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Tourism and Its importance

What is tourism? Justify any eight importance of tourism in the context of landlocked and developing country Nepal.


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Tourism industry in a broader sense refers to the aspect of tourism in which a total related people perform various tourist targeted service and activities like lodging, fooding various sorts of entertainment, trekking, camping through hotels, lodges, travels agencies, airlines, etc.
Various landmarks in various countries throughout the world have peculiar natural beauties, geographical surprises, and uniqueness. All these things provoke people to visit and enjoy those places. Nepal is one of the most potential destination site for any tourists of the world which can provide extreme satisfaction and pleasure enriched with glorious tall Himalayas, panoramic views and sight-seeing, lakes, valleys, trekking sites. A country almost unknown to most of the people of the world, which is landlocked and slow pacing in development, can make an extreme turnover from tourism. It can infact, become as only glorious reason of resource to change the destiny of our people and the country. But we have lots of problems behind.

The importance of tourism can be enlisted below:

  • It helps earning foreign currency
  • Promotion of art and craft
  • Opportunity of Employment
  • Support to cottage industries
  • Support for the infrastructures
  • More change of revenue collection
  • Expansion of culture and tradition
  • Our country's publicity
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