In a recent cabinet meeting the government has decided to hand over 15 more trekking peaks to the Nepal Mountaineering Association. The 15 peaks stand between 5,500 and 6,000 m in height. The NMA now has the authority to issue climbing permits to 33 peaks. In 1978, the government handed over 18 peaks to NMA for the promotion of adventure tourism in Nepal.

NMA sources say that the income from the new trekking peaks would be invested for construction and development of the International Mountaineering Museum in Pokhara, the Mountaineering Training Academy in Solukhumbu, and the International Mountaineering Memorial Park being built in Kakani. In addition, 10 percent of the income would be set aside to fund development activities in trekking peak areas.