Towards a Tourism Strategy in Spiti

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P 'IDEAS & NlN10NS' PiER

TOWARDS A TOURISM STTEGY

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TOWRDS A UIM EGY

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AN 'DEAS & INTNS PAPR

TOWARDS A OUISM STRAEGY

SPITHUBHENU KH

The suject of this ppr is some work thtI intend do in Spi The poitof entry nd t initil imtus tis work hs ben pvided y umI wont t t scop of the wok u it wl most likely et

deed ov pei of tim d will morover b pone to che fo time

time dependin on ciumsn d m Wht I l ut insted is eenrl dirtion I b hin in d meh (o ppent l of on ttI would nd folow 'l wit ou ide on m of t thins t couldb don t th pm hd

The prol t d is this v momnt hin fro tentil proe to ctul on t's tis T utfl vll of Spit ppns e cenrw mtril for te i indu i world -- trism ht is reurcehs med to l-l xploiton is only use of t vin

inner-in' o f Howvr s t sumer the summer of this disinceniv to usm n rmovd -- Spit is no loner n ilnee Le le nhindrd xpoition h tom indus c nost Spiti oins Zs in the lis of xotc dstintion ht were until recetyincovnent for mssconsuption ut now no loner so

y nento pty in rection o is evnt is to wok towds evouton nipementon of som kind of tourism st in Spit lthouh the tetouris ste' souns lik dstintion whtI lkin ut will hofuy

b s much nd l on dirto dstinon

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A AEQATE TRUCT T PT

Spiti is on f two udvision the othr in hul tht fo the disict oLh Spiti Thi distct occupies the nor-t cor of t weshiml ste of imhl Prde The prestio lit of its iee

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lG E 5 INO ; THE exNDARiE5 A PJXiM

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os -- Lk th oth, t the et, ir te sthest sot, t sotst est, e e est Aso clo bt t qte 'adjent neghs e nsk n e nrwestad Shim dstrc the ot

In tern n ce, Sp rees h and Znskr Le e, it ahgte esrt, cter y ve litte rai or ow, very tte vegeto, ery ce be ske, ey sog UV-oed lih, and ery hghmois ad vleys. e loes oit Spt, the t ere t drins ot oar, s 330 m ave ea level.

Spit i the valey sysem tha dns e Spit rivr an ibuies, h rtribe beng Pin, Lgti Pe Cu. p rver origias n theunz ge (whc epae Spi fr hu) g o t on e utej

hab Knnr. e P rver ows north-swy from lo the Pba pas; on the ter sde of ths pass lie te gin of the Pra rvr, wchows nt the Kullu ey. The ti rver ows o-dl f hemee t of the rder of Lad, t and Spt. And lly te P hurvr, hich n Spt lo the P la, o iity orth wy from th S pti rver, has a shor r n fr entrig whereit h an appt change f he and winds t wa c uhwewdy rener Iia alog e SpKur brer, h pt rver at mdo

e sement Sp sbe may on h pt ver a e Pivy Th puan of nd 0s sentaly Bddhst, p o themulhc ovmen empyee i ad od K. o petio, ddhm in Spti prd dds Tt by mny cee.Wha the ople of Spt ave hete fr T her pre fo fmoy-cened Buh, f alle 'mas f exeyue priestl ca f '. In he p f h h of esi, cutu gu f pe ey func ce of n ng. In ft, ng w ut rtl an exusvey monic air,

w h ret ta we o th ony literat ppe n sey This of cor cngg now, a teir leve of i, de crsnggovemen actvt the ey

A road rns rih thgh h vey, com frm Kinnr n ha) gong over he Kun hau e vr h R a M

nd od The Kun p t hu fc f u oh

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for it closs onc again fo th win, but h ad fom Shim is mor or sson upto K though h y. Dsp ing on for such imidrod,Mnaisscily flfonsng as,Spiti's mjorcshcp, t pins, aus th road to Shimla is highy unlil during th

mnsns, ad ha is whn hs.Unlik ahul, which, so f as monn gions go, is qut rich, Spii sonomcy quit bkwd. sbsistnc cultvion s aq, an haso ugm by h ovrnmnt. Th cop, which s th on mjor cashcrp n th vy, sn' bring n nouh sh. is vry lt wd fr for consucion, d vry ltt grss fo ivs. Hndcf m y thitns for thir own us, n hdy any nd r way in th cash conomy.Insts bnt, hully , and thr no oi-wlls ihr. Gtting a

ovmnt b on of fw mmn options ava, wh incgbu not ming) nmrs ting off f th pains n h of jobs.

For al th ns -- ly s rons nt scin, nithr y nly ons h opl of his pctu d sply pult valy nowh n ng onomcaly sf-L p s on a to govmntssd of Rs. 7 cr uy oss), in addiion wh snt on satgovmnt pojc li s d th py cmisson hy-w projn Ranik. This ud pt, pstly nng at onfrth i

dsign cty of 2, aly spplis yroun cricity o all thvillags h vll. Whn t sts gntng fu caacity, hs pnt isxt o gnt sulus w, which pbay intnd s totu smaal nstrs in h vay. Bsds this, th cntl gov

srtdvopmn proct n in h vy with an nua xndi ofRs.1 cr.

