Nepal Tourism Year 2011

Nepal Tourism Year 2011

Nepal´s enduring Hindu-Buddhist charm, alluring myths and mysticism, besides universally renowned Gurkha hospitality with a big Nepali smile still exist and this is what Visit Nepal 2011 is all about promoting Nepal as a clean tourist beauty spot where dreams of visiting a lost Shangrila still hold true for most first time adventure seekers.

The natural scenery, high mountains,

Nepal -Source Wiki

Flag of Nepal

Nepal has seen rapid political changes during the last two decades. Until 1990, Nepal was a monarchy running under the executive control of the king. Faced with a Communist movement against the absolute monarchy, King Birendra, in 1990, agreed to large-scale political reforms by creating a parliamentary monarchy with the king as the head of state and a prime minister as the head of the government. Nepal has also been noted for its recent speed of development, such as being one of the few countries in Asia to abolish the death penalty^[41] and the first country in Asia to rule in favor of same-sex marriage, which the government has a seven-person

Introduction in Brief

Rani of Nepal, 1920

Nepal (pronounced /nɛˈpɔːl/ ne-PAWL, Nepali: नेपाल  [neˈpal], officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India. With an area of 147,181 square kilometers (56,827 sq mi) and a population of approximately 30 million, Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most populous country. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the country's largest metropolis.

Nepal has a rich geography. The mountainous north has eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including the highest point on Earth, Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains more than 240 peaks over 20,000 ft (6,096 m) above sea level. The fertile and humid south is heavily urbanized.

By some measures, Hinduism is practiced by a larger majority of people in