Tourists are the key actors in the tourism activity who travel and visit the destination in order to
satisfy their purposes on the behalf of the people living around the area. Tourists are the key
actors in the sense that they move and travel from their original location while the society and
destination remain where they are. Obviously the tourists are dynamic actors whereas society and
destinations are static within the domain of the tourism activity in the place.
Purpose of visit or the motivation for travel is the main driving force that makes tourists move
away from their home to a destination where they can get what they want. The sixty percent of
the tourist respondents were in fact interested in Buddha and Buddhism that’s why they moved to
get their feet over the land where the Buddha was born i.e. pilgrims. According to the Kathmandu
Post Daily (Jan 9, 05), out of the tourist of 66 countries visiting Lumbini, Srilanka (12217;
32.24%) and Thailand (7735; 20.41%) have been at the top two countries; both representing
Buddhism as a religion of the majority. Obviously, the nature of destination is an attestation for
this fact