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Sustainable tourism and post-conflict state buildinggenerated locally at Upper Mustang and certain percentage ofrevenue collected by the government at centre for Manaslu areas.Under this framework, Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee(SPCC) in Everest region is authorised to recycle 40 per centrevenue generated from the collection of service charges fromexpeditions groups bound towards the expedition of Mt. Everestfor cleaning the icefall route. The SPCC was also designated to getcertain budget on regular basis from the additional contributionsmade by donors to fund through government.d) Authorisation to District Development Committees (DDCs)through the amendments on Local Self Governance Regulation2061 to get 30 per cent of revenue collected from the governmentat centre and invests this revenue back to the areas of particulardistricts from where the generation of revenue was madepossible by the operation of tourism related activities.Most of these mentioned provisions, except for the framework (b) are notoperational due to the lack of serious implementations. Further, it is alsonot transparent as to how much of such amount of revenue raised locallyis being recycled and how much of such income are occurring benefits tolocal people except in case of framework (a) A research survey carried outin mid nineties had revealed that two-third of the respondent householdsfavoured ACAP as a contributor in uplifting their living standards and thatalmost fifty per cent of the tourist expenditures were retained locally(NTB 2005).The tourism sector, hit hard during the second half of a decade long(1996-2006) armed conflict, has retained a relief with political stabilityand the restoration of peace after the April Movement and CPA betweenthe government and the then CPN (Maoist) in November 2006.This sector has witnessed a continuous growth with 378,712 internationaltourist arrivals by air in 2009 which is up by 1.07 per cent than total arrivalsof 374,661 by air in 2008. 5 According to the mid-term budget review byMinistry of Finance, the income from tourism has also gone up by 65.3 percent. 6 There are increment in the number of hotels and restaurants by 7.5per cent during nine months’ period (mid July to mid March) in 2007/08.Tourism generates employment opportunities and helps in the promotionand conservation of art and culture. This industry is one of the major5March 5, 2008.6Midterm report disseminated by Central Bureau of Statistics on 8 June 2008.98