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Nepal's Tourism Department runs on a shoestring budget, letting the free market fill the gap with a confusing welter of advertising. There are no tourist offices outside the country, and those few in Nepal are chronically starved of printed materials and generally bereft of maps. They can, however, sometimes come up with information on festival dates, local bus schedules and the like.
You'll always get the most useful information from other travellers. Check the informal
notice boards
in restaurants around the tourist quarters for news of upcoming events or to find travelling or trekking companions. In Kathmandu, the neighbouring offices of the
Kathmandu Environmental Education Project
and the
Himalayan Rescue Association
can help out with information on trekking routes and conditions. Despite its shameless advertiser bias,
Travellers' Nepal,
a free monthly magazine distributed to the big hotels and travel agencies, is the best of several sources of what's-on information. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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