KATHMANDU: Nepal on Friday barred climbers from all mountains — including Everest — over the coronavirus pandemic, in a major blow to its tourism industry. The move could cost the Himalayan nation tens of millions of dollars in revenues drawn by the world´s biggest mountain, and expedition organisers said it would cause a financial disaster. “The government has decided to suspend all spring expeditions and scrap permits for the time being. The decision can be reviewed after analysing the global scenario over the coming month,” tourism minister Yogesh Bhattarai told AFP, adding no more visas would be given on arrival for foreigners.
Nepal´s move came a day after China barred access from its side. The country, still recovering from a major 2015 earthquake, was hoping to attract two million tourists for the first time in 2020. “This is disappointing news for both our expedition leaders and our clients who have trained for months for this year´s climb,” said Lukas Furtenbach, head of US-based Furtenbach Adventures.
Orban’s Fidesz remains the most popular party in Hungary
Azerbaijan has been demanding the villages’ return as a precondition for a peace deal after more than three decades...
The Republican Party and the Trump campaign said in a statement that they plan to recruit an army of poll watchers
All three suffered some frostbite to their cheeks, despite wearing heated masks
Sunak sought to appeal to core Conservative voters by warning the current welfare bill was fiscally unsustainable
The inquiry published its report in 2010, finding that some soldiers had knowingly put forward false accounts
