by Sangam Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 6, 2023Nepal welcomed an all-time high of Indian visitors. The reason: China. As the Tibetan authorities denied access to nearly 50,000 Indian pilgrims who had booked the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, they were forced to visit Nepal’s holy places like Muktinath and Lumbini on the same package, at least three tour operators dealing with the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra package, told the Post. The holy travel season begins in…
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by Mamun Abdullah in Dhaka Tribune, June 8, 2023Thousands of Hajj pilgrims have been suffering due to blunders in coordination between the authorities and Hajj agencies. Pilgrims complained that the Hajj mismanagement was particularly infuriating, considering the massive increases in expenses for the pilgrimage this year. Bangladesh took far longer to fill its Hajj quota this year as many found the new charges related to the pilgrimage to be prohibitively expensive. On the first day…