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Manage the wastage & garbage; do not through them here and there.
Conclusion
• Eco-tourism is travel to natural areas that conserves the environment (natural and cultural)and
sustains the well being of the people
• Entails a type of use that minimizes negative impacts to the environment and to local people.
• Increased the awareness and understanding of an area‟s natural and cultural systems and the
subsequent involvement of visitors in issues affecting those systems.
• Contributes to the conservation and management of legally protected and other natural areas.
• The infrastructure must be ethnic(lodging), safe and modest(low impact means) and capable of
generating income
• It must have management of protected areas and parks by local people
• It must create a common point for the conservationists, the development community and the
private sector
Issues to be addressed about eco-tourism
Host Vs Guest (Conflict of Interest)
Role of Intermediaries
Development Vs Sustainable Dev.
Agenda Vs Action (Workshop Vs Work)
Generalization Vs Specialization
Quality Vs Mass Tourism
Current status of World Tourism
• 903 million visitors grew by 4.6%
• Economic Activity of $5.9 trillion i.e. about 10% of global GDP
• 6.5% of total global work force
• Employing 238 million people
• Europe – America – Asia Pacific
• Switzerland- Nepal – New Zealand
Tourism Industry in Nepal
• Since 1950 from Mountaineering.
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