"More Than Mountains!" – Creating Lifetime Experiences in Nepal

“As you commodify your tourism products, your yield goes down.” Issue 160 of Asia Travel Re:Set featured highlights from Dr Jens Thraenhart’s fascinating interview on the High-Yield Tourism Podcast with Raj Gyawali, founder of socialtours in Nepal and Partner in Norway-based Ethical Travel Portal, about the changing contexts of travel in Nepal.

Raj talks eloquently about various ways to optimise the shifting patterns of visitor demand to drive better outcomes. The article is divided into 5 sections: Taking Nepal’s Tourism Potential to Another Level; Commodified Experiences = Low Yield; #NepalMoreThanMountains; Travellers are Part of the Eco-System, and Rethinking ‘Artificial Seasonality’