Over thousand tourists, guides rescued during weeklong lockdown against COVID-19
30 March, Kathmandu : A total of 1,330 foreign tourists and Nepali tourist guides left stranded at several destinations due to a weeklong nationwide lockdown against the coronavirus have been rescued.
As per the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) sources, such a number of tourists were rescued from different 19 touristic destinations including Pokhara, Lukla, Taplejung, Jomsom, Annapurna Base Camp, Muktinath, Langtang, Manaslu, Gorkha, Lete, Besisahar, Kande, Sankhuwasabha, Jhapa, Beni and Jhinudanda. They were rescued via chartered flights.
Most rescues were from Lukla in Solukhumbu district. According to Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN), eighty-five tourist guides were airlifted to Kathmandu from the Lukla region on Sunday and Monday. The rescue flights were made in cooperation with the NTB.
As said by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), Lukla witnessed five rescue flights alone this morning. Different airlines companies, including Nepal Airlines Corporation (one), Sita Air (two) and Summit Air (two) had operated flights to bring 70 foreign tourists and their guides back to Kathmandu today.
Meanwhile, the Nepal Army has been granted permission to make rescue flights to Dhangadhi, Surkhet and Biratnagar, said CAAN spokesperson Raj Kumar Chhetri.
बुधबार बैंकिङ प्रणालीबाट ३० अर्ब उठाउँदै राष्ट्र बैंक
माघ २, २०८० मंगलबार
बर्खास्त गर्ने चेतावनी दिएपछि एमालेका मन्त्रीहरूले दिए राजीनामा
चैत २१, २०७९ मंगलबार
प्रहरीबाट नेता कुटिएपछि राजविराज तनावग्रस्त
चैत २१, २०७९ मंगलबार
माटोका भाँडा बनाउने व्यवसायी समस्यामा
पुष २५, २०८१ बिहिबार
धौलागिरि अस्पतालमा चिकित्सक अभावले उपचार प्रभावित
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सबै माओवादी एक ठाउँमा बसेर जनयुद्ध दिवस मनाउ भन्नेमा छुः विप्लव
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सहकारीका प्रबन्धकलाई कुटपिट गर्ने पाँच जना पक्राउ
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इजलासमा रविको हारगुहार, ‘थुनामुक्त गरिदिनुहोस्, पीडितको रकम फिर्ताका लागि पहल गर्छु’
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