Mountain tourism is “ a type of tourism activity which take place in defined and limited

geographical space such as hills or mountains with distinctive characteristics and

attributes that are inherent to a specific landscape ,topography ,climate ,biodiversity
(flora and fauna) and local community. It encompasses a broad rang of outdoor leisure
and sports activities”. (UNWTO,2019)

Tourism is an ancient phenomenon and an inherent nomadic urge in man. From the
very earliest historical period, travel has remained a fascination to man. In ancient time
pilgrims, traders, explorers, adventurer and some scholars had undertaken journey in
order to fulfill their respective requirements and needs. The progress of tourism
development is related with human evolution. To search for basic needs of life; food,
cloth and shelter, human beings used to move from one place to another place.
Travelling in those times was difficult because of severe constraint of well equipped
transport, lack of safety and comforts. Gradually, when permanent settlement started,
different religions and trade emerged which motivated people to travel different places

Mountain region shares roughly 15-20% of the global tourism market, generating
between 70 to 90 billon US dollars per year. (Banskota, K, kruk,E). This review begins
with the most theoretically oriented work of the group, Ramesh Raj Kunwar’s
Anthropology of Tourism: A Case Study of Chitwan-Sauraha, Nepal before considering
two more descriptive, statistical books by Yajna Raj Satyal: his Tourism in Nepal: A
Profile and Tourism Monograph of Nepal. I then turn to the three more topical studies:
Maheswor Bhakta Shrestha’s Nepalese Aviation and Tourism, Surendra Bhakta
Pradhanang’s Tourists’ Consumption Pattern and Its Economic Impact in Nepal, and Hari
Prasad Shrestha’s Tourism in Nepal: Marketing Challenges. Together these works serve
as useful summations of existing primary and secondary material on tourism in Nepal
while also providing valuable new original research data.

For readers unfamiliar with anthropological theory, Ramesh Raj Kunwar’s Anthropology
of Tourism: A Case Study of Chitwan-Sauraha, Nepal offers a host of analytical
perspectives to better understand the complex cultural dynamics involved in motivating
tourism and in the encounter between hosts and guests. The book presents a
smorgasbord of theoretical perspectives, but its own original content is presented
mainly in terms of applied anthropology with the aim of making policy
recommendations for sustainable tourist development. In other words, the work tries to
be conversant with theory, but does not really contribute to it.
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5.RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY:

This research will use qualitative data analysis methodology using secondary data hence, no
any primary data will be used in this project.

The research will collect all the data from various sources i.e. internet , newspaper , books ,
magazines. The analysis of secondary data will involve comprehensive literature review of
published articles, reports of various committees , various organization sites .