Is Nepal safe to travel?
Simply the answer is YES, of course. Nepal has been always a safe place to travel. Travelling to Nepal is not only safe but also hassle free, fun, amazing and an extraordinary experience on itself. Overall, travelling into Nepal contains no more risk than travelling in any other part of the world. In fact as a traveller you are much safer in Nepal than in other countries. All the major tourist areas of Nepal are policed and patrolled. Nepal Police has a special branch of the Tourist Police who are dedicated to assist travellers and keep them safe when if a situation arise. It is just couple of years Nepal was passed through an internal conflict and infighting between the government army and the Maoist rebels due to the political disagreement. Reports indicate that some about 1300 Nepalese had been killed during the insurgency but not a single tourist had been targeted or harmed by the rebels during a decade long revolution. There were number of tourist travelling Nepal even though the
The Maoists since June 2006 have come out of the armed conflict and have begun the process of peace talk with the Government, which just recently culminated by them joining the Government. The Maoists now have 5 ministers in the government and around 75 parliament members. As per the peace accord the Maoists has been surrendering their arms to the UN peace monitoring team. Most of the foreign missions have lifted travel warning to Nepal. Please note even in height of conflict (year 2000-2005) no single tourist was attacked or killed by maoists.
