MGB335-Organizing A Trekking Trip Around The Annapurna Massif

Charter document for the trip to Annapurna Massif in the Himalayas

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Table of Contents

Project scope statements. 3

Key milestones. 3

Project Manager 3

Budget 4

Client organisation. 4

Problem/Opportunity. 5

Business benefits. 5

Constraints. 6

Assumptions regarding any risks. 6

Stakeholders. 6

Major Deliverables. 7

Success Criteria. 7

Scope of work. 7

References. 9

Appendices. 10

Project scope statements

This relevant project charter indicates organising a fourteen-day trekking trip to Annapurna massif in the Himalayas. This relevant trip will be conducted on 26 July and the purpose of this plan is to notify the travellers who want to participate in this trip. This project statement aimed to provide all details about the future travel by Mountain Escape. The capital amount of AUD 5000 – AUD 5500 has been taken to conduct the journey from the Himalayas to the Karakorum. Making an appropriate project plan is required before starting any journey or travelling (Snyman & Bricker, 2019). The boundaries during the travel have been detailed in the next section of this charter plan. The opportunity has been also mentioned in the relevant sections.

Key milestones

• Starting the journey from Himalayan ranges on 26 July 2022.
• The trip is for moderate hikers and experienced hill climbers.
• Two days trekking period for reaching Annapurna massif.
• Four days of camp for all the climbers in the low range of the Himalayan hills.
• Two days travel on the various ranges of the Himalayas locations.
• One day journey to the Karakoram hills.
• All trekking participants can carry their equipment for trekking the hills.
• The mission of this relevant industry is to start a new journey for the Himalayas without any risks or injuries to any members.

Project Manager

• The major duty of a project manager is to identify the future risks and the problems that can arise during a journey. The project manager is the main director of the travel programme. It is known that a project manager needs to check all relevant elements or tools before adding any member to the journey so it is important to be more analytical. The boundaries of this relevant Journeay project have been identified by the project manager and also the benefit of this business has been explored in the below sections.

Budget

Total budget is AUD 5500

Client organisation

The client organisation is Mountain Escape which has specifically conducted various trekking and tours in various nations with experienced travellers. This relevant industry includes the appropriate budget plan for all interested participants or tourists. The next destination of the tourism industry is to start a journey for Annapurna massif in India. After three months, the relevant journey will be conducted with a specific number of travellers who are tourists. In the post-pandemic season the earning rate of tourism industries has been reduced (Heslinga, Groote & Vanclay, 2019). It consists of the travellers carrying their equipment to climb up the hills in the Himalayas. The important thing is that Mountain Escape is highly concerned about the life risks of the future trekking members for the targeted destination.

Problem/Opportunity

• The project boundaries indicate certain natural disasters during the journey and their precautions. The helping team needs to be presented during the travel with the first aid facilities to provide primary hospitality to any injured member.
• The conflict-Free journey can bring success to all climbers or trekkers. If all trip-related sections can be fulfilled without any complexities then trekkers can gain the progressive result after reaching the high range of the Himalayas.
• Emerging the travel business is an impactful factor that needs specific support by the stakeholders (Altinay & Taheri, 2019).

Business benefits

• Benefits for earning more money from the travellers after successfully conducting the journey.
• Opportunity to conduct more trekking related journeys in weather destinations with more profitability level.
• Opportunity for earning the trust of global consumers after successfully completing the travel trip.

Constraints

One of the major limitations has been identified that can hamper the future journey to the Annapurna massif in the Himalayas.

Figure 1: Best seasons to travel in HImalayas

Source: (Indiahikes, 2022)

As it is known in tropical countries, July is the season of rain in that nation. After starting the journey all the trip members can face the issue regarding heavy rain and storms.

Assumptions regarding any risks

• It has been assumed that during the journey any kind of physical or non-physical injuries can happen. Thus, it is important to carry the first aid tools and kits to provide primary care to the injured persons.

Stakeholders

The stakeholders have been listed to identify the net investment for the relevant trip.

Investors: The manor investors are the workers and employees of the relevant tourism industry. Post pandemic period has reduced the net investments by global investors to the tourism organisation (Williams, 2021).

Participants or trip members: The participant should provide proper amounts to the relevant tourism industry while joining the trip. As it has been explored a maximum of AUD 5500 has been taken as the capital mount thus, it requires more investment.

Local guide in the destination: Local guides in the Himalayas ranges are also the external investors as well as stakeholders of Mountain Escape. Without the help of local guides, it can be impossible to find out the correct location for travelling or trekking in the high ranges.

Major Deliverables

The major deliverable factor is earning more monetary investments from the stakeholders. There is the scope for globalising the business of Mountain Escape with more increased reputation. The main thing is to deliver good services to the clients and other members such as servants, guides and the members for primary hospitality.

Success Criteria

Success criteria are the formal norms that need to be maintained by all team members. These norms have been mentioned in the section below.

• Maintaining ethics and cultures during the entire period of the journey is important.
• Maintaining a good relationship with the group or team members is required.
• Any kind of negative attitude is not acceptable during the trip.
• Helping each other while trekking hills is important that can bring success to all team members.

Scope of work

• There is the scope to increase the brand reputation through the successful journey to the Himalayas.
• After a successful journey, the clients can show more interest to join themselves for the next journeys.
• Scope to emerge the business sizes with more monetary support.

References

Altinay, L., & Taheri, B. (2019). Emerging themes and theories in the sharing economy: a critical note for hospitality and tourism. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-02-2018-0171

Heslinga, J., Groote, P., & Vanclay, F. (2019). Strengthening governance processes to improve benefit-sharing from tourism in protected areas by using stakeholder analysis. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 27(6), 773-787. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1408635

Indiahikes. (2022). Why Trekking With Indiahikes is About to Take a New Turn. Indiahikes. Retrieved 3 February 2022, from https://indiahikes.com/trekking-with-indiahikes-2-0/#gref.

Snyman, S., & Bricker, K. S. (2019). Living on the edge: Benefit-sharing from protected area tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 27(6), 705-719. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2019.1615496

Williams, C. C. (2021). Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on Europe’s tourism industry: Addressing tourism enterprises and workers in the undeclared economy. International Journal of Tourism Research, 23(1), 79-88. DOI: 10.1002/jtr.2395

Appendices

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Appendix 2

Figure 1: Best seasons to travel in HImalayas

Source: (Indiahikes, 2022)