Unik Z wh sing mos imp inction wh th mains ofou ww civilaion as n thgh rn d sl sh fforign rst (mor tois in o th nt aon ofZs,

by my caculons), Spii has en hvg a low-y nn wi th pfro th pins nd fthills of north nda f a much ongr m. Dspths ncton, th at sll sms i f fm th mnds f h pts.Ths has p to do wih inhnt n of th gnl ( l?) pl.This is du p y t cnturis of rlgios conining and th sialif in th a of m' tat as t Sans cui ith ing, or lvs, wit rduc wan d a inimm of mssing o withing worldly-wi. S f.

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Throughout isto, the ao ofSp h e iy due o phyia r.Durng th ast fw dcads e to wa bt ps a dmitre.Now, wi te minstrtio openin u t cod oor, i olat is eagain nl pysica. But hsicl isotio s o lner hrde -- t s days eistile ncntve. Ho much of icent it e m the

light oZanska, hc is hsiallymr sl p,

r he t wyars.

ii is a lnd where ae-ol a e ll r o intact. Som ealues, nd me of te cni t e t tem, migt a qiimiiv nd unacetabl to us. Bt e a to reeer t t e o a well-knt -- and worin - whole. Ths 'hoe iously s to ole,

nd chg is quite ovousy need ad en inetal. But any cane ol,f possible, maintain h olenes of this whol It hol t jt stri y eold aus nd la gain ole in th pl. Od va, ee te mut oshoud rplaced by valus hch ar at lt a od, stron contxtual as th ones hey rele.

Siti s n the thrshold of ri ch. I to ve. e torsts coming. Wheher thy coe tei vaes, r lv h behind sual,remains t b see. Weer te restg nacto s oti, or destctivas sual, remains to b se. Weher he ue fSiteut on sa alonsideits sights an souns, and wther e sel f Spti the Spita thmvsor els ther orldly-wis nhur rm the pin, o s to en.

My de towards toursm statgy in Spt will e ed on a dersdof h tous phenomenon, wat raly s wrong wih it ad wter ter i lteative, hece this introdctio. Soe o th thins hatI e wrtte n theast on this issu hae bee de dissd in the prarp at follow

so orgve the reetti.WH NHNG WNG H NN UG V

ot only te omUlson the need, but also the urge to avel h always enrsnt in our scularly cry speces. eh ver ae-or-a-odurpose has ways ur ave-or--w-se : e as the est a

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restlessness, a distisfion, a cuiosity, a loneliness, a sense of exploaon dadventue, of oppotunity bkoning.The uge t tavel is in fact ssenia dncint countbance to the uge to settle down.

THERE IS QUITE A LOT WRONG WITH THE RELA TIVEL YRECENT INDUSTRY TAT CTERS T TIS URGE

Tuism is alot exclusively a 20th centy phenomenon, a phnoenon thatis scaling nw hights in scale and extent of damage with each ping y Butwhat eally is wong with touism? Is it sothing that is inhent in tois, odes the pole lie only in the way the industy is un?

TORISM IS AN INDUSTRY ...

As aleady mentioned, tuism is a industy that cates to he uge to tavel.It

is an industy that is designd to mae money out of the satisfaction of this ug.In that sense, touism is a sevice industy, selling 'xpeinces to Tos'expeience sekes.And li any industy, it has a tendncy to cnalie -- it ismoe costeffecive to hadsell a few touist 'cenes whose potntial is obvious,than it is to let the touiss sniff out thei own eauiful places.This is not unlihe exaction of a ml fom i oe -- if the me is to dispsed in an oe, oin a region, it is not cost-eecive to exact.

..OF IDDEMEN ...

Unlike avells, who satisfy mostof thei neds ditly nd lally touists hiewhole hieachis of middlmen to do thei dity wok fo them, stating ominteational tavl agncies, hough vious intemdiate levels, down to hesem-local inteetes/guidesocial ues who accompany them. It is thesmidlen, not h locals, who get most f the money that the touits pend.Andthe ighe the lvl of the middlman, the futhr he is fom the place ingvisited, and he lage is his she of the ootyThis is much moe so fo exotc,fa-lung ad diicult of access destinations lke Lada d Zanska (and now

Spi?) whee h industy tnds to e moe ogaisd, centalised ad monopolisti and wh h locals e gnally less enpising and oppotunisic han,say, in places lke Aga and Jaipu. The wost ofendes in hs gd -- in actin all egads -- e the package touing touists, who oen mak the paymns,along wih he to and ai fe, and the eoe and af delux-hotel bookings,ack home in thi ow counis whe hey sign on fo such os of convenie

. TAT TRIVES ON TE MASS-CONSUPTION OF PARS

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as o naure nd o livin ta re deepe, soner, r siply dieren omn's own Wa e middlemen e doin is e a prodct o mssconsupon u o ts expeencn ptts', nd re fein hs pducor sale in aactve ookn packaes' In eect, these ddlemen e frinor consumpion somehin ha is t their's er lie-syles, clures,

ecosyses, r pu m simpy, beauful plces d autifl ople. Moove,hs cnspion s inhrny esucve, o whe vn pattes re p ons and e consumd indiscimintly nd n sch lre sce, they impyet smothered in h press

ARE YOU A TOURIST?

touris s an dence wthn prormnce an bserve seprt fom heosrvd. Li on vsi h zo. tourst lives in te utr -- ht I' llso and s abu s pac, who l I' l cl o the slide-shw, ow my in wil

rc me ! vs Ara but on't s he Tj, so I mst, I must, I st.. ' n hort,a torst is eneraly sen wih woried exprssion on his ace, and a lonchcs o pces tht youmust vst' n hs hans tris s o b syse-scnt whn he ravels. Hnce is enerlly sn i e rops. hch iswh e on't fnd any ned le e cl le e cn ways hr ninrprer/ud/soca ber A ourist ofn ends p eeli suprior th placan he pp h he viss. onicaly, n mos s dirct cnsequence hissnse o spority, h tourit ceives lttle spec om th ocls, whnay a hm wih scarcly conce conmp, d wo owtw only o

s dolars Fnay ad tis is mos impnt, tourist teds to lav hs vauesn t ome whn h sets ot on hs travels, wih the resl tht hs inactonih the peop, wh ltt her s o i, is ntive, sprc and muulydstrcive

OR E YOU A TRVELLE?

Jst as he s no tourist who sases ll thse chrctsics (or s there?, heonndpecnttrveler is lso a threic tty Bt s n de- - nas a soc r sray -- this bsracton s wor exmnin

rvelr is an ndvisbl pat o the whle xprence, nd nt mreonoor A traveler s rlxd bsorbed as she is in e pesnt, acconble assh is to no one but hrs A ravelr s vlnrbe, opn nd rsn n herntrcns, n this pon cmbnaon atites prtt hr frm hm enon se can [Every chid knows this, b very few dults undesn]A avr enrs te h te ppe, no h wllet alone he s ofn

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nvd ito ople's homes. Tes back memoris,ves behid mmoies Aaver tds to espet th feeigs he pop she vss, ad i coveselyreate with respect and wmth y tem. She caies he vaues ad he sefrspec wh her whrve she goes, d his ens to mae her ineactio wih

aes an eop oitive an mtay png.

HERE IS AN ANALOGY ..

Prostittio often accompai or bt mor h ta, ers xcelenanaoy to torsm. In both psitn and torim, a naura re is engsatise natuay. In both pstttion an torism the one nd ony dvngforce ney. d i oth ces it i iroicay he middme wh ke awamot o s moy, whie he ving produc n sale remai moe o les whrthey re onomcay, whle a the same tme ben shatter emotonay/cltray d physc/oocay. Finay, th postitto ad torsm,e act of yig s a eetio of he saow and degaton of h bye .

. . THAT CAN EAD TO AN APPROACH

Wh i even mor itretng s that ti anaoy an prvid wth a vey soudais on whch st uding a satg or tous So,jut as an eecie,lts o anwer ths qetio: at wod yo o

to acke te probem of

potttio i a eain ara?

Yo mt st k a e deryin cases of prstittion see what ca bedoe remove em. One of the deep-r caes s verty. Anohe s teotnung expoitio o wen y h me an wome of a malemnatdociey; assiatd with ths s te erception wome oecs sexuaatiatio,and hat exa ataion is a commoty at ca e bought andsold. t his evel,yr otios wol en to e qite geea,oad-baed nln-te.

Yo migh next diret yo attento at he rehaiitio of exin osttte

y, say, ni hm ateaive empoymen, and whervr obe freithem from e cutces of meme ad force postutio

Fnay, rii hat he proem anot jst wihe away, yo wod begn sympthise wih e pght of the pstues,d do wa yo ca to miimsethe physical, emoonal d ecoomc suferg. Your eonng wold be -- if

there hast be some prston,a lea et be cle hieic an dase-ree,at leat e he middn no ake away thir engs,at lat hep ter chlde

o have a er ftre, an o on

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Beore we anslate this anaogy to tourism, and n order to avoid too smplistica tranlaton, soe clariyng d oncluding rearks about touis.

DN' G DWN IDDLN!

While the ddlemen ho un the eh trade deerve no ympathy or do they?

haven't seen thng frm therpointof vew), the iddemen ho run he tourindusy don't all of them eserve uch harh coprsons. he pple ho runth industry, the ravel agents, or exaple, are oten ver aresi ve and ruthen their gree; often ut not lwy. ust like in any other inustry. One of the tween prsttuton nd tours is that tours s an industr runby proessons nd psedoprofessionas) who, so far they re conee, aeing their living through one of he valid ean avlable to nacivilation. What unfortunate, and hat oes qay them omehat orcopison wth ther infmous conterparts in the lesh de, s their hoce ofcoodity. What s douly unfortuna is that t is the fe reaining exotc andrelatvey untouched paces on earth tat atat them nd their c ients the most ut like the serch for vrgins eads to younger ad younger girls eing lr ntoprosttuton). Sch plces tend t have extremely fraie eosytem nd cuures,so their etruction hur the most. B ut nstd of pointing ngers at hese peoearen't e all confused to vryin deees out the apprpriatenes of our work?),t oud be more pructve to rst blame e systm' of ih are l a pt,get rid of or bile against this monster, and hen, with ympathy or ur

compromses, wor together to nd a way out o h es.

NHIN LS K U

Fnay, the most convncng argument aganst tourism h al ays een oursmtsel In the absene of this argument, all tese anaogies, concept and analyseswoul have een ui futile. Fat is, these came ater, t bece qiteobvious that there s ute ot that s n wth touris, and n orer to toexpln w hat is ron ith it. he amount of damae, to ecoystes and to valuesystes, that tourism ha aready inlcted, especially in the raile mouin

egons, s there for all to ee.

FIRST THOUGTS ON A STRATEGY O OR'

An efftve ppach towards handlng turim in Spit only possiblafter recogniton of the fact that tourim , to an xtent, s nevbe. So whl

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continuig to hammer away at the undelyig causes, we have to waste no timei ginning to wok out effectve was miimi t dage and me est of a bd de.

WEE

A imnt preqisi for etive tion, wheher long-rm or sp-gap, ste spding of wareess and the buildig ofacoss agns tusm amogall e aios peple nvolved

The pe of he vlley need edcated about e ity of tousm - whatthey gan how mch more they lo, and who lly gs. More so since theyshold be acvely nvolv n any press hasek do someng at ispblem.

The religios esablishment i he valley could pla mrnt prt not nl ishing pblic opinion, bu lso in cosctive actio. Acvely ivolving itsther lae ad nderutlised human reurce bank i pgressve wo sch asthis cou an efftive way fo the buly religious slishment ren adto jstf i itonal nece on siety

The touists i her rn have to geted for extesive edk The haveto reminded at the shallowness of 'oght erences and of ppaid

hospiality. They ned to be made awre of the magtude of the descon teyae asig. Tey d to eoedwi,laghed atand cajoled out of thei selfimpod naivette. I dont lieve that most of them ae actuall so naive -- theoy choose t pt on his mask out of covenience. The only chse t ignoewha is obvios and to pospone inkig about what they e ding. They ned b forced nto inking aot and feeling essible for their actos.

Ad then thee the promoters. The pmoters d to told to mreresponsible towrds the pruct ey ae llng, d more eqile he

disibuo o pots. If hey really set thei mids to it, thee s a great deal thatthey an accmplish withot necesily wrting of their own exisce. Addoig so volunily and unilateally would ake e wind ot of ose who gue

in favou singent admiisive cols.

Final, ee is the megapmor - e govemen The government willulimaly have py an impotat pt in e cosess agnst toism At ecenl ad sate levels, e envionment minisy should e p the matte witthe misy for ursm. And of co, e la adminisao wold a key

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fgure in implmntng any srategy for anned touris in the vay. Wtouts cooeratn, any ffors in hs drecton are lky of lmt sco andfft.

MINU MPCT TOURSM

Ths s tyc o how es nvirnntais aroach such robms,anaogous to th 'can and dsease-ree rsttuton that had aed autarer. As at of a arger and mor hostc aah, it h grat vaue but hatneeds mhas in ths connton is that ANY FORM OF PLANED TORISMSHOD NOT BECO A JUSTICATION FOR TOISM.

Th frs step in ths raonay scntic arach oud to stuy n deta heossb imact o toursm on accss a soues (atr, fu-wd,

consucon maras food, e.), on he environent (on vegeaton andwidf; ouon grbage, etc.), on h economy (handcrafts, emoymnt, e)ad on a or asec that lnd thesevs to ngb study

On the asis o such a study, corehnsive gudenes woud eerge aboutvarious ects o oursm in he vaey, ke the carrying caacty o the vaey,o indvdua viages, o trekking ruts the size, naue, aion an disibution o hos nd gust houses the sharing o resources ith as, emoymntatts garbag contro -- ths st is ong and neary ndess. These gudns

oud then conertd ino ay aicabe egsation and contros, hchoud have t be enoed in he vaey by he a administrion

Mnmum mact touris dsnt ony consist o conos hough. Equayimont for ny nd o success is h vouny se-mostion o guidenes orresonsibe conduct. The sreadng o awareness or h incucaton o such anattude w have to nvove no ony he toris, but aso the moters, the asand the administraton

Tae the exame o garbage Ahough ursm is generay assiatd thgarbage, a ot o the tme he drect cause is not the toursts but the ocasthseves. I onc asked the oner of a 'dhaba at one o the ote sts n Lahau what he dd wth his garbage, o hih he casuay reied, "I throw itouside The wnd es some o it u he vaey, and some o i don the vaey,so t never accumuaes Asiia atude is resent amon e des, trsand cks ho accomy eers. Garbagesense ereor nds

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inculcated first aong all hese people, more so since heir assition with evley is comparatvely long-term, and only henc they really begin to help inpreventing the ourists frm littering. To complement all this, he lal dministrtion has do its bit by setting up efftve filities for rbge collection,

eaent and disposl

But grbge is only an exaple, a comptively strghtforwrd one There is nodeth of messier and more tcklish problems which will hae to be ken u oneby ne. What is cler, thogh, is t minimm impac orism, in order to be

rely eectve, will need to be intereted a sensiive combintion of controls,awreness and selfimposed responsible behavior, and that not only the urists,b evryne-br-none nees b actively involved.

VALUE-BSED TOURSM

Vlebsed torism is as inangible as minimumimpact torism is ngible Itis even contradiction n ters. Quite simply, vale-bse rism is ntnded totr and work he miracle of mking a trveller out of a tourist ( alchemist'sdre!). Althogh this is a drection whose destnation is qite ot of sight, everyste ken is a worthwhile destination in its own right

An eest efort shold herefore be mde to creae n atmosphere in whichpoitive, vlebased interactons between he visitors and the lals e encorgd The question is, how cn such n atmosphere be cred? Any ideas? Sittinghere in Delhi, the only thing I can thn of is tht it will have be an integral parof ny eorts at awreness generion Maybe I'll ge beter ideas ot there

I is impornt to menton here that vlue-based ntections must work both ways,and tht hey certainy cannot be conived or spercil The urist hngs on tohi vlues, the local hers, and each respects he values of he other Besides, if

the tourist is exected o avoid being a prty to, say, exloiaton, so is the localWe have to realse tha many of tody's torss re would-be travellers, if onlyw gve them chance, f only we

gave them the warmth of genine hospility

rher than just infrasructure'

soo, s appach, too, ha i limiaions and wll eed thoghtf andcontextal applcation. The wrmh of genine ospiliy', for instance, woldb rediclo n the ace of a virual sde o pacage-tong teoriss!

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HARNESSING THE CONOMIC BFI LLY DEQUITABY

Tavelles ne c ecoomies, wile touists et ce mooolies. Ayefot at encougg vueased toism will eefoe decly el ieventg te sihonig o of e oomi e o ousm by otside.

Neveres, drect ad less subtle ss e so eded i is dition, sesat miimise te l o te mddlema, ss dected gis mooolistc adexloiave tends, stes tat eouage lal emloymt d diourage teexcessve migaton of oortuistic outsides ito Siti, d o. A intemedia desinaio at coul wot usuig would te omatio of set oftouism related catves y te local eole a lk te lal iests dsuccessfully com wit oside agecies.

ON THE ATURE OF COTROS

Cotros o ay sort ae i gneal desiable. They eese a easy way out,if at all ey are a way ot; o else, tey e ofe way ot of oe mess, d aoe.

Bt e foces ivolved i this atcul mess e quite omidble ad uthess.Beng e lagest indsty i te word, touism obviusly eresents a owefllobby Unde sch cicmsnces, altough a simuaeos d energetc searcfo ceve ouions ot based o ontols should go o, it is likely at only myimlemented contos would e conai e industy d foe it to oeae

somwt resosibly. Ay signs ofenatvees would oly see to ecourgeobbyng.

Most o ese conos (cetnly not al) wil ave o come om te govemnt.However, une moslobbies, ouism ejoys te overt uot of e govemetsnce, andfor this one reaso oly, it is a sgicat foreigexchge eae Soahoug central ad tate govemet olcies are ot liely cange t soon, is engtened ocials at e lal eve wo ave to give modied dmeannfu dentions lsey deined govemet olicies wiot e

necesy o excily gong agains em. Plned ourism sod be easy nougo jfy (bt emembe it doesn tjstfy toism), d a lot of stes ca be taeunder hs hed.

I therefore evdenthat in addiio to a wole lot o ote tigs that ca adshod b done, cotrols of some soo oe e als nded. These cotols coudbe burcac, as is mot of e cae, o they ca ovivial, ad it wouldbe sefl to udersd te dieec tw te two.

