Industry & Tourism

Nepal Just Put a Mountain Guide on Its Tourism Board, and a 2026 Flood Recovery Fund Just Opened

Five new members joined Nepal's national tourism authority this month, including a Himalayan expedition operator speaking from Manaslu Base Camp…

By Laxman Rawal · Sep 16, 2026

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Three weeks after a flash flood tore through the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli corridors on 26 August, two pieces of news landed in the same week that matter more to whether Nepal's tourism economy actually recovers than almost anything since. Nepal's Ministry of…

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What this means for you If you were holding off on booking an autumn or spring Nepal trip because the flood coverage made the whole country sound off-limits, this is the correction: the routes that were damaged are known, specific, and mostly already rerouted…

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