Activities of Ethnic Entrepreneurs in the Formation of a Regional Tourist Area in Pokhara, Nepal

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  • ネパール・ポカラにおけるツーリストエリアの形成と民族「企業家」の活動
  • ネパール ポカラ ニ オケル ツーリストエリア ノ ケイセイ ト ミンゾク キ

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The primary aim of this study is to investigate tourism, by analyzing it in terms of its potential role or contribution to autonomous regional development. This study focuses on the hotel industry in Pokhara, a city in western Nepal. It examines three aspects of the activities of ethnic entrepre-neurs and employees: the foundation of the hotel industry; the process of development; and the labor market. The field research was carried out in Damside, a tourist area of Pokhara, in March/ April and July/August 1994, and August and November 1996, for a total of three months. Data were col-lected primarily through participant observation of local events in the tourist area and unstructured interviews with hotel keepers, their employees, and local government officials. Statistical data were also collected. early stage of tourism development in Damside. The structural changes in the hotel industry, how-ever, have pushed local hotel keepers to the periphery, or have made them give up their businesses. Fail-ure to change the government policy which favors outside investors without support to, or protec-tion of, ethnic entrepreneurs will mean that tourism in Pokhara will increase the dependence on out-side capital rather than promoting progress to an autonomous regional development.

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