Tag: #eco tourism
Articles tagged with #eco tourism
Greening Nepal’s tourism
New project outlines sustainable and culturally-conscious tourism, but promises must be backed up by practice
Shrinking tourism’s ecological footprint
Nature camp in Bardia reinvents eco-tourism to benefit communities first, while supporting conservation
A short walk up the Panjshir
Mujahideen guides took us to the northernmost part of the Panjshir Valley. All photos: LISA CHOEGYALKids playing on rusted tanks abandoned by…
Nepali pioneers new route on Kilimanjaro
Dawa Sherpa (extreme right) on the summit of Kilimanjaro (5,895m) on 22 August after blazing a new trail to the top. All photos: courtesy Dawa…
Nepal’s wild elephants are also on the move
Photos: SALIK RAM CHAUDHARYBefore Covid-19 and lockdowns I would be guiding tourists around Bardia National Park this time of year. But the…
Tourism that treads lightly on the land
We have had more than a year now to ponder a ‘better normal’ for Nepal’s tourism industry. It has been pointed out that in the post-pandemic…
Model for post-Covid ecotourism
Ornithologists Carol Inskipp, Rupendra Karmacharya and Prem Thapa with a follow-up about how their lobbying has halted a controversial road…
Coronavirus shutdown gives Nepal’s nature a respite
Chitlang, Makwanpur. Photo: KUNDA DIXITWhile humans all over the planet are being challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has given nature…
Fixing what ain't broke
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALADespite the mountain of problems in this country, and the list of urgent to-do’s for the government, Nepal's officialdom…
Municipalities want to manage Annapurna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Who9k1JGrgsEver since it was launched in 1984 the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) has been a…
Hanging out with the headhunters
How experience in eco-tourism development in Nepal came handy in Borneo