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Yak and Yeti Travel in Sikkim will be making an offer to welcome and invite you to explore the be…

Yak and Yeti Travel in Sikkim will be making an offer to welcome and invite you to explore the beauty of Sikkim as the lockdown from Covid 19 opens to all tourist to Sikkim from 10th October this year. Considering the safety to the visitors who come to travel to Sikkim for weekend trips, honeymoon tours, trekking and mountaineering, solo female travel or bike tour to Gurudongmar and north Sikkim will be given the priority for Sikkim permit and entry to such tourist having the prior confirmation of their tour to Sikkim will be welcomed as a priority tourist by the norms of the Government of Sikkim. It has been decided by the tourism department of Sikkim that the tourist permit to Sikkim including that of RAP and PAP will strictly be issued through the local Sikkim tour operators who are registered with the Sikkim tourism department. Local tour operators are being protected by the Sikkim Government for ease of doing business and following the footsteps of Vocal for Local as envisioned by the Modi government for the holistic and local economic development and growth in India. Henceforth, tourist permit to Sikkim will be issued to local tour operators in Sikkim as economy through tourism is being looted by outsiders and vested tour operators, taxi owners, hoteliers who come to Sikkim to make a hay while the Sun shines. Support locals.

Finally some good news for tourism in Sikkim.

As per the latest notification, Government of Sikkim has decided to allow free movement of people without any requirement of registration with effect from 1st of October, 2020 and also permit hotels, homestays and other tourism related services to operate from 10th of October, 2020. With this notice Government of Sikkim has also issued following directives - 1.Health department shall issue fresh COVID 19 protocol for free interstate movement of people.2.Inner line permits for foreign tourists having valid visas shall be issued from 10th of October, 2020.3.Tourism Department in consultation with Health Department shall issue as SOP for operation of hotels, homestays and other tourism related services with effect from 10th of October, 2020. The booking of hotels and homestays complying with the SOP shall start from 27th of September, 2020.4.Helicopter services shall resume operation from 1st of October, 2020. We will keep you all updated with the Sikkim Tourism news on re-opening of tourism in Sikkim. Call us or send message for booking or for further updates.

Today's high profile meeting with Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri.P.S.Tamang sir was very fruitful an…

Today's high profile meeting with Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri.P.S.Tamang sir was very fruitful and full of substance. Hon'ble Minister Tourism & Civil Aviation & Industry Shri.B.S.Panth gave strong and encouraging speech which expressed lots of hope and aspiration for the stake holders. Meeting was pumped in more vigour due to full participation of Tourism Stake Holders Association namely; TAAS, Suto, Astha, Luxury Vehicles association , Sikkim Home stay association, SHRA , ORHAS and Paragliding Association. Every association head put up a very good suggestions to the government. Mr.Kapil Meena's presentation on reopening of tourism and SOP was good. Various heads of department put up nice suggestions. Atmosphere was cordial. Chief Secretary of Sikkim gave some beautiful suggestions for the reopening. Best part was our Hon'ble Chief Minister's speech which had lot of suggestions for the way forward of opening of Tourism Industry of visitors. HCM also spoke on the assistance to the tourism stake holders who have been suffering for the past 6-7 months due to COVID 19 Lock down. It is learnt that as and when Economic Revival Comittee is presented to the government, there will be some help coming in for the Stake holders. Meeting was also attended by Shri. Kunga Nima Lepcha, Hon'ble Minister Education , Advisor Tourism, Chairman STDC and various senior heads of department. Meeting was grand success. Visit this page for future updates on Sikkim.

