Sustainable tourism in Nepal

Visitors are drawn to Nepal by its unparalleled natural beauty, the challenge of its terrain, its rich wildlife and unique cultural heritage. Tourism in Nepal varies from less adventurous pleasurable activities such as village visits, home-stays, and half- to full-day walking and hiking circuits for non-trekkers, to adventurous and challenging trekking, mountaineering and white-water rafting. This combination of spectacular and diverse tourism resources and a largely rural based population, coupled with the pressing need to deliver development to the remote rural areas, have necessitated the development of ecotourism in Nepal.

With its spectacular natural landscapes and rich cultural heritage, Nepal has a comparative advantage in terms of ecotourism development. Further, as trekkers in Nepal are inevitably attracted to landscape and biodiversity, and nature tourists for wandering through the mountains, Nepal presents an excellent example of a destination where ecotourism overlaps with adventure tourism and the two are often indistinguishable. Besides the major trekking routes in the Annapurna, Khumbu and Langtang areas, protected areas have a major role in ecotourism. With more than 18 percent of the country's land being covered by protected areas, and more than 50 percent of tourists to Nepal visiting at least one of these areas, the protected area network plays an important role in ecotourism development in Nepal.

AnimalNepal.org

P.O. Box 9875, EPC 466

KATHMANDU

Tel: + 977 (1) 9810 44033

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Depsikha Veterinary Center

POKHARA 00977

Tel: + 977 (61) 536 358

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Friends of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Nepal (SPCAN)

P.O. Box 19278

KATHMANDU

Tel: + 977 (1) 442 3608/441 4332

Fax: + 977 (1) 442 3441

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Kathmandu Animal Treatment Centre (KAT centre)

Chapali Gaon, Budanilkantha, P.O. Box 13684

KATHMANDU

Tel: + 977 (1) 437 3169

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Mount Everest Kennel Club

P.O. Box 637

KATHMANDU

Tel: + 977 (1) 449 5668

Fax: + 977 (1) 449 5672

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National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Nepal (NSPCAN)

GPO Box 9094

KATHMANDU

Tel: + 977 (1) 208 1311/446 6721

Fax: + 977 (1) 208 1311

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National Zoonoses & Food Hygiene Research Centre

GPO Box 1885, Tahachal

KATHMANDU

Tel: + 977 (1) 427 0667

Fax: + 977 (1) 427 2694

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Resources Himalya

GPO Box 2448

KATHMANDU

Tel: + 977 (1) 553 7502

Fax: + 977 (1) 555 1930

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Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Nepal (SPCAN)

P.O. Box 1691, Naxal ag Pokhari

KATHMANDU

Tel: + 977 (1) 442 3608

Fax: + 977 (1) 442 3441

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Wildlife Action Group

20 Icchumati Street, Rudramati Lane, Kalopul

KATHMANDU 9771

Tel: + 977 (1) 442 1272/443 4183

Fax: + 977 (1) 442 1272

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WWF - Program Office

Baluwatar Avenue

PAVITRA PYARA 124

Tel: + 977 (1) 4434820/3 4970/1 0942

Fax: + 977 (1) 443 8458

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