Five years after banning solo adventurers from climbing Mount Everest, Nepal's government has extended the restriction to the whole country.
Nepal is home to eight of the world's tallest mountains, but it is also known for its beautiful rural trekking regions. From now on, travelers who hope to trek in remote regions must hire a government-licensed guide or join a group.While the trekking industry is one of the country's biggest moneymakers, the cost of search and rescue missions for solo hikers who get lost is significant.
Lamicchane adds: "When tourists go missing or they are found dead, even the government cannot track them because they have taken remote routes." "There have been some cases where the trekking association has been requesting us to stop these unauthorized trekking operations. This has been a demand from tourism associations for a long time," he says.Ian Taylor, owner of a well-regarded guiding company with a long history in Nepal, says that the move makes sense as more and more people attempt difficult climbs in Nepal.
Taylor adds that the Nepali government doesn't have the capacity to vet every single visa applicant separately, hence the decision to enact a blanket ban.
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