Tourism is the business of selling dreams.Tourism can even be promoted by saying,"You will have a wonderful and pleasant dream by sleeping in the bed of our hotel".It is the dream and expectations that make the tourist travel a long distance.Establishment of Grand Hotels and Casinos is what is being adopted in the international arena to attrct tourists but it is not important for us to do such advertisement as just advertising the mystical natural and cultural heritage we will be able to attract millions of tourists.
Nepal has been blessed by nature.The unique cultural,geographical and biological diversity is the synonymuos of Nepal for past many years.Being the country of eight thousanders including the roof of the world Mt.Everest to Kechanakalan lying at a just a span of 150 kms.is an example of unique geographical diversity in Nepal.Temperature ranging from sweating equatorial hot in Terai to freezing cold in the mountains has made Nepal to have favourable climate for the people of all around the world.Just occupying 0.03%of the total space on the globe,Nepal bears 12.5%of the total ecosystem found on the world.This is the fact what fascinates the nature lover when he thinks about visiting Nepal.Being Lumbini birth place of Gautam Buddha,Pashupatinath,Muktinath being pilgrimage for Hindus and Buddhists will certainly attract pilgrims from neighbouring countries to visit Nepal as holy destination.Kathamandu valley is the open museum of traditional art,culture and architecture can allure many tourists.Nepal can also be the destination for adventorous sports like bungee jumping,paragliding,para hawking,cannoying,elephant polo,rafting etc.Nepal is listed in 20 places to Visit Before One Dies and Chaurikharka ranks first in the Heaven On Earth can really attract many tourists.
After much anticipation,Government of Nepal has decided to celebrate 2011 as Nepal Tourism Year with an ambitious aim to welcome one million tourists.Nepal has not got the long history of tourism.It was only known to the outside world after after Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Sherpa conquerrred Mt.Everest in 1953.After Nepal adopted the liberal economic policy,tourists started visiting Nepal and ijt soon got identified in the international arena as the natural destination.
When the economy has just started to bloom with tourism,Maoist insurgency and political instability ditched the crawling industry and people started to fell insecure to visit Nepal.Thanks to the instability and insecurity complying with once big hotels like Hotel Narayani and Hotel Blue Star to halt and tourism entreprenuers to adopt diffferent professions.Now in the changed schenario,we can really meet the target if all of us get united for the cause.We can create opportunities with the existing possibilities.Tourism can be the source of employment generation and sustainable development.When a single tourist visits Nepal,it creates an opportunity to around 10 Nepalese.
Amist all these opportunities,there are some faults that should be cleared out so that we can meet the target easily.Proper management of the airports should be focused,regular flights for the tourists must be available,political commitment made recently not to do any strikes should be be implemented in action. Proper dialogue should be initiated with trade unions and labours so that they will not hault functioning during the year.Waste Management should be done properly and destinations must be made always clean.Package programmes must be launched by travel agencies and Nepalese Embassy abroad must launch massive advertisement programme and political leadership must assure tourists that Nepal is safe destination.We can make it happen so lets strive towards it........
