Is Nepal safe to travel ?

Lot of people from abroad still ask the same questions as follows; "Is Nepal safe to travel?" after earthquake 25 April. "Do you have food to eat in your country?"

But we do not feel such condition in Nepal. Most of them (EQ) are not aware regarding the actual situation. The infographic data shows the actual facts from Nepal Tourism Board.

When we had EQ, media from all over the world concentrated on devastation & visuals. We were unknown what we need to do and how we need to act.

Every body from a single lay man to government were helpless to manage the situation. We were not prepared to handle emergency, although there were lot of I-NGOs taught the mock EQ every year in various sectors in Nepal and even in Kathmandu valley. The way they taught did not work when it happened in reality.

The good thing in Nepal is that people took it as natural disaster and it may happen anywhere in the world, so why do we worry? Now, Chile is suffering.

Tourism is bread and butter of most of Nepalese. Nepalese do not want to be parasite depending on donation. We are mentally fit and fine that we came back in normal life though we lost many friends and families.

We are still smiling, we are alive and want to work for tourism, for Nepal building back better. You can see all the festivals are smooth and intact. Therefore the answer is "Yes ! it is safe to travel." if you have still questions in your head, please visit www.nepalnow.org for the latest information on Nepal.

Common Nepal lovers if you want to help Nepal please do come and visit our country with your friends and families and see our beautiful Nepal in your upcoming holidays. 

Nepal: Aftermath

Government of Nepal has announced formal opening of UNESCO Heritage site, Bhaktapur from today 15 June 2015. We tourism entrepreneur are very happy to have such a positive announcement on Nepal. 25/04 gave a very bad shock to Nepal and lot of international media had big coverage on the destruction of Nepal. These coverages had created very bad impression on Nepal. Actually, all Nepal were not affected. But the way media had covered made people afraid of visiting Nepal with immediate effect.

The big media houses from abroad could not even thought of the impact of their coverage, that damaged the whole life of Nepalese and Nepal. We are suffering from the quake and economic impact too. Physically and mentally down. We need your help to rise again. We request all Nepal lovers to Travel Nepal to Help Nepal.

Now is the time to review the news again. Those who had covered the news on the topic need to have follow up news on Nepal aftermath. The follow up news will definitely help for revival of Nepal tourism and economic activities.

In the mean time, lot of people believe on travel advisory. The ambassadors residing in NEPAL love to stay in Nepal but they are still afraid of modifying their travel advisory and welcome their citizens in Nepal. We request all our well wisher ambassadors to review their travel advisory as soon as possible. 

Some time diplomats need to be briefed on time, which may be lacking from Nepalese government side or Nepalese tourism professional. 

We Nepalese have guts to scale Mt. Everest and climb lots of scary mountain but do not think of requesting residence ambassadors (Most of them are Nepal lovers) to revise their travel advisory.

This is an open appeal to all ambassadors to please get the facts from Nepal government, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Nepal Tourism Board, Tourism Recovery Committee and lot of your friends in travel trade business and please revise, review your travel advisory for recovery of Nepal. Your statement matters than we spend lot of exercise on recovery. 

Your contribution in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Vinaya Shakya 

Travel Consultant

vinaya@tripitakholidays.com 

भूकम्प र पालको बास

२०७२ बैशाख १२ गतेको भूकम्प र फेरी २९ गते आएको आर्को कम्पनले धेरै नेपाल भुमिमा बस्नेहरुलाई "ने" काटेर "पाल"को बास गरायो । २ - ४ दिन देखि हप्ता दिन, आधा महिना सम्म पालमा बास बस्नु पर्दा हामीले घर हेरेर बस्ने बाहेक अरु केहि गर्न सकेनौ ।

पालबाट घर हेर्दा घरले केहि बोल्छ कि जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । "किन तिमीहरु मलाई छाडेर खेतमा पाल टाँगेर बसेको?" भन्थ्यो । घर भित्र जान खोज्दा मृत्युको मुखमा गएको जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । घरको भित्ता, कोठा, ढोका सबैले बोल्छ जस्तो लाग्थ्यो ।

कहिले काही जिस्काए जस्तो पनि लाग्थ्यो । हत्तेरिका कति डराएका ? भन्थ्यो, जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । झ्यालले पनि हात हल्लाए जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । बत्तीले आँखा झिम्क्याए जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । टेलिफोनले घर भित्रै बस भने झैँ लाग्थ्यो ।

