Agritourism comprise
of two words ‘Agriculture’ which means the process of cultivation of crops,
fruits, vegetables and livestocks for businesss and ‘Tourism’ means to visit
place. Any agricultural based operation or activity that brings visitors in the
farm is also agrotourism . Nepal is a
land locked country situated on the lap of Himalayan. Nepal lies at the height
from 59m to 8848m that has warm to cold temperature that favors different
plants to grow in wide range of temperature. The climatic and geographic
situation of Nepal is gift of nature to develop as agritourism country.
Agritourism is one of
the sector of ecotourism. People visit these sites for gaining information on
cultivation practice of crops, to experience the cultivation practice and so on. It
helps in showcasing unexplored area , promoting and developing the economy and lifestyle of local
people living in rural area. People are eager to know how the food is produced
and talk with farmer what goes into the food production, this is provided by
agrotourism.
Nepal is an
agricultural country where about 65% people involve in the agriculture. There
are plenty of natural resources in Nepal which help agritourism more popular
and success in Nepal. The lower land in Terai can be developed as crops
production areas, hills as fruits production and mountain as the livestock
production according to the geographical situation of Nepal. Several
cultivation practices of agricultural products in Nepal in different way in
different areas make it more interesting to vvisit for tourist. There can be
observe different field situation according to the season. In summer farmer
involved in plantation of rice with Ashare songs which make feel them avoid
from hard work and make environment pleasant with songs.
Agritorism is one of
the vest way to promote the agricultural products throughout the world letting
tourist to experience the agriculture life style along with the farmer and
agri-entrpreneurs. Nepal with the variation of
agricultural practice in variation with the geographical regions. Agritourism has various different social, economic
and cultural benefits to the nation. It helps visitors to know the traditional
practice in these areas and also share their cultivation practice also.
Agritourism in Nepal need to have high investment and research so that the
lifestyle and economic status of people can be uplifted. There are many of
beautiful places in Nepal to visit by tourist but lacks the facilities of road
network. There should proper development of the infrastructure such as road
networks, communication, and lodging and fooding facilities to visit such
agricultural place with beautiful nature’s gift. Many of the NGO's are running
projects for the development of agritourism in Nepal. With the colaboration
with government agencies, different people and organization involving in
agritourism can have a great role in the development of Nepal as Agritourism
destination of the world. Then finally we can have Nepal as the best
destination to visit with agriculture knowledge and experince here by touists.
