The Impact of an Earthquake on the Tourism Sector Assignment
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The Impact of an Earthquake on the Tourism Sector Assignment
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TABLE OF CONTENTSCHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................11.1 Background of the study...................................................................................................11.2 Rationale of the study.......................................................................................................11.3 Research aim and objectives............................................................................................21.4 Research questions...........................................................................................................21.6 Significance of the study..................................................................................................21.7 Structure of dissertation....................................................................................................2CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................42.1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................42.2 Impact of natural disaster on the tourism industry of country..........................................42.3 Effect of earthquake on the tourism sector in Nepal .......................................................62.4 Concept of dark tourism...................................................................................................72.5 Managing tourism industry after earthquake ...................................................................82.6 Managing security concern for the tourist and employees of tourism industry ..............9CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ..........................................................................103.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................103.2 Research philosophy.......................................................................................................103.3 Research design..............................................................................................................103.4 Data collection................................................................................................................113.5 Data analysis...................................................................................................................113.6 Sampling and sample......................................................................................................123.7 Ethical consideration .....................................................................................................12REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................13
ILLUSTRATION INDEXIllustration 1: Number of visitors who visited Haiti from 1995 to 2011.........................................2
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the studyThe study is based on the topic of effective of earthquake in tourism industry of Nepal.Natural disaster is the natural event which resulted from the natural process of earth. Forexample, event such as flood, earthquake and hurricane tend to cause major impact upon the lifeof people (Lu and Nepal, 2009). Nepal is the sovereign state which is located in South Asia. Dueto its location, country is more prone to the condition like natural disaster. In Nepal tourism isbeing regarded as one of the biggest industry. This is because, the given industry helps inbringing foreign revenue for the poor nation. In accordance with the given context, as per thestudy conducted by World Bank Figure it is examined in average worker in Nepal makes lessthan 750 dollars a year. Hence, the tourism industry of respective country plays very importantrole in improving socio-economic conditions of the citizens of nation (Will The NepalEarthquake Affect Tourism? The Country's Economy Heavily Relies On Foreign Visitors, 2016).Furthermore, as per the World Travel and Tourism Council, in 2013 more than one millionpeople in Nepal have been employed because of tourism sector. Nepal appeal to the touriststhrough its high hill mountain and scenic beauty etc. However, the incidents like earthquake tendto cause major impact upon the country. The impact of the same is being bear by the tourismindustry of respective country too. The given thing has caused direct impact upon source ofgenerating income for the country. The given thing has also been discussed in the givendissertation. 1.2 Rationale of the studyThe main issue which is associated with the respective study is that whether the incidentlike earthquake tend to cause the major impact upon the tourism industry of nation or not. It is anissue because for many countries, tourism is the main source of generating income. Hence, it isimportant for the nations that they should found out some important solution with regard to thegiven problem. This is because, if significant efforts with regard to the given problem is nottaken at that time impact of same will be seen upon the economic growth of the country. Thestudy shed light upon the negative factors which tourism industry of Nepal has incurred afterdevasted earthquake (Lu and Nepal, 2009). Furthermore, the study will also propose the solutionfor developing the tourism sector after the occurrence of incidents such as natural disaster. 1
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