尼泊尔提高攀登珠穆朗玛峰的许可证费用
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The government of Nepal has increased the cost of a permit to climb Mount Everest by about one-third.
尼泊尔政府将攀登珠穆朗玛峰的许可证费用提高了约三分之一。
Officials say the price increase aims to help reduce pollution and increase safety on the world’s highest mountain.
官方表示，此次涨价旨在帮助减少污染，并提高这座世界最高峰的安全性。
The director of Nepal’s tourism department is Narayan Prasad Regmi.
尼泊尔旅游局局长是纳拉扬·普拉萨德·雷格米。
He told the French news agency AFP the cost for a permit in the popular spring climbing season will increase from $11,000 to $15,000.
他告诉法新社，在春季热门登山季，登山许可证的费用将从1.1万美元涨到1.5万美元。
Regmi noted the price had remained the same for about 10 years, so the government decided it was time to make a change.
雷格米指出，这一价格在大约10年间保持不变，因此政府决定是时候做出调整了。
The costs, or fees, for climbing during less popular and more difficult times of year -- such as during winter or the summer monsoon rains -- have also increased.
在冬季或夏季季风降雨等不太受欢迎且更为困难的时段攀登，其费用或收费也有所增加。
This includes an increase from $5,500 to $7,500 during the autumn climbing season.
这包括秋季登山季期间从5500美元增加到7500美元。
Thousands of climbers come to Nepal each year.
每年有数千名登山者来到尼泊尔。
The country is home to eight of 14 of the world’s tallest mountains over 8,000 meters.
该国有14座海拔超过8000米的世界最高峰中的8座。
Everest is 8,849-meters tall and sits on the border between Nepal and China.
珠穆朗玛峰高8849米，位于尼泊尔和中国边界。
Foreign climbers spend tens of thousands of dollars on their efforts to climb Everest.
外国登山者花费数万美元努力攀登珠穆朗玛峰。
More than 400 people bought climbing permits for Everest last year.
去年有400多人购买了珠穆朗玛峰的登山许可证。
This brought in around $4 million to the government.
这为政府带来了大约400万美元的收入。
Nepal uses the money to remove waste from the mountain and to finance search and rescue operations.
尼泊尔利用这笔资金清除山上的垃圾，并资助搜救行动。
Some mountain climbing companies worry the higher price could lower the number of climbers wanting to climb Everest from the Nepalese side.
一些登山公司担心，价格上涨可能会减少想要从尼泊尔一侧攀登珠穆朗玛峰的登山者数量。
The companies warn that some climbers might decide to climb Everest through China.
这些公司警告称，一些登山者可能会决定从中国境内攀登珠峰。
"Some climbers might shift to Tibet where the facilities are much better," said Mingma G Sherpa.
“有些登山者可能会转去西藏，那里的设施要好得多，”明玛·G·夏尔巴说。
He runs the Imagine Nepal mountaineering company and says Nepal must use the money to improve conditions.
他经营着想象尼泊尔登山公司，并表示尼泊尔必须用这笔钱来改善条件。
"Our government just increases the royalty, but doesn't do much. It needs to also provide support to the climbers and guides," he added.
他补充道：“我们的政府只是提高了特许权使用费，却没有采取更多措施。政府还需要为登山者和向导提供支持。”
Some groups have criticized Nepal for permitting too many climbers on Everest while not doing enough to keep the mountain clean.
一些团体批评尼泊尔允许太多登山者攀登珠峰，却没有采取足够措施保持这座山的清洁。
Last year, Nepal’s government ordered all Everest climbers to carry trackers and bags to remove their human waste.
去年，尼泊尔政府下令所有珠峰攀登者必须携带追踪器和袋子，以清理自己的排泄物。
The government approved the fee increase in January, but it was first published on February 3.
政府于1月批准了费用上调，但该消息于2月3日首次公布。
I’m Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
Andrew Smith adapted this story for VOA Learning English based on reporting from Agence France-Presse.
安德鲁·史密斯根据法新社的报道，为VOA英语学习频道改编了这个故事。
