Impacts of an Earthquake in Tourism in Kathmandu, Nepal
Thapa, Surendra (2016)
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605056322
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605056322
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The main aim of this Bachelor’s thesis is to provide the idea or information about the after effects of the recent earthquake that has occurred on 25th of April, 2015. Since the devastating earthquake, the tourism industry of the country has fallen down.
Kathmandu is currently in a big crisis due to the recent earthquake. The earthquake was of 7.8 Richter scale and has killed thousands of people and injured many thousands of people making them homeless. It has made the situation of the country to be in a terrible state. All the business including industry and markets has fallen down and the people are in misery. Since the earthquake, the tourism industry has also fallen down very low due to the damage in famous tourist sites and the decreasing number of tourists day by day.
This thesis is trying to focus on the impacts of an earthquake in tourism. The research was made to find out the effects of an earthquake in historical and cultural heritages sites, mainly UNESCO world heritage sites of Kathmandu, decrease in the number of tourists’ arrival after earthquake and the effects that have been caused in the economics of tourism.
This thesis has attempted to describe the history of an earthquake and its continuous effects on the cultural and historical sites of Nepal and how it has influenced the arrivals of the tourist number and its impacts in the economics of the country and the tourism industry.
The thesis has found out that the devastating earthquake that has hit Nepal a year ago has caused heavy effects in the tourism industry. The famous tourists’ attraction sites have been destroyed by an earthquake and the less numbers of tourists travelling to the country have effected in the tourism industry such as hotels, restaurants, cafes, local vendors business, travel agencies and other tourist entertaining industry. The economics of the country have been hit hard due to the fallen down business of the tourism industry.
Kathmandu is currently in a big crisis due to the recent earthquake. The earthquake was of 7.8 Richter scale and has killed thousands of people and injured many thousands of people making them homeless. It has made the situation of the country to be in a terrible state. All the business including industry and markets has fallen down and the people are in misery. Since the earthquake, the tourism industry has also fallen down very low due to the damage in famous tourist sites and the decreasing number of tourists day by day.
This thesis is trying to focus on the impacts of an earthquake in tourism. The research was made to find out the effects of an earthquake in historical and cultural heritages sites, mainly UNESCO world heritage sites of Kathmandu, decrease in the number of tourists’ arrival after earthquake and the effects that have been caused in the economics of tourism.
This thesis has attempted to describe the history of an earthquake and its continuous effects on the cultural and historical sites of Nepal and how it has influenced the arrivals of the tourist number and its impacts in the economics of the country and the tourism industry.
The thesis has found out that the devastating earthquake that has hit Nepal a year ago has caused heavy effects in the tourism industry. The famous tourists’ attraction sites have been destroyed by an earthquake and the less numbers of tourists travelling to the country have effected in the tourism industry such as hotels, restaurants, cafes, local vendors business, travel agencies and other tourist entertaining industry. The economics of the country have been hit hard due to the fallen down business of the tourism industry.