There are many international lending agencies which have been supporting ecotourism in
Nepal for a long time. The major agencies are The World Bank, the Asian Development
Bank, and USAID which are lending big amounts for supporting various projects of tourism,
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and especially ecotourism, in Nepal. Recently the Asian Development Bank has sponsored an
ecotourism project planned together with Nepal Tourism Board. The aim of the project is to
invest in conservation and development by restoring existing and building basic sustainable
infrastructure such as roads, bridges, eco-lodges, schools, hospitals, training centres airports,
parks etc. to promote the numbers of tourists and make their access to new destinations easier.
This has a clear focus of decentralization of tourist destination.
Besides aforementioned key actors of ecotourism, there are many other actors who are also
playing significant roles for supporting ecotourism projects in Nepal. They are Aqua Birds
Unlimited Camp (ABUC), Centre for Development Research (CCODER), Nepal River
Conservation Trust (NRCT), Kathmandu Environmental and Education Project (KEEP), and
Sagarmatha (Everest) Pollution Control Committee (SPCC). Furthermore the tourism
industry itself has formed into more than 20 different industry associations that contribute to
lead the industry into wider scale. There are other NGOs such as SNV-Nepal, DFID,
Mountain Institute and TRPAP that are actively working in promotion of ecotourism in the country.
And other very key institutions are Trekking Agents Association of Nepal (TAAN), Hotel
Association of Nepal (HAN) and Nepal Association of Rafting Agents (NARA). Finally,
tourists, local communities, and the media are also part of the list of key actors of ecotourism
because without their support ecotourism development cannot be done.
Nepal for a long time. The major agencies are The World Bank, the Asian Development
Bank, and USAID which are lending big amounts for supporting various projects of tourism,
38
and especially ecotourism, in Nepal. Recently the Asian Development Bank has sponsored an
ecotourism project planned together with Nepal Tourism Board. The aim of the project is to
invest in conservation and development by restoring existing and building basic sustainable
infrastructure such as roads, bridges, eco-lodges, schools, hospitals, training centres airports,
parks etc. to promote the numbers of tourists and make their access to new destinations easier.
This has a clear focus of decentralization of tourist destination.
Besides aforementioned key actors of ecotourism, there are many other actors who are also
playing significant roles for supporting ecotourism projects in Nepal. They are Aqua Birds
Unlimited Camp (ABUC), Centre for Development Research (CCODER), Nepal River
Conservation Trust (NRCT), Kathmandu Environmental and Education Project (KEEP), and
Sagarmatha (Everest) Pollution Control Committee (SPCC). Furthermore the tourism
industry itself has formed into more than 20 different industry associations that contribute to
lead the industry into wider scale. There are other NGOs such as SNV-Nepal, DFID,
Mountain Institute and TRPAP that are actively working in promotion of ecotourism in the country.
And other very key institutions are Trekking Agents Association of Nepal (TAAN), Hotel
Association of Nepal (HAN) and Nepal Association of Rafting Agents (NARA). Finally,
tourists, local communities, and the media are also part of the list of key actors of ecotourism
because without their support ecotourism development cannot be done.
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