English - Support to Participatory Constitution Building in Nepal ...
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The Remake of a Stateforeign currency earners <strong>in</strong> the country. There is susta<strong>in</strong>able rise on therevenue generated by <strong>to</strong>urism at national level which is evident by theearn<strong>in</strong>g of US$ 351.9 <strong>in</strong> 2008 that is up by 52.60 per cent than the <strong>to</strong>talrevenue generation of US$ 230.6 <strong>in</strong> 2007 (MoTCA 2009).3.2. Institutional arrangementsA policy document is an expression of commitments outl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the vision of agovernment for a reasonable period. The process of <strong>to</strong>urism development<strong>in</strong> <strong>Nepal</strong> through the strategy of economic plann<strong>in</strong>g was <strong>in</strong>itiated from thevery first five-year plan (1956-61). The Tourism Master Plan of 1972 wasthe first separate and comprehensive policy guidel<strong>in</strong>es. This plan has beenfound <strong>to</strong> have adopted the concept of decentralised pattern of <strong>to</strong>urismdevelopment. It had strongly advocated hav<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Nepal</strong> type of <strong>to</strong>urismpackages which advocates look<strong>in</strong>g at it from <strong>to</strong>urists’ perspective. A reviewof the <strong>Nepal</strong> Tourism Master Plan <strong>in</strong> 1984 recommends establishment ofa separate au<strong>to</strong>nomous semi-public (<strong>in</strong> association with private sec<strong>to</strong>r)<strong>Nepal</strong> Tourism Promotion Board.A year long national <strong>to</strong>urism campaign for 1998 as ‘Visit <strong>Nepal</strong> Year 1998’with the central theme ‘A susta<strong>in</strong>able habit through susta<strong>in</strong>able <strong>to</strong>urism’<strong>in</strong> association with private sec<strong>to</strong>r targeted the arrivals of 500,000 <strong>to</strong>uristsdur<strong>in</strong>g that year. With the support of United Nations DevelopmentProgramme (UNDP) Partnership for Quality Tourism (PQT) Project,<strong>Nepal</strong> Tourism Board (NTB), the first and only of its k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>in</strong> South Asia,was designed as an au<strong>to</strong>nomous national <strong>to</strong>urism organisation out ofthe partnership between the government and the private sec<strong>to</strong>r <strong>to</strong>urism<strong>in</strong>dustry on January 1, 1999.Dur<strong>in</strong>g the Eighth Five Year Plan (1992-97), the government announcedan <strong>in</strong>dependent sec<strong>to</strong>ral <strong>to</strong>urism policy <strong>in</strong> 1995. The N<strong>in</strong>th Five YearPlan (1998-02) <strong>in</strong>cluded the promotion of eco-<strong>to</strong>urism along with thedevelopment of model <strong>to</strong>urist villages, development of new trekk<strong>in</strong>g areas.The Tenth Five Year Plan (2002-07) focused on review<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong>urism policies,<strong>in</strong>stitutional performance, regulation and <strong>in</strong>stitutional arrangements.The Three-Year Interim Plan 7 (2007/08-2009/10), formulated <strong>in</strong> thepost-conflict stage, has adopted the policy of recognis<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong>urism asthe national priority <strong>in</strong>dustry through offer<strong>in</strong>g similar facilities <strong>to</strong> other<strong>in</strong>dustries. It has envisaged long-term vision, strategies and policy forsusta<strong>in</strong>able development of <strong>to</strong>urism. One of the work<strong>in</strong>g policies of thisplan states that the priority will be given <strong>to</strong> environment friendly eco-7National Plann<strong>in</strong>g Commission, Government of <strong>Nepal</strong>, 2007.99