When we asked the 106 Kathmandu-based tourism entrepreneurs who took part in our tourism business survey about the kind of policy support that would help them recover from the pandemic, here’s what...

Our ongoing survey for members of the Nepali tourism workforce provides useful insight into their immediate financial needs. We asked survey participants about the kinds of financial support they ...

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, stories and articles that report an increase in issues pertaining to people’s mental health and psychosocial wellbeing seem to be on the rise. Unsurprisingly, ea...

I was supposed to meet Vidya at Thamel, the heart of tourist activities in Kathmandu. Having talked quite a few times on the phone, I was looking for her as she waved her hands, smiling ear to ear....

⊕ Saila dai’s shop looked just like any other tourist bag shop we see at Thamel with varieties of jute and hemp bags of all sizes ornamented all around. As we entered the store, Saila dai was seat...

⊕ Ramesh Dhakal, the owner of Hotel Green Horizon and Nepal Mountain Trekkers, started as a porter. He entered tourism in 1997, following his friends from Dhading to Kathmandu. However, it was the...

⊕ Neetam started working in tourism right after her intermediate high school exams, also known as School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams, in 2008. Starting as a trainee, she studied tourism in her...

In our survey, we’ve collected information around the kind of health and sanitation practices in place at different tourism businesses in and around Kathmandu. In this report, we use statistical cl...