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BUACAC CONOLS e explicit, rigid genely unimaginaive.They ten o be foowe more lee t in spir hey ae efoce bybueauc teir iecical ebismens uc cons ae , buceiny not aays, accopanie by coup

COVIVIA CROLS are imici, eibe a iaginative ey n to fooe moe in spii in lette. ey e enforced by 'peope (includinge 'peope o sit in govemen oces) in a enise, no-oganie anreltivey spontaneu manner nike bureaucac conols, convivial conosae eneally no unpeat to enforce; in fact, te can ofn be fu ealy eyae so suble as to work almost unotice, a a e same tme so poe as tocne ou vey lives e best esciption of cvivia contros ca e a omD abbis 19 cenuy aw: A FRCES ARE POWERF PROPORIO HR BLEY

noe i aout cont Te moe file e ecosyse o cutue ht neeso be conseve, e ore crtical is e successfu ipemetion of uidelines,we oug bueari o covival ea l of piti is quite fagie iti espect so successful conl ecanisms are reasonaly critical oweve,evn wii pi, e more vulnerble eas ne to ienie (fo eample,the ige e altitue, te mre rile e ecosystem it ues, an e eirpaceable ay ame) n passionaey prece

LARGER PICRE

n en tee is e lge, moe longtem icure, in ic e eepootecases of tourism nee e oke at i combiatio a os of ter asicissues a are common to ur cons times e mainstea of o civilizaiois clly on a misguied pa of soclled progress houl regions sc as pi,wee e people ave so fa live more or less i oy i ature,joi thisceering bwagon? sou tey b 'foze i ime pesee i ei

pesent conition o inorance, poverty an gra oao? e famng of esequesons makes e ases obvious i o cases 'o

Mountain egions suc as pii ae caacese by abuance of fe air, apeaceful ife an a coseness t nature, b so y a d life, by a lck of econvenieces of ivin ound in cies, in sho by a lack of 'suvia at sneede is to wok ou e meas n e ress by whic is 'suviaca be ence clealy pit as a long ay o go i is iection e simpearmy ih ature at eiss at preset as aea of ita lng a peas

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endess pah f n ino pressively hher, more mare and mresphisticaed neaions of this hmny.

re particlary, ris in less eveld' reins tends lea to a sianwhere the onmy becomes overly ependent on is ne indstry Ths shd

be avided by maing ef wds a ethy, wesoe and sef-reianteconoy r Spi Te sbsistence onom shold be sengthend s atincrein portions of te popatin c depen on t. nd te cas econmy,while bein enaced as cnly as possbe, shld e alanced by an evlvngvae-sse hat helps t lad the people m innence marty, nt onlyn general ers, bt aso n terms of teir ability to hande prspriy witwisdo. ospery shld n mae dieard consmers f e pepe, a isincrengly eviden an te yner generation in Spi sfuentneighor,Lahal.

MEHOD OF O OD D I

I am nw ing to iscss e, y hilosphica and circ mstania bacgnd,ow I ce to be doing wha I , ow I innd o abot tins, and hw not.

I a an chi by edcation, and incray addced o the onns. S ghyleft of cene ( is finable ese days, I eel, le s many oters, ha

indstri cilition h served its prpse. It o s o of he dk aes, andor some ie ave s a dream to ream. Tat oden dream as now ed intoa nigare, so c s at I wonder if we ave in eect oved fr ne dae to other.

Tris is one o f e newer anifesaions f this nhme, and I ad t Ia horrby biased aans s phenoenn. I hope a by openly adming ypredice aains rs, een panned orism ' , I wi l be ess doaic andore open o aed pinins on this matter, d therefre more cnstrcie in

my efos.I had mentioned in he nrodcin o tsm hat we sod be sypacwards r copromses. I' eabora on tha now. T varying ens, we areal akin cpies in or wrk and or les. What tends o happn wenwe st pontng ners and psn ne anther ino coes is at we becomedefensive d bein stify or omproses. s s conrprcive, evenaeros, it eads LO a wdespread ind f ow-intensty schizphrenia.

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Convrsly, in a atmosphr of mta sympathy for or compromis, w willl fac th withot dnying orstifying thm; w will l to liv withthm withot accpting thm; w will bgin to sh th snsbility for h mssw hav got orslvs into, and for gtng s ot of it, ihot ing wninto inaction by th bdn of acclatd git This sympathy givs s hinvalabl frdom to cntin with this or that compois whil w,withot pshing or bing pshd, qily gathr th nrgy to spontaneouslybra f of it Ths bt of ndsnding has h owr to wor cls

s a rst of th brdnlss fling of sonsibility at st mntiond, haven racting to th things gong on arond m, individally, sonnosly, iany which way flt l, and withot bohing abot rslts nd pt of hiprcss of rcting, hand to discss my fas latd to rism in Siti withth SM at K. H hapnd for concrt sggstions, and happndto ta him riosly How sios h rlly was, only m will tll, bt th factis tat hav got myslf into this, and innd to contin

Wat will do now in Siti wll most pbably b a ittl ss spontanos d alt bt oly a lttl mo focssd, oganisd and rslt orintd than what Iha bn sd o f s s things, this is a compomis, bt on of thoscompomi that hav chosn to ma nd in ordr rdc h xtnt of hicomromi, ha so clarications to ma