Sikkim is planning to open its doors to tourists from October. The state wants to project itself…

Sikkim is planning to open its doors to tourists from October. The state wants to project itself as a 'safe destination' to lure visitors back again. Tourism employs about 65 % of the state's population, and is severely hit because of the lockdown. The state tourism department on Friday held a meeting with all the stakeholders to discuss a strategy for reopening the sector on Friday. They came up with a draft proposal termed 'Reopening of State Tourism'. "The State cannot afford to abrogate its tourism industry for long. The resumption of tourism is likely to increase the probability of transmission of the disease. Still, it becomes imperative for us to ensure that the highest standards of health safety measures are put in place before we open the doors for tourism”, reads the draft. There be an effort to establish an efficient Tourism Health Safety and Treatment system in the state. “It will automatically translate into a major pull factor for the revival of future tourism in Sikkim. It may be prudent to take a restrictive approach, with most supply determined rather than market-driven, for the phase-wise reopening of tourism in the State”, mentions the draft. The draft proposal states: 1. The first phase of reopening will be considered only for domestic tourists. 2. All tourists travel in Sikkim to be permitted only for pre-booked, package tours, mountaineering expeditions and trekking. Contact us for details.

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IATTE crosses 800 Members today. We are again in media. Please read the presse release. Congratul…

IATTE crosses 800 Members today. We are again in media. Please read the presse release. Congratulations to all members of IATTE for the positivity they share with us. Big thank you to IATTE committe members, our superheroes who are doing great work. https://travelnewsy.com/2020/08/31/indian-tourism-industry-calls-for-united-effort-from-all-stake-holders/ www.facebook.com/iatteindia www.iatte.org

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Owing to lockdown due to Covid 19 in Sikkim, tourism industry has been effected especially advent…

Owing to lockdown due to Covid 19 in Sikkim, tourism industry has been effected especially adventure tourism and mountaineering in Sikkim which is a major source of local economy generation through mountaineering has seen no expeditions in the year 2020. The Ministry of External Affairs Government of India has announced in the official notification that, new peaks are opened for mountaineering in Sikkim, this was done so in order to boost the adventure tourism in the Country. Sikkim being a Himalayan State of India has many unclimbed peaks and some of them are of 7000 mtrs. which are challenging for mountaineering and very ideal for pre Everest Expeditions. The permits to climb these pears are regulated by MHA Government of India in coordination with State Government and handled by the adventure travel agency in Sikkim. Yak and Yeti as adventure tour operator in Sikkim organise the formalities of obtaining permits and liaison with the respective Government authorities for necessary documentation to get the climbing permission to these peaks in Sikkim. Yak and Yeti Travel and Expeditions in Sikkim has been awarded the certificate of excellence in adventure tourism as the best adventure tour operator in Sikkim which was awarded in the year 2010 to Satish Bardewa; the founder of Yak and Yeti Travel and Expeditions in Sikkim. The mountaineering clubs and groups can contact yak and yeti travel in Sikkim for booking of peaks.

Stay blessed, stay home.

May his guidance and compassion help us through these difficult times!

Although the festival will regrettably not be celebrated in its usual way due to the pandemic, we may spend time today celebrating Guru Rinpoche’s Trungkar Tshechu in our own way, thanking the patron saint for his blessings upon our dear state of Sikkim, and praying that we may swiftly bring ourselves out of this crisis into peace and prosperity again. Courtesy: Text & Photo Shri. Pawan Chamling, former Hon'ble Chief Minister of Sikkim.

The Corona virus has reached the Himalayan State of India in Sikkim in the month of August 2020.…

The Corona virus has reached the Himalayan State of India in Sikkim in the month of August 2020. The total number of infected people in August in Sikkim have reached five hundred and fifty five as we write this update today. The government machinery including that of health officials have been working on war footing to maintain health related issues however the Chief Minister of Sikkim has mentioned in his twitter handle that the recent spread of Covid 19 in Sikkim is due to the carelessness of the people. The local people in the villages and panchayat wards have shown their concern to safeguard themselves by putting barricades and signage for road block using bamboo and metal sheets to which the local police has warned it as not legally and urged the locals to remove such blicadevof roads. Chier Minister Shri. P. S. Golay while speaking on the occasion of ' chalk dewas' which is a day to commemorate the contribution of local taxi drivers and transporters in Sikkim, they the drivers are the most who is affected due to lockdown and the support that the taxi drivers have extended to the government is highly commendable. Tourism in Sikkim has remained badly affected since mid February owing to lockdown and the same has also caused economic difficulties to the local tour operators of Sikkim, the hotels and restaurants being closed without any economic activities and tourist. Yak and Yeti Travel and Expeditions in Sikkim online report.