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| At Dhankuta with Ashmita Uprety. |
05 May 2015
20 April 2015
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| Araniko highway. |
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| Snap Before Rafting. |
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| Can they cross the rapid ??? |
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| On a Rapid |
11 April 2015
09 April 2015
Champa Devi (2,278m) is the highest peak on the Chandragiri Ridge south west of Kirtipur, affords a panoramic view of the west Kathmandu valley, back dropped by the snow covered Himalayas.
ITINERARY AND OPTIONS.
A : Chandragiri hike (5-6 hrs)
Mini bus ride from Sundhara to Matatirtha.
Start hiking till deurali. (2-3 hours)
Take lunch
Walk to Chandragiri (1-2hrs)
Walk to Thankot (2 hrs) and take a vehicle &drive home.
B : Champadevi Hiking (5-6 hrs)
Mini bus ride till 1 km from Taudaha.
Start hike to Champadevi (2-3 hrs)
Take lunch
Walk to Machegaon (2-3hrs)
Take a vehicle to drive back to Kathmandu
C : Chandragiri and Champadevi Hike (7-8 hrs)
Mini bus ride till 1 km from Taudaha.
Start hike to Champadevi (2-3 hrs)
Take lunch
Hike to chandragiri (2-3 hrs)
Walk to Thankot (2 hrs)
Take a vehicle and back to Kathmandu
Namaste / Namaskar / Namaskaram is a customary greeting when
people meet or depart mainly
among Hindus of the Indian Subcontinent, in some Southeast Asian countries. Namaste
is spoken with a slight bow and hands pressed together, palms touching and
fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture is called
Añjali Mudrā or Pranamasana. In Hinduism it means "I bow to the divine in
you".
19 March 2015
19 September 2014
HISTORY OF
TOURISM IN NEPAL
Exact date and history of tourist coming in Nepal is still
unknown.
Tourism, despite having a long history has really appeared for development since 1950’s after the end of autocratic Rana Regime in 1950, when Nepal came out of century’s old-isolation. The road network established connecting some place of Nepal with Indian border.
Tourism, despite having a long history has really appeared for development since 1950’s after the end of autocratic Rana Regime in 1950, when Nepal came out of century’s old-isolation. The road network established connecting some place of Nepal with Indian border.
Before 1950’s, only hand full of tourist visited Nepal under
the strict permission of Rana Regime. In 1924, George Mallory & Andrew
Irvine attempted Everest summit and went missing. And some other mountaineers were
given permission to climb +8000mtrs mountain.
HERE, I POINTED OUT SOME OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES THAT HAS
DIRECT AND INDIRECT INFLUENCE IN TOURISM HISTORY OF NEPAL.
- 1950 : Tony Hagen, a Swiss geologist first came Nepal with Swiss Development mission. And in 1952, he was employed by Nepal Government for exploring and mapping geography of Nepal. He traveled 14000km across the Himalaya of Nepal until he retired in 1972 AD.
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| Tony Hagen |
- 1950 : Maurice Herzog became the first person to summit
Annapurna I.
Slowly small group of wealthy tourist, sponsored student
start travelling from England to Nepal overland via Eastern Europe, Turkey,
Kasmir, Manali and to Nepal for research and climbing purpose.
- 1953 : Sir Edmund
Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa climbed Mt. Everest and became first to do
so.
- 1955 : Nepal issued first tourist visa to Boris Lisanevich,
a legendary hotelier invited by King Mahendra to allow Thomas Cook company to
send tourist to Nepal. Boris established first hotel “Royal Hotel” and began
catering tourist. Coronation of Late
king in 1956, with the assembly of large number of foreign dignitaries exposed
Nepal as potential tourist destination in international community.
The first private airline “Himalaya Airways” began its
operations.
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| Boris Lisanevich |
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| Royal Hotel |
- 1956 : National tourism council set up five year tourism
development plan under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
- 1957 : Nepal Transportation Department was established to
paved the way of Civil Aviation. In 1960’s, Nepal began direct links to Indian
Cities and this land-locked country became more accessible to outside world.
