Prospects and Constraints of Rural Tourism in Gotikhel Lalitpur A Study of Gotikhel Lalitpur District

Abstract

The 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primary source as survey, observation, questionnaire, interview and other source is secondary source as published and unpublished documents books etc.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.