparations for the national campaign, we have decided to reschedule it. However, the ministry will launch a massive marketing campaign in 2019 before starting Visit Nepal Year 2020,\u201d says Ghanshyam Upadhyaya, Tourism Ministry Spokesperson.<\/p>\n In a major announcement to Nepal mountain tourism and dependent communities, the Government of Nepal has also established the Nepal Mountain Academy<\/a> to ensure high-level education courses in mountaineering.<\/p>\n Previous<\/a> Next<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nepal is well-known for its culture and tourism, the two most important areas for the country.…<\/span><\/p>\nTourism<\/h4>\n