What does the Nepal Mountaineering Association do?

In last week’s post I mentioned that a change in the rules governing climbing permits has deprived the Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) of a significant part of its annual budget. In this week’s post I will look in more detail at the work of the NMA to give a better idea of what programmes will be affected and what this change is likely to mean for mountain tourism in Nepal.

The NMA was established as a non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO) in 1973, with the initial aim of tra...