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Andrees
11.09.2006, 13:23
Ich habe folgende Email an die Regierung, das Tourismusministerium und an NTB gesendet.
Kopie ging an die
Herausgeber von Kantipur, Katmandu post und Nepalnews sowie an den nepalesischen Botschafter in Berlin
SE Dr Madhan Bhattarai mit der Adresse rneberlin@t-online.de
Vielleicht kann es ja als Anregung fuer viele weitere Emails von forumteilnehmern dienen (gerne mit Ausfuehrungen in besserem Englisch ;-) ) denn wenn es irgndwie hunderte von Emails werden könnte auch in Nepal ein Diskussion beginnen. bisher ist es dort kein Thema


Sirs, namaskar
Al over the world individual travellers and trekkers are very concerned about the implementation of the new TRC regulation. Many of these have been coming many times to your country , spreading the word that it is a country which is beautiful. And this has surely helped a lot boosting trekking in Nepal.

Individual trekkers also spend most of the money directly to local people sleeping in their guesthouses, buying food with brougt local wealth to many trekking areas.
I'm deeply concerned that with the new regulation, forcing everybody to take a least one Guide or Porter from a TAAN registered Agency, will have a very negative impact on trekking in Nepal and therfore even diminishing the possibilities of Nepali people to find work in their own country.

I can not understand that in these hard days for your country which saw a hard decline in trekking arrivals due to the maoist conflict, the governemt of Nepal takes the risk to impeach a fast recovery.

To be clear, I 'm very much in favor of a registration and computerbased database to monitor the wereabouts of trekkers and there is no point that a fee has to be spend.

But TAAN says that you have to employ at minimum a Guide/Porter to have the permission to go on a trek, otherwise you will be punished. This may be just their very particular interest.
NTB has said in August that you may trek on you own without a Guide/Porter in Teahousetrek areas.
I dont know of any official statement of ministery of tourism about this point.

From my point of view of a foreigner loving your country and the people living there, this gives the impression that the goverment has given away al his legíslative power to a privat association, inspite that this will probably have a longlasting negative impact on trekking and therfore to many of your people who urgently need this income.

Please give me a statement, how the Governemt, the ministery of tourism and NTB see this issue.
The main question is just: Do you have to appoint a guide/porter if you want to go trekking in the classical Trekking areas or might you trek on your own.

sincerly Andrées de Ruiter

www.nepal-dia.de

Hakku
11.09.2006, 19:28
Ich habe 25 Emails an die entsprechenden Stellen (s. Andrèes posting: http://www.trekkingforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6846&page=3) gesendet.

5 Antworten von Trekkingagenturen habe ich bisher bekommen. Die Antworten waren nicht wirklich informativ.
Von "man sollte in jedem Land die Gesetze achten" über "es wird sich alles regeln" bis hin zum "Sie brauchen nur das TRC kaufen und keinen Guide/Porter nehmen" war alles dabei.

FAZIT:
Niemand, so glaube ich, versteht richtig unser Ansinnen. Für die Nepali ist es nicht ein Problem, sollen die Touris doch mit dem Guide der Agentur gehen.
Der (europäische) Gedanke allein oder zu zweit durch die Natur zu wandern und den Weg und nicht nur den, selbst zu finden. Für viele eher wohl nur von unter geordneter Bedeutung. Aber gerade für mich eigentlich der Sinn sich auf den Weg zu machen.

Ich hoffe, dass noch einige die Petition unterzeichnen. :up: (http://www.trekkingforum.com/forum/goto.php?section=petition&langid=4)

Gruß
Hakku

mieke
11.09.2006, 20:13
Habe jetzt so etwa fünf mal versucht die viele, viele Email Adressen von alle TAAN-Agenturen die vor 1½ Jahre noch am TAAN-Website standen, hier zu posten. Wird aber vom Board technisch nicht akzeptiert.

Andrées, willst du dass ich dir die ganze Liste bei Email sende, damit du beurteilen kannst ob die jetzt wertvoll sind und vielleicht in Teilen hier kopiert und gepostet werden sollten?

