Problems and prospects of tourism development in Dailekh Dullu

Abstract

The study entitled "“Prospects and Problems of Tourism Development in Dailekh Dullu" was conducted with the objectives to examine real potentiality and problems of tourism development in the respective study area. For this study descriptive and analytical research design has been adapted to obtain necessary data/ information. The universe of the study has been sampled from the Dailekh Dullu. The local people, hotel owner, domestic and international tourists were the sample respondents and the sample size is 85 for the study. The study is primarily based on the primary data i.e. field survey. Some secondary data have also been adopted in the study area from municipality profile/ reports, CBS, NTB, related books, journal, article and from internet source as well. The researcher own- self participated to collect primary data by using data collection techniques and tools like structured and semi structured questionnaire and key informants interviews. Findings of the study revealed that there is high potentiality of tourism development in Dailekh Dullu because it has numerous sightseeing spots, touristic places such as the lake, the park, the cultural activities, agriculture farming attraction, the temple, monument, natural and manmade view tour, clock tower etc. Generally, the tourists are domestic and they spend 3-6 days in the destinations. The number of foreign tourists is found very low according to the local people. Local people were found very much interested and devoted for promoting tourism in the study area but there seems lack of co-ordination among the government authorities and local people. In conclusion it can be said that Dailekh Dullu deserves potentiality of becoming one of the best tourism destinations of the country. Some of the key problems found for the development of tourism in the study area are: poor road conditions, poor access of airways, effective tourism plan and policies, lack of security service, advertisement/ publicity, lack of tour and travel agents and so on.