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Fears mount in quake-hit Nepal as tourists stay away
Published Mon, Apr 25, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Langtang, Nepal
FORMER guesthouse owner Tenzing Lama remembers when foreign tourists thronged Nepal's Langtang valley, trekking through the breathtaking Himalayan wilderness and soaking up the tranquillity.
But the massive earthquake that ripped through Nepal one year ago killing almost 9,000 people, obliterated the valley, part of the country's oldest national park, along with the tourism industry on which it relied.
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