Travel Blog: Nagarkot Field Visit
Date: August 3, 2019
Venue: Nagarkot, Bhaktapur
We went to Nagarkot as a part of field visit in
order to perform a research on Tourism of that place. This was a requirement of
our subject named ‘Sociology for Business’ in BIM 2nd semester. Our
main motto of the visit was to fill up the questionnaire and analyse the data
collected from it. We asked questions to both locals/villagers and
hotel/restaurant owners.
Besides from our work, we had lot of fun over there.
Although, the weather was not welcoming enough for us to enjoy all the
sceneries and views over there, we had a lot of fun even when we were doing our
work. Boys were cracking jokes all the time and even making fun and mockery of
teachers. Even though it was not ethical, we were not worried about it. The
students were divided into groups but we walked together with two groups.
The most alarming thing in Nagarkot was price of the
things. Oh my god! Rs. 50 for a single cup of tea. This was disheartening
enough to make local tourist to never return over there. But this was my 2nd
time to Nagarkot. That’s me in the picture below visting Nagarkot back in 2011
when I was 11 years old.
We didn’t visit to the tower which is in the upper
part of the Nagarkot. The view tower was in danger already back in 2011 and I
heard it is in the same condition which made me really sad. The renovation of
the renowned structures should have been done timely with no excuses but sadly
due to mere negligence of local authorities, it was not done.
Slowly, the place is losing its significance due to
pollution. There were too less international tourists visiting over there. The
concentration of Indian tourists was high and often they create problem due to
ignorance towards the environment. Nagarkot is very scenic place and you could
only enjoy the true essence of it when you protect the environment as well.
The business people were not that friendly as well.
It does not include the local people. When we were there for filling up the
questionnaire, we got very rude respose which made us feel that they were there
for only monetary purposes.
Despite all the negatives and positives, I really
enjoyed the field visit. This was a first experience of visit with my bachelor’s
friends. It would remain as a fond memory for my lifetime and I hope I would
make many more such memories in the coming days.