News Government opens 50 more mountains Annapurna area: Efforts to discourage illegal trekking agents Chitwan Park: Kujauli entry point reopened Kathmandu: Travelling in a bus- Beware of pickpockets! Manthali: Travellers victims of robberies Government opens 50 more mountains

Kathmandu: Airport procedures at Tribhuvan International Airport

Entering the TIA's arrival area you can see several queues of tourists: lines for the Nepali-Indian counter, lines for visitors with visas, lines for visitors without visas, lines to apply for visa, lines to pay visa fees. Where to go first? Immigration changed its rules so that visitors can pay $30 on arrival for a three-month visa, but they scrapped the multiple entry provision at the airport. Tourists still have to fill out a visa form, wait in line again to present it at the counter. After that they have to move on to another line to pay the fee, and wait again to have the passport stamped. On average you are lucky if this procedure takes only one hour.

Manang: More Tourist destinations opened for tourists

Nar and Phu, the two northernmost tourist destinations of the Manang district bordering Tibet, freed from restriction.

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Chitwan Park: Kujauli entry point reopened

Tourist entry point to the Chitwan National Park (RCNP) which had been closed since three years back without any good reason has been reopened raising hopes of thriving business there. The Kujauli entry point that served as a convenient entry into the RCNP for foreigners as well as domestic tourists since 1994 had been shut down in 2000. The Kujauli entry point is on the bank of the Narayani River, three-km away from the Faram Bazaar. This point holds a special significance with captivating scenes of natural beauty. After the reopening of this entry point hotel entrepreneurs have once again decided to resume their businesses which had died down earlier.

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Kathmandu: Travelling in a bus- Beware of pickpockets!
Gang of pickpockets are boarding city busses to steal valuable from the passengers on broad-day-light. Broad-day-light robberies are very common in Kathmandu, unfortunately. Kalanki and Bus Park at Gongabu are two such junctions in the capital, where thousands of travellers going out of and coming into the capital gather every morning and evening - between 4:00 to 7:00 am and 4:00 to 7:00 pm, and sometimes even later. There are incidents of pick-pocketing and there are incidents of broad day-light robberies, which are very serious and scary. The bus drivers say they are familiar with the happenings, but reject charges that they often get a slice from the pies that the pickpockets make.

Manthali: Travellers victims of robberies
People travelling along the highway from Dumja to Sindhuli and Ramechhap are recently being forced to bear the brunt of robbers, while passing through the jungle region along this route. Some armed robbers have been lurking along this path, situated at the quiet and deserted part of the jungle.
It is learnt that within a one-month period, more than 200 incidents of robbing have taken place along this path. Usually these robbers come in groups of three. No security exists along this path, leaving a field day for the robbers to commit such crimes.

Government opens 50 more mountains
On the occasion of golden jubilee celebrations of the first ascent of the Mount Everest, the Government today opened 50 more mountains for mountaineers.

According to the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation with this, the total number of mountains open for mountaineers has reached to 326. Among the newly opened summits, the highest is Mount Kabra, 7,318 metres. Mount Kabra is in Kanchanjungha mountain range.