International Tourism System Assignment Report

INTERNATIONAL
TOURISM SYSTEM

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Contents
Introduction of destination and main themes.......................................................................2
Overview of the historical development of tourism...............................................................2
Analysis of international tourism visitation to the destination..................................................3
Things making destination attractive to the tourists..............................................................4
Identification and critical analysis of impacts from the tourism activity on the host community at
destination................................................................................................................. 5
Identification and critical explanation of two key destination development issues.........................6
Identification and explanation of one tourism issue for the destination.......................................7
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 8
References.............................................................................................................. 10

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Introduction of destination and main themes
The tourism system is viewed as cultural, social and economic practices that demand the
activity of persons from the customary place to alternative place for the corporate, shopping,
leave and other purposes. The tourism industry has a great role in the overall development of
the nation. This report includes the prospects of tourism in Pokhara. An overview has been
provided for the historical advancement of tourism in Pokhara along with international
tourism visitation. The features making attractive to the destination has been explained.
Further, the influences of tourism activity on the host communal have been stated. The report
has also included 2 vital destination advancement issues with the 1 tourism policy matter in
the destination.
Overview of the historical development of tourism
Pokhara is identified as the best touristic hub in Nepal. Pokhara is 2nd largest city in Nepal
and is 200 km away from Kathmandu. There is no specific record of tourism in Nepal before
the consensus in 1951. Preceding to democracy, Nepal was not opened for the tourists but the
rise of democracy, social, political and economic features has opened the door for the tourists
to visit Pokhara. The city is having geographical diversity with a unique climate. Pokhara has
a variety of structure which is anticipated within the difference of weather and climate
concurrently. Tourism in Pokhara began with mountain tourism (Upadhyay, 2019). From the
1950s to the 1960s, Pokhara was recognized for its waypoint for the climbers. Mount
Annapurna was identified as the first momentous climbing in 1950 by French national
Maurice Herzog and the team. Pokhara is also known for hippy’s favorite place and their
photography made Pokhara famous worldwide. Things such as a sequence of actions and
successive antique inclinations made Pokhara a famous destination in Nepal (Anwar, 2016).
Mountain tourism has a excessive role in the tourism development of Pokhara. Other than
this, the tourism activities such as trekking, hiking, rafting, jungle safari, national wildlife
parks, legacy sites, stunning temples, and natural sites make Pokhara a popular destination.
Once Pokhara was known for just mountain tourist but at present, it is at the top of the
admiration of several features and a mounting number of tourists. In 1961, the tourism
information center was formed and developed a draft of a corporeal advancement plan. It
became a milestone for tourism advancement in the city. In 1968, Siddhartha highway was
established to connect Pokhara with the external world. Such a linking augmented the
movement of tourists in Pokhara (Beames, Mackie and Atencio, 2019). In the late 1970s, the

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advancement of tourism started in Pokhara. Pokhara has been endorsed as the primary and
foremost Himalayan adventure terminus by PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Destination)
Development Authority in the developing phase. In earlier times, Pokhara was also cast-off
as a trade path between China and India in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries (Upadhyay,
2019).
Analysis of international tourism visitation to the destination
Pokhara is deliberated to be the multicultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multilingual
city. Pokhara has attained a strategic position as it is situated in the dominant part of Nepal.
The city is enabled with precise infrastructure amenities such as road network, restaurant,
airport, motels, hotels, power supply, a drainage system and more. It assists Pokhara in
grasping the strategic position. The city is even famous for several natural and tourist
attractions like wildlife reserves, national parks, hunting reserves, and development regions.
There are 3 triangles in the city, Pokhara-Kathmandu-Chitwan (golden triangle), Pokhara-
Chitwan-Lumbini (silver triangle) and Pokhara-Manag-Mustang (Adventure triangle). For
such triangles, from the projections of Tourism, Pokhara is kept as a link. Pokhara is even an
entrance and departure point for mountaineering, trekking, skydiving, paragliding, river
rafting, rock climbing, and several audacious activities. The tourists in Pokhara can
experience several actions and enjoy founded on culture, nature, legacy, adventure, sports,
custom and more. The city provides several activities for the number of visitors (Aslam and
Awang, 2016).
The people traveling from Kathmandu to Pokhara uses the bus and air conveyance as a major
method of transportation. Lakeside is a tourist hub and in the core of Pokhara. The bus station
and the airport are near Lakeside. The visitors in Nepal are rise to use the minibus, bus, vans,
cars, air transport and more as a reasonable and convenient mode of transport. The air
transport is a convenient means of transport which is cost-effective also. According to the
tourism of Gandaki Province, foreign arrival in the first five months of 2018, was 144, 195 in
Pokhara (Upadhayaya, 2015). Out of all the foreign visitors, 58, 895 visitors were foreign. To
see the increasing number of visitors, the city added thirty new hotels comprising 500 rooms
in 2018. Other than this, it has been decided to open two dozen hotels in 2019. The hotel
revenue of Pokhara increased by 25-30% in 2018. Pokhara is having the maximum number of
tourists from India. After India, it comes to China, the USA, Sri Lanka, and the UK. Pokhara
has 200000 visitors from India in 2018 which was 50000 more than the previous year (Barry,
2016).