http://www.allnepal.com Nature Trail Travels and Tours, Trekking and Expedition en-us http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=412 Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN) is organizing the 13th Eco-Trekking Workshop at Sukute Beach Resort on the banks of the Bhotekoshi River in Sindhupalchowk district from August 12-14. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=411 Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu is formally resuming issuance of permits for Tibet to third country visitors from August 1. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=410 Dragonair is starting daily flights to Kathmandu from September. The Hong Kong-based carrier is currently flying three times a week on Hong Kong-Kathmandu sector. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=409 Buses plying on major routes in Washington metro are adorned with promotional posters of Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 campaign. Nepali Embassy for United States has put promotional posters on 30 buses to promote Nepal as a summer tourist destination for American travelers. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=408 Embassy of Nepal and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) together promoted Nepal Tourism Year 2011 in London advertising in the London Buses on 9th May to 29th May 2011 in London. This is the first time Embassy and NTB jointly promoted Nepal Tourism year 2011 in London Buses. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=407 Nepal is hosting the world congress of the International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IHR&A) in the first week of December. The event was last organized in Nepal about four decades ago. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=406 Forgetting their commitment of not holding political activities that adversely affect the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign, ethnic fronts of the major political parties enforced a general strike in Kathmandu Valley on 27 April. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=405 Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) organized a daylong interaction on ‘Adventure Mountain Tourism: Issues of Khumbu’ in Lukla on April 26. The interaction was organized on the sidelines of Khumbu Tourism Festival. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=404 The government has permitted 22 expeditions to climb Mt Everest this season. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=403 Keeping in line with the objective of achieving NTY 2011 target of 3 lakhs Indian tourists for 2011, Nepal Tourism Board along with The Everest Hotel, Kathmandu participated in the 2nd NEWSWIRE India Outbound MICE Travel Mart held on 8th April at The Ballroom, The Leela Kempinski, Mumbai. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=402 Nepal Tourism Board along with Nepal Airlines and Red Lion Travel and Tours (P.) Ltd participated in the Thai International Travel Fair (TITF) 2011. The fair was held in the Thai capital city of Bangkok from 24th -27th February 2011. TITF is a top tourism fair in the regional and the global level. It is dedicated for trade and tourism promotion among the consumers and operators. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=401 Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) successfully organized Sales Mission in three cities of India - Pune, Nagpur and Ahmadabad from February 21-25, 2010. The mission went off well with lot of query and interest especially for Nepal Tourism Year 2011. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=400 The anticipated performance of tourism industry in 2011 is firmly confirmed by the steady rise of arrivals in the very beginning of the month. The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of January 2011, compared to the same month last year, have increased by 26.2% to 32914. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=399 Nepal Tourism Board, in co-ordination with Nepal German Chamber of Commerce & Industries (NGCCI) and Nepalese Private Travel Trade Sector Companies participated in Caravan, Motors & Tourism (CMT) from 15-23 January 2011 in Stuttgart, Germany. CMT is one of the Europe's largest leisure, and tourism consumer fairs with a combination of motor and caravaning show held in Stuttgart, Germany every year. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=398 India's Biggest Travel Show TTF concluded its 84th series in Bangalore on 16th January, 2011 with great fanfare and enthusiasm amidst the travel trade, visitors, sellers, buyers and the general public. The three day fair opened up on the 14th January, 2011 in Palace Grounds, Bangalore. The three day event brought together more than fifteen thousand visitors and 1500 travel trade. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=397 Nepal Tourism Board coordinated Nepal's participation as a premier tourist destination at Vakantiebeurs, the fourth largest tourism exhibition, at Utretch, The Netherlands from January 11 to 16, 2011, with the definite brand image Naturally Nepal Once is not enough. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=396 Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) together with GoN/UNDP/MEDEP and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) organized a five-day cook and home stay and public lodge management training for locals of six VDCs in Parbat and Myagdi districts. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=395 Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) held its extra ordinary general body meeting on December 29. The extra ordinary general body meeting was organized after its annual general meeting held on October 12 was put off in the lack of necessary quorum. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=394 Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) has decided to take the torch of Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 campaign to the summit of Mt Ama Dablam. http://www.allnepal.com/aboutus/news_detail.php?nid=393 The number of foreign visitors entering the country via air in the year 2010 increased by 18.3 percent as compared to the arrival figures of a year earlier. According to Immigration Office at Tribhuvan International Airport, a total of 448,769 foreign visitors entered the country in 2010. The number is nearly half of the target that the country has set for Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign.