Editing Langtang (section)

== Economy ==
The traditional livelihoods of the Langtangpas have centered around [[agropastoralism]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McVeigh |first=Colleen |title=Himalayan Herding is Alive and Well: The Economics of Pastoralism in the Langtang Valley |date=2004 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43123727 |journal=Nomadic Peoples |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=107–124 |doi=10.3167/082279404780446023 |jstor=43123727 |issn=0822-7942|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Aryal |first1=Suman |last2=Maraseni |first2=Tek Narayan |last3=Cockfield |first3=Geoff |date=2014-07-01 |title=Sustainability of transhumance grazing systems under socio-economic threats in Langtang, Nepal |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-013-2684-7 |journal=Journal of Mountain Science |language=en |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=1023–1034 |doi=10.1007/s11629-013-2684-7 |s2cid=129575462 |issn=1993-0321|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Since the mid-1970s, tourism has grown to become an important source of livelihoods in the Langtang Valley.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lim |first=Francis Khek Ghee |date=2007 |title=Hotels as sites of power: tourism, status, and politics in Nepal Himalaya |url=https://rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00452.x |journal=Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=721–738|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00452.x |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Mountain Tourism in Nepal (A Case Study of Langtang Rastriya Nikunja, Rasuwa) |url=https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/handle/123456789/3472 |publisher=Central Departmental of Rural Development |date=2011 |degree=Thesis |language=en-US |first=Rajesh |last=Acharya}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kunwar |first1=Ramesh Raj |last2=Aryal |first2=Dev Raj |last3=Karki |first3=Neeru |date=2019-04-19 |title=Dark Tourism: A Preliminary Study of Barpak and Langtang as Seismic Memorial Sites of Nepal |url=https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JTHE/article/view/23683 |journal=Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education |language=en |volume=9 |pages=88–136 |doi=10.3126/jthe.v9i0.23683 |s2cid=149655369 |issn=2467-9550|doi-access=free }}</ref> Swiss cheese-making was introduced in Langtang in the 1950s by Werner Schulthess. Over time, Swiss cheese became a popular product of Langtang, and its production in the valley continues to this day.<ref name="cheese">{{Cite web |last=Tamang |first=Gyalbu |title=The story of Langtang cheese |url=https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/the-story-of-langtang-cheese/ |access-date=2022-08-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>