- 1958 : Royal Nepal Airlines Cooperation (RNAC) now Nepal
Airlines CO-operation (NAC) came in operation. Nepal became member of International Union of Official
Travel Organization.
- 1964 : Colonel Jimmy Robert established first travel agency
“Mountain Travel Nepal” now is “Tiger Mountain” to offer opportunity for
wealthy travelers to enjoy trekking and climbing in Nepal with any problems.
Also established “Tiger Tops” in Chitwan to accommodate tourist who enjoy
jungle activities. He initiated orientation to Nepalese Government about
potentiality of tourism in Nepal. Became a role model in teaching and
implementing Management in the Tourism in Nepal. So, he is taken as “Father of
Nepalese tourism”
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| Jimmy Roberts |
- 1960’s & 1970’S : Nepal became prime tourist destination
as Hippie trail started to take off. They were followed by radical and liberal
anti-war philosophy with “mind exploring” activities that involved
experimentation with “Sex, drug, religion”
50% of hippies were 16 to 30 years of age. They came Nepal because Hassish was legal at that time which ended up in 1979 after established of Drug Enforcement Administration, then drug became illegal.
They became good ambassador of Nepal and keep on telling the
cultural and natural beauties of Nepal to the outer world. Hippies played
crucial role in advertising and promoting Nepal as the tourist attraction in
the international arena.
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| Hippie Trial marked by red. |
-1972 : Tourism master plan was formulated with German
assistance that led to concept of spreading economic activity in Nepal and
Nepal-Style tour packages to maintain special destination.
- 1972 : NATHM was established by Government of Nepal with
technical assistance of UNDP/ILO with aim to produce skilled workforce required
by hospitality and tourism industry. More than 20,000 professionals has trained
from NATHM till date in different sector such as hotel management, tour and
trekking guide etc.
- 1973 : Chitwan National Park (CNP) was established.
During 1975-1991, Nepal became hot spot for holiday makers,
adventure seekers and cultural tourists.
- 1998 : Nepal celebrated “Visit Nepal 98” to strengthen Nepal tourism. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) was established to promote tourism sector.
- 1992 : Necon Air and Asian Airlines came into existence.
- 1999 : Fall of Nepal Tourism with hijacking of INDIAN AIRLINES fleet from Tribhuwan International Airport. Nepal tourism began tackling downfall of tourist.
- 2001 : Black day in Nepalese history as Royal massacre took place. This has given message in international arena that Nepal is no safe for tourist. Almost 50% of travel agencies were shut down with lack of tourist arrivals.
Present day tourism in Nepal
Tourism in Nepal began slowly picking up after the Comprehensive
Peace Accord signed in 2006 between Nepalese Government and Moist party.
Tourism began booming with the Nepal being peace zone for travelers.
- Global economic crisis brought downfall in American and
European visitors whereas converted into hot tourism destination for Chinese
Travelers’.
- 2011 : Nepal Tourism Year was celebrated. 700000+ visitors,
Slogan –”Naturally Nepal Once is Not Enough”
- 2012 : Lumbini Visit Year was celebrated.
- 2012 : Lumbini Visit Year was celebrated.
CHALLENGES IN NEPALESE TOURISM SECTOR OF NEPAL
- Political instability
- Lack of infrastructure
- Security of tourists
- Lack of skilled man power
- Lack of effective marketing & investment opportunities.
- Threat of socio-cultural degradation and disappearance of traditional good culture.
- Lack of infrastructure
- Security of tourists
- Lack of skilled man power
- Lack of effective marketing & investment opportunities.
- Threat of socio-cultural degradation and disappearance of traditional good culture.
CONCLUSION
- Tourism in Nepal faced lots of up’s and downs.
- Great potential in tourism industry
- Proper marketing/promotion needed to increase number of tourist.
- Rural tourism & domestic tourism is to be encouraged.
- Investment in tourism sector is must important.
- Crucial role of government in management, control of illegal activities, development of new destination, and vision for tourism development is needed.
- Tourism in Nepal faced lots of up’s and downs.
- Great potential in tourism industry
- Proper marketing/promotion needed to increase number of tourist.
- Rural tourism & domestic tourism is to be encouraged.
- Investment in tourism sector is must important.
