Nepal trekkers seek a better system to replace ‘useless’ TIMS cards ahead of the Visit Nepal Decade

Jacob Pablo came to Nepal from Australia to do the famous three-pass trek in the Khumbu region in September. Before heading to Jiri , Pablo went to the Nepal Tourism Board to get the tourist permits required for the trek. There, he was told he needed the national park permit fee along with a “ TIMS card “.

“I told them I had heard that the TIMS wasn’t necessary for the Everest region, but they told us we needed it so we bought it,” Pablo wrote on Facebook.