نکات برجسته
چکیده
چکیده گرافیکی
کلید واژه ها
1. مقدمه
2. روش شناسی
3. نتایج و بحث
4. تجزیه و تحلیل SWOC گردشگری باغبانی
5. پیشنهاد
6. نتیجه گیری
منابع
Highlights
Abstract
Graphical abstract
Keywords
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Results and discussion
4. SWOC analysis of horti-tourism
5. Recommendation
6. Conclusion
Declaration of competing interest
References
چکیده
توریسم باغبانی یکی از جدیدترین اشکال گردشگری کشاورزی در نپال است که دقیقاً توسعه باغبانی را با گردشگری مرتبط می کند. مقالات تحقیقاتی مختلف به طور کامل مورد مطالعه قرار گرفت و تجزیه و تحلیل SWOC برای آشکار کردن نقاط قوت، ضعف، فرصتها و چالشهای گردشگری باغبانی در نپال انجام شد. به دلیل پاندمی کووید-19، بخش های باغبانی و گردشگری به شدت تحت تاثیر قرار گرفته است. کشاورزان باغبانی تجاری به دلیل اعمال قرنطینه در کشور ضرر زیادی متحمل می شوند. علاوه بر این، کاهش 80 درصدی گردشگران بین المللی در سال 2020 رخ داد که نرخ رشد اقتصادی کشور را به 0.2 درصد کاهش داد. در این راستا، نیاز به رویکردی امیدوار کننده است که بتواند این دو بخش را به سرعت پس از همهگیری کووید-19 احیا کند. گردشگری باغبانی می تواند رویکردی پایدار برای تقویت اقتصاد کشاورزان پس از همه گیری کووید-19 با نرخ تصاعدی باشد. از مشکل شکست کامل محصول جلوگیری می کند، مشکلات بازار را حل می کند و توسعه روستایی را ارتقا می دهد. فقر، بیثباتی سیاسی، کمبود زیرساختها و توپوگرافی زمینهای مواج از چالشهای اصلی و سرمایهگذاری اولیه بالا، نیاز به نیروی عظیم انسانی و مساحت زمین از نقاط ضعف این مفهوم است. برای این منظور باید مدل های مختلف گردشگری باغبانی با توجه به مناطق مختلف جغرافیایی با ارائه یارانه برای پذیرش گسترده آن توسعه و توصیه شود.
توجه! این متن ترجمه ماشینی بوده و توسط مترجمین ای ترجمه، ترجمه نشده است.
Abstract
Horti-tourism is one of the newest forms of agro-tourism in Nepal which precisely relates horticultural development with tourism. Different works of literature were thoroughly studied and SWOC analysis was done to reveal the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of horti-tourism in Nepal. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, horticulture and tourism sectors were severely affected. Commercial horticultural farmers have to bear a great loss due to the imposition of lockdown in the country. Furthermore, there was a reduction of 80% international tourists in 2020, shrinking the country’s economic growth rate to 0.2%. In this regard, there is a need for a promising approach that can revive these two sectors rapidly after the Covid-19 pandemic. Hortitourism can be the sustainable approach to strengthen farmers’ economy after the Covid-19 pandemic at an exponential rate. It avoids the problem of complete crop failure, solves market problems, and promotes rural development. Poverty, political instability, lack of infrastructures, and undulated land topography are some major challenges, and high initial investment, the requirement of huge human power, and land area are some of the weaknesses of this concept. For this, different models of horti-tourism should be developed and recommended according to the different geographical regions with the provision of subsidies for its wide adoption.
Introduction
Horti-tourism is a promising approach that combines horticulture and tourism in a commercial enterprise. This approach is entirely new in Nepal and also gaining momentum in other countries. It refers to visiting horticulture farms, i.e., fruit orchards, vegetable gardens, or flower gardens, for recreation, research, enjoyment, and/or involvement in cultivation practices like harvesting, planting, and so on [1]. Horti-tourism aims to develop orchards, nurseries, pocket areas, and farms to a new touristic destination with a dual aim of increasing economic benefits from horticulture and tourism from the same work field. Horti-tourism can also be referred to as “Entertainment Farming” which requires strong public relations and skills.This approach arises due to the perception of urban people who get bored with their busy life, city pollution, and stress, and seek peace and enjoyment in a natural greenery environment. Furthermore, horticulture can be an important asset for luring domestic and international tourists subsequently leading to community development and economic upliftment of rural people.
Conclusion
Horti-tourism is a new concept for Nepal with tremendous opportunities, scope, and challenges. It combines two commercial enterprises, horticulture and tourism, in a single field or location. The most important benefit from it is that it provides a dual advantage of tourism and horticulture to the farmers. The tourism sector is trying to revive after a long lockdown triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. It may take several years to restore these two sectors as before the Covid-19 pandemic with the existing system of horticulture and tourism. In this regard, horti tourism can be the effective and sustainable approach to revive these two sectors after the Covid-19 pandemic, ultimately increasing farmers’ income at an exponential rate. Sustainable economic growth can be achieved by the adoption of amalgamation between these two sectors. The non-productive null income yielding period of the first 4–5 years could be converted into a productive income-generating period of the orchard by the adoption of this concept. For this, Potential pocket areas identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MOALD), and other public, community and private-based orchards can be developed as new touristic destinations. Through this approach, we can utilize most of the barren and slopy land of the country. Major constraints for the adoption of horti-tourism include land fragmentation, research gap, poverty, political instability, undulated land topography, lack of policy development, lack of transportation, and other infrastructures in rural areas. These constraints need to be addressed for the establishment of horti-tourism related farms in a sustainable way in Nepal.