पटक पटक जमीन हल्लिंदा घरले " हेर है साहु ! तिमीहरुले बनाएको घर त ठिकै छ । सिमेन्ट, डण्डी राम्रै लाएका छौ, टाई बिम लगाएकै छौ, किन डराएका ? मलाई केहि हुन्न" भने झैं लाग्थ्यो । तर हाम्रो मनमा घर प्रति होइन आफु प्रति नै विश्वास थिएन । कुन बेला यमराजले लाने हो ठेगान छैन कति खेर फेरी कम्पन आउने हो कुर्ने सिवाय केहि गर्न सकिएन । कता जाँदा मरिने हो ? कुन ठाउमा खाल्डो चिरिने हो ? जमीन भास्सिने हो कि ? घर ढल्ने हो कि ? बिजुलीको खम्बाले लाग्ने हो कि ? छिमेकको घर पर्खाल लडेर ज्यान जाने हो कि ? तेस्सै अत्तालिएर मरिने हो कि ? मुटुको व्यथाले को खुस्किने हो कि ? के हो ? के हो ?

केहि कुरा लेख्ने कोशिस गर्दा केहि नफुर्ने । दिमागी सन्तुलन नै गुमेको जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । जहिले पनि जमीन हल्ले झैँ लाग्ने । कसैले "आयो" भनी बित्तिकै भागी हाल्ने बानि नै भयो । धारामा पानी आए पनि, पखाला लागेर आए पनि, फोन आए पनि, दाइ आए पनि, भाइ आए पनि "आयो" भन्ने बित्तिकै जुरुक्क उठेर टाप दिने मानिसहरु खोज्न कतै जानु परेन ।

सायद मानसिक अस्पतालका बिरामीहरु बरु ठिक भए होलान हामी चै बिरामी भयौं । कति हात खुट्टा नचलेर असक्त भएकाहरु सन्चो भए होलान डराएरै बरु । सुन्नमा पनि आएको थियो । एकजना पक्षघात भएर हिड्न नसक्ने मानिस जुरुक्क उठेर हिडे रे । त्यो त राम्रै भो । सबैलाई ज्यान जोगाउन हतार ।

हाम्रो काका पनि दमको बिरामी । भूकम्प आउदा, दौडेर आउन नसकेर भर्याङमा ठिङ्ग उभेर बस्नु भयो । हामी चै बाहिर निस्केर कराएर मात्रै बस्यौं । आफ्नै घर भित्र जाने हिम्मत आएन । आफैले आफैलाई धिक्कार भन्ने सिबाय अरु केहि गर्न सकिएन । लाचार नै भयौं ।

यो एउटा यस्तो अवस्था थियो जहाँ हामीले मानिस बाहेक जात पात, रंग भेद सबै बिर्सेका थियौं । मानवीय धर्म मात्रै जागृत भएको अवस्था थियो । सबैजना पालमा, खान एकै थालमा ।

हे, यो त जति लेखे नि नपुग्ने रहेछ । अहिले लाई यतिनै । अस्तु ।

Nepal Earthquake: We can do

Some tourism professionals think that we are finished for this season, the other group has different views. Now we have more opportunities. We are known to the world. We do not need to introduce in the world market. Lot of media coverage on earthquake definitely took attention of the world and Nepal lovers.

This is the time to hit the market. Let us appeal to the world to travel Nepal to help Nepal. We will rise again and want to come back soon. Plan your next holiday destination to our country Nepal. It is time to rebuild and revive from the natural calamity. 

Nature calamity never comes with any signal nor alarm. It can hit any where in the world. Earthquake made us equivalent to Japan, New Zealand, Now is the time to think like Japanese and New Zealander. If they can do, why not us.

Come on Nepalese, lets work for the country with new look, new enthusiasm & new thoughts. We can do. The world knows how we got rid of insurgency, how we handled royal family massacre, How we managed Turkish Airlines incident.

Vinaya Shakya

Travel Consultant

Travel Nepal, Help Nepal

We are still in shock, and we are having aftershock everyday till date. Mind, body and soul are not in normal condition. Lots of people gain anxiety, depression, tension, mental disorder and psychic. These are due to post earthquake affect. We are alive, this is the best thing. We should start new life. We should try to forget the past. It is difficult, but we should.

Share your tension, share your sorrows, talk to people, help people, get out of your place, see other place, neighbour, visit friends and families, do volunteer. Try to back to your normal life. Develop self confidence.

To our foreign friends!

It is our humble request to travel Nepal in coming season, our village, our place and help people. Please do not cancel your tour plan. If you travel Nepal, you will create employment, you will support the local directly. We want to "work for Nepal". We assure you that we never give up for hospitality. People lost their houses but not homely environment. 

It is natural disaster, not political, you can see the united people now than before. Youths are working without any political banners from their heart for humanity. 

In this condition, we can revive through tourism. Therefore, we request all our friends and families to travel Nepal and help Nepal from coming season.

Nepal Earthquake Update

Fri May 08 06:17:33 GMT+05:45 2015 near 32km S of Kodari, Nepal
4.9 earthquake!
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002dn5