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Item Gurung Culture as A Prospect of tourism Development in Ghachok Village (A Case Study of Ghachok Village of Kaski District)(Department of Sociology, 2021) Gurung, Giri PrasadThis thesis entitled “Gurung Culture as a Prospect of TourismDevelopment in Ghachok Village” intended to focus on the village tourism being practiced by the Gurung people in the Ghachok village of Kaski district.Gurung peoples are one of the indigenous populations mostly residing in the hill areasince the historictimes. For this study, the locality Ghachok village was chosen whichis inhabited mainly by the Gurung people. Rural tourism as a phenomenon is concerned with river, nature, environment, ruralsociety and household. It represents conservation, life style, experience, adventure andabove all benefit to the local people. The main objective of rural tourism includestourists to plan a trip, immerse into the local community along with minimizing theeco-cultural impact. When an organized group of tourists reached Ghachok , thevillagers descend down the village and welcome tourist with garlands, tika, andtraditional Gurung musical bands. While music and dances are performed andtraditional farewell songs are also sung when guests depart. The Village TourismCommittee distributes the guest into the different households having the facility ofhome stay. Guests are presented to different cultural programs such as Dohari song,Gantu dance and Krishna Charita dance in the premise of community Hall. This study hasbeen conducted to assess the impact of village tourism on local culture;for which changes that have occurred or occurring these days have also observedclosely. On the other hand cultural revitalization is also directly connected to tourism.In this sense, even village tourism as modern institution plays vital role to promoteand restore the root culture. So, basically this study aims to identify the impacts ofglobalization on the Gurung cultures and the role of village tourism to revitalize thetraditional culture as a whole.Item Potentiality of Rural Tourism in Khaptad Region: A Case Study of Kadamandu, Doti(Department of Rural Development, 2010-02) Khadka, Tek BahadurTourism is a major growing industry in Nepal. It is often assumed that tourism generates large revenues that provides job opportunities.However, as was shown in this research, rural hill and mountain are attracts tourists but they generate only few revenues. It is also major source of foreign exchange earning and employment for many developing countries and nowadays it is increasingly focusing on natural environment. Tourism is a sum of relations and phenomena resulting from travel and stay on non-residents in so far as it does not lead to permanent residence and it is not connected with any permanent or temporary earning activities. Rural Tourism is a means of sustainable development. It requires tourism staying in or near village of traditional village in remote area and learning about the village of life. Rural tourism is one of the most important industries key facilities like transportation, communication,accommodation and other facilities are not properly developed. The general objective of study is to explore tourism potentiality in Kadamandu of Khaptad region. This study has more significant in the tourism sector. In this way the conclude of this research. Khaptad regionhas to much potentiality for tourism development but the research gave the suggestion without protection of the natural part of the rural especially Khaptad, tourisms develop is not possible which effect the tourism year-2001.Item Problem and Prospects of Rural Tourism in Nepal (A Case study of Daman, Thaha Municipality Makawanpur, Nepal)(Department of Sociology, 2021) Rayamajhi, AratiNot availableItem Problems and Prospects of Rural Tourism in Ilam: A Case Study of Siddhithumka VDC(Central Departmental of Rural Development, 2011) Poudel, Indra PrasadThis thesis "Problems and Prospects of Rural Tourism in Ilam District (A Case Study of Siddhithumka VDC)" has been prepared for the fulfillment of Master Degree in Rural Development from the Central Department of RD, TU, Kirtipur. It is based on the field survey has dug out that tourism is one of the in Ilam. It is because of its natural environment mixing with cultural richness. There exist differences between modern traveling and traveling in the early period. Nevertheless, it is the habit of traveling which has initiated the growth of the survival and existence of early men. No doubt, it is originated in the advent of human civilization and change of human habits. If we promote and develop the tourism properly we can serve and preserve our historical, culturally and socially conventions. By this, it would be better to earning foreign currencies. If supports the national income. So, tourism plays vital role in the economic sources has been conducted on the basis of field survey applying exploratory cum descriptive in which 25 locals, 10 tourists and 5 hotels and lodges were taken as sample. It is selected by using simple random sampling method. Major research methods used in this study were FGD, Key Information Interview and Interview and HHs survey. This study had found that animal husbandry and agriculture are the major occupations of this area. The predominant population used in the study said that low tourism infrastructures are the major problem for tourism development in Siddhithumka region. Similarly, the prospects of the tourism in this area can be only acquired by creating infrastructures and generating awareness to the locals .for meaningfull tracking of rural tourism in this