Upadesh Kunwor

  Day 1: The Beginning of the Journey On 2082/5/9 (August 25, 2025), our exciting journey began. A day before, my 6th-semester student Arpan Tiwari had called me:   “Sir, you have to come to Chitlang tomorrow.”  Later that evening, Shubham Poudel Sir (BTTM coordinator of NATHM) also asked me if I was free to join. After checking my schedule, I agreed and confirmed on WhatsApp. The next morning, I reached NATHM at 6:45 AM. Before heading to the office, I had breakfast 'Chana and eggs' at Thapa Dai’s shop . At the Ravichautari, Loknath Tripathi (6th Sem Student) briefed us about the day’s itinerary. Soon after, at 08:30 AM, our hiking began from NATHM. It had been almost a month since I last went hiking, so the fresh trail felt exciting. Our group of ten formed a team, and the crew members led us ahead. I stayed in the middle, connecting both the front and back groups. The hiking trail had changed a lot since I last walked it years ago - now there were proper signboards, s...

म, उपदेश एस.जे.बी. कुँवर , नेपाल पर्यटन विकास व्यवसायी संघ ( NTDEA ) को कार्यकारी बोर्ड सदस्य तथा यस कार्यक्रमको संयोजक, यो ब्लगमार्फत हाम्रो सांस्कृतिक सम्पदा पदयात्रा ( Cultural Heritage Excursion ) कार्यक्रमको अनुभव बाँड्दैछु। यो कार्यक्रम भदौ ८, २०८२ मा NTDEA को आयोजनामा, हनुमानढोका दरबार संग्रहालय को सहआयोजनामा तथा नेपाल पर्यटन बोर्ड (NTB) को प्रवर्द्धनमा काठमाडौँको हनुमानढोका दरबार क्षेत्र मा सम्पन्न भयो। कार्यक्रमको तयारी र मेरो अनुभव यस कार्यक्रमको संयोजकका रूपमा मैले सम्पूर्ण नेतृत्व लिन पाएको अनुभव अत्यन्तै सिकाइपूर्ण रह्यो। रिदीप, कृष्ण र राजन सर को टिमसँग समन्वय गर्दै, पत्र लेखेर निमन्त्रणा पठाउने, फ्लेक्स र प्रमाणपत्र डिजाइन गर्ने, र हनुमानढोका दरबार संग्रहालय प्रमुखसँग प्रत्यक्ष समन्वय गर्दै धेरै कुरा सिक्ने अवसर पाएँ। सहभागिता जनाउनुभएको सबैलाई विशेष धन्यवाद ! यस कार्यक्रममा हाम्रा संस्थापक अध्यक्ष श्री निराजन तिवारी ज्यूको उपस्थिति हुन सकेन । तर उहाँबाट प्राप्त सल्लाह, सुझाव र सहयोग हाम्रो उपसमिति र मेरो लागि अत्यन्त महत्वपूर्ण रह्यो । यसका लागि उहाँप्रति हार्दिक धन...

  A New Beginning for Tourism Education in Nepal On 2082/4/31 (August 16, 2025) , coinciding with Shreekrishna Janmashtami , my team and I successfully organized the Tourism Educators Meet 2025 . The idea for this event was born about one and a half months ago during a casual tea talk with Kishore Dai and Kedar Ji ( It's not my idea )  What started as a simple conversation  “Let’s do Something”   gradually turned into action. We decided to host the first meet as a pilot project  at KATH College , and from that moment, our journey began. After weeks of planning, preparation, and teamwork, we finally made it happen at Simal Hotel, Thamel . I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the tourism educators from +2 (11/12 classes) and Bachelor-level programs who participated in this event. A special thanks goes to Mr. Sudhir Adhikari , Principal of KATH College, for his continuous support, and to Vinaya Shakya Sir for being our honorable witness. 🙏 ...

On the day of Saa:Paru 2082  B.S , I went to Bhaktapur to see the festival. This was something I had wanted to do ever since I came to Kathmandu, studied Tourism and culture, and began working as a guide. Even though I have been guiding for five years, I had never had the chance to witness and experience Saa : Paru in person. Just as I was about to go, the owner of my rent house  (maa)  where I stay called me to help with some repair work. My plan was to finish office work in morning and head to Bhaktapur in   afternoon. I return  to  Teku, finished the work by 12:00  pm , and headed towards the bus park. Around 12:30, I caught the bus to Bhaktapur. At the bus park, I met one of my students, who was also going to Bhaktapur, so we traveled together. We first reached Siddhapokhari. I called   Bibek Duwal and Shreya Malekar , who were at Golden Gate. On the way to Durbar Square, we saw Gaijatra processions, people playing musical instruments, dancing...