COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Tourism Industry in Nepal

Ulak, Nimesh

doi:10.3126/jota.v3i1.31356

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“…Naumov et al (2020) identified that Bulgarian tourists did not generally trust the sanitation measures and cleanliness at chain-branded hotels and preferred to seek accommodation at guest houses. Ulak (2020) have reported the effects of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in Nepal in general, and did not include the effects on SMHs. It is important to note that the survival of SMHs during, and the extent to which they can recover from, the crisis also depends on how a crisis affects their operators personally.…”

Section: Ebola Virusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of COVID-19 crisis on small and medium-sized hotel operators: insights from Nepal

Basnyat

Sharma²

2021

Anatolia

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This paper reports on the challenges experienced by small and mediumsized hotel operators during the crisis caused by COVID-19. The data for the current study was collected from Nepal using semi-structured interviews with 15 operators between 13 July and 29 September 2020. The findings of this study reveal how a crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic increases the vulnerability of small and medium-sized hotel operators by weakening their economic conditions and lowering their self-esteem. This study also shows that the feeling of the lack of moral and economic supports from the government further increases vulnerability to failure among small and medium-sized hotel operators. Implications for policymakers and operators of small and medium-sized hotels, particularly in developing countries, have been provided.

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Section: Ebola Virusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of COVID-19 crisis on small and medium-sized hotel operators: insights from Nepal

Basnyat

Sharma²

2021

Anatolia

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“…Hence, this practice will boost up the confidence level of flaccid travelers and motivates them to travel once again. Scholars are advocating tourism will revive through the domestic tourist movement and gradually international tourist mobility will help provide oxygen and spectrum to the tourism industry which has gone to coma being a patient of COVID-19 (Ulak, 2020). The tourism sector is likely to lose 85 thousand direct jobs and 36 thousand indirect jobs amounting to a total job loss of 121 thousand (Shivakoti, 2021).…”

Section: Future Of Buddhist Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Buddhists Tourism Promotional Strategy to Nepal

Acharya

2021

Res. Nep. Jnl. Dev. Stud.

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Buddhists Tourism Promotional Strategy to Nepal is the study of Buddhist tourism and its promotional strategy of Nepal. Buddha was born in Nepal, so Nepal must be like Jerusalem and Mecca are for Christians and Muslims of Buddhist, but still, Nepal has difficulties inviting two million overall tourists. Why is it so? Nepal is the country of Buddha; every Buddhist must visit Lumbini Nepal at least once in a lifetime but still status of arrival of Buddhist tourists is considerably low. The main objective of the study is to find out the Buddhists Tourism Promotional Strategy for Nepal. It is a review paper on Buddhist tourism. For this federal, provincial, and local governments have to work effectively with the assurance of good governance on the specified programs.

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“…Another strategy revealed by the study concerning how the porters and guides have managed to survive the COVID-19 pandemic economic impact is through engaging in other income generating activities (Ulak, 2020). Few had these projects and activities but many had no these activities before COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nepal also suffered the consequences; jobs in hotels and tourism industry were cut off. Almost about 200,000 people who were directly employed in hotels, restaurants, hiking, airlines, mountaineering and other subsectors in tourism industry remain jobless (Asian Development Bank, 2019;Ulak, 2020). The recovery of international tourism after pandemic is expected first with some specific regions like European regions, but domestic tourism is expected to recover more quickly.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The recovery of international tourism after pandemic is expected first with some specific regions like European regions, but domestic tourism is expected to recover more quickly. Tourism stakeholders from different country have urged their government to provide relief packages so that they can at-least maintain their businesses and jobs (Ulak, 2020).…”

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Surviving Amidst COVID-19 Economic Impacts in Tanzania: Learning from Porters and Guides at Kilimanjaro National Park

2021

ITHJ

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In Tanzania, tourism industry employed about one million people which is 11.2 percent of total work force in Tanzania. This is due to the fact that Tanzanian is having many distinct natural features that attract tourists such as Kilimanjaro Mountain which is the roof of Africa. Among those one million jobs in tourism industry, porters and guides of Mount Kilimanjaro are included. COVID-19 has impacted tourism industry negatively to the point that the industry was shut down in 2020 and all jobs and employment were cut off. Among the most affected groups are porters and guides in Mount Kilimanjaro their jobs are temporary and depend on seasons. This study sought to explore the economic impact caused by COVID-19 pandemic to porters and guides and the strategies that they used to survive amidst the difficult period of COVID-19 to make a living and fulfill their family’s basic needs. Learning from these porters and guides the study revealed the major negative economic impact they faced was reduction in the individual and family income caused by decrease in the number of visitors due to COVID-19 pandemic. The study further revealed that, there are number of aspects that made them survive amidst COVID-19 pandemic such personal saving, gifts and grants from once served tourists, subsistence allowances from their employers and engaging in other income generating activities such as subsistence small scale farming, sedentary livestock keeping, seeking for alternative employment and engaging in small business and entrepreneurship. The study recommends that porters and guides have to develop some plans that can make them well prepared to cope up with the negative economic impacts that will be caused by any other disasters to the industry in future time. Keywords: COVID-19, Economic Impacts, Porters, Guides

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COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Tourism Industry in Nepal

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Effects of COVID-19 crisis on small and medium-sized hotel operators: insights from Nepal

Effects of COVID-19 crisis on small and medium-sized hotel operators: insights from Nepal

Buddhists Tourism Promotional Strategy to Nepal

Surviving Amidst COVID-19 Economic Impacts in Tanzania: Learning from Porters and Guides at Kilimanjaro National Park

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