Education
M.A., Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 1984
M.Sc., Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 1991
Ph.D., University of Bern, Switzerland, 1999
Specialty
Tourism and change; environmental impacts; local communities and protected areas; mountain tourism; indigenous peoples.
Other Professional Experience
USDA-Foreign Agriculture Service, 2006-2008
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada 2002-2006
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada 2003-2006
Special University Scholarship, University of Western Ontario, Canada 1995-1996
Canadian International Development Agency Scholarship 1990-91, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Research Direction
Aspects of tourism and change in
rural and remote regions; community-based conservation;
protected areas, and indigenous and traditional peoples;
mountain tourism and ecotourism; recreation ecology
Dr. Nepal is a team member of Sustainable Tourism Systems, a laboratory of the RPTS department. STS serves as an international center for excellence in educational training and research in sustainable development.
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