Edit: wurde inzwischen gemacht (per Email geschickt)

Andrees
14.09.2006, 14:49
Ich habe heute folgenden offenen Brief an Deepak Mahat von Thirdpole geschrieben, welcher einer der Hauptbeführworter der Zwangsbeglückung mit Agenturpersonal ist.
Kopie ging an Regierung, NTB , ein paar Presseadressen und ein paar hundert Trekkingagenturen.
Bitte schließt euch dieser Kampagne unbedingt an, denn nur wenn die Briefe von vielen anderen Leuten kommen, können wir was erreichen. Nur hier im Forum uns aufzuregen wird nämlich reichlich wenig bewirken.:o
Wer ein Liste mit den ganzen Adressen haben möchte, sende mir ein kurze Email an namaste@nepal-dia.de .
Ich schicke sie dann per Anhang. Leider kann ich zur zeit meine Webseite asu irgendeinem blöden Grund nicht mehr aktualisieren, sonst hätte ich es einfach dort abgelegt.

Der offene Brief:
Dear mr. Deepak Mahat.
i`m very disapointed about the new regulation seeked by TAAN with your aktive contribution.
I clearly see a Trekkers Registration as a valuable project and as i understand, this was the main goal of the governement.
But for me to be forced to hire at least one porter by some trekking agency is a regulation , i will never like. This clearly seems to be the selfish interest of some trekking agencies.
In the middle therm this will neither help the trekking agencies and severly harm many Nepali people depending on individual trekkers.
What will happen?
At first the fame of Nepal to be a very hospitable country with wonderful people and beautiful scenerys will be overshadowed by the aftertaste of burocratic constraints. This will not so much affect the people who are you basic customers but will have a serious deterent effect onindividual trekkers, especialy if they think to come the first time to your country.
But these people are very important for Nepal as they spread the word allover the world about the beauty of your country. And many of them keep coming back many many times, quite often with friends they convinced that this is one of the best places to spend the holydays.
Many lodgeowners, porters, carpenters who where buiding lodges have made their income an the living of their family .

It is an absolute Illusion that al these individual trekkers just will gladely come to trekking agencys

Many of them will just choose to go to an other destination like South America or start trekking in India. In the balance your policy will not increase by much the number of classical organised tours and decrease severly new pople coming to your country. In the long run this will lead to a decrease in trekking tourism.
So please for the sake of Nepal review your opinion about this regulation.

Ps: till now, my opinion about thirdpole trekking was that of a very profesional and thrustworthy agency. This was mainly due to the recomendation of a friend and so i referred to this recomandation to some german persons to. My opinion now is that you dont want convince customers by an excellent service but just force them to pay your money for things the neiter need nor want. This is a severe blow for the reputation of your company and for Nepal as a destination for great trekking tours.

Andrées de Ruiter
Obergasse 23/1
69469 Weinheim Germany

mieke
14.09.2006, 21:12
Sehr gute Aktion, und sehr tapfer auch.
Bitte wenn du Zeit hast schicke mir deine Liste (die Adressen); die Agenturen kenne ich zwar aber du hast noch andere Adresse dabei.

Hast du übrigens - und die Frage gilt jederman hier - die Antwort von Thirdpole gelesen an yakshaver, am YetiZone board?
> Link < (http://www.yetizone.com/wwwboard/messages/50152.shtml)
Schade dass es sofort eigentlich fast ganz wie "Werbung" aussieht, als ob man die Lage mit der Petition und den Trekker-Proteste einfach völlig ignoriert.

Andrees
14.09.2006, 21:20
JA ich schicke dir gerne die Liste und hoffentlich noch weiteren personen.
Denn jedes Email könnte wichtig werden.
Raj von Thirdpole hat während der ganzen letzen Jahren sehr konstruktive Beiträge im Yetizone board geschrieben und ich sehe es deshalb nicht als Werbung an"

mieke
14.09.2006, 21:24
Raj von Thirdpole hat whrend der ganzen letzen Jahren seeh konstrucktive Beiträge im Yetizon boared geschrieben und ich sehe es deshalb nicht als Werbung an"

Okay. Aber warum spricht er dann von "At this juncture" ?? "Hier wo unsere Wegen auseinander gehen". Ist doch eine richtige Uebersetzung, oder?

