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Archive for April 24th, 2014

Foreign Press Release from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Nepal

Thursday, April 24th, 2014

Today, April 24, 2014 the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in Nepal sent out a Foreign Press Release discussing the upcoming expedition season on Mount Everest. Below is the text from the press release. To see the official press release click here.

Press Release

Today, one high level delegation headed by Hon’ble minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Bhim Prasad Acharya had visited the Mount Everest Base Camp and seriously discussed with mountain guide, supporting climbers and other concerned people. The delegation comprised with representatives of different tourism related organizations.

During the discussion, the minister had urged to continue the expedition activities to all team leaders and members and requested to all concerned agencies to fix ladder and rope. At that time the supporting climbers also agreed to support expedition activities.

However, if some expedition team wants to quit the expedition for this season and request the ministry to extend their permit, the ministry would make necessary process to extend the time of their permit for the next five years for the expedition team of 2014 spring.

Here, the ministry strongly request to all the expedition team to continue the expedition because they have made all the required arrangement for completion of their expedition.

Madhu Sudan Burlakoti

Joint Secretary

Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation