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Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds

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The decision follows the closure of seven hotels in Chitwan National Park in 2009. Despite opposition from conservationists and local communities, the government has shown interest in allowing commercial activities within national parks. A draft of the regulation seen by Mongabay states that each hotel establishment can occupy up to a maximum of 2,000 square meters (21,527 square ft)

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Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into tiger strongholds

KATHMANDU — Nepal’s Ministry of Forest and Environment is preparing fresh regulations to allow hotels to return to national parks such as Chitwan, a decade after they were shut down based on environmental concerns. Although rumors were doing the rounds in the corridors of the ministry and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in Kathmandu for a long time, with officials neither confirming nor denying the preparation, Ministr…

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