Andrees
15.09.2006, 10:31
Anscheinend wird der Brief schon diskutiert, wennsich die Leute die Mühe machen lange zu antworten, so gibt mir das hoffnung! grün sind meine Antworten.
Dear Mr. Jyoti Adhikari, namascar.
Thank you for you long answer. i think it is very important to try to find just good solutions.
In the beginning i would like to tell about my relation with Nepal, this may help to understand it better. The first time i went to Nepal was in 1981 (I'm 50 years old now) .
since then i have returned nearly 20 times and seen much of your country. in the beginning I carried my bagback allone, since 1998 I trekked always with a freelance porterguide, as i was carriing around 12 kg of Cameras and film to make a public Slideshow about your beautiful country. LAst year I trekked with a trekking company manaslu round.
My website
In this time I also started my website www.nepal-dia.de (http://www.nepal-dia.de/) which just gives a lot of information about trekking in Nepal. It is mainly in German but there are some parts in English or french.This website is pretty known and many people read it as a preparation for Nepal. Viewers come from Australia till Canada.
Many of them got also the inspiration from it, when deciding if they should go to Nepal the first time. In the last 4 weeks I had more than 60.000 pageviews . In German Google it is normaly Nr. 2 just after wikipedia for search words Nepal or Nepal-travelagents (only german ones) and for other combinations. This website had created a lot of work which I gladly made as I love Nepali People. To make it clear, i'm not against trekking agencys at all, im convinced that for many people this is the best way for the trekking tour. And I never would push them to go as a individual Trekker. My overbview page of German/Nepal tour operators has more than 10.000 pageviews in a year. But there are many individual trekkers woh just want to go on their own an hate to be forced to go through an agency.
My Newsletter
Im sending every month a little newsletter about Nepal to more than 800 people,
My webactivities
I'm very acitive in various german/english/french trekking boards, Per year I'm getting more than hundreds privat Emails about trekking travelling in Nepal which i try to answer.

I ' just write all thes points that you can better understand my actual activities.

I'm just very concerned that thic regulation, as long as it forces individual trekkers to hire staff from a agency will have on the long run a disastrous impact on long term development of trekking in Nepal. Ther should be much better possibilities, And by the way, China will just abolish permit regulation for Lhase to get more Tourists.

Hi Andrees,
Thanks a lot for sending the letter. Yes, our intention is not to stop the individual trekkers except the on high risk areas. You are very right, we do not need to worry for business things as long as we do get good standard on the services and qualities which comes with vision, commitment and right action. Our concern is more securities (from the natural disasters, mainly) of trekkers who love nature but with out proper knowledge to keep them on safe site. Even a single lost (which is happening each year) is big lost and we believe that many such incidents can be stopped happening with little preparations! We are not worrying for our business. If we do not do good we can simply jump on next where we can ourselves on good positions as others.

i understand this point, and there has been a lot of publicity about missing individuall trekkers. On the other hand there is for example a significant higher percentage of persons dying of altitude sikness in organised tours than with independant trekkers. But to know about the wherabouts of trekkers a working trackingsystem would be a great progress. Therefore I'm ndefinitively for TRC in this point. But it should be with a database and online registration at various trekking points, for example with sattelite conection ( Manang, Thorong Phedi, Muktinath, jomsom, Chomrong, Namche, Gorakshep, Gokyo)
Isn't it funny, but two years ago , when i was in Gorakshep I gave Emergency.drugss against altitudsickness to some Nepali Men who was definitively very sick and walked slowly in direction of Lobuche. I noticed him, becaus outside of the lodge the oortes were just looking very amused in his direction. LAter it apeared that it was the lieason officer of EBC! So as an individual trekker I helped an important Official!

On the same time we should be able to stop those who are behind the scene to make us failures with helping to support illegal trips with out having proper qualified staff, they hardly do pays good enough wages, they just love to use some name but not right companies. Those guys even do not pay taxes as well. I do not think anywhere these type of things are allowed, in this world. Nepal is still a haven for those who can work with mafia styal...they do buy politiicans, burocrats and so on..
The impression of many westernes is just that a few influencel agencys just seem to make the laws for their particular interest and get the help the governemet. it is very strange, that minister of tourim has not made a clear statement about the forced appointemnt of agency personal.
As for public relation i think it is disatous that in nearly every statement words like illegal or punishment are used. This associates in most western clients that you dont see them as Clients or guests. This has on the long run a very bad influence on how potential clients see your country. i'm not saying go against the law, all my activities are just trying to have better laws for the future of trekking in Nepal. And i think i'm not wrong when i say that compared to the corruption in Nepal tours by indipendant Porterguidesguides who earn maybee 8-15 USD a day are just peanut-shelves.

We know, even the legal compaies (ourselves) are involving on illigal operations. We keep looking many of our faces on mirrior. WE are double on size, day and night, with luxry but the poor felow who really works hard get hardly two times meals. On many cases (business), we, even going all the way to tibet to work do offer hardly 3$day (each workers) where we can charge 100$ with each client! We, at least one i know, were even holding key post on our associations and still we (even you Europeans) thinks that those type of guys are great one and do offer high qualities services. Because the easy money can do many things... especially, good web, add, trade show an so on...even sponsoring journalists are possible to make them writing on their favor... what a world... too bad.

