Scope of enhancement Mountain Adventure activities in Himalayan Countries

Scope of enhancement Mountain Adventure activities  in Himalayan Countries

India, Nepal & Sikkim all these countries are having a common heritage of The Himalayas which is east to west. The Himalayas regions are  great natural, cultural for which   the travelers, explorers are coming again and again to explore the region. A good numbers of publications in print and electronic is available for adventure-loving people, film producers, artisans, writers,  research scholars and so on. The Himalayan scenes are important shots of films.

For mountaineering activities In India the apex body is Indian Mountaineering Foundation IMF (IMF). In Nepal, it is Nepal Tourism. In India, good numbers of foreign tourists visit India Himalayas for trekking, skiing, mountaineering, white water rafting, and skydiving. In the past IMF had organised programs for seminars, climbing for both the Indian and foreign climbers. These camps in nature have a great impact on understanding each other in a natural environment.

Our North-East states have the great potentiality for enhancing mountain tourism in a big way. Our neighboring states have joined the training programs, mainly the adventure course conducted by the mountaineering institutes located in our country.

In the past to promote such activities the individual and civil society efforts were undertaken in the past. In 1977, Thimpu &  Paro  of Bhutan, 1997 and 1997 to Bangladesh an Indian citizen went to Bangladesh Scouts and took part in their Radio programs to disseminate the information of the scope of adventure activities available in India  at Dacca and Sylhet. A continuous effort is on through internet postings.

Even at the city base activities like a wall, climbing may be interesting with very little experience, time and resources. The existing facilities may be used for income-generating for the youths maybe during the better season. It may be ideal if such a thing can be started initially for the students who are studying in our universities across the countries. The civil society may be interested to initiate, conduct and review the same for the betterment of such activities.