Pokhara is no doubt one of the top place to visit in Nepal. With several attractions and tourist activities, Pokhara has always been at the top spot when it comes to tourism. However, the tourist activities went down to the bottom due to Covid-19 pandemic. Now after six months, Pokhara is shaping up different tourist activities and adventures sports to revive the tourism. With the resumption of the travel agents, hotels and restaurants, there was no doubt that the tourism activities would run shortly. Soon after the decision of government to resume tourism infrastructures and services, different tourism sectors who have been preparing themselves for so long were quick enough to operate their activities. Now by following all the safety and health guidelines set by the government, the tourism in Nepal looks forward in getting back to normal.
Adventure activities have resumed in Pokhara.
The beautiful city of Pokhara has always been a peak point of both domestic as well as international tourists. Since the traveling is still banned for foreign nationals to Nepal, the tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara have resumed several tourism activities by making domestic tourists as their number one priority. Some of the famous adventure activities like Paragliding, Bungy, zip line has already been started in Pokhara. On the other hand, the Mardi Himal Trek which has been quite popular since the last couple of years has also been started as well. The Mardi Trek with 4000+ metres has earned quite an impression among both domestic and international tourists in last few years. Beside that, many people have already started to head out for short hiking and long distance bike riding tour in a flock.
These adventure sports and other tourist activities are mainly focused on the engagement of domestic tourists now. The international tourists might arrive from mid October Nepal is set to open trekking and mountain activities for international tourists as well. This would be the first time that Nepal will welcome international tourists for leisure and holiday purposes since the travel ban was imposed. Pokhara is a home of several high mountains, so with the resumption of trekking and mountain activities from 17 October, there is no doubt that the city of Pokhara will be receiving the huge portion of tourist who will head on for trekking.
Adventure activities and other similar sports has been one of the best and rising tourist activities in Nepal, specially in Pokhara. The operation of paragliding, Bungy and zip line from now will help the entrepreneurs to make necessary preparations and fill the gaps to create a safe environment when the tourism officially resumes in Nepal. Apart from trekking and mountain activities, these adventure activities will most probably be available for international tourists as well once the travel ban is lifted. Paragliding, Bungy and zip line can be operated with few staffs and with minimal physical contacts, so there might not be a huge issue regarding the safety for these adventure activities in Pokhara and on top of that, these activities will be carried out by following all the health and safety guidelines as required. Meanwhile, cycling and bike riding to several tourist destinations has been one of the major activity of domestic tourists as of now.
No issues regarding travel and accommodation for tourists.
On the transportation and infrastructures side, there will not be any problem regarding it as government has permitted for the operation of domestic flights and long distance public transportation. On the other hand, hotels, restaurants and travel agents are now in full operation by maintaining all the health and safety protocols, so if you are traveling to Nepal then accommodation will not be a problem during hour trip.
So as far as traveling to Pokhara is concerned, you can book your flights to Kathmandu and head out straight to Pokhara using domestic flights. However, the PCR and the quarantine rules should be strictly followed as per the guidelines of the government of Nepal. You can easily find out the best hotels allocated for the quarantine facilities in Nepal or you can consult with your travel agent for the services and information regarding it.
Moving on, Government of Nepal has been lifting many of its suspensions and resuming all possible services as of now. Looking at the current situation, domestic tourism has finally seems to get back in action in Nepal as many tourist sites have been receiving a handful of domestic tourist in last couple of weeks. Furthermore, government is also planning to open different other cultural sites and other tourist sites. As of now, domestic tourism has created a hope among the tourism entrepreneurs and tourism industry of Nepal as a whole for the rest of the year.
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