Firtly, DN'T PRMSE RESUTS Of any sor cconbility for sltms yo spnd a lot of tim jstifying yor psnc, yo involvmnt d yorwo ccontability ms yo impatint for msrabl slts cconbilityalso ncogs yo to ta th cdit for rs that might actally ha bn dto my tangibl and nngibl cass With th bd of slt off mysholdr, c d what wt, and njoy what do

cconbility of a slightly difrnt ind mas o c p scinic d

psdoscintic rons fo disons yo might hav actally tan jst lihat Not all disions ar tan jst l that, so this oning dosn't grantyo pmannt rfg, bt any valid dciions

Nxt, and this concs acconbility of a tid ind, am ing or montyconibto, no/ doing this wor, bso ha can do this wo n that sns,thr i no dict colation btwn mony d h wor it is not basdon a bdgay stimat o ahing of at sor, thr do I intnd t havanything do with accont t was d to ths ason at I dcidd ths

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easons actually e fter he decision, which wa made 'just like that ) at heconibutios shoud ome from inteested indi viduals, ot fom oganisatos o istution. d that their coiutos hould come wih o sigs tachedWhat I eed, ppety, PTRONS NOT SONSORS

y motive, sIe

them, e amos whoy 'se-ish The ea o sped sometme aveg p appeals to me ousm a what it oe to such pacesdsguts me. d he urge to do somethg aout it hs come alost atuy tome o it i ot ust for the peope o p, who poaby cout cae es, uto mysef, my atsacon, my ne rw (a my aca steace, iposse) that I am dog what I am d what I o eets the peope o i,that is her side of the pcture whch, o me, s amot icdea

have in m a oeede eatonshp o sot wh this vaey eatosh

which s fee fom schees, mefame, an fm too much panig o pemedate actin eatonsh whch s not frced, ut whch evvs adis uue n nay, a eatonship whch s whe it oes, ossos f tca, an es if whe i must

Read etwee a these nes, the oes hat folow, and the oe tha I haveotheed to wrte, ad yo w i hem he meho of no method

ee e some concung thoughts o he evoving atue of e steg s I

had hnted rht the eiin of ths paper, he sagy that emere piw hopey epreet a ogoi poces, directio whose utimate esta tio is ver a, perhap eve irreevt, ut ectio which is ao estinatiotoo hatIrivin at is a evoig sategy, ase o a cotnuospocess of feedack, ot smethig that s ft wore out competey andthen hnde ove for impemeato The wong out, the mpemetatio thefeedack and the fnetig e therefoe simuaneous ad amst idistiguishae from each other

Duig the pocess of woki out, whe an iea hat seems good cps up, othesiate to t t out f t wok, ut ot too we, the tto netue t so that twoks ette; t woks ve we, th eoce it; d f t oest wok a a,scap t and tsomethn ese scapped ea s ot prdd fom ei ieaga, when the time is rpe o t may, dea that woks itay eentwok a aong, ad shoud read doppe whe tme s up sestiveeedack pocess woud a og hep corect sma mises n peve igunders

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Ve e in tpsa ova i il eere -- n t, y vire ftier, it ni iu hc, he ong s d ol n d n ov n i r fent. Latl, oe o at

It ug t a lt n o , hi u her y t t n ll intions d xpection. So thse wi a pi f t. I oin , nd r a o tos howt

VI

AN OPE

Tis i ih pt pt f hi pr. t c of

vl i t wi oy w wt ree. h i iv irconte, ti fai, tr son, ad t w in n tcr o , is st n t ai' i ca evl tig hh ter e f k itui i i r n nou, om t a i he, n t egis to ppn tit w iiti,conainin 'de n th n tt he e or e imnd.

S ere t a th rst ofAS T A!

TS US1. set fd ttn ii o atin aibe

ilae ( t

2 MAX o a uest o c et o e f rditin . aniso ol oi o in ti.

C US

enel a hu l cl arhitte. Gs, ite utio h b olore.

ATALS,FNISHE SC TECNQUS be , nvrmnt ieny, i avbl iMia a cet, l, crrtGI n t continqu ha gay g t (lk famd od be icord. uielin or e in oo

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to ee a stdy o ts aaaty wtn St an rom eng regos le Kar. Glass sa oa maea wch s neveteess ely to b vrse o l pse & acve cte.

ENERGY FFCIENT ARCHITEURE. S s

one of th anant resorcs n St, an y encan ( gsln) s n nng aot energecey an ea como n te esign of os gest oss, phenomena amont o wd esave. s w nt ot only e nvrnmet, t asoe onrs/cpan throh stcay educd e

s.

4 RESOCES

FUEL-WOOD s a e soce whch, scally sn m aale o s at ssd s, s yto ca a conct o test twn as and temor nenta hoel and nt owe. Stps shob e y o presev nterests, sondy mnm consmpton (throg eery ecency ar cectre, stoves, kas, caeatg dess ae se o ckes and so war ters, e.).

