Impact of 2015 Earthquake on Nepal's Tourism Industry

Running Head: EARTHQUAKE HIT NEPAL TOURISM
EARTHQUAKE HIT NEPAL TOURISM
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Executive summary
In 2015 an earthquake hit Nepal so fatally that it created huge damage to the tourism industry
with the loss of life. In this regard, the purpose of this report is to create a better understanding of
the risk in tourism industry and how far the government is able to take measures in making the
tourism industry better. The report also deals with a number of government regulatory
frameworks and finds out the gaps in the mechanism. Later on, the policy objectives and
stakeholders engagement supports the government measures to create a better communication. In
a conclusion, the report encompasses the remedy in the form of refurbish the risks and disaster
management and as a result of that the tourism industry will revive itself.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Overview of the incident.................................................................................................................3
Recommended policy draft..............................................................................................................4
Overview of the tourism and hospitality.....................................................................................4
Legal and regulatory concerns.....................................................................................................5
Policy objectives..........................................................................................................................6
Stakeholders.................................................................................................................................7
Validation statement........................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
Reference.........................................................................................................................................9

3EARTHQUAKE HIT NEPAL TOURISM
Introduction
A severe earthquake had hit Nepal in 2015 and with the loss of life and property, the
tourism industry was affected extremely. In this context, the purpose of this report is to identify
the government initiatives and the gaps that must be filled up. In this regard, the report also
encompasses the policy planning and the stakeholders’ engagement so that the country can take
proper initiatives in dire situation. Finally the report concludes with a validation statement that
portrays vitality and effectiveness of the recommended measures.
Overview of the incident
On April 25 and May 12 earthquakes struck the Central Nepal that caused severe effect
on not only the animals and humans but also damaged the Nepal tourism in a great deal of
manner. The devastating earthquake hit the floor and as a result of that the heritage sites and
temples were reduced to dust. The tremor was measured 7.8 on the Richter scale that took out a
death toll of 9,000 people and injured 22,000 (Sarkar 2015). Several million people lost their
homes and month of food crisis created a debacle in Nepal. There are multiple media report and
government accounts that corroborated the fact that due to food crisis, shortage of energy
supplies and damage of infrastructure led the country into the verge of a collapse. Indeed,
tourism which is one of the major contributors of Nepalese tourism became affected so badly
that the GDP of the country decreased in a rapid pace. According to Singh Khadka (2015) the
following years after the earthquake the number of foreign visitors was also reduced at an
extensive manner that where in 2014 the amount of visitors was 790,000 the following year it
amounted almost a third with estimation of 530,000 visitors. In fact, Kathmandu was one of the