Nepal Tourism Recovery Fund
Our thoughts are with Nepal following the devastating flash floods of 26 August, which have caused significant loss of life and widespread damage along specific river corridors in the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli areas, particularly in Rasuwa district and downstream communities.
Our deepest condolences go to the families who have lost loved ones, and our solidarity goes to our colleagues, their families, local communities, guides, drivers, porters, and tourism businesses directly affected by the disaster. We also extend our respect to the first responders, search and rescue teams, and all those working in extremely difficult conditions.
"Our first thoughts are with the families who have lost people, and with those still waiting for news. Nepal's tourism communities are among the most resilient I have worked with, and they will rebuild. What they need from our industry is support that reaches individual livelihoods, and an accurate account of which parts of the country are open so that the autumn season is not lost as well."
Andrew Jones
Chairman, Board of Trustees, PATA Foundation
Give to the guides, drivers and porters, to the people who put travellers up, and to the small businesses that served them.
The Nepal Tourism Recovery Fund supports the people who work in Nepal's tourism industry along the affected corridor.
For many of them the house and the business were the same building, and both have gone. They have lost their equipment, their premises and a season of work.
Every family in the affected districts needs help. This fund concentrates on the people whose living comes from tourism, and on getting them back to earning.
How your donation helps
Equipment for guides, porters, drivers and trekking staff
Fitting out lodges, homestays and teahouses so they can receive guests again
Tools, stock and equipment for the businesses that served travellers
Shared facilities used by a whole community
Every grant is approved by the Foundation's Trustees. We will publish what the fund raises and what it pays for.
Nepal is not closed.
Outside the affected corridor, the rest of Nepal continues to welcome visitors. Continued travel to unaffected destinations is one of the ways to stand with Nepal at this time.
Those bookings sustain businesses, workers, and communities, including many now helping with the response — and cancellations in regions that were never affected take that income away.
Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara and the Annapurna region, the Everest and Khumbu region, Chitwan, Bardiya, Lumbini and the Terai, as well as Nepal's airports and major tourism infrastructure, continue to operate.
Nepal is a country of extraordinary geographic and cultural diversity, and conditions in one river corridor should not be taken to represent the situation across the entire country.
If you sell, market or write about Nepal, it is worth checking what your pages say.