Village Tourism: A New Approach in Nepalese Tourism Industry (original) (raw)
Related papers
Rural tourism Development : A case study of Nepal and Finland
2020
Nepal is a beautiful country with vivid colors and contrasts. It is regarded as the world's favorite tourist destination. Despite a small country in size, it has unique places, breathtaking wonders of culture and nature. Here is vacation variety unlimited. With its deepest gorges, high mountains, waterfalls, rocky, natural villages, and national parks. Nepal is famous for a vacation paradise. The tourism industry is a crucial factor contributing to the Nepalese economy. The thesis aims to discuss opportunities and developments of rural tourism in Nepal. This thesis explores in depth the present condition of rural tourism, future possibilities, development strategies, and impact on the country's economy. More than half of the population is still living in a rural area. Thus, Nepal has a huge opportunity in the growth of rural tourism. There are many ways rural tourism will improve the lifestyle of local people, such as generating jobs, employment, awareness, and globalization...
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN NEPAL OPPORTUNITES AND CHALLANGES
PESHAL KUMAR RAI, 2024
Abstract This paper aims to identified and grave how resorts and hotels in Nepal use their local products and local vendors to be more sustainable. Sustainable development is a key element in the world nowadays. This is one of the main reasons why we will be discussing sustainable development in the tourism industry in Nepal, with a view on how main hospitality sectors are willing to develop their business, accordingly becoming a part of the new topic that is rising in the world today. The increase in the number of tourists with sustainable development awareness resulting in so called sustainable tourism has increased the requirement for sustainable hotels and resorts. As a result, it appears important of the essence for Nepalese main hospitality sector to become part of this development strategy thereby attracting more tourists. To use local products and manpower is a key important thing in for sustainable development. Local products and local welcoming cultural create unique experience for sustainable tourists. On the other hand, it remainders very vital that the traveler feel that they are a part of the local public letting them to view and perceive immediate the progress of the teams that are working on the sustainability part. Such participation talks the feeling of actually doing something that matters to the community. Experiencing the favorable flavor of the local produce results in the blowout of word of mouth, free marketing tools that can be used to huge and exploit the stay in such hotels and resorts. Likewise, this is a age of technology; new generations play vital role to promotion their place and products. Internet has brought world is as a global village people can share and promote their products and places so it is a very essential tools for businesses as they facilitate marketing whilst allowing for the posting and viewing of reviews. Paper critically discusses investments, political situation and progress of sustainable development tourism development of Nepal.
A Tourism Plan to Alleviate Rural Poverty in Nepal
e-Review of Tourism Research, 2006
In this paper, efforts undertaken through TRPAP (Tourism for Rural Poverty Alleviation Program) are discussed. TRPAP is a program designed to contribute to the poverty alleviation objective of government through demonstrating sustainable tourism ...
Impact of Tourism in Rural Village Communities: India's
There are a myriad of definitions for Sustainable Tourism, including eco-tourism green travel environmentally and culturally responsible tourism, fair trade and ethical travel.Tourism is one of the world's largest industries. For developing countries it is also one of the biggest income generators. But the huge infrastructural and resource demands of tourism can have severe impacts upon local communities and the environment if it is not properly managed.Rural Tourism is growing in terms of number of visitors and the Government of India focuses on it as an engine of growth. We believe that any rural tourism development plan needs to focus on sustainable development and take into account the priorities and needs of local people. This paper emphasizes the need for sustainable forms of tourism by outlining the possible socioeconomic , cultural and environmental impacts of current forms of Rural Tourism. The paper first explores the meaning of terms such as Rural, Rurality and Rural Tourism. It focuses on the genesis and growth of Rural Tourism, Rural Tourism in India, impacts of Rural Tourism and the need for sustainable Rural Tourism.The Tourism Department, Government of Assam in North East India, recognizing the value of tourism as an economic development tool, wanted support in developing adventure tourism responsibly and sustainably. With tourism to India growing at 13.5% per year, state policymakers saw the opportunity to draw more visitors to Assam, but were concerned about preserving important cultural and natural resources.It is clear that rural areas are an integral part of the modern tourism experience. It is a fact that in reality many forms of rural tourism are unable to conform to the guidelines of sustainable development. However with timely, accurate research and dissemination of information, proper planning, implementation and monitoring of policies as well as working towards strengthening of institutions will contribute towards the processes of achieving the principles and values of sustainable tourism in rural areas.
Heliyon
Tourism universally generates benefits and costs to the destination and community. Knowledge on the impacts of tourism on local communities provides important insight in formulating strategies for long term sustainable tourism. Therefore, there is a need to evaluate the impacts of tourism before establishing/expanding the industry at a particular destination. In this study, we assessed the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of tourism in a remote mountainous village that experiences the high pressure of tourism activity. Data were collected for the perceived and anticipated social, economic, and environmental costs/benefits of tourism via in person interview with local residents, hotel owners, and local governmental bodies through unstructured questionnaire survey. The data were analysed using a Leopold matrix. The result revealed that tourism generates noteworthy economic and social benefits to the destination community, while environmental benefits are not obvious. The negative impacts in all the three aspects are minimal and within the threshold limit. Our quantitative assessment revealed that the net impact of tourism in Ghorepani is impressively positive (>40%). The findings of this result thus suggest that tourism is the most lucrative industry of Ghorepani and its further promotion can contribute to the broader enhancement of social and economic status of the village. This finding may have greater implications beyond the case study, and suggests that tourism if extended as the primary industry in other similar mountainous villages can play a pivotal role to enhance the socioeconomic status of the country. Thus, the current findings provide important insights in formulating plans and policies for the management of sustainable tourism across the mountainous destinations.
Rural Tourism Development: A Case Of Homestays At Tharu Community In Nepal
Asian Journal of Management Entrepreneurship and Social Science/Cita Konsultindo Reseach Center, 2022
This paper discusses the transformation of indigenous culture and the promotion of rural tourism development towards modernisation from traditional. Rural tourism is a dominant factor in promoting local cultures and heritages along with upgrading local people's lifestyles. This paper also examines rural tourism development and the existing challenges in Naya Gaon. It explores the potentiality of homestay tourism, which is significantly promoting local people's livelihoods. To better understand the present situation of the village, this study employed mixed methods: qualitative and quantitative. Nevertheless, ethnography as a prior research technique was used for data collection. This technique helped explore the formerly existing local culture, which was transforming into a new model. It also shows that homestay tourism has supported Tharus in the improvement of their socioeconomic status and daily habits. In addition, it has enhanced indigenous knowledge and skills to sustain local products. Tharu women have been more empowered both socially and economically. Most noticeably, residents are getting rid of Kamaiyas (Bonded Labourers) and Sukumbashi (Slums).