TY - JOUR AU - Khatiwada, Shreekanta S. AU - Sharma, Ramji AU - Ranabhat, Suresh PY - 2021/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Impact of Covid-19 on Tourism Business in Pokhara Nepal JF - Janapriya Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies JA - Jjis VL - 10 IS - 01 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.3126/jjis.v10i01.42617 UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JJIS/article/view/42617 SP - 125-139 AB - <p>None of the sectors in human society is out of the assault of covid-19 pandemic. Every sphere of human life is affected by this contagion virus nonetheless the severity of influence and impact may vary Tourism is one of the highly injured sectors during on-covid period and so as the situation of Pokhara and its vicinity. This paper, therefore, is an attempt from ‘situation analysis perspective’ to have a bird’s eye view of the impact and implication of covid pandemic over the tourism industry of Gandaki province with special focus on Pokhara by taking three vital variables; investment, employment and volume of transactions. It’s a kind of ‘situation analysis research’ based mainly on secondary information backed up by sufficient primary data and information. The two main impacts of Covid-19 over the tourism domain of Pokhara and its vicinity seem to be the shutdown of substantial numbers of hospitality businesses and the bulk loss of employment from tourism sector.</p> ER -