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Tourism
THE news has it that
the government is charting out a master plan for boosting tourism industry in the country.
In fact, the master plan for guiding and promoting the country’s only forex earner
was needed decades back. But it is always better late than never. We have lots of
potentials in this industry but we have not been able to cash them in time. The other
reason behind the slump in this industry is that it gets hit hard whenever any untoward
incident occurs. The first and foremost challenge for the government, therefore, lies in
creating an environment that ensures comfort, facilities, peace and security to the
tourists. However, it is not late yet. We still have time to bring about changes in this
sector by using tourism industry itself as a tool for advancement of the economic sector.
And for that we need to strengthen our policies and programmes by introducing certain
long-term plans that best address the shortcomings and problems of the industry. For us,
tourism still remains a very suitable and profitable industry for the days to come as the
concept of village tourism is gaining ground and tourists are paying much attention these
days towards exploring the culture and tradition of the people of the country where they
are visiting.
It is not only a claim
as surveys done elsewhere also found out Nepal as one of the most attractive tourist
destinations in the world. The country comes after New Zealand, according to a survey by
two British periodicals—observer and the Guardian—as to the most preferred
destination Nepal can again take advantage of the floor that is going to be provided by
South Asian Growth Quadrangle (SAGQ) in terms of tourism industry. When the SAGQ members,
Nepal, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh, are mooting to exploit their natural resources to
attain common goal of economic development in the region, Nepal, as a member country, can
cash it in many ways. With the commitment made by the SAGQ in its just held second meeting
to accelerate economic activities through the development of human resources and tourism
industry, it could be fairly said that the tourism industry goes well not in isolation but
in joint efforts also.
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