Khumbu lures more tourists yet in offseason

Khumbu lures more tourists yet in offseason
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Though the month of July is normally regarded as a season when foreign tourists generally seem reluctance to trek the Khumbu region, some 351 foreign tourists have paid visit the Sagarmatha National Park area in this season.

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The Park is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal that is dominated by Mount Everest. It encompasses an area of 1,148 in the mountainous Solukhumbu district.

According to data published in Gorkhapatra daily, among total numbers, Germany recorded the highest followed by other European countries during the month. Spain contributed 25 while Asia’s giant China sent only 27 tourists.

The discouraging number was from South Asian countries with meager 5 tourists from neighboring India.

The office garnered Rs. 325, 778 in revenue in the month including from entry fees, permission for timber, sand and stones and lodge rent.

Sagarmatha is an exceptional area with snow-capped peaks,  crystal like glaciers and deep valleys, dominated by Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world at the elevation of 8,848 m.

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The park also houses various rare species like snow leopard and red panda. The typical culture of of the Sherpas, with their unique lifestyle, adds further interest to this region.

Flights resume in Lukla

In a separate report, flights have resumed in the Tenzing-Hillary Airport, on the lap of Mt Everest, in the district since Thursday with the improvement in weather pattern. The flights were disrupted due to adverse weather since a week.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority, Lukla, aircraft of Tara Air and Sita Air made flights to and from the Lukla airport as the weather improved Tuesday evening.

Likewise, Choppers that could not provide their service for two days have also resumed their service.

Hundreds of trekkers and mountaineers visiting the Everest region were left stranded in Lukla as the regular flights were put off citing bad weather.

Tourist road section blocked

Yet in another report from the district, the Jubhing-Lukla tourist road section has been blocked following a massive landslide at Buksa of the district. A house belonging to local Bandi Sherpa was swept away by the flood. Foreign tourists are facing hard times and some are short cut their trip to Khumbu after the blockade.

According to Nagrik online, the landslide has adversely affected the under-construction Kharikhola Third Hydro Project. Security personnel are reportedly removing the landslide which has disturbed the movements of the tourists. However, police are trying to remove the landslide dumped on the road sections, it is learnt.

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Chinese envoy says poor air links hindering Tourism

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KATHMANDU, AUG 28 – Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Wu Chuntai on Wednesday said that the limited capacity of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) and lack of other international airports in Nepal had stood as a major hindrance to increased air connectivity between Nepal and China.

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Currently, the government has been upgrading Gautam Buddha airport in Bhairahawa to a regional international airport with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) while there has been little progress in developing another planned regional international airport in Pokhara with Chinese assistance.

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“Once two international airports are built in Pokhara and Lumbini, there will be more space for air connectivity and more Chinese tourists will come to Nepal,” he said. He added that there were other Chinese airlines that wanted to conduct direct flights to Nepal from Beijing and Shenzhen if TIA was upgraded.

The flow of Chinese tourists has been increasing in recent years. According to the Tourism Ministry, arrivals from the northern neighbour reached an all-time high of 113,173 last year largely due to improved air connectivity.

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With the growing number of Chinese arrivals to Nepal, the two countries agreed a few months ago to let Chinese carriers operate 56 flights weekly from 14 flights earlier.

At present, three Chinese airlines—Air China, China Eastern and China Southern—operate daily scheduled flights to Nepal from Guangzhou, Kunming and Lhasa. Similarly, China’s Sichuan Airlines has been showing interest in linking Nepal. The Chinese envoy also stressed the need to promote Nepal as a tourist destination in China. According to him, Nepal can tap some portion of the large number of Chinese tourists through promotional activities. Every year, around 97 million Chinese travel abroad.

“Nepal can also benefit by attracting the tourists visiting Tibet with which Nepal shares close land connectivity,” he said. According to him, Tibet receives 15 million visitors annually. “If Nepal could lure even a small percentage of Tibet-bound visitors, it would greatly enhance the country’s tourism sector.”

Earlier, Rajesh Kaji Shrestha, president of the Nepal Chamber of Commerce, had urged the Chinese envoy to help increase air connectivity to increase the flow of Chinese tourists. He also urged simplifying visas for Chinese visitors to Nepal.

Apart from the issue of boosting arrivals from China, Shrestha urged greater Chinese investment in agriculture, hydropower and mining-related industries. He also called for facilitating the establishment of branches of Chinese bank in Nepal which would simplify business transactions between the two countries. China has been providing duty-free facility to 7,831 products from Nepal. “However, problems like complex quarantine procedures and certificate of origin process and lack of provision for providing multiple entry visas for businessmen have been preventing traders from benefiting from the duty-free facility,” said Shrestha.

Meanwhile, the Chinese ambassador said Nepali traders should focus on increasing value addition in their products and developing B2B relationship with their Chinese counterparts to enhance the country’s trade with China. According to him, there is growing demand for Nepali products like handicrafts, cheese and tea in China.

China willing to help landslide victims

Chinese Ambassador Wu Chuntai on Wednesday said that China was willing to provide logistic support worth 2 million yuan to the victims of the landslide and flooding of the Sunkoshi River at Jure of Sindhupalchok district on August 2. “We are holding talks with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the purpose,” said the envoy, adding that they were also willing to provide technical support to reconstruct the areas devastated by the landslide. Nepal-China trade through the Tatopani customs point has been at a standstill for the last three weeks as the Araniko Highway to Tibet was destroyed by the landslide and flood. The Chinese envoy said they had facilitated transportation of trade goods through the Kyirong-Rasuwagadhi route. “Some cargo carrying containers from China have already arrived in Kathmandu through the alternative route,” he said.

Source : Ekantipur