Nepal Reduced Everest Climbing Fee?

The Nepal government has significantly reduced the climbing fees for various peaks, including Mount Everest, with the goal of attracting more mountaineers. In a groundbreaking move, the government has also introduced a distinct mountaineering royalty fee for Nepali climbers, aiming to discourage crowds seeking financial assistance and royalty waivers from the government for Everest climbs.

Under the updated rates, the fee for foreigners aspiring to climb Mount Everest during the spring season from the normal route (South East Ridge) is now set at $11,000, down from the previous $25,000. Similarly, the fee for climbers using other routes is fixed at $10,000.

For climbers on the South East Ridge route during autumn, the royalty fee has been reduced to $5,500 from $12,500, and for summer/winter, it is now $2,750 per person, down from $6,250. These revised fees for foreign climbers is effective from January 1, 2015.

The group royalty system remains in place, with a maximum of 15 members (group) in a Mount Everest expedition incurring a cost of $10,000 per person. Nepali climbers will now face a royalty fee of Rs 75,000 per person during the spring season and Rs 37,500 and Rs 18,250 during autumn and winter/summer, respectively. The adjusted fee structure for Nepali climbers will be implemented from February 13, 2014.

Government officials cited the excessively high royalty fees for Nepali climbers, requiring a lengthy two-month process for a royalty waiver. This led many Nepali climbers to work as guides for expedition teams. Establishing a minimum royalty amount for Nepali climbers is expected to eliminate such practices.

The royalty fee for foreigners aiming to climb peaks of 8,000 meters or more (excluding Everest) during the spring has been revised to $1,800 per person from $5,000. During autumn and winter/summer, it will cost $900 and $450 per person, respectively.

Madhu Sudan Burlakoti, chief of the Industry Division under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation, emphasized that the fee adjustments are intended to attract and encourage more individual climbers to the country. The decision to revise the fees was prompted by numerous complaints from foreign mountaineers who found the climbing costs in Nepal to be excessively high.

A committee, formed to recommend revisions to mountaineering royalty and enhance Nepal's mountain tourism, submitted a report in November the previous year. The revised royalty fee was officially published in the Nepal Gazette on Wednesday. Notably, on July 16, 2013, the government had completely waived the royalty fee for climbers on peaks in the mid-and-far western development region for a five-year period, while annually collecting over Rs 240 million in mountaineering royalty.

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