After a six months of standstill, the tourism industry seems to be ready to welcome the tourists and restart the tourism in Nepal with full throttle. Different tourism sectors throughout the nation has already started their activities and with government to officially restart tourism in Nepal from 17 October there is no turning back now. The growing involvement of the domestic tourists has been a major motivation for the tourism industry of Nepal. Since, the resumption of the tourism services and infrastructures, the number of domestic tourism has been rising rapidly despite the Covid-19 situation.
A new hope for the tourism industry of Nepal.
On the positive note, the Prince of Bahrain who travelled to Nepal a while back for trekking has successfully climbed Mt. Lobuchhe with his team amid the corona virus pandemic. He and his team will be heading on to the next few expedition very soon. Now this has created a new hope for tourists, travel agents and tourism industry as a whole. So it is possible to successfully complete trekking and mountaineering expedition by following all the health and safety guidelines during this pandemic. Previously, a family of four – clanwander has also successfully completed their trekking trip amid pandemic. You can find them on YouTube and also their articles about their trekking journey during lockdown in nepalnow. org. Now, with just less than 14 days for trekking and mountain activities to officially resume in Nepal, this news has definitely created a positive impact on the tourism industry and has given a new hope for all.
Hotels and travel services is starting to resume all over Nepal.
The tourism entrepreneurs, travel agents, hotels and resorts all around in Nepal has resumed their services and activities. There has been a massive involvement of tourists and tourism entrepreneurs in the field of tourism in last couple of weeks. Apart from the quarantine hotels, almost every hotels have resumed their services, if not yet then they will very soon. The Hyatt Regency, one of the top hotels of Nepal has recently resumed its services by following all the health and safety guidelines and taking all the necessary precautions. They have teamed up with international groups for the better safety of their staffs and their guests. The services, however will be limited due to Covid-19 concerns. On the other hand, chandragiri resort and different other resorts from Pokhara and other destination have started their services as well.
Paragliding receiving the high number of domestic tourists since its restart.
Moving on, the heart of tourism in Nepal, Pokhara has been massively involved in tourism activities in last couple of weeks. Not just trekking and mountaineering but several other adventure sports are already operated in Pokhara and these adventure sports has been receiving a growing number of domestic tourist since its restart. Paragliding which has always been one of the favourite things to do in Pokhara among the tourist is still receiving a high number of domestic tourists since the services resumed. Apart from that, the Bungee jump in Pokhara is now on and along with that several other tourist activities are already on the move.
The price for the world famous Bungee jumping at Bhotekoshi will be same for all.
However, the world famous Bungee jump of Nepal at Bhotekoshi ( second highest bungee jump in the world) is yet to restart their services but they have taken up to their social media accounts to announce that there will be equal rates for the Bungee jumping for all nationalities. So they will be restarting their services with new price details which will be same for all.
Rafting and water sports will resume shortly in Nepal
Rafting in Nepal has been one of most thrilling and adventurous waters sports in the whole world. Some of the white water rafting in Nepal with high rapids and class will give you chills and make you feel your adrenaline rush through your veins and so is the kayaing experience in the fast flowing rivers of Nepal. A while back Nepal Association of Rafting Agencies (NARA) had written letter to the Tourism Ministry of Nepal to resume the water adventure sports. Now, it seems that NARA has been permitted to operate their activities as they seem to resume their water sports activities. So we will be seeing the involvement of domestic tourists in the rafting, kayaking and more water sports very shortly.
Health and safety guidelines mandatory in the tourism industry- safety has always been the first priority.
The tourism industry is finally ready to move on and welcome tourist after a crazy hiatus. If you are wondering about the safety, the Nepal Government has made it mandatory for all tourism entrepreneurs, travel agents, hotels, resorts, restaurants and every other organisations to operate their activities and services only by following all the health and safety guidelines as mentioned by the Government. On the other hand, only the PCR negative tourists will be allowed to travel and only to the safe destinations and the risky zones will definitely be avoided. Many travel agents have already come up with different tour packages, many of the tourism entrepreneurs and their team are seen to be traveling to different destinations, maybe to check the condition of the trip and for safety concerns before they plan the trip for their guests.
Covid-19 situation still the same in Nepal- no improvements yet.
However, the corona virus is still something that you cannot control, you can only try your best to avoid it and that is what the tourism industry is working on, to successfully plan a trip by avoiding the contamination of the virus and hopefully it works. The best thing to do if you are traveling anytime soon is to follow all the health and safety guidelines, choose the best of the travel agents and hotel services and get a travel insurance which is a must at this time.
The tourism industry of Nepal is ready as almost every sectors throughout the country has resumed their services and are eagerly waiting for international tourists to arrive in Nepal which is the only thing that they are missing right now.
So are you ready for Nepal tour and trekking in the high mountains of Nepal?
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