TOURISM POTENTIALS OF NEPAL

TOURISM POTENTIALS OF NEPAL

                NEPAL HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS ONE OF THE MUST FASCINATING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. NEPAL IS RICH WITH ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE, TOWERING PAGADOS, SPECTAULAR HIMALAYAS.THEY HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN RECOMMENDING NEPAL AS AN ULTIMATE DESTINATION. NEPAL HAS BEEN RATED AS THE SECOND ULTIMATE DESTINATION. NEPAL IS THE COUNTRY OF ETHNIC AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITIES RICH FLORA AND FUNA ADOMED WITH EXCEPTIONAL ARTICULTURE WHICH IS UNMATCHED BY ANY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD. NEPAL HAS AN AREA OF 147181 SQ. KM. ITS SIZE IS RECTANGULAR AND HAS IS 885 KM LONG, 160 KM FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. INSPITE OF BEING SMALL COUNTRY IR CONTAINS THE GREATEST ALTITUTE VARIATION ON EARTH , FROM THE LOW  LEVEL (65M  HIGH FROM SEA LEVEL) TO THE HIGHEST PEAK OF THE WORLD MT. EVEREST. (8848 M HIGH). 1/3 OF THE WORLDS LONGEST HIMALAYAN RANGE LIES IN THE NEPAL WITH 8 TOP MOUNTAINS AMONG 10 WPRLD WIDE.  IN EVERY 5-10 KM FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND IN EVERY 15-20 KM FROM EAST TO WEST WE FIND A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL ZONES. NEPAL COVERS LESS THAN 0.1% OF THE TOTAL LAND OF THE WORLDBUT HAS MORE THAN 10% OF THE WORLD FLORA AND FUNA. NO COUNTRIES IN THIS WORLD ARE CAPABLE TO COMPETE WITH ITS TREEKING TRAILS AND RAFTING RIVERS. NEPAL IS ALSO THE COUNTRY WITH PROUD HISTORY A SENSE OF UNITY FINE FRIENDLY PEOPLE .

SOME INTRESTING FACTS ABOUT NEPAL

1. ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL  LENGTH OF THE HIMALAYAN LIES IN NEPAL-800 KM. THIS IS THE MOST CONCENTRATED REGION OF THE  MOUNTAINEERS. AMONG TOP 10 MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD 8 OF THE LIES IN NEPAL. MORE THAN 1300 PEAKS HIGHER THAN 6000 M ABOUT 200 PEAKS OF OVER 6000 M ARE IN MT. EVEREST REGION ONLY.
2. BETWEEN DHAULAGIRI AND ANNAPURNA MOUNTAINS LIES THE WORLDS DEEPEST GORGE- KALI GANDAKI GEORGE.
3. TILICHO LAKE SITUATED AT 5099 M NORTH OF ANNAPURNA HIMAL IS  THE LAKE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATION IN THIS WORLD.
4. ALTITUTE RANGE FROM 65M TO 8848M WITHIN 150 KM OF HOTIZONTAL DISTANCE, THE GREATEST ALTITUTE VARIATION ON EARTH.
5. WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF BIRDS IN THE WHOLE WORLD, WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE WHOLE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA OR USA AND CANADA TOGETHER. THAT IS MORE THAN 848 SPICIES WHICH IS 8% OF THE WORLDS BIRDS POPULATION.
6. SARUS CRANE THE BIGGEST FLYING BIRD IN THE WORLD IS AVAILABLE IN LUMBINI GARDEN.( LORD GAUTAM BUDDHA’S BIRTH PLACE)
7. RUTUS PICULET WOODPEACKER, THE SMALLEST BIRD FOUND IN MAKALU BARUN IS ONLY 10 CM FROM PICK TO TAIL.
8. ELEVEN OF THE 14 FAMILIES OF THE BUTTERFLIES ARE FOUND IN NEPAL. WE HAVE SOME BUTTERFLIES WITH THEIR LENGTH FROM WING TO WING ABOUT 1 FT.(30 CM) PROBABLY THE BIGGEST BUTTERFLIES OF THE WORLD.

9.    NEPALI WILD BEES ARE BIGGEST OF THIS WORLD.

10.                        NEPAL HOLDS LESS THEN 0.1 % LAND OF TOTAL BUT HAS 10% FLORA AND FUNA OF THIS WORLD.

11.    NEPAL HAS MORE THEN 6000 NATIVE FLOWERING PLANTS THAT IS 2 % OF ALL THE FLOWERING PLANT IN THIS WORLD. 1666 TYPES OF FUNGI, 687 ALGAE, 740 MOSSES, AND 450 FORNS, 43 SPECIES OF AMPHIBIANS, 100 TYPES OF RAPTILES, 32 SPECIES OF RHODONDRONOUT OF 35 SPECIES OF THIS WORLD. 4 % OF MAMMELS ON EARTH, AND 319 SPECIES OF EXOTIC ORCHIDS