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Nepal is home to some of the world’s highest peaks and fiercest expeditions. However, in the break of the COVID’19 pandemic, the government of Nepal announced on 14th March 2020 to halt all expeditions to Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks. Thus, closing the bars of the small window available for climbing Mount Everest in spring. For a country that is a homeplace for such expeditions, this sudden shutdown created an expensive void in the economy. Therefore, the announcement of Mount Everest to reopen for climbers after 4 months of COVID’19 outbreak is an attempt to revamp tourism and avoid an economic fallout. Read more