They don't have roads, electricity, etcetera. They are at the bottom. We won't go there. We pulled out of there because of the security situation. It isn't worth our people dying.
Actual assaults are brief and isolated, and the election boycott flopped.
Kathmandu is Safe for Tourists Kathmandu and surrounding areas, where most foreign tourists visit, are generally very safe. Many popular trekking routes are secure as well, though police have declared treks through rebel regions off-limits to tourists. The political and economic system of Nepal is not seriously disrupted by the Maoists. China, perhaps intrigued by the Nepalis' devotion to outdated Maoism, does not aid them, he insisted. But thanks to the Internet, Nepal's Maoists are now online.