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Visit Nepal 2020 | 20 Places to visit in Nepal
Dotnepal presents top 20 place in visit in Nepal for the international tourists. For these places are most important historic and places to be enchanted. The historical places, temples, lakes, religious places, and rich in art and architecture are some of the instances they cover. So, try your best to visit as many places as you can for you can realize the different taste in the places you visit.
Top 20 Places to Visit in Nepal
- Everest Base Camp
- Lumbini
- Thamel Area
- Tilicho Lake
- Rara Lake
- Gosainkunda Lake
- Pokhara
- Bhaktapur
- Ghale Gau Lamjung
- Bouddhanath Stupa
- Pashupati Nath Temple
- Swayambhu Temple
- Janakpur Dham
- Antu Danda
- Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA) in Nepal
- Bardia National Park
- Chitwan National Park
- Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve
- Upper Mustang Trek
Nagarkot
Nagarkot lies on a ridge on the north eastern rim of kathmandu valley. It is the second highest point on the valley rim, with the elevation of 2175 m above sea level. This area lies more or less in rectangular shape extending east to west direction. It lies entirely in the central hilly region of Nepal in between the greater Himalayan and Mahabharat range. It covers an area of about 1258 hectors. Administratively this area is spared over two different village development committees of kavrepalanchok and Bhaktapur districts
The landform of Nagarkot comprises complex and surged ridge and spurs. The hill terrain has a distinct feature in the landscape. The elevation rises from 2000m to 2175m. The hill system is crisscrossed by a number of irregular ridges and spurs. The ridge has a step east face and west and south slope. The landscape is facing north, south and west, slopes are steep. A huge area in the east is covered by forest.
Nagarkot is one of the most fascinating and beautiful natural spot in Nepal. Lying about 32 Km north –east from Capital Kathmandu and it is very famous place for its natural beauty. It is renowned for the mesmerizing panoramic view of the Himalayan range including the Mt. Everest (8848m). Peaks like Langtang (7246m), Choba Bhamre (6016m), Ganesh Himal (7111m), Manaslu (8463 m)Choba Bhamre (6016 m) and Gaurishanker (1734 m) which clearly can be seen from Nagarkot, watching the sun rising above the snow- caped Himalayas and very sun setting behind the western high mountains in the evening makes it more worth while to get up to the Nagarkot hill top. Cool atmosphere, unique hiking trails through Tamang villages, beautiful landscape and good tourist facilities including a 5 star Hotal are additional attractions. Writers and novelists stay months in the tranquility for concentration and inspiration.
Types of Tourism
Tourism can be divided into two main parts i.e. foreign and domestic tourism. However, on the basis of purpose, nature and intention to visit, duration of stay, tourism can be further divided as follow:
Village Tourism
Village tourism can be based in special areas, locality settlement and village with its typical peculiarity because a village rarely possesses verities or mosaic of specialties. Village tourism mostly attracts the middle level income people.
Holiday/Pleasure Tourism
To take a break from the busy life schedule, people, take some time off from work and travel to places away from where they reside. This type of tourism is referred to as holiday/pleasure Tourism. There are two types of sightseeing for Holiday/Pleasure Tourism. They are
Natural sightseeing: – under Natural Sightseeing sea beaches, rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountain, caves, natural views, flora and fauna etc.
Manmade Sightseeing:-Manmade sightseeing encompasses zoos, museums, historical places, religious place, archeological sites, festivals, exhibitions etc.
In Nepal too, the maximum number of tourist’s i.e. 70 percent belongs to the Holiday/Pleasure type. In terms of tourist arrivals by countries, India comes first followed by Japan, UK, and USA and so on.
Agro-Tourism
Agro –tourism is a new concept in the field of tourism and this is the other side of tourism. It is an expanding sector around the world. It is an economic activity that occurs when people links travel with products, services and experiences of the agriculture and food system. Agro tourism includes farm vacation, horse riding, fishing, camping sites on farm, agricultural fair and festivals etc.
Adventure Tourist
Some difficult activities which cannot be done by all people are done to earn name in the world. Doing this type of activities are known adventure tourism.eg bungee jump, rafting, mountain climbing, skating, etc.
Health, spiritual, Spa and wellness Tourism
It is a kind of historically important tourism. It can be defined as a kind of tourism in which visitors enjoy healthy environment. Tourist visit places for improving their health.
Generally in health tourism duration of travel and length of stay is longer more other than types of tourists. Tourism is prominent during certain suitable seasons. In Nepal, no record has been kept of the health tourists visiting yet it can be said that number of such tourists coming to the country is negligible, but it is reported that people across border come to Nepal for various health treatment particularly in eye hospital.
Sports Tourism
Sport tourism is an important part of tourism. It includes playing of games and enjoying looking different kinds of sports. Sports provide entertainment for both players as well as audience. To talk the condition of Nepal, it is not flourished well because of the lack of stadium, play ground, hall, etc.
Business and Conference Tourism
Business is one of the important or main activities of the today’s world. Many businessmen and traders visit places to advertise their good and to exchange their goods.
Eco-Tourism
Eco-tourism refers to be visiting in natural places. Eco-tourism is very new concept in the field of tourism. First of all, the operator of Costarica had used this word in 1983. This tourism is closely related within the concept of sustainable development. It is environment based or nature based tourism. So writers say that it is nature tourism. It is concerned and quite sensitive towards the local environment. Eco-tourism can be considered as one of the important part of the rural tourism. Eco-tourism leaves very minimum or no impact upon the local environment, culture, and life style of the community.
Space Tourism
Space tourism began from the beginning of the 21st century. This type of tourism involves visiting planets to study about them.
Cultural Tourism
Every human being wants to know something new about others. Cultural tourism involves visit to ancient monuments places of historical or religious importance. It enriches knowledge about different people and their culture. It is regarded as a force for cultural preservation. Cultural tourism has a great scope in a diversified country in terms of culture and customs.
A cultural tourist is a person who undertakes journey especially with a view to having a look on and study of cultural resource of a region.
Some elements of culture, which attracts tourists to the particular destination, are: Handcrafts, Language, Painting and Sculpture, Art and Music, History, Traditions and Dress etc.
Pilgrimage and Religious Tourism
Any travel for religious purpose and the business of arraying for the needs and facilities of such visitors is known as Pilgrimage/Religious Tourism.
Important religious sites and places of worship of different regions are located in various countries of the world. For example, Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for Muslims, Lumbini in Nepal for Buddhists, Pashupatinath in Nepal for Hindu etc. Tourism industry has also developed because of the people’s religious belief, culture and faith.
In the context of Pilgrimage tourism, there are various attractive sites in different parts of Nepal such as Lumbini, Muktinath, Devghat, Triveni, Pashupatinath, Janakpur, Barahchhetra, and so on. Almost 15% of the visitors coming to Nepal are religious/pilgrimage tourists mainly from Srilanka, India and Japan in that order.
Historical Tourism
By the term historical tourism, we mean all visiting activities related to historical places, museum, etc.
Recreational Tourism
This type of tourism has three important aspects. They are sand, sea and sex. People like to enjoy by sitting at seashore, sandbank with their lover, husband or wife, friends.
They also want to swim in sea, to have delicious foods, etc. This type of tourism is known as recreational tourism.