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World Cyclist Pushkar Shah, who made a world-record by traveling to more than 150 countries on a bicycle, has scaled Mount Everest along with his fellow summiteers Monday.
World Cyclist Pushkar Shah Shah took national flags of all 150 countries he had traveled to on bicycle to Everest summit. Shah had started the ascent on May 13 along with his team members of the “Peace Expedition 2010.”
Before setting out for the expedition, Shah told the media, he was going to summit Everest to pray for world peace.
Reporters say, almost a 100 mountaineers summated Everest on Monday.
So many people could summit Everest on Monday as the weather in Everest region was good on Monday, said Wangchuk Sherpa, chairman of Everest Summiteers Association (ESA). |
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prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on 26 February officially launched Nepal Tourism Year 2011 amid a ceremony at Army Pavilion, Tundikhel. Launching the yearlong campaign by lighting a peace torch, Nepal urged all concerned to join hands for the most anticipated national campaign that could trigger economic revolution.
Representatives from political parties, tourism, economic sector, private sector, sports, entertainment and ethnic communities participated in the rally – that took out from five places in the city – before attending the inaugural ceremony.
Along with the PM, 18 political parties showed their commitment to the national campaign by pledging to make the campaign a big success and avoid any kind of bandh or strike in 2011 to maintain peace and security.
More than 40,000 people from different walks of life participated in rallies carrying national flags from City Hall, Lainchour, Academy Hall, Dasharath Stadium and Basantpur Durbar square to converge at the army pavilion. TAAN led the procession of about 2,000 trekking professionals, who enthusiastically participated in the rally with national flags.
After the launch in Kathmandu, the NTY 2011 Secretariat is planning to launch the programs in Biratnagar, Janakpur, Birgunj, Chitwan, Pokhara, Bhairahawa, and Nepalgunj, according to the NTB. |
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The fourth meeting of Sagarmatha Tourism Coordination Forum (STCF) under the Sagarmatha National Park Buffer Zone Management Committee (SNPBZMC) concluded in Kathmandu on January 18.
Inaugurating the meeting, Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Deepak Bohora said garbage management was the big challenge for tourism in the Sagarmatha National Park. “To preserve our mountain ecology, I have proposed the government to conduct a march with the theme of ‘Save the Himalayas’ all the way to New York to draw the attention of world community towards the preservation of mountain ecology,” Bohora added. He also said the government was mulling over a proposal to reward expedition teams on Mt Everest and other Himalayan peaks on the basis of garbage that they bring down with them.
Speaking on the occasion, Sonam Gyaljen Sherpa, president of STCF, said toursm infrastructure development in the Khumbu region has to be carried out under close coordination with concerned stakeholders. “The main challenging part is to make a proper policy in sharing revenue generated from the Himalayas. The policy should clearly state who should get what and by performing what responsibility,” he added. He also regretted that people in the Himalayan region were getting only a nominal share of revenue generated from the Himalayas, despite facing environment degradation and other impacts due to increasing pressure in the Himalayas.
TAAN President Sitaram Sapkota suggested implementing a provision of taking a single liaison officer instead of many liaison officers from different agencies to facilitate varied activities in the Himalayas. He also said TAAN was committed to spend revenue generated from Trekkers’ Information Management System (TIMS) for the welfare of trekking and mountaineering staff and development and promotion of tourism activities.
Also speaking on the occasion were Constituent Assembly member Ang Dawa Sherpa, Tourism Secretary Nagendra Prasad Ghimire, Director General of Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation Gopal Upadhyaya and NTB CEO Prachanda Man Shrestha.
On the occasion, Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA), Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) and Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) made presentations on their respective activities in the Himalayan region. TAAN 1st Vice President Bachhu Narayan Shrestha made a presentation on responsible mountain tourism in Sagarmatha Region and former TAAN President Deepak Mahat made a presentation on adventure tourism.
The meeting came up with a 15-point resolution on promotion of responsible tourism in the mountain region, exerting minimum possible pressure in mountain culture and ecology. |
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