{"id":73972,"date":"2014-03-12T22:13:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=73972"},"modified":"2014-03-12T22:13:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T18:13:09","slug":"nepal-considers-renting-out-himalayas-to-private-companies-to-sell-tourist-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=73972","title":{"rendered":"Nepal considers &#8216;renting out&#8217; Himalayas to private companies to sell tourist trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Himalayan-peaks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-73969\" alt=\"\u0570\u056b\u0574\u0561\u056c\u0561\u0575\u0576\u0565\u0580\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Himalayan-peaks.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Himalayan-peaks.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Himalayan-peaks-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Himalayan-peaks-476x300.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nepal&#8217;s most famous Himalayan peaks could soon be leased out to private companies to sell holidays to tourists, in a bid to cut down on the numbers attempting to conquer Everest.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial new tactic would involve the Nepalese government hiring out some of the country&#8217;s 326 pristine mountainsides to private companies who would then sell them as new tourist products.<\/p>\n<p>The move aims to capitalise on Nepal&#8217;s biggest tourist draws, while also combating overcrowding problems on Everest.<\/p>\n<p>The country is also considering lowering mountaineering fees to attract more trekkers to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and relies on tourism for foreign revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would need to get the green light from the Cabinet before it is implemented.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/\">\u00a0\u0531\u0576\u056f\u0561\u056d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Nepal&#8217;s most famous Himalayan peaks could soon be leased out to private companies to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":73969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,155,137],"tags":[8124,8123],"class_list":["post-73972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","tag-himalayas","tag-nepal","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}