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Nepal’s Travel & Tourism Trivia<br />
First <strong>Trek</strong>king Agency in Nepal:<br />
Col. Jimmy Roberts’ Mountain Travel <strong>Trek</strong>king Agency established in 1964<br />
First International Class Hotel in Nepal:<br />
Boris Lissanevitch’s The Royal Hotel at Kantipath, Kathmandu<br />
(now National Election Commission’s Office building)<br />
Father of Nepali Tourism:<br />
Russian émigré and former ballet dancer, Boris Lissanevitch<br />
First 8000 metre mountain ascent: Annapurna (8091m)<br />
by French mountaineers Maurice Herzog & Louis Lachenal in 1950<br />
First ascent of Mount Everest (8848m):<br />
By Tenzing Norgay & Edmund Hillary 1953<br />
First ‘Airfield’ in Nepal:<br />
Gaucharan, Kathmandu<br />
Nepal’s First Airline Company and First Aircraft:<br />
Royal Nepal Airlines’ DC 3 Dakota<br />
First Plane to land in Nepal:<br />
Beechcraft Bonanza carrying the Indian Ambassador, 1949<br />
Year TIA became Operational:<br />
1964 AD<br />
First Jet to land at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) :<br />
Lufthansa’s Boeing 707 in 1967<br />
Important Contacts:<br />
Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA),<br />
Naxal, Kathmandu<br />
Tel: 977 1 4434525<br />
URL: www.nepalmountaineering.org<br />
<strong>Trek</strong>king Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN)<br />
PO Box 3612<br />
Gairidhara, Kathmandu<br />
Tel: 977 1 4427473<br />
URL: www.taan.org.np<br />
Nepal Tourism Board<br />
(Tourist Service Centre)<br />
PO Box 11018<br />
Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu<br />
Tel : 977 1 4256909<br />
URL: www.welcomenepal.com<br />
Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA)<br />
(Main Office): PO Box 4944,<br />
Lazimpat, Kathmandu<br />
Tel: 977 1 4440292<br />
HRA Pheriche (Everest Region) Aid Post<br />
HRA Manang Aid Post<br />
URL: www.himalayanrescue.org<br />
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