study area So, even if this area is regarded as the most important destinations, no concrete measures have taken from the local as well as national level.Item Problems and Prospects of Rural Tourism A Case Study of Rara Lake Mugu(Central Department of Rural Development, 2017) Budha, Tejendra KumarThe research “Problems and Prospects of Rural Tourism a Case Study of Rara lake Mugu”has been carried out in Rara national park area mainly situated in Hutu Rara VDC and touched by adjoining VDCs Pina, Karkiwada and Shreenagar of Mugu District of Mid-Western region of Nepal. The research is primarily focused on to discuss and analyze the present situation of tourism at Rara which is a tourist paradise with infinite variety of interesting to see and do and to provide some curing measures of the problems that are existing and likely to be in the future too. The main objectives of the study are to discuss the present situation, existing problems and possible challenges, to suggest corrective measures to promote tourism in Rara lake of Mugu. The primary data for this study have been generated by the questionnaire schedule with the local people engaging in various professions, key informant interview, focus group discussion and consultation with the local people and tourists visited at the time of field visit. The secondary data have been obtained from relevant organizations and institutions including research reports, books, journals, booklets, data sheets and publications on websites. The touristic activities are not as it is expected to be due to the negligence from government and non-government sides, inadequate promotion, difficult travel routes, lack of policy practice, lack of easy access to get to the destination, lack of commitment of local people. However, the major responsibility of the development of touristic area is of government. The recommendations of this study are only for the academic purpose. It is advised to carry out more scientific research on the use and abuse of precious natural plants available at the periphery of the Rara area. This will help to increase the number of tourists on the one hand and on the other hand will open job opportunities for the local people. The hotels are facing the electricity problems, some of them use solar for the light. They use fire wood for cooking food and heating water. Sometime they use candle and lamp for the light. There is sufficient source of water but it is not purified. Normally visitors do not prefer to use water from open sources. Due to the lack of sufficient health care centers around the tourist sites in Rara lake, tourists afraid of living for a longer time. There is not a single general medical center in Rara lake area. It is essential to have good medicals or health services so that tourists could get proper checkup and medicine if they encountered any misfortunes. Recreation activities are necessary to develop the tourism development. In the study area, there is inadequate recreational facility. There is no any traditional museum. In fact, recreational activities are necessary to increase quantity of tourist arrival and their length of stay in every tourist area. During the peak season the hotels cannot supply the shelter and other necessary services to all the tourists. This has become one of the greatest problems for the tourists. Further, there are no such hotels that provide high standard lodging and food facilities to those tourists who want to spend much money for luxurious stay. It is evident that tourist arrival in Rara has been slowly increasing. The ten-year period from 2006-2016 has increased from 28 to 184 which is 767% increase. But compared to the overall tourist arrival in Nepal, the tourist flow to Rara is less than 1% every year which indicate that there is no enough Rara tourism promotion which needs to be worked very significantly. Also, internal tourists have been increasing every year but no proper records.Item Problems and Prospects of Rural Tourismin Western Development Region, with special Reference to Gulmi District(Department of Rural Development, 2008) Ghimire, PuspaIn the scenario of low productivity in agricultural and industrial sector, tourismcan be a high productive sector to compensate theunemployment anddisguisedunemployment prevailing in the country as well as Gulmi district. It hascomparative advantages than other industries such as, it has low opportunity cost,it takes low gestation period to give returns, can involve the lower strata of thepeople of all ecological zones, involves women and ethnic groups and bears directrelation to all dimensions of life like culture, environment, nature, behavior ofpeople etc. The history of Tourism in Nepal is became very old, again the rural populationhas not been able to benefit from the tourism industry yet-only around 10 percentrevenue stay in areas itself. Also there are only limitedareas like Kathmandu,Chitwan and Pokhara where tourism has been occupied, so it is necessary toconduct additional micro level studies of alternative areas like Gulmi. Western Development Regionis highly potential for tourismas itis a storage areaofnature and livingculture. The region has been a role model for rural tourism development in the country.Gulmi underwhich is also rich in cultural heritage,beautiful natural scenery, colorful fairs and festivals, views of breathtakingHimalayas, pristine natural beauty, hospitable people and ancientreligious and historical monuments make this district one of the most wonderful tourist destinations,is crying for its proper attention. The district is full of high and low hills, plain, base, gorge etc.,made by river flows. On the whole it is a