Nepal

Kathmandu

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LUMBINI,NEPAL(BIRTH PLACE OF BUDDHA)

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trekking in ABC

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Mustang,Nepal

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Mt everest, HEAVEN ON EARTH

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MOUNT EVEREST

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Mt Everest! View from Kala Patthar : Kala Patthar peak, (5545m, 18193ft) offers the most accessible point to view Mount Everest from base camp to peak (due to the structure of Everest, the peak cannot be seen from the base camp). It takes about 2 hours to climb Kala Patthar and the trail begins near the lake bed (which now contains a small lake and a helipad) in Gorakshep (5,164m), the original base camp for Mt. Everest.

The himalayas of Nepal

2012-01-07T23:25:00.000-08:00

Amazing Goal,Nepal vs Bangladesh(Highlights) SAFF championship 2011

2012-01-07T23:24:00.000-08:00

WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ROAD IN NEPAL

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Adventure in Nepal

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A BRAND NEW NEPAL

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visiting nepal,once is not enough

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worth watching It,its NEPAL

2012-01-04T19:17:00.000-08:00

Nepal attracts record number of tourists

2012-01-04T18:04:00.001-08:00

KATHMANDU — Nepal had its best ever year for tourism in 2011, with most of the growth coming from neighbouring India and China, according to official figures released on Wednesday.
Once a must-see destination on the famed "hippy trail", Nepal was dealt a severe blow during the decade-long civil war that ended in 2006, with tourist numbers dropping dramatically.
But the new data show a marked recovery, with tourism accounting for seven percent of gross domestic product -- more than $1 billion -- last year.
The Nepal Tourism Board said there were 719,547 visitors in 2011, including those travelling over land. Some 545,000 came through the country's only international airport in Kathmandu, 21 percent up on the previous year.
Last month the United States, one of the major sources of trekkers, cancelled a warning against travel to Nepal as it pointed to improving conditions.

Nepal witnesses 39 per cent growth in Indian tourist arrivals by air

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It seems Nepal is making its way to Indian outbound travellers’ preferred destination list. This trend is clearly visible in the fact that the number of Indian tourists to Nepal by air increased by 39 per cent to 145,338, in 2011 as compared to 2010’s arrival figure of 104,470 by air. The number of foreign tourists by air to Nepal has also witnessed an increase of 21.4 per cent over the 2010 figure of 448,769 visitors, official sources said. The number of Chinese visitors also witnessed 77.6 per cent growth registering 45,400 arrivals this year, according to the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).

However, the NTB admitted that it has failed to meet the set target of attracting 1,000,000 tourists during the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign as the year witnessed only 544,985 foreign visitors by air including 145,338 Indians. The low arrivals can be attributed to a number of factors such as the insufficient number of aircraft owned by Nepal Airlines, the national flag carrier, and the economic slowdown in Europe, said Sarad Pradhan, Media Advisor, Nepal Tourism Board, according to a report by PTI.

Besides a lack of effective promotional campaigns abroad by Nepal's tourism authority, political instability and the frequently observed shut downs and strikes have also contributed to the slowdown in tourism sector, Pradhan pointed out. According to a survey, there were more than 50 days of general strikes and shut downs in the year 2011 despite leaders of some 20 political parties pledging no strikes or agitations affecting the tourism sector during the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 campaign.

Facts about Nepal

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Population: 29.8 million (UN, 2010)
Capital: Kathmandu
Area: 147,181 sq km (56,827 sq miles)
Major language: Nepali
Major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism
Life expectancy: 68 years (men), 70 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Nepalese rupee = 100 paisa
Main exports: Carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain
GNI per capita: US $480 (World Bank, 2010)
Internet domain: .np
International dialling code: +977

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Patan, nepal

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Ghandruk and Annapurna at south,Nepal

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Pokhara,Nepal

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My pride my Nepal

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Nepal and its culture

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A typical Nepalese meal is Dal-bhat-tarkari. Dal is a spicy lentil soup, served over bhat (boiled rice), served with tarkari (curried vegetables) together with achar (pickles) or chutney (spicy condiment made from fresh ingredients). The Newar community, however, has its own unique cuisine. It consists of non-vegetarian as well as vegetarian items served with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Mustard oil is the cooking medium and a host of spices, such as cumin, coriander, black peppers, sesame seeds, turmeric, garlic, ginger, methi (fenugreek), bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, pepper, chillies, mustard seeds, etc., are used in the cooking. The cuisine served on festivals is generally the best.Costumed Hindu-girls in Nepal.
Folklore is an integral part of Nepalese society. Traditional stories are rooted in the reality of day-to-day life, tales of love, affection and battles as well as demons and ghosts and thus reflect local lifestyles, cultures and beliefs. Many Nepalese folktales are enacted through the medium of dance and music

nepal and its language

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Nepal's diverse linguistic heritage evolved from four major language groups: Indo-Aryan, Tibet-Bur man, Mongolian and various indigenous language isolates. The major languages of Nepal (percent spoken as mother tongue) are Nepali (70%), Maithili (5%), Bhojpuri (3%), Tharu (4%), Tamang (3%), Newari/Nepal Bhasa (3.6%), Magar (2.4%), Rai (2.8%), Awadhi (2.5%), Limbu (1.5%), and Bajjika (1%).
Derived from Sanskrit, Nepali has roots in Sanskrit and is written in Devanagari script. Nepali is the official national language and serves as lingua franca among Nepalis of different ethnolinguistic groups. Regional dialects Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Maithili and rarely Hindi are spoken in the southern Terai Region. Many Nepalis in government and business speak English as well. Dialects of Tibetan are spoken in and north of the higher Himalaya where standard literary Tibetan is widely understood by those with religious education. Local dialects in the Terai and hills are mostly unwritten with efforts underway to develop systems for writing many in Devanagari or the Roman alphabet.