Tourism in Nepal

After establishment of democracy in the country in 1950 AD the government opened the door for all the foreigners, who want to visit Nepal. Thus, on one hand, Nepalese government opened the closed door for all the foreigners and on the other hand, gradually, the government began to take different steps for the promotion of tourism in the country. Now a days Nepalese government is doing its best internally as well as externally to develop tourism in the country. Tourism has been playing vital as well as important role of the Nepalese economy. Endowed with vast resources in the form of contrasting landscapes, ecological zones, scenes and sights an opulent cultural heritage interspersed admit the natural beauty. Tourism holds a major potential for development. It has indeed been attracting a huge number of tourists from across the world over the years.

Tourism has been a growing and leading industry for part industry for past three decades almost all over the world. Industry of tourism has become the third largest industry in the world, accounting for more than ten per cent of the world. Gross domestic product international and domestic tourism accounts for 15 per cent of the world of the gross national product. Therefore, there is a growing recognition towards this industry. The spectacular growth of tourism business has been accelerated particularly in the past ten years due to tremendous progress in the field of social, economic and technical advancement. To develop tourism in the country, the government has tried to best. Since 1976 A D, government has established the ‘Ministry of Tourism’ and by that time it helps to coordinate different organizations relating to tourism. The government has been participating in different international conferences and seminars on the tourism bring active member in different agencies and organizations concerning travel and tourism, publishing circulating different books and booklets about Nepal, In this way, externally, the government is truing its best just to attract tourist to visit Nepal. Nepal has the most favorable conditions for visitors or foreign travelers. Everybody agrees that its tourism potential is varied as the country offers a great choice of attractive possibilities, which answer that always, renewed demand of modern international travelers. Geo-diversity, landscapes, wildlife, arts, traditions, cultural heritage etc. have been decorated Nepal in the most fascinating ways.