- Crucial role of government in management, control of illegal activities, development of new destination, and vision for tourism development is needed.
Written by : Raju Lama Dong
- Note by Prof. Dr. Hari Prasad Shrestha
- Different blogs
- Wikipedia ; history of tourism in Nepal
22 July 2014
Meet an old lady in Tibetan camp Pokhara. She is one of those who decided to leave Tibet after it was captured by China in 1950's. She travelled for 1 month and came pokhara via upper mustang, kagbeni, then beni. Her family , relatives got scattered to Tibet and Nepal.
She is now 73 years old, still energetic,hard working, and cheerful. she wish that she could see free Tibet in her life and worries about her children's and grandchildren life's.
And says "what to do son, Chinese didn't let us to live in our own country. Now I am here And will die in Pokhara"
More than 20000 Tibetan refugees (up to third generation) now settles in 12 refugee camps (4 in pokhara, 8 in Kathmandu) all over Nepal. Neither they are citizens of Nepal nor they could be real Tibetans. They make their livelihood by knitting carpet & woolen clothes, selling antiques & goods.
They are thankful to Red Cross, Doners, Nepali government who made their life easier to settle here in Nepal.
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| Inspiration and motivation |
ILLAM, most popular place of Eastern part of Nepal. It has
been always top preferred place to visit of my bucket list. I had a chance to
be in Phikal (ILLAM is 30km from here) when getting back from Darjeeling Sikkim
tour last January, 2013. On the way back we had some wonderful time in the Sano
Pathibhara temple and Kanyam Tea State. This is the closest i been to ILLAM.
Since, then it is always “when I could be there” in my mind.
ILLAM has many wonderful places of attraction. Sandakpur, Sri antu Dada, Mai Pokhari, Chinn Tapu, Pathi Bhara, Mai Beni, Gajur Mukhi etc. If you have sufficient time, pre departure orientation and of course a strong will, you can visit this places in a few days without any hassle. These places are easily connected via road network – in some places bumpy ride too. Make sure to get a good knowledge of these places, by means such as Google, travel guide book, locals or your friends who had already been there.
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| Illam Tea State |
The most important part is the weather. ILLAM neither gets too hot is summer, nor too cold in winter, As it lies in sub-tropical and Temperate climatic zone. But monsoon is bad time to be there. ILLAM receives much rain as it lies nearer to Bay of Bengal (India) which is the source of rain in Nepal. I been there in May, its normally pre-monsoon period in Nepal. So, I did not had had a luck to visit much places of ILLAM . The rain was unpredictable so spend much time in the tea garden, went a day trip to Mirik, Darjeeling (some 50 km from ILLAM)
17-19 hours bus ride from Kathmandu Or if you choose to use air, fly to Biratnagar and another 5-6 hours land surface transfer will take you to Illam.
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| Kanyam Tea State MIRIK
A tiny Switzerland located some 50km far from Illam crossing Pashupatinagar
(East border between Nepal and India). We took a jeep till Phikkal, changed
Mini Van to Pashupatinagar and again Jeep to Mirik. Worth visiting this place
if you are in illam and make sure you have full day to spent on.
A lake lying center of the area, surrounded by trees, monasteries makes a perfect place to be with your dear one.. |
18 July 2014
This is how they color the surface of dome structure of Stupa. Splashing yellow color through the small bucket directly and forming half circle throughout the stupa.
INTRODUCTION
Boudhanath Stupa, it is the largest Stupa inside Nepal and in whole Asia. Built in 5th Century AD, it is the centre of attraction to the Buddhist pilgrimage and those who practiced Tibetan Buddhist. It is said that one of Buddha’s remaining after cremation is buried in the Stupa and started construction.
The dome is elevated on three twenty cornered plinths of decreasing size, which seems the concept of the stupa as a mandala. Above the central spire with the all 4 seeing eyes of wisdom, the rise the 13 steps to nirvana. 108 images are set in around the dome. Prayer wheels are mounted around the perimeter wall. It is said that each spin of a prayer wheel here is the equivalent of reciting the mantra embossed on it 11,000 times
In 1979, this stupa was enlisted in UNESCO world cultural heritage.
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