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UK lifts travel warnings against Nepal
The government of United Kingdom on Friday lifted its travel warnings to its citizens from visiting to earthquake-affected regions in Nepal.Nabin Pokhrel
The government of United Kingdom on Friday lifted its travel warnings to its citizens from visiting to earthquake-affected regions in Nepal.
UK relaxed the restriction in view of Prince Harry’s first ever upcoming official visit to Nepal from March 19-23. His plans to visit Patan and Bhaktapur Durbar Squares, Bardiya National Park, mountain range view, trekking, among others, have already been revealed by the Buckingham Palace.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of UK updated its travel advice on Friday mentioning ‘advice against all but essential travel lifted for all areas of Nepal’.
The travel advice also mentioned ‘around 40,000 British nationals visited Nepal in 2013. Most visits are trouble-free.’
On July 4, three countries—the US, the UK and New Zealand—lifted restrictions on their citizens travelling to Nepal, except for districts hit hard by the April 25 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks.
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