Community Oriented-Rural Tourism Development Model

Govind Nepal,Indra Bahadur Malla Thakuri

doi:10.46281/aesr.v2i1.149

Govind Nepal, Indra Bahadur Malla Thakuri

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https://doi.org/10.46281/aesr.v2i1.149

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Abstract

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.

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Tourism is one of the productive business activities directed for the production of the goods and services
The main aim of this study is to develop the community oriented rural tourism development model for the promotion of rural tourism of Nepal
Major tourism development theories and models are based on the evolutionary approach on the tourism development and the factors shaping it; i.e., different factors lead to the successful development of tourism in rural areas in the different stages of development

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Tourism is one of the productive business activities directed for the production of the goods and services. Countries like USA, Japan, Germany, and the UK hold dominant position in outgoing tourism Countries such as Italy, France, USA, Spain, Switzerland, and Greece possess strong positions in incoming tourism Tourism researchers have evaluated tourism attractions/resources from three different perspectives: 1) the ideographic perspective, 2) the organizational perspective, and 3) the cognitive perspective (Lew, 1994; Lew, 1987). The organizational perspective is associated with the linkages component that focuses on the spatial and temporal nature of tourism attractions/resources. The cognitive perspective is associated with the demand component. Most research from this perspective deals with the degree to which tourists are able to take risks in their travel experiences, www.cribfb.com/journal/index.php/aesr

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