Royalty for mountaineering in NepalTuesday, February 11th, 2014

As per the notice published in Nepal gazette on 12 February 2014, the Royalty for mountaineering in Nepal has been amended for foreign and Nepalese climbers as follows.

1. Royalty for Foreign Climber per Person in US Dollar
   

   S.N.	Mountain	Spring Season	Autumn Season	Winter/Summer
   1.	Everest Normal Route	11000	5500	2750
   2.	Everest Other Route	10000	5000	2500
   3.	Others Mountain more than 8000 m.	1800	900	450
   4.	7501m.-7999m.	600	300	150
   5.	7000m. – 7500m.	500	250	125
   6.	6501m - 6999m.	400	200	100
   7.	Mt. Amadablam (6812M)	400	400	200
   8.	Less than 6500m.	250	125	70

   The provision of Royalty for foreign climbers will come into effect from 1 January 2015 (B.S.2071/09/17)

2. Royalty for Nepalese Climber per Person in Nepalese Rupees
   

   S.N.	Mountain	Spring Season	Autumn Season	Winter/ Summer
   1.	Everest Normal Route	75000	37500	18250
   2.	Everest Other Route	60000	30000	15000
   3.	Others Mountain more than 8000 m.	10000	5000	2500
   4.	7501m.-7999m.	8000	4000	2000
   5.	7000m. – 7500m.	6000	3000	1500
   6.	6501m - 6999m.	5000	2500	1250
   7.	Mt. Amadablam (6812M)	8000	8000	4000
   8.	Less than 6500 m.	4000	2000	1000

   Royalty for Nepalese climbers will come into effect from 13 February 2014 (B.S.2070/11/01).

3. The Mountaineering Royalty has been totally waived to the mountains situated on Mid Western and Far Western Development Region of Nepal for 5 years effecting from 2070/04/01-2075/03/32 (16 July 2013 to 15 July 2018).

Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal has expected that the timely amendment in Royalty for mountaineering in Nepal will be the milestone for the promotion of Nepalese Mountaineering Sector around the World.

(Madhusudan Burlakoti)

Joint Secretary