I would much more propose that every porter or guide shoud buy a weekly ticket/stamp ( or his trekking agency) which shows he' s insured ( very difficult to do till now) and that he pays lets say 50 Rupies tax a day. This stamp he should show at the TRC checkposts.

Any way, we will rise your good points with trying to welcome all the genuine independent travelers and trekkers. They are our ambassadors, sure.
Thanks again! We need you and more with all the great feed back to make the TRC more effective one on short and long runs. I think TRC can do many good things if we do handle properly. Of course we need all of your supports as usual to make this country better one.

Dear Mr Jyoti Adhikara, lets hope that the best solution for Nepal an his people and not only for a few agencys will be found and implemented.

Sincerly Andrées de Ruiter
Germany
Jyoti Adhikari
team leader
www.holyhimalaya.com (http://www.holyhimalaya.com/)
www.ecotour.com.np (http://www.ecotour.com.np/)
www.ecotreknepal.com (http://www.ecotreknepal.com/)

:-):-):up::-):-)





Dear,
Andrées de Ruiter
Obergasse 23/1
69469 Weinheim Germany

I am completely disagree with your opinions and blames pasted on Deepak Mahat as mentioned in your email You should not blame Deepak Mahat for this act. This is the policy of Nepal government.
Taan and mr, Deepak are lobinig since years for a regulation like this, this can be easely traced in internet. in the official text nothing is written that you need personal of a treking agency to get TRC.


Secondly current regulations will help to maintain the environment and revenue system in the country. For your kind information, because of back packer and independent trekkers Government of Nepal is loosing millions of revenue. Because all the money goes in so called freelance guides and local tea house owners who are not trapped within the bearoucracy protocols. It is a difficult task for the government to chase private guides and tea house owners. If you are kind to tea house owners please ask to your tour operator to book your excursion as tea house trek.
Ther are surely better ways getting tax which would not force tourist to get the personal of a trekking agency. The point is, that you want to force people to take your services even if they dont want it. This will have very negative impact on how people see Nepal in the future.

My personal opinion is that independent trekkers exploit the Himalauyan environment as well as the revenue system of Nepal. Listen if you go as back packer you pay less to your guide, you pay less to tea house trekkers because they provide you service for less. On the other hand trekking agency can not do for less because they have to charge you more to pay the tax to run country. Let me be more specific back packers and independent trekkers are not good friend of Nepal and Nepalese people.
Thank yo for your frank opinion. But Nepal realy need as many tourist as possible.


Now comes the issue of trekkers quitting Nepal and choosing other destinations, that is their problem. I doubt this will effect us.
Maybe not your trekking agency but many other nepales peoples, as ther will be surely less trekkers in the next years.

Kind regards:

Tank Ojha
Geoscientist and Project Research Coordinator
Himalayan Tibet Research Group
Paleomagnetic research laboratory
Department of Geoscience
University of Arizona
Tucson Az 85721
:mad::down::mad:

I'm absolutely disagree with your versions.Please be known that TAAN is only the implementing agency. TAAN never concerns either the trekkers buy the packages or hire only Guide/Porter form the agency they come through according to Raj of Thirdpole Treks. Please also known that TAAN never tells any one to buy the package or hire the Guide/Porter. But they must come through any registered agency. Buy and sell of the service is internal matter of the agency and the trekkers.
I'm frequently reading the posts here on this board that a few people are charging Mr. Deepak Mahat and one of them has posts a open letter asking him unnecessary questions.. What I would like to clear all of you that TRC is not FOR Deepak Mahat and his Company Thirdpole. Some people has also said that Thirdpole doesn't need TRC. What does it mean?? TRC is not only the personal interest of Deepak Mahat. TRC is the interest of whole Industry, TRC the demand of the industry. And TRC is today's need.
TRC is not for the personal benefits for Deepak Mahat. If the Trekking agencies are benefited because of the TRC, he is also befitted.
If you want to move as per the rules and regulations of the nation to be visited then you go. Otherwise Chapter is closed!! Thousands of trekkers are in Nepal now, nut no has raised any objection.
Y.B Ghale
Nepal Adventure Himalaya Trekking and Mountaineering

:mad::down::mad:






Thanks Ruiter

HIMALAYAN WAVES TREKKING
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(http://www.himwaves.com/) www.trekinfo.com.np (http://www.trekinfo.com.np/)
:-):-):-)

Andrees
16.09.2006, 11:57
From: K. R Sherpa (sherpa@himalexc.wlink.com.np)
To: Andrées de Ruiter (namaste@nepal-dia.de)
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Open letter to mr. Deepak Mahat


Hi, I received your e-mail dated on 9/14/2006. Thank you for all. Regarding your e-mail I undrestand about it. First of all I would like to say something to you.

