{"id":16083,"date":"2020-03-19T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2020\/mar\/19\/nepal-tourism-hit-hard-as-global-coronavirus-fears-close-everest"},"modified":"2020-03-19T15:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T06:00:47","slug":"nepal-tourism-hit-hard-as-global-coronavirus-fears-close-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=16083","title":{"rendered":"Nepal tourism hit hard as global coronavirus fears close Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mountain\u2019s closure is devastating for many in a Himalayan nation that relies heavily on trekkers and climbers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2020\/mar\/17\/coronavirus-live-news-updates-uk-us-australia-europe-france-italy-who-self-isolation-travel-bans-borders-latest-update\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The tiny airport at Lukla, perched on the edge of a mountain high in Nepal\u2019s Himalayas, usually echoes with the roar of propeller planes flying a constant stream of adventure-seekers into the small town, known as the gateway to Mount Everest.<\/p>\n<p>During the peak spring tourist season, tens of thousands of trekkers and mountaineers arrive to test themselves on the popular trek to Everest base camp, and perhaps go on to climb the world\u2019s highest peak.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2020\/mar\/19\/nepal-tourism-hit-hard-as-global-coronavirus-fears-close-everest\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mountain\u2019s closure is devastating for many in a Himalayan nation that relies heavily on trekkers and climbersCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe tiny airport at Lukla, perched on the edge of a mountain high in Nepal\u2019s Hi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1069,59,566,914,239,760,241,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coronavirus-outbreak","category-global-development","category-global-health","category-infectious-diseases","category-mountaineering","category-mountains","category-nepal","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16084,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16083\/revisions\/16084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}