rural/remote area but there is some social and physical development in recent years which is slowly urbanizing the settlements. Most of the settlements are of small sizes and there are limited big settlements. The district’s main economy is depends on agricultural sector which is slightlydecreasing. In the data of 2038, there were 98 percent people depending on this sector, which slightly decreased to 91.03 percent in 2048. In the total economic structure the production/industrial sector could not show any countable earnings,only 1.76 percent in 2048. There is only some traditional, cottage and smallindustries, but the third sector (professional/Technical, Administrative, Sales andServices) was increasing from 1percent in 2028 to 6.71 percent employment in2048, this is a positive sign. Per-capita income of Gulmi district is very low(NRs. 7163 in 1996), lower than the national average and far below to theneighboring districts. Purchasing power and income index was also lowest (US$1107 and 0.16). It is Agricultural labour who are engaged in agriculture throughout the year are landless or having very few lands. Only five percent people have agricultural production sufficient throughout the year. How everGulmi is the store house of vast tourism products as it is covered with rural settlements, mixed forest and rich bio-diversities. There are altogetheraround 20 temples, previouspalaces and Caves in the district. There are veryfamous places likeRuru Chhetraand Resunga whichwill be beneficial to attractthe domestic tourists first and then market it for foreigntourist, we can developtourist packages like cave tourism linkages of Dhurkot and Argakhachi, similarlyreligious linkages or tourism circuits with other districts like Lumbini-Tansen-Ridi-Resunga-Sorgadwarietc. we can declare conservation areas to high altitudeareaslike Banjhkateri and Madane Kolek and develop medical or herbal tourism.There is also a great possibility of Medical Tourism oryoga center in ResungaForest.The best practices of community based rural tourism inside the countryand in neighboring country like in Sikkim and Laddhak could be followed for thisdistrict. Different Tourist Models like Pilgrimage Tourism, Village/UrbanTourism, and Nature based tourism, Adventure tourism, Health Tourism,Floriculture Tourism could be developed in this district. Foot hills with amazingscenic beauty rivers with fresh water appropriate for white water rafting andsmall mountains with highpotentials for adventure tourism like Trekking, Rock-climbing, Para Gliding, Mountain Biking and many more if developed properlyand marketed strategically, there will definitely be a huge inflow of domestic aswell asforeign tourists that would ultimately contribute in raising the standardofliving of rural poor. It is important to develop tourist level facilities in major areas, threeconstituencies could provide tourist services, and it is necessary to providetourism awareness and hospitality services training. Rafting Agency and TAANshould cooperate for the promotion of the local areas. It is required to makefunctional to Ruru Resunga Touirsm Development Committee.Accordingly wecould link institutional agencies related to women empowerment and tourismdevelopment. On the other hand, there are some problems to develop tourism in this region like;most of the roads dusty and are in temporary condition; monopoly intransportation;weak infrastructure;lack of access to airlines; lack ofinitiation onthe part of tourism;lack of coordinated efforts; tourismhas not been a accorded;historical facts are not publicized; lack of institutional tourism agencies;Kaligandaki project has hampered the rafting potentialities of Badigadriver; lackof awareness; migration; depletion of forest; lack of manpower; degradation ofenvironment and biodiversitiesgender inequality, poor condition and literacyetc.Item Prospect and Problem of Rural Tourism: A Case Study of Chitlang Home Stay, Makwanpur(2017) Shrestha, Shusil“Serve what you have”is the main moto of rural tourism. Rural tourism is one of the important factors that change socio-economic status of any study area ortourism world.One of the best examples of rural tourism is home stay which is currently emerging as one of the popular guest shelter in our country, where guests pay for the stay and enjoy with family members of the host. It is a destination of observing natural and behavioural patterns of rural life style. In home stay villagersprovidewhat they have in their possesions in their home and areas.Nature and human factors or products are the main attraction of rural tourism. One can enjoy with the family whatever the host family have. The host exhibits whatever cultural social and nature activities.So it is seeing true natural phenomena. Guest thinks less expectation but he/she founds highobserve.In one day a visitorwill be able toexperience new thing that can turn intodreamof his/her life.According to some study it has been concluded that, home stay themes/factors has not been met due to lack of awareness, co-ordination and co-operation between service providers and tourism entrepreneuors. The centralgovernment and local governmentlack properadvertisement of the study area. In spite of that, rural tourism in the study area has helpedin development of socio-economicstatusof study group. Nepal isa beautiful and magnificent place, onthe process of uplifting economic status by promoting rural toursim thereby opening more possibilities for the development of the country. It unlocks the scarcity of unemployment, providing more opportunity for earning, in a way helping in reducingpoverty to some level. The primary purpose of this research is