Yes, Nepal is one of the tourist distenation on the world. We have lots of tourist on last few year ago and still keep comming. Well you know as i do, that there has been a sharp decline in trekkers due to the conflict with maoists. Now, when there is just a little chance to get more again, some Trekking agencys will just put this at risk, because they think that they could make some easy exta money.

We found that 35 % trekkers are opreting through by people who don't have trekking company and 25% trekkers are going by own with or without guide or porters. Dont think that these people will automaticaly come to an trekking agency, there are many other parts in the world where trekking is great. People who are used to come to Nepal will probably continue to do so, and for me personall it will not make so much difference, as i trekked since years with a Guide. But Newcomers will think twice when to chose where to go. So in the long run this will have a significant negative impact in tourist arrivals.

By the way some trekkers lost with their neglisenc, because those who did not consult with the trekking company. No body don't know which area where he/she went. So that it make bad reputation in our country Nepal. Therfore i 'm in favor of a Trekkers registration. But they should not be forced to hire personal from a agency. By the way, the percentage of Tourist dying of altitude sickness is fare higher for organised tours than for individual trekkers. e very interessting .

Actualy we/ Nepali people never want to be hart and lost tourist. Unfortuonnaly you dont realise that this will be the effect of TRC as organised by TAAN. Nepal has 550 trekking company. So 85% of the company would like very much to prosece about trekking resistration cirtificat. I got some answeres of trekking agencies who say that they agree with me. These are the companys who want to treat their clients as a guest and convince them by good service. I think that the others just dont imagine what harm it will do to tourism and to many other local people living from individual trekkers or they just dont care as long as they can get some more money for themselves. Because it help to trekkers who want trek to mountain sit and all over the Nepal. We all trekking company have very happy that we fount such a Every country may have own policy. Laws of Nepal schould not be made judt for the interest of 550 agencys but for the benefit of the whole country and all the people living there .

Just one Question: There are around 3000 registered Guides in Nepal. how will find enought of them if all individual tourist are forced ato go with staff of yours? Probabely you will rely on porters. But soon you will realise that there are also not enough speaking good english. So people will be forced to use not skilled people without wanting them. In the time of internet they wil tell to many people. This will be very bad for the reputation of Nepal.

-pfeil--pfeil--pfeil-


I vote for your thought.
Thanks
Karnali Excursions, Nepal

mieke
18.09.2006, 00:46
Andrées & andere Leser,

Vergangene Samstagnachmittag hatte Oli schon entdeckt daß es die TAAN-website nicht mehr gibt, d.h.: wie am Website berichtet wird, hat den TAAN die "bandwith" völlig überschritten: Oli am Trekinfo.com (http://www.trekinfo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21340#post21340)
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Ich kann nur bestätigen daß das am Sonntagabend auch noch so war, und weiß nicht gut ob die Emailadresse vom TAAN über dieselbe Website läuft. Wenn das so ist, dan bedeutet es vielleicht daß auch Emails nicht mehr bei der TAAN in Kathmandu arrivieren.
Hat jemand vielleicht Erfahrung am vergangenen Samstag oder gestern (Sonntag): ob Emails noch ohne Problem zugeschickt werden konnten?

Edited für Sprachfehler

Jens
18.09.2006, 07:49
Tja da stellt sich eine Behörde stur:confused:

Andrees
19.09.2006, 20:30
Noch immer gibt es keine einzige offizielle Stellungsnahme aus Nepal ob man das TRC alleine ode rnur mit Guide/Porter bekommen kann.

TAAN antwortet nicht mehr udn ihre Seite ist überlaufen.
NTB verweist nur dass es die Regelung gibt udn vonm Ministerium gibt es überhaupt keine Auskunft.

Wir sollten alle diese Frage an die nepalesischen Botschaften unseres Landes stellen, denn immerhin sollten die ja über gesetzliche Regelungen in Nepal , welche den Tourismus betreffen, informiert werden.

hier einige Adressen:
Deutschland SE Dr. Madhan Bhattarai rneberlin@t-online.de (rneberlin@t-online.de)
Honorarkonsul Frankfurt konsulat.nepal@t-online.de
Honorarkonsul Köln konsul@konsulatnepal.de
Östereich consult Consulat@nepal.at
Switzerland mission.nepal@bluewin.ch

Bin gespannt, ob die sich auch so ins Schweigen hüllen.

