Readings in Rural Tourism

Contents: Foreword. About the book. 1. Concept of tourism: Meaning, components and elements of tourism/Hari Datt Pandey. 2. Typology of tourist and tourism/Hari Prasad Shrestha. 3. Tourism-yesterday, today and tomorrow/Karna Shakya. 4. Ecotourism in Nepal: status and contributions/Hari Pradhan. 5. Ecotourism: concept and issues/Bijaya Pradhan and Raman Grandon. 6. Agroecotourism in Nepal: concept, scope, experiences and status/Dharma Raj Dangol. 7. Wetlands and tourism/Bishnu B. Bhandari. 8. Socio economic impact of tourism in Nepal: Order or paradox/Deepak R. Joshi. 9. Tourism as a socio-economic force/Nabin Pokharel. 10. Trends of tourism development: global, regional and national/Dipendra Purush Dhakal. 11. Rural tourism—development phenomenon and marketing concepts/Rabi Jung Pandey. 12. Tourism planning: steps and procedures/Baikuntha Aryal. 13. Historical account of planning to develop tourism in Nepal/Prachanda Man Shrestha. 14. Role of government for tourism development/Rudra Prasad Upadhyay. 15. Nepal: a land for all seasons/Aditya Baral. 16. History of tourism in Nepal: a cursory glance at the chronological growth/Kalyan Bhandari. 17. Current state of tourism in Nepal/Ananda P. Srestha. 18. State of tourism in Nepal—an overview/Chandra Lal Shrestha. 19. Protected areas in Nepal/Rudra Prasad Upadhyay and Tirtha Bdr. Shrestha. 20. Approaches to community based ecotourism management/Gayanendra Ratna Tuladhar. 21. A case study of rural tourism in Sirubari, Bandipur and Ghalegaon/Rudra Prasad Upadhyay. 22. A brief introduction of tourism organizations: How tourism is organized at National and International Level/Rudra Prasad Upadhyay and Ram Prasad Ghimire. 23. Modern information technology in tourism development of Nepal/Sumit Baral.