how to plan adventure trip to NEPAL-ehow

Adventure tourism is popular in Nepal, where you can trek to the base camp of Mount Everest, hike the foothills of the Himalayas or take a safari through the jungle. Many touring companies offer adventure trip packages to Nepal.

Difficulty:

 

Moderate

Instructions

things you'll need:

• Warm clothing
• Backpack

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     Visit Mountain Monarch Adventure's website to get information about adventure trips to Nepal. Mountain Monarch Adventures is a tour operator located in Nepal, which offers adventure tours that include trekking, peak climbing, river rafting and more.
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     Choose a trip by length of duration or by level of difficulty by selecting the appropriate option in the sidebar. Mountain Monarch Adventures features trips from 10 days to 29 days in length and every level of grade from leisurely to strenuous.
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     Read the details about each trip by clicking on the name of the trip indicated in the blue font. The next page provides you with specifics, including a sample itinerary and available dates in upcoming months.
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     Contact Mountain Monarch by email at mma@mail.com.np if you have specific questions about planning an adventure trip to Nepal.
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     Book your trip by telephone or by filling out the online booking form and then emailing it to Mountain Monarch. The booking form can be found by clicking on "Booking Information" from the front page of their website
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     Go to Visit Nepal's website to find a flight to Kathmandu where your adventure trip begins. Mountain Monarch Adventures does not include your airfare from the United States in your trip package.
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     Click on "flights" in the navigation bar, and then fill out the form to get quotes from various airlines for your trip. Once you have found the best option for your trip, book your flight directly with the airline.
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     Be sure to have a valid U.S. passport and visa to travel to Nepal. Visit the United States Travel website for information on how to obtain a passport. To get a visa, contact the Embassy of Nepal in Washington, DC at (202) 667-4550. Tourists may also purchase a two-month, single-entry visa upon arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport at Kathmandu.
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     Go over the Equipment and Clothing Check List supplied by Mountain Monarch Adventures and pack for your trip.

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Tourism - The World's Largest Industry

An interview with Dr Tim Coles, Programme Director of the MSc Tourism, Development and Policy at The University of Exeter

What is the significance of the tourism industry in the 21st century?

We are increasingly mobile in the 21st century, making more and more trips. Our lives are defined by these trips. Tourism in its many different guises is central to our experience as human beings - you can’t get away from it. The Olympics, climate change, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, place promotion and investment – all the hot topics relate to tourism in one way or another. You simply can’t understand the world today without understanding tourism.Tourism is a complex social, cultural and economic phenomenon and one of the most significant global phenomena, not to say the world's largest industry as many claim.

                                                               

So, you don't have to have a background in tourism or business at undergraduate level to study tourism?

No, not necessarily. We get people coming from arts, humanities, science and social science backgrounds as well as those from tourism, business and management first degrees. By the end of the programme many of our students appreciate the combination of business skills and the 'bigger picture view' we provide.

What is the importance of the 'policy' element in tourism?

Policy is central to tourism. It's a word everyone one likes to use but no one likes to define. Basically, there are two sorts of policy relevant to the industry: Tourism policy and policy pertaining to tourism. Important issues surrounding the future of tourism include transport, immigration, education, and employment policies – they are all linked. We teach students to identify the implications of policy and adapt to them, to recognise that tourism is lurking in many other policy arenas. Cover all the policy issues and you’ll be in a better position to predict the implications for the industry.

And policy is clearly important to the future development of tourism?

In some quite unexpected ways that are difficult to predict. Take climate change. What are the policy implications for tourism of managing and conserving the environment? Everyone stresses aviation as the issue in controlling CO2 emissions but we rarely make the link that it’s tourism that drives the demand for aviation. Climate change is now a huge, huge concern as we’ve seen since the Stern Report. We have been looking at the policy issues around climate change, at how low cost airlines market themselves and connecting that with how people choose holidays.

What are the sorts of business skills that are relevant to the development and management of tourism?

Fundamentally the ability to embrace change is the key skill. September 11th, Foot and Mouth Disease, SARS, bird flu, the Tsunami – over the last few years, the global tourism industry has been plagued by crises and disasters. As we teach our students, change has been the only real 'constant', if you like. How you deal with changing circumstances will define whether you are a success or a failure in the tourism industry, but these skills are an essential in any business area.

• source:www.internationalgraduate.net

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TRAVEL TOURISM N HOSPITALITY: IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT

TRAVEL TOURISM N HOSPITALITY: IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT: "Tourists are those people who travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisu..."

TRAVEL TOURISM N HOSPITALITY: IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT

TRAVEL TOURISM N HOSPITALITY: IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT

IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT

Tourists are those people who travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited. The industry which works for tourism is tourism industry. Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2004, there were over 763 million international tourist arrivals. Tourism is vital for many countries, due to the income generated by the consumption of goods and services by tourists, the taxes levied on businesses in the tourism industry, and the opportunity for employment in the service industries associated with tourism. These service industries include transportation services such as cruise ships and taxis, accommodation such as hotels, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues, and other hospitality industry services such as spas and resort. It is based on natural beauty of any country and its promotion. It is the backbone of any country's economic position. It provides foreign exchange earning to the destination country.

IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM

v  Tourism raises the standard of living.

v  It generates new employment avenues to the native of the country.

v  It raises the living conditions of the citizens of the country.

v  It will be helpful in raising the GDP of the country.

v  Self employment gives a new boost to the country.

v  Infrastructure development is another advantage of tourism industry.

v  Cultural exchange is also possible only through tourism.

v  Preservation of our heritage is the key issue of tourism.

Conservation of flora and fauna is an important feature of tourism industry. Also, tourism have influence on tourist's religious viewpoint. Seeing place which is some religious root, surely strengthens pilgrims faith Perhaps the most important reason is the phenomenon of the Multiplier effect, which is: How many times money spent by a tourist circulates through the economy of the country. An example for the above could be as follow tourist spends his money in the hotel by dry-cleaning his cloths, eating in the restaurant etc. This money spent will increase revenues of the dry-cleaner and the restaurant owner, both will spend more on their supplies for their shop and for personal needs, which means that other businesses are going to benefit due to their increased profits by the tourist and so on. The development of the county's infrastructure; as it is so important to attract visitors and to provide them with a memorable visit that will lead to a positive word of mouth and a chance of re-visiting the country again. This also could be thought of from employment angle, as the infrastructure needs buildings, services, and transportation means and ways, all which means increase in the number of jobs for the locals. Another important factor for the importance of tourism is attracting foreign investors to invest in the country by showing them high potentials and an acceptable infrastructure to their businesses, all of the above which will lead to the increase of country's GDP which means the development of the country as a whole. Tourism provides employment to the citizens. It creates domestic employment. Promotes  craftsmanship. Provides foreign currency. In the long-run it leads to a lot of infrastructural development. Helps to raise GDP. Furthermore, tourism has become one of the world's major industries both developing and highly developed nations are now taking closer look.

 After all, country cannot be developed unless it  has short and long term strategy regarding tourism, and give knowledge to general public  about its importance.

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