English - Support to Participatory Constitution Building in Nepal ...

The Remake of a Statein the National Geographic Magazine are some of the milestones torediscover and expose Nepal both in national and international arena.These features can really support to unify all concerned to ultimately buildthe identity of this country in the context of state building.However, in spite of above-mentioned potentials and the state of art oftourism in Nepal, a few important questions arise here in the context ofST and state building, which are as follows:a. Is the spatial distribution of tourism and mode of resourceallocation satisfactory and contributory to state building?b. Are the various institutions related to tourism capable ofstrengthening ST that incorporates all segments of people andexpands the benefits of tourism on equitable basis?c. Is tourism really prospective in such a context in Nepal andapplicable with sustainability features to forge the statebuilding?d. What are the challenges of post-conflict tourism and how canpeace through tourism be enhanced for state building in Nepal?3.1 Spatial distribution of tourism and resource distributionNepal was in unitary political system under absolute monarchy with ageoldfeudal and semi-feudal socio-economic system, horizontal inequity andinequality in distribution and share of income and lack of good governancefor three decades from 1960-1990. With the establishment of democracyin 1992, the first half of a one and half decade of multi-party democraticparliamentary political system could not observe desired positive changeson social and economic structures, nor it could see the changes on politicalbehavior different from the previous performance of centralisation,malpractice, nepotism, favouritism and discrimination (Pyakuryal 2005).Tourism sector among others could not remain untouched from thesestructural flaws.A notable element in the context of sustainability of tourism in Nepal isabout the pattern of tourism business operations at present. This has beenpractised for such a long period. Tourism related bulk of activities, apart ofEverest region in eastern Nepal, are structurally confined in the peripheryof traditional tourism triangle (Δ) viz. Kathmandu, Pokhara (Annapurnaarea) and Chitwan areas. The sectoral distribution of the different touristactivities are unevenly spread in central (70%), eastern (28%) and western(25%) regions (Grandon 2007). In broad regional terms, the central regionhas become more popular than the Eastern region for trekkers and95