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July
2008
The
Goverment of Nepal has set new visa regulations into effect.
Source:
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) July 2008
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July
2008
| Nepal
Airlines Corporation (NAC): Second Boeing returning home |
After
months of delay the other Boeing 757 of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC)
is finally coming home. The aircraft was sent to Brunei in August 2007
for C-check. After bringing its second Boeing back in operation, NAC has
plans to resume flights to Shanghai and Osaka and increase flight frequency
on the New Delhi-Kathmandu route to seven flights a week.
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January
2008
| Trekkers'
Information Management System (TIMS) |
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| An
agreement has been signed between Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and Trekking
Agents Association of Nepal (TAAN) with an objective of maintaining
the database of trekkers and discouraging illegal operation in trekking
business to implement the Trekkers'
Information Management System (TIMS) from
1st January 2008. |
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 As
per the provision, all trekkers should
have the valid TIMS Certificate that is distributed free of charge by the
TIMS counters of NTB and TAAN.
 Nepal
Tourism Board will provide TIMS Certificate free of cost to both trekkers who wish to go to trekking through government
registered trekking companies and individual trekkers(FIT).
As
per agreement, TAAN would use the offices of all its member agents as TIMS
Counter. Trekking agencies that aren't affiliated with TAAN, however, have
to get TIMS certificates from either TAAN Secretariat or NTB.
Similarly, TAAN's
Pokhara Chapter member agencies of TAAN Pokhara Chapter would distribute TIMS
Certificate in Pokhara.
It
is believed that the database will become useful to rescue the trekkers
during the emergencies and it will also help us to ascertain the number
of trekkers in a particular trekking route.
TIMS
Certificate can be obtained from NTB Office, Bhrikutimandap, NTB Office
Pokhara, Belahia-Bhairahawa, Gadda Chauki- Mahendranagar, Kakarvitta and
other designated counters by NTB in future.
Source:
Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) January 2008
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