Nepal Combating Online Frauds

Business from Internet is slowly becoming a huge success for many Nepalese, many of them come from the Tourism sector such as the owners of Travel companies who sell travel packages online. Then follows the webmasters offering news, entertainment, and the Nepali bloggers who make money through web ads such as the Google Adsense which lets anyone make money from a website.

For Nepali websites, each year becomes an operator of multiply. There are more websites today then last year. Only a few of them die.

As the volume grows, so will the Internet scams and frauds.

A message on the official site of Hotel Association of Nepal talks about a website damaging the reputation of Hotel(s) and tourism of Nepal. Anything that can directly damage the main asset of Nepal can be classified as a crime!

Internet fraud in Nepal is negligible at the moment. We haven’t heard about it. But users should be prepared. What should a user do when he/she suspects frauds, scam or inaccurate information? As a responsible NetCitizen, you should notify authorities and verify the misleading or fraudulant information before use.

• For Hotels related, contact Hotel Association of Nepal
• For tours and travel, Contact the Tours and Travel Agents Association of Nepal and for trekking, contact Trekking Association of Nepal
• For all other tourism related information, contact Nepal Tourism Board and the Nepal Ministy of Culture and Tourism
• Also use our forum and drop your question, we will send it to people who can further investigate your concern

To find contact details such as email address, just google using search term “tourism organizations of nepal” or “websites of nepal government”

Internet fraud is a crime. Some examples of crimes could be; pretending to be a travel company that doesn’t exist, writing directly damaging someone’s business or againts the nation’s interests, pretending to be a social organization, asking people to invest in a business that doesn’t exist, etc.

If you suspect that someone is doing it, please report to Nepal Police.

Nepal’s tourism is among the best in the world. Learn more from us, a site that is celebrating over 7 years of love for Nepal. We don’t have a single record of a Fraudulant Nepali Travel Site. If you do find one, please let us know.