Adventure tourism in Nepal: Regulation and safety concerns reach alarming levels

On July 26, Anjita Bhandari, a 22-year-old resident of Pokhara metropolitan city, went canyoning. As an adventure lover, she wanted to experience doing something new. But her harness broke, and she fell and lost her life. This was not the only adventure tourism-related death in the country in the year.

In February 2023, a woman in her 50s from Birendranagar in Surkhet, tragically died after falling from a swing at the Tree House Funpark, operated by Kankrebihar Funpark and Resort, Birendranagar-4. Two others were injured in the same incident.