Nepal started issuing climbing permits for Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks.
Tourism Ministry spokesman said, four and a half months after it halted expeditions amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The government also reopened hotels, restaurants and casinos in line with the Cabinet decision of July 21, said Kamal Prasad Bhattarai, a Tourism Ministry spokesman.
Last week, the government lifted a four-month nationwide lockdown to lessen the economic fallout from the pandemic.
All businesses of the sector hotels, restaurants, casinos, trekking, mountaineering were required to comply with a health protocol in order to operate.
Nepal has so far recorded 19,273 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 49 deaths.
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