Industry & Tourism
The FY2026/27 budget puts Rs 7.34 billion into tourism and backs a string of new trekking routes across Nepal's remote far-west — the next frontier…
By Laxman Rawal · Jun 27, 2026
For a decade Nepal''s trekking economy has leaned on the same two regions — Everest and Annapurna. Nepal''s FY2026/27 national budget is the clearest sign yet that the government wants to change that, putting real money behind a string of new trekking routes…
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Api Himal, far-west Nepal — the new frontier the 2026 budget is backing.
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The far-west — Sudurpaschim and Karnali — holds some of Nepal''s most dramatic, least-walked mountains, yet sees a tiny fraction of the country''s trekkers. The budget push lines up with two other 2026 moves pointing the same direction: the government waived…
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