| Sector | gis, mapping and information technology |
| Funding Agency | GoN |
| Project Location | Chitwan, Dolpa, Rupandehi, Taplejung |
| Province | Bagmati, Karnali, Koshi, Lumbini |
| Project Started Date | April 2003 |
| Project Completion Date | July 2003 |
| Project Status | Completed Projects |
| Clients | Tourism for Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme |
Tourism for Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme (TRPAP) is a programme of His Majesty’s Government of Nepal (HMG/N) and being implemented with technical and financial assistance of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Department of International Development (DFID) Nepal and the Netherlands Development Organization SNV-Nepal. This programme has been implemented in seven districts of Nepal as a model programme. These programme districts are Rupandehi, Chitwan, Rasuwa, Sindhupalchowk, Dolpa, Taplejung and Solukhumbu with an aim – to contribute to the poverty alleviation objective of the government through review and formulation of policy and strategic planning for sustainable tourism development that are pro-poor, pro-environment, pro-rural communities and pro-women. The programme is based on a “participatory bottom-up” approach, which helps to empower the local community, specially the women and the disadvantaged, to be able to develop and manage tourism in a sustainable manner for their own benefit.
The programme carries with it the following three inter-related immediate objectives.
• Demonstrate sustainable tourism development models for policy feedback.
• Develop institutional mechanisms for the sustenance of tourism development in Nepal and
• Support the government to review and formulate sustainable tourism development policies and strategies and integrate them with wider conservation objectives.
For the same, database is most essential that is used to support for the Tourism planning, decision-making and policy-making activities of the district.