Please sign our email protest below In Thamel, the tourist district of Kathmandu, there is a travel agent of good manners and reputation. This is no backstreet operator. With his charisma and precise attention to detail, he wins the confidence of an international clientele. Registered, main-stream, immaculate, he gains the trust of women who look to him for security and he capitalises on this trust.
Sexual harassment is an understatement.
He prefers rape, in fact serial rape. Tour operators are among the wealthiest men in Nepal, many of whom bribe government ministers to escape criminal charges. For many tourists difficulties in pressing charges of rape are increased by short visas and pre-booked flights. They can lack the time to visit their embassies. If they have no chance to prove their case in Nepal, they fear charges of slander and libel in attempting to report sexual abuse later.