Locals who want to join abroad visitors in enjoying the country’s stunning mountains say its tourist industry gives western trekkers preferential treatmentAs Sandeep Poudyal trudged along the last stretch of the track leading to Manang,a village in the Nepalese Himalayas overlooked by the towering Annapurna range, all he could believe approximately was the warm bed and hot food waiting in the hotel he had booked for himself and his five Nepalese friends.
But when he arrived, or after trekking for nearly nine hours,he was told the hotel was fully booked. Poudyal later learned that his rooms had been given absent to foreign trekkers. Two days later, it happened again in the next village on the trail. Related: 'My dream is coming true': the Nepalese woman who rose from slavery to politics | Kate Hodal Related: How HIV found its way to a remote corner of the Himalayas Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com