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Monday, July 1, 2013

Conclusion

Ecotourism is very fast growing sector in the world tourism industry. Nepalese tourism
industry also cannot stand without embracing ecotourism. Although the history of ecotourism
in Nepal is not that much long, its importance in Nepalese tourism industry is inevitable
because it can be regarded as one of the best approaches to promote sustainable development
that can be helpful to alleviate poverty by developing local economy and society and also
conserving environment. Furthermore ecotourism in Nepal can be proved as boon for rural
development, social empowerment especially for marginalized groups. Ecotourism principles
basically focus to increase local community involvement in the planning mechanism that can
support economic development, environmental conservation, social and cultural awareness,
capacity building, and effective policy implementation. At the same time it is also necessary
to consider critically that ecotourism also creates many problems such as environmental and
cultural degradation and even economic imbalance (due to inflation and leakage) in local
scenario.
Nepal is unique land of abundance of tourism resources which can only be used properly
through ecotourism. Tourism has been the main foreign income sources of the country and it
also supports the economy of the country. So ecotourism can be a promising industry in
Nepal, if Nepalese government is committed to develop integrated and innovative ecotourism
policy and planning that must address all the existing problems and challenges for better
implementation. Nepal needs effective ecotourism because whole mass tourism of the country
has been creating various adverse impacts such as environmental and social pollutions,
deforestation, and other many and they can only be checked properly if there is ecotourism
practices with holistic planning and innovative leaderships of concerned authorities.
Furthermore ecotourism in Nepal always needs more scientific studies and researches and
evaluation of ecotourism practice and scientific eco-certifications and accreditation system to
the institutions and originations involving in the field. But it seems that Nepal still practises
traditional tourism in the name of ecotourism due to massive policy deficit and various
internal problems that prevent effective application of qualitative tourism which should
emphasize for the ethical encouragement of all stakeholders including tourists, locals, and
tour operators for the promotion of genuine ecotourism. And also there is no special strategy
for conservation and tourism development.
Thus besides various challenges and problems in the fields of ecotourism, it can be a great
opportunity for Nepal if all tourism resources are handled and utilized responsibly and it can
be phenomenal instrument to achieve real sustainable development of the country by
promoting different aspects and sectors – economy, environment, culture, and conservation
procedure.

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