Assessment of Ecotourism Potential of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Eastern Nepal

Aryal, Chandramani; Maharjan, Kishor Kumar

doi:10.3126/jota.v1i1.22750

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“…Th ese jungles can be utilized for the major attractions for the tourism development in the villages. Th e buff er zone of Chitwan National Park is used for the jungle safari, Th aru cultural trail to the local communities is developed which increased the numbers of tourists in the nearby villages (Poudel, 2014) and Th aru culture is becoming an important attraction in Koshi (Aryal & Maharjan, 2018). Similarly, the jungles and buff er zone of Lang Tang National Park can be used as a complementary tourist attraction for the tourists.…”

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Prospects of Multifunctionality in Nepalese Agriculture: The Agritourism Perspectives

Bhatta

2019

Jnl Tourism & Adventure

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Multi functionality of agriculture in the developed countries is employed as a means of rural revitalization and economic circulation. Although farm diversification in the developing countries is much more crucial, in most of the rural areas of the developing countries, it is not performed, and it is delayed. In this regard, the main objective of this study is to explore the possibilities of the multi functionality of agriculture for the sustainable rural development for the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the developing countries. The empirical study was conducted in two of the rural districts of Nepal called Nuwakot and Rasuwa. The author intentionally chose these districts because it is one separate area north of the capital city Kathmandu and bordering to China. Further, even though the location is nearby the capital city, and the rural villages have excessive potentials for tourism activities, the farmers are still focusing on subsistence farming without getting benefits from tourism. Based on the macro data of Nepal government and field visit, the author conducted a case study. This study explored that most of the household heads are working in the agricultural sector, which can be one of the opportunities to launch multi functionality of agriculture. However, due to their weak educational background, they are expecting external supports in terms of knowledge, technology, and more importantly, supportive policy. The federal and central government should give subsidy to the farmers so that they canstart multi functionality in their farms, which lead to sustainable rural development.

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Prospects of Multifunctionality in Nepalese Agriculture: The Agritourism Perspectives

Bhatta

2019

Jnl Tourism & Adventure

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“…TMJ has over 30 mammalian species, 274 bird species, a fl oral diversity of more than 250 species which has the ability to attract tourists (IUCN, 2010). Th e site with unique diversity of fl ora and fauna has potential for ecotourism (Aryal & Maharjan, 2018;Bahmanpour, Laghai & Moharamnejad, 2012).…”

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“…Ecotourism involves visiting natural areas in emphasis to learn, environment protection and sustainability. Ecotourism helps in community development by providing the alternate source of livelihood to local community which is more sustainable (Aryal & Maharjan, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Researchers like Aryal and Maharjan (2018) pointed out the need of further research to assess the potential of ecotourism which includes demand, community's willingness, socioeconomic connection to biodiversity conservation, the attractive features of the area and host the visitors (Carroll & Groom, 2006). Most of the researchers working in ecotourism of Nepal have also focused their studies inside the protected areas.…”

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Ecotourism Potential of Tinjure Milke Jaljale Area: A Rhododendron Capital of Nepal

Khadka

Neupane²,

Sharma³

et al. 2019

Jnl Tourism & Adventure

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Ecotourism is a growing arena of tourism industry and is a potential tool for sustainable development. This study focuses identifying potentials of ecotourism in Tinjure-Milke-Jaljale (TMJ) area in Eastern Nepal via assessing flow of tourists, purpose for visits, major natural attractions, physical infrastructures and human resources available in the region. Direct interviews were conducted with respondents purposively selected from 50 households using structured questionnaires. Demographic variables and visit purpose were expressed in numbers and percentage using MS-Excel soft ware. A descriptive analysis was performed for the natural features, human resource, physical infrastructures and cultural entities which were collected using standard checklist. Results showed that TMJ was visited by approximately 1, 00,000 internal and 600 international tourists throughout the year in 2018.Th e main purpose of visit to TMJ was to adhere the beauty of rhododendron or landscape followed by religious, study and recreational purposes respectively. While 80% percent of the respondents were aware of the need towards biodiversity conservation focusing Rhododendron forests which listed as a major attraction in the region and 78% agreed to impacts of tourism the area, 75% were unfamiliar with the concept ecotourism. The region with more than 80% forest coverage harbors natural and cultural attractions such as Deurali Bhulke picnic spot, Rock and Rhododendron Garden, Basantapur Botanical garden and view Tower, Tinjure Dada Pathivara Temple, Gupha Pokhari, Singhabahini Devi Temple, Gaunkhuridham, Siddhakali, Sabhapokhari. The present natural and culturally important areas in TMJ show good prospects for ecotourism. However, a detailed study focusing number of seasonal flow of tourists and services provided addressing visitor’s perception is seen important to improve ecotourism.

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“…In addition to this, the Government of Nepal has many policies, acts, rules, regulations, and action plans to discourse and implement ecotourism. Ecotourism potential of protected area, their role in conservation and sustainable development and impact of climate change in ecotourism are explored by various scholars (Aryal & Maharjan, 2018;K. C & Th apa Parajuli, 2014;K.C., 2016;K C & Th apa Parajuli, 2015;Nepal, 2002).…”

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Tourism in Protected Areas and Appraisal of Ecotourism in Nepalese Policies

Aryal

Ghimire

Niraula³

2019

J. Tourism & Hospitality Educ.

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Ecotourism is a form of nature-based tourism. It is recognized as the sustainable alternative to the mass tourism and is executed to contribute to the protection and enhancement of various component of the environment. As environmental and cultural diversity are considered as the greatest assets to ecotourism, Nepal with high cultural and environmental diversity is prime destinations for ecotourism and other forms of nature-based tourism. Ecotourism contributes to the conservation of biodiversity as a primary source of internal funding in the protected areas. Researches on the aspects of ecotourism in Nepal were focused towards potentiality evaluation, impact assessment and the impact of climate change including others. Despite the significance of ecotourism in the Nepalese economy, research on governance aspects of ecotourism is limited. This article aims to analyze the role of government in ecotourism development in Nepal through policy-based approach. Beside this, data of visitation in the protected areas was evaluated. Tourist number in the protected area was observed to increase in a gradual fashion in response to the growing number of tourists visiting Nepal. Tourism policies of government primarily focus to increase the number of tourists in the country and fail to recognize tourism carrying capacity and environmental implication. Different tourism and other sectoral policies attempt to cover the issues of ecotourism, but, ecotourism specific policy is yet to be drafted. In addition to this, the tourism aspect is addressed by the species conservation action plan for species-level conservation within the country. In all, nine action plans reviewed, the provisions relating to tourism were found to be too general, most of them acknowledging ecotourism as a source of conservation funding but failed to define species-specific policy. A similar trend can be observed in the protected area management plan excluding the Chitwan and Banke National Park. Further study on the implementation status and formulation of new policy to address the holistic issues of ecotourism is an urgent requirement.

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Assessment of Ecotourism Potential of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Eastern Nepal

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Prospects of Multifunctionality in Nepalese Agriculture: The Agritourism Perspectives

Prospects of Multifunctionality in Nepalese Agriculture: The Agritourism Perspectives

Ecotourism Potential of Tinjure Milke Jaljale Area: A Rhododendron Capital of Nepal

Tourism in Protected Areas and Appraisal of Ecotourism in Nepalese Policies

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