Andrees
20.09.2006, 09:00
Sehr geehrter Herr Dr. Bhattarai,
Die nepalesische Regierung hat den Verband der Trekkingagenturen TAAN mit der Einführung des sogenannten Trekking Registration Certificate TRC beauftragt,
Die veröffentliche Regelung sieht unter anderem vor, dass man diese TRC über eine Trekkingagentur beziehen muss.

Die Aussagen von TAAN sind aber zusätzlich, dass man mindestens von einem Führer oder Porter der Agentur begleitet werden muss.
Dies steht allerdings nicht in der auf einer gemeinsamen Pressekonferenz von TAAN und NTB vorgestellten Regelung und wurde noch vor einem Monat von NTB verneint.

Damit würde ein individuelles Trekking ohne Begleitung nicht mehr erlaubt sein.

Anfragen zur Klärung dieses Punktes an NTB oder dass Tourismusministerium wurden mir nicht beantwortet, so dass ich mich an Sie als Vertreter der Regierung von Nepal wenden möchte.

Können Sie mir bitte sagen, ob man nach dem ersten Oktober 2006 in den Trekkingregionen Annapurna, Helambu/Langtang und Everestgebiet auch ohne Begleitung durch ein von einer Agentur gestellten Begleiter trecken darf?

Da ich mir nicht vorstellen kann, dass eine gesetzlich Regelung nur durch einen betroffenen Verband erstellt und interpretiert werden kann hoffe ich , dass in diesem Punkt der Standpunkt der Nepalesischen Regierung Klarheit schaffen wird.


mit freundlichen Grüßen
Andrées de Ruiter
Obergasse 23/1
69469 Weinheim

Klaus
20.09.2006, 20:55
Nach etlichen e-mails an nepalesiche Stellen, incl Presse habe ich gestern auch an die Nepalesische Botschaft geschrieben:

To the Ambassador Of Nepal His Execellency Dr. Madan Kumar Bhattarai

Dear Sir,

many people, especially those who kept faith to Nepal in difficult times and came year by year, worry about confusing news about so called TRC.
Up to now there is no official statement known how TRC will be handled in the near future

We are afraid of bureaucracy (http://uebersetzer.abacho.de/dict/index.html?q=bureaucracy&lang=en_de), and to be forced to book and pay for official Guides, although we know the standard trekking routes very well.

We also are in sorrow of the local and poor people who will loose their Jobs if they cant be hired as freelancers anymore.
We consider TRC as a pure Lobbyism of TAAN to earn windfall profits against poor local people.

Will we be allowed to trek also in future on our own ?
Can we hire local Porters or guides if needed?

Do we only have to register in KTM and can trek on our own ?

From several Internet Boards I know hat many people think about alternative destinations.
I also would like to bring your attention to an Online Petition which has been signed by more than 600 people within a few days only.

http://www.trekkingforum.com/forum/goto.php?section=petition&langid=4 (http://www.trekkingforum.com/forum/goto.php?section=petition&langid=4)

Myself I will start in few days to my 8th trip to Nepal , however I worry that tourism will suffer because of TRC !

Kind regards


und hier die Antwort innerhalb eines Tages:


vielen Dank für Ihr heutiges Schreiben im Zusammenhang mit der Einführung eines Trekking Registration Certificate in Nepal, die vom TAAN für 1. Oktober angekündigt wird.

Wir haben viele Schreiben von deutschen Touristen in diesem Zusammenhang erhalten. Wir werden eine Note nach Nepal schicken und wir sind sehr dankbar, dass Sie uns in Englisch geschrieben. Ihre Bedenken und Fragen werden wir zusammen mit den Schreiben von anderen deutschen Touristen nach Nepal weiterleiten. Ich hoffe, wir können auf diese Weise in Nepal etwas erreichen.

Ihre Fragen kann ich momentan noch nicht beantworten, da wir bisher keine offiziellen Informationen vorliegen haben. Sobald ich mehr weiß, komme ich gern wieder auf Sie zu.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

xxxxxxx
Assistentin des Botschafters

Also, auch die Botschaft hat offensichtlich noch keine präzise Information,
Aber schreiben auf englisch hilft vielleicht doch, nach dem Motto steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein! Also an die Tastatur ......

... und ich fahr trotzdem!:up:

Gruß