‘I fear each time I go on a plane’: Inside Nepal’s tourism industry and the risks travellers are willing to take

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Regular visitors to Nepal are very familiar with the risks that come with travelling throughout the country, but it's unlikely to stop them from going back.

, but it's so far unclear why the plane appeared to suddenly roll to its left as it approached the airport in clear conditions.

In May last year, 22 people were killed when a plane crashed 15 minutes after taking off from Pokhara. In 2018, another 51 passengers died when a Bangladeshi airliner came down in cloudy weather while approaching Kathmandu. "It's the only place my head stops thinking," says Australian academic Suzanne McLaren, who has been to Nepal three times and is planning a fourth trip next year.

Not only is Nepal a gateway to Mount Everest, the most famous mountain in the world at a height of 8,849 metres above sea level, it's also home to other show-stopping formations, like Kanchenjunga , Lhotse , and Annapurna . "If you're a hiker, trekker or mountaineer, the Himalayas is a mecca," says Steve Kelly, a keen trekker who is planning his third trip to Nepal later this year.

 

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Yeh we get it: you dont want us using planes anymore Hence the increase in fear talk

Won't find me up in one. Not enough room for error and too many humans involved. No thanks

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