Trekking in Nepal for Finnish Tourists
Dhakal, Sujan (2014)
Dhakal, Sujan
Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201405147713
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201405147713
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Nepal has evolved tourism business starting from trekking and mountaineering. These are the most famous tourist attractions in the country. Once known as zone of peace Nepal was in civil war for ten years with Maoist as rebels. The political and social turmoil in Nepal have affected its tourism business to downfall. The country’s main economic source tourism was badly hit by the civil war, which resulted with shutting down of many tourism destinations and businesses. However, after the war the country's trekking business is getting into a road map with positive vibration.
The main aim of this thesis was to sort out the trekking potential and to research it for the benefit of Finnish customers. Nepal has a lot to offer in trekking for anyone in the world. The country’s landscapes and terrains are a gift for many trekkers and it is a climbers’ paradise. In a nutshell, the results of this study show that if Nepal focuses on trekking with new tools of marketing and innovation, it can succeed in a short time. Moreover, remote trekking trails, which have been opened recently, are receiving lots of foreign currency and increasing the standard of living of the people who live in remote areas.
However, the problem appeared quite big in the course of this study, but there seems to be hope also in trekking business in Nepal. After the opening of the Great Himalaya Trail in remote areas trekking tourism will bring money and help locals to uplift their standard of life. Teahouses which are lodges in those trails are making some money and have at some point stopped migration for search of jobs in other countries. Youth migration is a huge problem in Nepal so if trekking or tourism industry will be opened more, the migrating number will be reduced to some extent. The ecotourism and adventure tourism in Nepal have remarkably made more satisfactory results than any other form of tourism. Trekking and mountaineering are also making good outcomes to the nation’s economy. Although the trekking in Nepal is very old and it has been practised for many years, there are still plenty of new potential opportunities, which are to be opened. So many parts of Nepal are untouched by human beings. Therefore, this place can venture more trekking industry in order to keep tourism alive. Whether there is climatic challenge or any social challenge Nepal has a good potential in trekking.
The main aim of this thesis was to sort out the trekking potential and to research it for the benefit of Finnish customers. Nepal has a lot to offer in trekking for anyone in the world. The country’s landscapes and terrains are a gift for many trekkers and it is a climbers’ paradise. In a nutshell, the results of this study show that if Nepal focuses on trekking with new tools of marketing and innovation, it can succeed in a short time. Moreover, remote trekking trails, which have been opened recently, are receiving lots of foreign currency and increasing the standard of living of the people who live in remote areas.
However, the problem appeared quite big in the course of this study, but there seems to be hope also in trekking business in Nepal. After the opening of the Great Himalaya Trail in remote areas trekking tourism will bring money and help locals to uplift their standard of life. Teahouses which are lodges in those trails are making some money and have at some point stopped migration for search of jobs in other countries. Youth migration is a huge problem in Nepal so if trekking or tourism industry will be opened more, the migrating number will be reduced to some extent. The ecotourism and adventure tourism in Nepal have remarkably made more satisfactory results than any other form of tourism. Trekking and mountaineering are also making good outcomes to the nation’s economy. Although the trekking in Nepal is very old and it has been practised for many years, there are still plenty of new potential opportunities, which are to be opened. So many parts of Nepal are untouched by human beings. Therefore, this place can venture more trekking industry in order to keep tourism alive. Whether there is climatic challenge or any social challenge Nepal has a good potential in trekking.