to probe into the problem and prospects of tourism industry with the reference of „Rural Tourism‟ in the particular area (Chitlang). This paper dives deep into the depth of the condition of rural tourism in Chitlang and its impact on the people living there and the economy of the study area.This study covers the topic such as possibility of rural tourism in and around Chitlangto a greater extent and how this would help not only the people who live there but also the tourists visiting there. It also covers various aspects of rural tourism such as its benefits, opportunities, limitation and involvement of people into building their own community through this business. The study results are presented in statistical format so as to have a clear and easy understanding of the information and the discussion over those data which are also conducted from the author‟s own perspective.Item Prospects and Constraints of Rural Tourism in Gotikhel Lalitpur A Study of Gotikhel Lalitpur District(Department of Rural Development, 2016) Adhikari, Bishwo RamThe thesis work entitled “prospects and Constraints of Rural tourism in Gotikhel, Lalitpur" has four objectives such as study the status of village tourism, study the socio-economic impact of tourism among the local people, examine the problems of village tourism and make awareness regarding tourism among the local people. Data are taken from primary source as survey, observation, questionnaire, interview and other source is secondary source as published and unpublished documents books etc. For research 50 household were selected and taken interview. Households survey, observation, interview etc. Conduct for collecting data. The collected data were edited, coded, classified and tabulated for data organization. The quantitative data have been presented in tabular form and suitable statistical tools like percentage, ratio, etc. has been adopted for data analysis. Pie- chart, bar diagram has been presented to make figure attractive. The quantitative data have been interpreted and analyzed in descriptive way based on their numerical characteristics. In this study it is finding that Gotikhel has Preservation of cultural values., Religious area, Gotikhel is quite ahead in education, health, and community development, Gotikhel offers homely environment to the visitors and Infrastructure like schools, health post, road network and communication facilities are well managed in Gotikhel and Gotikhel has more possibilities of tourism. The some recommendations of study are: The awareness of the importance of tourism should be flourished in rural areas of Nepal like Gotikhel by providing the effective trainings and seminars. Along with these, the use of mass communication can be worth in creating awareness. Awareness about importance of tourism gives rise to the quality tourism development and help in the sustainable development of the areas, Infrastructure for the tourism can be developed by providing loan to the local people with minimum interest from government and other associated agencies. Apart from that, tourist information center should be established in the major places of the route, Local people should involve in Tourism Co-operative in Gotikhel.Item Rural Tourism in Nepal(Case Study of Tanahusur Homestay of Tanahu, 2016-12) THAPA, SABITATourism is the world's fastest growing industry. Nepal is one of the most beautiful countries in the world with lofty snowcapped mountains and scenic, peaceful settings. It has varieties of tourism resources, places of natural beauty, historical and cultural monuments, art, architecture, and festival set which are the best attractions to the foreign visitors in Nepal. Among various tourists are attractions in Nepal. Tanahusuris one of the most scenic tourist destinations in Nepal. It is a land of natural scenery, the rich biodiversity, peaceful environment, and the ethnic diversity, the rich and diverse culture which attract visitors. The study was conducted to examine the role of Tanahusur Homestay for the promotion of rural tourism along with problems of tourism in TanahusurVDC.The universe of the study has been sampled from the Tanahusur VDC and Tourism Area in there of Tanahu district. The local people, hotel owner, domestic visitors and foreign tourist, government service holder etc. were the sample respondents and the sample size is 40 for the study.The study is based both on secondary and primary data collection from DDC and VDC profile, reports and direct fill up the structure questionnaire in TanahusurVDC. The researcher own-self participated to collect primary data by using data collection techniques and tools like structure and semi structure questionnaire, key informants interview and so on.Findings of the study revealed that there is high potentiality of tourism in Tanahusurbecause it has numerous sightseeing spots, tourism interest places such as the lake, the peak, the cultural activities, agriculture farming attraction. The number of foreign tourist 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 promoters and also lack of fund. In conclusion it can be said that Tanahusur VDC deserves potentiality of becoming one of the best rural tourism destinations of the country and Tanuhusur Homestay was very effective to promote rural tourism. Therefore, package programs and tourism advertisement seem necessary to develop Tanahusuras a rural tourist destination.Item Socio-Economic Impact of Rural Tourism in Barpak, Gorkha(Faculty of Sociology, 2018) Pudasaini, Gokul PrasadNot availableItem Trend And Anylysis of Tourismin Sikkim A Case Study of Tsomgo Lake East Sikkim(Department of Economics, 2008) Subba, Malatinot available