AT s nth ac eso c as a smhstory o casn pm wn e hoteers d tas. An, sps sod b en so the as e at a dvge. I aon, ho sod raps agd nsalg th waste'UNNINGHOT & COLD ATER! wch s otn d o attactors.

5 AST DISPOSAL e admnson shod make

sre a otes ave adu treaedisposa system sl or te wag ad ewa at ey

geete. Cns dssa sysms sho avode ssi. Moovr, sysms bigsed shod b aso desgnsat mse e e o wat.Smy ao rag ds. ) V

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B A C K 6 TheOERS & EMPLOYEES f ese esbishmenshuld lal as f ssibe. They shud idly managed by lal filies er t by prfessinals.

7. Hs (and resu) wd u paces r th ptf the aweness genetin prgramme whic sks teduca the uris. Tis cud dn truh e bk-sides menus, ctns and sters n he als, brhusand oets at the receptins, he backsde f a re e-made and sefu ap f Spiti, e he uists, shud be

educated thrug these nt in the bureaucratc 'ds dn aner, but nicey and weey and inteigenyand in anner tat reaces te et.

SELE FLTRS

1 Based n nersnig he diferences tweentri d vers 'setive ters an deised hat,witt aking ing t bvius, y and dsuragetr d erage avelers

Tri ike t pan we in dvance; teers tend

nt t

ri require expiit infatin; teer t ni t infan nt exiity aiabe

uri tend ve in ge erds; nt aveer

rirve n d and war; aveera ( ng it i reanb e d gieni.

veers d it e t rend s; tris dnt

vee nee piity and wt; tris ndinfrasuture

e

An id n v nvivia w ig ia d inti?

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Quite favour avlrs mt F Dbt tojst o T W l I know th o t Bn i desgne avell to

'uv i to. It wl fe i o pe i

2. A TOS xrm or T t ,o y d

a o?) 'PKG- l r

t avl.

he cla XU Z k (hc t - -- , cos, pk etc.) ng implentd. u rtsi eve vu o if tonn t blems by ggs.

CT ke i lms T k n c n e . fg 5p l fie 'v a lt wil e o m bl e (e -

x) bl ae to e ve.AL C

T al nd n L if2. l e t o o i

oCPVE.epve J V H

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p xlnd (hzn it ikf ) v s b wy l ih m a liV ftourism.

v cntv nl ma- wk u lit u futid cs in SL If a l ts gciprt n St th shoul r ut rinl hraral u t al gces ( i ami rate atu wrktn StL I ld i g al

k aia guid (sl- i).

GOAS & FESTIVLS

Gomps e tit ttt n is u a Spi,an n t fhd urn h evals l r c a r nntv r caln h c

F x Iwawd er Lyru Lad) l Id fR. IOahnceSuc at uc a rp

Tre i t e P lly (i Si)tt v f hbneftf kagejQ um the

p

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Bs e inty tst as ! n son tr a tad at al y aas is au

Isf igi slsnt ad e dcdr he a maii ai he g

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ing f ot pcipi blut nosen r e f F Dso is, te e o g te unique beutful cur t coe o sw it

non- ke e c on offe sestions hch I wilSuggestions for pe, o o fess b concwh igt n sf-resp whle e se e continuingto p o cgng crcumsncs S uggstions lso on hows I entone n te n te, gous esbishent cok s renig ustfin s spirtl & eolnuece on set b conbuin o posiiel to hestu empol e-i of the people o support

SM HER IDES

ur rs ho run teks cn be ke to ogse ry or proic cups of rn routs Hee s ne hc c consier b respnsive tour operrsn trs re compie by ponies te os of hpon keep csin ch e supples e slwlyeen up The ponies cn erefore eep rplcng eirreuce os by e gge ft oer by oer group he

tur opes wul in hs wy ong wo ufulhng no etr cos -- lttle le grg on the tr n wing ns of resposily, pre n sf-rspong the ges, cks, porters n horeen wo c-copn hse ouriss Such peope o he collecen hel crr oer ople s ltr, w hesees nrlitter gin

iscue grbe-cretig gs non-biegrle

cnn f, ) fr nering the le

Get e loc ers to ue pckes e f pper insdof pln

4 Se t hncr cn b ugre for sle d n ses cn borg iou ieen throug

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5 O ONRES (touris o oe oro n

6 GRNMEN U ofte ce itiwhere fie ossms ge poe on her imme

i c cpcites. n susiie b reirec thos wher h s o h? ow? ew is irec susiies ot short-erm stes orrtc soin rger poio u t ongtermmesures th cree the cin ccit of he in whoeme maner, er whch atio ic he tu u. Sa o' susiise o , uubsii o he ructo o , o't susise ow, but s moe on i. s one eort o ecig h weei of t exstnguon c usin , rter trng osupora er oui.

i icojst o o, u ' so ere for ow. ne ie to s in our dk wou p jotting own orie, cmmen, sueti rctio on e e re or e re, hoog te ree ages,

pong e co to:

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