Macro and Micro Perspectives of Tourism in Nepal

Contents. 1. Introduction. 2. Conceptual Framework and Literature Review. 3. Planning of Tourism in Nepal. 4. Performance of Tourism in Nepal. 5. Tourist Arrival and Tourism Earning Functions. 6. Micro Perspective of Tourism in Nagarkot. 7. Summary and Conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography.

From the Preface This book aims at analyzing tourism development in Nepal at macro and micro levels. At macro level, the specific objectives were to assess the nature of tourism planning determine the attributes of tourist arrivals in Nepal analyze demand side of tourism by considering the pattern of growth in tourist arrivals, seasonality, and composition of tourist arrivals examine the purpose of visit and length of stay by the tourists asses the growth in revenue generation from tourism analyze the supply side of tourism in terms of the growth in tourism infrastructure, e.g., accommodation, manpower, transportation facilities and investment and ascertain the relationship of tourist arrivals and tourism earnings with tourism expenditure and tourist accommodation. At micro level, the objective was to conduct a case study of tourism in Nagarkot by covering the areas of tourism planning, tourist arrivals and tourism infrastructure.