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  • Tourism
    • our most incredible journeys, and certainly a once-in-a-lifetime experience,
      • , the gateway to the Solu Khumbu region and the starting point for our trek to Everest Base Camp
      • The views are much better after the summer monsoons
      • Walking through the stunning Khumbu region of Nepal, to view the highest peaks on earth
    • Advantages
      • Tourism brings in vital money, about £250 million a year to Nepal
        • Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world.
      • Sherpa's working on Mount Everest earn on average 8 times more than the national wage
    • Disadvantages
      • 100s of tonnes of rubbish left on Mount Everest by climbers.
      • Sherpa's regularly work in unsafe conditions readying the routes for tourists
    • Sustainablity
      • Ecotourism is tourism directed towards sustainability.

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