Climate Change and Nepal Tourism

Running head: DETRIMENTAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
DETRIMENTAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
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DETRIMENTAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE1
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
Impact on Himalaya...............................................................................................................3
Different Risks to which Nepal Tourism is exposed.............................................................3
Recommendations......................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Climate change is a burning issue in the recent world scenario, which is affecting
different environmental sectors (Schmidt, Ivanova and Schäfer 2013). It is also observed in
Nepal through an increased number of natural disasters, high-rise in temperature and change
in the pattern of rainfall. This paper aims to analyse as well as discuss the risks that Nepal is
facing in recent time especially in its tourism business. In the following section of the paper,
the kind of risks Nepal tourism is confronting is discussed in detail. Further, an attempt is
made to suggest some solutions or initiative it can take to get rid of this problem.
Discussion
Tourism is a travel to a place for in purpose of business, vacation and other activities.
It creates opportunities for employment, creation of enterprises, income and the scope for
sustaining the livelihood of the people (Kirillova 2014).
Nepal is a least developed as well as a mountainous country, is inclined to climate
change (Bais et al. 2015). Nepal has to face the devastating impact of climate change in
almost all sectors of development. It is already experiencing the detrimental impact of climate
change in the form of the increased number of flood, landslides, droughts, imbalanced rainfall
and glacier melting. Tourism has performed as an indispensable sector for the developed
economy in Nepal, but recently it is struggling to retain its demand as a most attractive
destination. Nepal Tourism Board or NTB is a government-controlled board that looks after
all the activities related to tourism in Nepal. It is responsible for providing the information as
well as the permission to the tourists about trekking in specific routes. Every trekking
companies of the country have to be authorised by the NTB for before being able to start their
service delivery. NTB successfully developed the industry of domestic tourism within the