Tourism eyes sunnier days as worlds top fair opens
The world’s largest tourism fair, the ITB, kicked off today in Berlin with the global travel industry hoping for better times following a crisis-hit 2009.
According to United Nations figures, international tourist arrivals fell by four per cent in 2009 and the earnings from international tourism dropped by six per cent as the world economy went [...]
Fishtail team in Swiss Alps
A four-member-delegation of Fishtail Air, led by its CEO Suman Pandey, is attending the observation training on alpine rescue operations in Switzerland. The training is supported by Air Zermatt, a Swiss Company which is known helicopter rescue operations in the Swiss Alps for more than forty years, according to the company.
Air Zermatt designed the week-long [...]
NTY 2011 to be launched outside valley
After a mega launch of Nepal Tourism Year 2011 officially from the capital on February 26, the campaign is being launched outside the Kathmandu valley in April.
“The first launch outside the valley will start either from Pokhara or Nepalgunj,” said Dhruba Narayan Shrestha, coordinator of Tourism section at the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce [...]
NTY hoarding board in Los Angeles
The campaigning for Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 has begun in earnest in the US. Nepali ambassador to the US Dr Shankar Sharma inaugurated the hoarding board of NTY 2011 campaign here on Monday.
This is possibly the first hoarding board of the campaign outside the country. The hoarding with information about NTY can be seen [...]
Paragliding for thrill seekers in Kathmandu
Extreme sports enthusiasts can now get the intense adrenaline rush while paragliding over Kathmandu, thanks to a company that is soon introducing this unique sports here.
The Kathmandu Paragliding and Hang Gliding Co, which is bringing this popular sport in the capital, want people to enjoy the skies and see the valley “from a completely different [...]
Yeti Airlines will be driven by market necessity
“We are a market driven company and our strategic position, perspective, and policy all are determined by the market,” Vijay Shrestha, group executive director of Yeti Airlines, one of the leading domestic airlines in the country, said, elaborating reasons behind the success of the company.
Yeti Airlines having more than 60 percent market share in domestic [...]









