It is great honour for Langtang Ri Trekking & Expedition (P.) Ltd. to organise Shishapangma Expedition (8027m) which dated from April 26th 2010 to May 28th 2010 for 8 paxs of Austrian group (on the leadership of Hannes Grobnear).

Unfortunately, only Mr. Marcus Amon could succeed to summit the peak on 15th of May due to unfavourable weather. We would like to congratulate him on his success and congratulate rest of other members for their well try.

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A trekking region with different identity & infinite adventure. Makalu Base Camp trekking offers you rich mountain scenery and diverse flora and fauna. Besides that absence of tea houses gives you the memorable taste on trekking. Langtang Ri Trekking and expedition Pvt. Ltd. arranged a Makalu Base Camp trek from 03 May 2010 to 23 May 2010 for the group of seven Canadians including Nepali trekking staff. We are please to get their positive and good response in return.

India's Kingfisher Airlines has started daily flights on New Delhi-Kathmandu sector from April 24. Along with flights to Kathmandu, the airline also launched flights to Dubai.

With these new launch, Kingfisher now flies to five international destinations. London, Bangkok and Hong Kong are the other international destinations of the airline.

The airline is using Airbus A320 aircraft on both the new flights.

"The New Delhi-Kathmandu flight offers excellent connectivity with Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Leh and London amongst other cities. Kingfisher Airlines' guests will now be able to fly in from these cities and easily connect with the New Delhi-Kathmandu flight. Guests flying in from Kathmandu to New Delhi will get easy and convenient connections to Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad," the airline said in a statement.

The airline plans to operate daily flights on Mumbai-Kathmandu sector from June.

Tourist arrival in the month of March recorded a robust growth of 34.6 percent as compared to arrival figure recorded in the same month last year. According to data collected by Immigration Office, TIA, and disseminated by Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), a total of 44,431 visitors entered Nepal via air in March.

Arrivals from the South Asian region, except Sri Lanka, registered an overall positive growth of 35.3 percent. India and China recorded a remarkable growth of 35.5 percent and 114 percent respectively compared in March. In other South Asian markets, arrivals from Bangladesh and Pakistan surged by 53.8 percent and 3.2 percent respectively.

Asian countries maintained the upward trend of previous months with Japan (6.8 percent), Malaysia (38.4 percent), and South Korea (68.1 percent) leading the pack. However, arrivals from Thailand and Singapore declined by 45.9 percent and 5.8 percent respectively. An overall growth of 42 percent has been recorded in the arrivals from the European markets with major generating markets such as UK, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands recording growths by 44.9 percent, 5.4 percent, 40.8 percent, 44 percent and 128.2 percent respectively.

The figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) reveal that visitor arrivals in the month of March 2010, compared to the same month last year, have increased by 34.6% to 44,431.

The arrivals from South Asian region, except for the arrivals from Sri Lanka have gained overall positive growth of 35.3% with India (35.5%), Bangladesh (53.8%) and, Pakistan (3.2%). Visitor arrivals from India, which is the largest source market for Nepal, has been increasing since the very beginning of 2010. A robust growth of 21% has been observed in the arrivals from the South Asian region during the first three months of 2010, in comparison to the same period last year.

Visitor arrivals from China, one of the fastest growing tourist markets for Nepal, have sustained the remarkable growth of 114%, compared to the figures in March 2009. Similarly, other Asian countries maintained the upward trend of previous months with Japan ( 6.8%), Malaysia ( 38.4%), South Korea (68.1%). However, arrivals from Thailand and Singapore witnessed negative growths of 45.9% and 5.8% respectively In aggregate, the other Asian segment has registered a growth of 32.9%. Visitor arrivals in the first three months of 2010, as compared to the same period last year, have grown by 38.6% in aggregate.

An overall growth of 42 % has been observed from the European markets with arrivals from major generating markets such as the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands up by 44.9%, 5.4%, 40.8%, 44% and 128.2% respectively. Visitor arrivals from all the European markets in the first three months of 2010, as compared to the same period last year, have grown by 34.1%.

The figures also show increasing trend in the visitor arrivals from the United States of America with a notable growth of 6.5%. Similarly Canada, Australia and New Zealand have also maintained positive trend with 27.2%, 27.4% and 69% of growths respectively.

This is the tenth consecutive month Nepal has witnessed growth in the international tourist arrivals and this confirms the improved prospects for Nepal in the year 2010 with rising business and consumer confidence. In the first three months of 2010 a robust 29.8 % of cumulative growth has been observed in comparison to the same period last year.

A total of 39,221 foreign tourists departed from TIA in March 2010. The number of Nepalese arrivals stood at 51,243 while 68,475 Nepalese departed from TIA in March 2010.

Tourist arrival to Nepal in the first month of 2010 recorded an increment of 18.8 percent compared to the arrival figures of same period last year.

According to the figures released by Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport, a total of 26,071 visitors entered Nepal in January. Growth in January was contributed by increment in arrivals from all market segments. Arrivals from India, which contributes one-third of total tourist arrivals to Nepal, grew by 9.9 percent. In the SAARC region, arrivals from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka grew by 43.3 percent, 37.3 percent and 9.9 percent respectively. In aggregate, the South Asian segment registered a positive growth of 15.6 percent in January.

Arrivals from Asia (other than South Asia) have also recorded a positive growth. Arrivals from Japan, Malaysia and South Korea grew by 19.5 percent, 57.2 percent and 87.2 percent respectively. However, China, Thailand and Singapore registered negative growth of 18.3 percent, 25.1 percent and 3.2 percent respectively. In aggregate, the Asian segment registered a positive growth of 15.4 percent.

Arrivals from European countries recorded a growth of whopping 34.9 percent in January, contributed by growth from major generating markets like UK (12.6 percent), France (17 percent), Germany (25.8 percent), Italy (40.9 percent), the Netherlands (92.2 percent), Spain (62.4 percent) and Switzerland (5.8 percent).

Similarly, arrivals from Australia, Canada and USA also registered healthy growth of 17.5 percent, 69.2 percent and 10.2 percent respectively.

“Nepal has enjoyed a sustained positive growth in the international visitor arrivals since June 2009 and the trend continues even in year 2010. These figures reflect confidence among visitors and tour operators to Nepal,” a press statement issued by Nepal Tourism Board stated.