Tourism and Sustainable Community Development in Nepal

Nepal, the developing country in South Asia is considered as a visual paradise which is situated between China in the North and India in the South. Tourism has been the major source of revenue in Nepal. Through small development in tourism sector, the country can benefit by generating foreign currency and employment opportunities, and hence contributing to overall development of the nation’s economy. The major source of revenue is tourism industry. Forty-two percent of total employments are created by tourism and they are totally depending in tourism for their livelihood. (employment in third countries are excluded) The main aim of the thesis is to reflect the current profile of Tourism in Nepal, familiarized with sustainable local development and sustainable economic development and how the tourism can play a vital role for the nation’s development. Moreover, this thesis work reflects the theoretical concept of sustainable development in tourism industry. The thesis deals with the secondary data, initially collected by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal hence the research is secondary research. Moreover, in this thesis I have analyzed the statistical data to find the contribution made by tourism industry. To find the total contribution made by tourism industry, I have taken the revenue and total budget allocation in year 2010 and it shows the total income 329982000 US $ from tourism industry which is almost ten percent of government’s budget allocation in year 2010 with 3,6 billion US $