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Tourism master plan soon
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| KATHMANDU, Dec. 15: The government is going to introduce Nepal Tourism Master Plan, 2006 aimed at maintaining regional balance and alleviating poverty by developing Nepal as a destination of natural beauty and quality tourism facilities. The 15-year Master Plan, targeted to be completed by 2020, stresses the integrated development of tourism by utilising the historical, cultural, religious and archaeological heritages of the country. The participants of a discussions programme on the draft of the Master Plan organised at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Friday stressed the need of marketing and product diversification for sustainable tourism development. The Master Plan has projected that the total tourist arrivals which were 375,398 in 2005 would reach the minimum of 517,982 by 2010, to 525,702 in the mid-term period and to a maximum of 545,622. It is expected that the figures would reach to 606,659, to 690,690 and 793,281 respectively by 2015. Similarly, the figures would reach to 710,518, to 1,297,526 and 1,595,572 respectively by 2020. It is estimated that 24.6 per cent of total tourists coming to Nepal in 2020 would come for the purpose of spending holidays, 29.5 per cent for trekking and mountaineering, 19.8 per cent for pilgrimage, 7.2 percent for business, 5.4 per cent for government works and 13.5 per cent for other purposes. At present, 42.7 per cent of the total tourists come on holidays, 16.4 per cent for trekking and mountaineering, 12.7 percent for pilgrimage, 5.9 per cent for business purpose, and 4.5 per cent for government works 18 per cent for other purposes. The Master Plan has suggested constituting Tourism Committees at the local and the district levels, upgrading of the airports, exploring and strengthening of new tourism routes and increasing the access to information, sanitation, electrification and alternative energy. At the discussions, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Pradip Kumar Gyawali underlined the need for a systematic Master Plan for the sustainable and long-term development of the tourism sector. He also underlined the need for collective commitment and cooperation for the success of the implementation of the Master Plan. |
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