Cultural Tourism

Contesting Place in a Post-colonial Space

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(Re)colonizing Tradition

A Pedestrian Guide to a "Traditional" City

Welcome to Bhaktapur

[1] The Tea Stall at Guhepukhu

[2] Nava Durga Chitra Mandir

[3] Khauma Square

[4] Tourist Motor Park

[5] Indrani Pitha

[6]Lasku Dhwakha Gate

[7]Char Dham

[8]Cafe de Temple

[9]Batsala Temple

[10] Batsala Temple

[11] City Hall

[12] The Procession Route

[13] Pujari Math

[14] The Peacock Restaurant

[15] Sewage Collection Ponds

[16] Bhairavanath Temple

Cultural Tourism

"Cultural tourism," then, offers up for sale those things, which are exotic and which are racially different from the modern urban West. Nepal because of its relative geographic isolation, and because it was closed to Westerns until 1951, epitomizes this exotic. Bhaktapur, a convenient 30-minute bus ride from the smog, noise, and hubbub of Kathmandu, offers the perfect site for these tourist practices, which for a short period, and for profit, "re-enchant" the touristsš lives.