“Youth Travel”
Presentation by: Sweta Gurung
At
PATA Adventure Travel & Responsible Tourism
Conference & Mart:
7 - 10 February, 2011
Adventure Travel in Nepal
Blessed due to nation’s rich and
diverse natural resources,
culture and traditions.
Offering plethora of experiences
from the lowland of the Terai
plains to the high Himalayas,
Adventure in Nepal is limitless.
Number of Tourists by Purpose of
Visit
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(De c em be r)
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P le as ure
T rek k in g &
B us in ess
M o un ta in e er ing
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1 18 78 0
2 94 54
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2 5. 6
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1 87 02 2
1 00 82 8
1 85 28
5 1. 8
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5 92 79
1 66 90
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6 57 21
1 93 87
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6 94 42
1 39 48
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6 14 88
2 19 92
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1 45 80 2
6 69 31
2 10 66
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1 7. 4
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1 01 32 0
2 44 87
4 1. 4
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1 00 05 5
2 30 39
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6 .5 0
2 19 67
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1 70 88
4 .4 0
1 68 59
4 .5 0
1 80 63
4 .7
2 16 70
4 .1
4 50 91
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1 58 01
3 .4
1 38 16
3 .8
1 23 66
4 .5
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O th er s
T o ta l
1 72 91
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2 1. 3
1 11 75 8
3 3. 1
7 18 93
1 8. 7
6 71 79
1 7. 8
7 27 66
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1 29 16 0
2 5. 8
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Where There Be Dragons
The Experience
The Experience
The Experience
Experience with the Local
Community
- Dragons programs are authentic, rugged and profound learning
adventures that expose the beautiful and complex realities of the
countries in which we travel.
-Featuring extended itineraries, Dragons programs encourage
deep immersion into strikingly different physical and cultural
landscapes, combining the best in experiential education, travel,
service learning, and physically and intellectually challenging
experiences.
-Dragons participants are offered 4 to 13 week long program in
Nepal where the itinerary is creatively weaved to investigate and
explore the ideas of Global Citizenship, Awareness of Self and
Leadership.
Adventure Travel & Young Travelers
• According to statistics by WTO (World Tourism Organization),
current young travelers (age 15 - 25) represent more than 20% of
international tourists.
• According to the annual report of the Ministry of Tourism and Civil
Aviation(MoTCA) Nepal, the number of travelers in the 16-30 age
group surged by 32 percent in 2009. The data being 106,596 in
2008 and 140,805 in 2009.
• Young people are lured by Adrenaline pumping activities.
• The highlight for Dragons participants remain trekking in the high
Himalayas and the culture that surrounds those mountains.
Adventure Travel & Responsible
Tourism
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The abundance of natural resources is not be taken for granted.
The myopic view on Adventure Travel needs to be shifted.
Sustainability IS the buzz word today.
Young travelers appreciates fun and adventurous activities.
Young travelers learn from their peers and role models.
These young travelers are taking physical journey to - understand the larger world
and to investigate their role in that world.
Responsible Tourism begins with these Young travelers.
Nepal as a beautiful nation with its complex diversity offers plethora of experiences.
Experiencing them with cultural sensitivity and engagement is practicising responsible
tourism.
As a by-product, local communities are empowered and their cultural legacy is
valued.
Adventure Travel can remain sustainable only when responsible tourism is weaved in.
Why We Travel?
• We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find
ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more
about the world than our newspaper will accommodate. We travel to
bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those
parts of the globes whose riches are differently dispersed. And we
travel, in essence, to become young fools again, to slow time down,
get taken in, and fall in love once more. – Pico Iyer