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stdClass Object ( [nid] => 171193 [vid] => 171441 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1227700365 [changed] => 1227700367 [comment] => 2 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1227700367 [title] => Re: Define the tourism project [body] => Tejanath- I think that Lotte offered up some excellent suggestions on the WIKI page in Step 3 that would be a big help to you in working toward gathering the information you need to present and helping you define the project as a whole. Please make sure you take a look at her suggestions and then maybe you can use it as a guide to work from. What do you think? Jennifer [teaser] => Tejanath- I think that Lotte offered up some excellent suggestions on the WIKI page in Step 3 that would be a big help to you in working toward gathering the information you need to present and helping you define the project as a whole. Please make sure you take a look at her suggestions and then maybe you can use it as a guide to work from. What do you think? Jennifer [log] => [format] => 1 [uid] => 15524 [name] => JWells18 [picture] => [data] => a:8:{s:8:"og_email";s:1:"2";s:16:"privatemsg_allow";i:1;s:28:"privatemsg_setmessage_notify";i:1;s:17:"messaging_default";s:4:"mail";s:7:"contact";i:1;s:16:"nodecomment_sort";s:1:"2";s:8:"options1";s:1:"0";s:29:"taxonomy_image_disable_images";i:0;} [path] => village/sankhuwasabha/project/task/discussion/re-define-tourism-project-0 [field_embedded_video] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [embed] => [value] => [provider] => [data] => Array ( ) ) ) [field_external_link] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) [1] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) [2] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) ) [comment_type] => task_discussion [og_groups] => Array ( [0] => 117798 ) [og_groups_both] => Array ( [117798] => Sankhuwasabha ) [og_public] => 1 [tags] => Array ( [10] => Array ( [3413] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 3413 [vid] => 10 [name] => project definition questions [description] => [weight] => 0 [language] => [trid] => 0 ) [3412] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 3412 [vid] => 10 [name] => suggestions [description] => [weight] => 0 [language] => [trid] => 0 ) ) ) [nodewords] => Array ( ) [trid] => 0 [language] => en [i18n_status] => 0 [taxonomy] => Array ( [3413] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 3413 [vid] => 10 [name] => project definition questions [description] => [weight] => 0 [language] => [trid] => 0 ) [3412] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 3412 [vid] => 10 [name] => suggestions [description] => [weight] => 0 [language] => [trid] => 0 ) ) [translation] => Array ( ) [cid] => 171193 [pid] => 0 [hostname] => 204.210.197.152 [thread] => 02/ [mail] => [homepage] => [comment_target_nid] => 169484 [depth] => 0 )

stdClass Object ( [nid] => 172287 [vid] => 172539 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1228078742 [changed] => 1228233042 [comment] => 2 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1228233042 [title] => Re: Define the tourism project [body] => I did write a plan to make working on the tourism project easier. Feel free to give other/better/more suggestions! Warm regards, Lotte Proposal to promote tourism in Sankhuwasabha Goal: Promote tourism within Sankhuwasabha by supporting existing organizations. RESOURCES FOR TRAVELLERS Step 1. What do you want to offer? Develop a clear vision about what you want to offer. How? I think it’s really important that the community has a clear vision about what they want to offer tourist. A luxurious vacation or a rural traditional experience. Different resources are needed for different visions. The community of Sankhuwasabha needs to have a meeting and develop a clear vision on tourism. The Nabuur volunteers can give feedback on this vision. Step 2. What are the existing possibilities for tourism in the community? Research of existing possibilities for tourism. - Nature - Trekking - Tours - Sights - Food - Accommodation - Volunteering - Services (Money/Police/hospital/internet) - Transport - Excursions How? We need to have al list with al the tourism possibilities in the community. I think this needs to be done by the local community. Because I think if there are local initiatives for tourism the Nabuur volunteers can’t find them on the internet. They can use the ideas posted on the Nabuur villages website as guidelines for their research. Step 3 Do we need more resources for travellers? Are there enough resources for travellers, or do we need to develop more facilities? - Is there enough accommodation? - Are there enough activities for tourists? - Are there possibilities to develop other ways/ more ways to engage the local community in tourism? How? Nabuur volunteers can reed the research from step 2 and give feedback on it. They can also help thinking about new/other/more options to develop tourism. Step 4 How to develop more resources for travellers? If we find out there need to be more or other resources for travellers we need to think about how to develop these resources. Like local tours, accommodation, working together with travel or trekking agencies etc. How? Nabuur volunteers can give ideas and tips on how to develop more resources. The community needs to look if it’s possible to implement them and what resources they will need to develop them. Step 5 The development of new resources for travellers How? The community can develop new resources, Nabuur volunteers can give feedback/ tips on questions from the community about de development. PROMOTION Step 1 Developing a website How? There already exists a website http://www.sankhuwasabha.com/ but it’s not finished yet. The website needs to be focused more on the tourism project and the information needs to be presented in a more attractive and easier to navigate way. The website needs to be up-dated al the time so this task will be an ongoing business. Step 2 Try to work together with existing tourist promotion businesses in Nepal How? Research existing travel agencies/ tourist information services in Nepal and find out if they are interested in working together/ promote the community. The community and Nabuur volunteers can work together in researching this options. Step 3 Develop a flyer and distribute the flyer How? Nabuur volunteers and the community of Sankhuwasabha can work together in developing a flyer/ leaflet for promotional activities. The flyers need to be distributed to places where a lot of travelers are going in Nepal. Step 4 Research possibilities to get information about the community on other travel websites and/or travel guides. How? Nabuur volunteers and the community of Sankhuwasabha can work together in this research. [teaser] => I did write a plan to make working on the tourism project easier. Feel free to give other/better/more suggestions! Warm regards, Lotte Proposal to promote tourism in Sankhuwasabha Goal: Promote tourism within Sankhuwasabha by supporting existing organizations. RESOURCES FOR TRAVELLERS Step 1. What do you want to offer? Develop a clear vision about what you want to offer. How? 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The website is new for them and presents an exciting development in their community-something they have put a lot of time and effort in developing. The local people have been very supportive of their efforts to do this, so I do understand the desire to "make the website the best that it can be" as Tejanath told me yesterday. One of our volunteers, Andrew, is presently in Nepal and will be going to see Tejanath on Wednesday. Tejanath asked for time to talk with Andrew and has waited to present the website to the VIP's of the area until Andrew arrives. That being said, Tejanath did give some thought to my "cart before the horse" discussion. One of the things that he said to me was that because the community has so little experience in the tourism arena, they need to learn more about the possibilities that exist for sustainable, eco-friendly tourism in order to develop it properly. Talking with the local community about what other people are doing and the possibilities that exist so that they can evaluate the best options for promoting tourism in Sankhuwasabha is something that they need from us. I located this Sustainable Tourism Gateway on the Global Development Research website today: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/eco-tour.html Tejanath-I think it is a good place to start to learn more about the entire concept of eco-tourism. It has a lot of recommendations, information sheets, tools, checklists and strategies that I think you and your group can benefit from reading. I also think that it will help guide you in following some of the recommendations the group here at Nabuur have made so far. Kind regards- Jennifer [teaser] => Hi everyone- Tejanath and I spoke yesterday for quite some time about the project. The local community remains very invested in further development of the website (www.makaluaruntreks.com). We talked a lot about the website being a tool for marketing versus the entire focus of the project. I explained that right now I feel the focus is a bit like putting "the cart before the horse." Tejanath proposed first developing the website and then coming up with a plan for approaching tourism. I explained to him that it should actually be the other way around. 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