Economic Impacts of Protected Area Tourism on Local Communities in Nepal

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Economic Impacts of Protected Area Tourism on Local Communities in Nepal

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.contributor.editor	Mattson, Mark
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-23T16:03:47Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-23T16:03:47Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description.abstract	Nepal is endowed with a wealth of natural resources including snow-capped mountains, abundant rivers, sub-tropical forests, significant biodiversity and wildlife, and pristine, diverse landscapes. A part of the Himalayan biodiversity hotspot, the country is recognized for its high endemicity and intact forest habitats. Over 45 percent of tourists to Nepal visit these protected areas, which play a significant role in driving tourism, and contribute to the country’s economy. Visitors, however, predominantly visit only four parks, and thus, there is much potential for protected areas in Nepal to further contribute to development goals while maintaining the country’s rich biodiversity asset base. This combination of protected areas and rich biodiversity is equally a major tourism asset in an industry which attracts eight billion visitors a year to protected areas. The potential of Nepal’s protected area network, and its contribution to the country’s economic development is yet to be fully realized. This situation mirrors that of many countries in which governments value protected areas in conservation strategies but overlook them in economic development plans. This oversight is of great concern, as countries, globally, struggle to contain unprecedented biodiversity losses while trying to address development setbacks inflicted by COVID-19. This study therefore sets out to strengthen the economic case for the government of Nepal to promote sustainable and inclusive tourism in its protected areas by estimating the direct and indirect benefits to local economies from protected area tourism.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Global Wildlife Program
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120105182256917/P171044033719006b098f402ab606313809
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/37468
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/37468
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	GLOBAL WILDLIFE PROGRAM
dc.subject	WEALTH ACCOUNTING AND VALUATION ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
dc.subject	PROTECTED TOURISM
dc.subject	WILDLIFE RESOURCE
dc.subject	WILDLIFE PROTECTION
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK PROTECTION
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK LOSS
dc.subject	WILDLIFE ECONOMIC IMPACT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM
dc.subject	LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	LOCAL SERVICE ECONOMY
dc.subject	LEWIE MODEL
dc.subject	BIODIVERSITY ASSETS
dc.title	Economic Impacts of Protected Area Tourism on Local Communities in Nepal	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Economic Impacts of Protected Area Tourism on Local Communities in Nepal
okr.date.disclosure	2022
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-07T10:22:07.320555Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2022-05-19T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120105182256917/P171044033719006b098f402ab606313809
okr.guid	099120105182256917
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	33821357
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	33821357
okr.identifier.report	171641
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120105182256917/pdf/P171044033719006b098f402ab606313809.pdf	en
okr.region.country	Nepal
okr.topic	Environment::Tourism and Ecotourism
okr.topic	Environment::Wildlife Resources
okr.topic	Industry::Industrial and Consumer Services and Products
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Subnational Economic Development
okr.unit	GLOBAL ENR PM (SENGL)