The Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism: A Case Study of Lumbini, Nepal

Kunwar, Bhim Bahadur

doi:10.3126/gaze.v12i1.35675

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“…In Lumbini businesses like lodges, hotels, restaurants, and travel offices were also severely affected by the pandemic. Thus, the tourism sector has been facing serious threats due to the prolonged lockdown and closing of tourism activities than the terror of COVID-19 itself (Kunwar B. B., 2021).…”

Section: Future Of Buddhist Tourismmentioning

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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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Section: Future Of Buddhist Tourismmentioning

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Buddhists Tourism Promotional Strategy to Nepal

Acharya

2021

Res. Nep. Jnl. Dev. Stud.

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“…Th us, it has been more than 50 years since the "coronavirus" got originated in the world (Ulak, 2020). Th e coronavirus crisis is not the fi rst situation of health emergency in the world as numerous health crises were encountered in the past decades (Kunwar, 2021). Th e COVID-19 started from Wuhan city, Hubei province of China in December 2019 and spread globally at a horrible rate claiming more than 700 thousand lives all over the world (Buckley, 2020& Ruiz Estrada et al, 2019.…”

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“…Th e coronavirus outbreak has resulted to close down the pilgrimage sites of Lumbini for the 8 months in 2020 impacting the arrival of many domestic and foreign tourists in the destination. In the previous year, Lumbini had seen growth in the arrival of visitors except the year 2015 when a devastating earthquake crushed in Nepal (Kunwar, 2021). Th e credit for development in the pilgrimage tourism goes to the eff ort of restoring the Lumbini Garden under the master plan, better accommodation, political stability, and increased promotional activities (Nyaupane, 2009).…”

Section: Impact Of Coronavirus On Pilgrimage Tourism In Lumbinimentioning

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“…Th e tourism industry is a fragile and insecure industry, which will take a longer time to return to normal as travelers need the confi dence to travel (Ulak, 2020). Th e coronavirus pandemic has created long-term uncertainty, economic and social threats to the tourism industry in Lumbini (Kunwar, 2021). Within the literature, the author found that many researchers consider the coronavirus pandemic as the most challenging catastrophe that has impacted enormously on the livelihood of the locals creating frustration, fear, nervousness and a huge economic loss.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on Pilgrimage Tourism: A Case Study of Lumbini, Nepal

Kunwar

2021

Jnl Tourism & Adventure

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The coronavirus outbreak is troubling the pilgrimage tourism industry in terms of economic, social, food, employment, and spiritual faith as pilgrimage activities are being stopped during the pandemic. The COVID-19 restriction and the nationwide lock-down has made it a very difficult time for pilgrims to stop the travel movement and this has made a big worry for government around the world. The pilgrimage tourism in Mecca, Vatican City, Israel, and India has been affected much by pandemic as gathering in the pilgrimage sites have been restricted since the year 2020. Lumbini one of the most important pilgrimage site, which is also a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site in Nepal, and has a significant contribution to the national economy. This research uses Lumbini, Nepal, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, to explore the impact of novel coronavirus on pilgrimage tourism and discusses the challenges experienced by Buddhist pilgrim, monks and nuns in different monasteries in 2020 and during the first quarter of the year 2021. The research is qualitative. The study is based on both primary and secondary data gathered through interviews with the related stakeholders and the review of several relevant secondary sources. The outcomes of the research illustrate that pilgrimage tourism has been extremely affected by coronavirus and lock-down causing multiple effects on social creation, economic and holy activities, and daily lives of the monks and nuns in Lumbini.

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“…Many studies have been conducted such as Kunwar (2021), Celestin (2020), Tiwari et al (2020), Mwamwaja (2020), Gil-Alana & Poza (2020, Hafsa (2020), Deb & Nafi (2021), Shivakoti, (2021, NAIEM (2021), Shah et al (2021), Kvirkvelia & Tsitsagi (2021) and many other, have concentrated much on exploring the impacts of COVID-19 in travel and tourism industry in different countries. No any known study conducted that explored the negative economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic to porters and mountain guides in Mount Kilimanjaro.…”

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

2021

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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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The Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism: A Case Study of Lumbini, Nepal

Cited by 4 publications

References 15 publications

Buddhists Tourism Promotional Strategy to Nepal

Buddhists Tourism Promotional Strategy to Nepal

Impact of COVID-19 on Pilgrimage Tourism: A Case Study of Lumbini, Nepal

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

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