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Community Oriented-Rural Tourism Development Model

American Economic & Social Review

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Title Community Oriented-Rural Tourism Development Model
 
Creator Thakuri, Indra Bahadur Malla
Nepal, Govind
 
Description Nepal is endowed with the majestic Himalayan ranges, including Mt. Everest, which is 8848 m, is the world’s highest mountain peak. Nepal is renowned world-wide as a prime tourist destination due to its unparalleled natural beauty; diverse bio-diversity; ethnic, lingual and social diversity; and historical and cultural wealth. There are many lakes, rivers, mountainous areas, museums, national parks, historical places, greenery forests, cultural heritages which become attractions to the tourists in Nepal. Rural setting is one of the most potential areas to promote the rural tourism where tourists can have opportunity to observe the rural setting, culture, life-style, social relationship, hospitality etc of rural people in Nepal. So, the study has developed the community oriented rural tourism development model covering the stages of development. The study was conducted in Lamjung, Tanahu and Nawalparasi districts among the home-stay operators, tourist experts and other tourism related stakeholders. In-depth interview was done with the respondents to collect their opinion about the best model of rural tourism. The study has developed the Community Oriented Rural Tourism Development Model (CO-RTDM) which has explained the seven stages of development.
 
Publisher Centre for Research on Islamic Banking & Finance and Business
 
Date 2018-01-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.cribfb.com/journal/index.php/aesr/article/view/149
10.46281/aesr.v2i1.149
 
Source American Economic & Social Review; Vol 2 No 1 (2018): American Economic & Social Review; 1-5
2576-1277
2576-1269
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.cribfb.com/journal/index.php/aesr/article/view/149/165
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2018 Indra Bahadur Malla Thakuri, Govind Nepal
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