Natural Disaster and Heritage Tourism: A Study on the Impacts of Earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Authors

  • Ramesh Raj Kunwar Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies (DCPDS), T.U.
  • Usha Chand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jthe.v6i0.14766

Keywords:

Natural disaster, safety, security, heritage, heritage tourism, recovery

Abstract

The article reviews on the complex and intricate linkages between heritage and tourism, highlighting the importance of the heritage industry and the vulnerability the industry can face when confronted with a natural disaster such as earthquake. The article aims not just to introduce the Kathmandu Valley in the light of the seven World Heritage Sites but also aims to prioritize the devastation that the recent earthquake brought upon the ‘Living Heritage’, Bhaktapur. The article assesses the earthquake’s impact on tourism in Bhaktapur and finally sheds light upon the tourism recovery process that is undergoing along with the issues of heritage reconstruction with a comparison on what has been done and what has to be done for the overall purpose of tourism recovery.

Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education (Vol. 6), 2016, Pages: 1-39

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Author Biographies

Ramesh Raj Kunwar, Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies (DCPDS), T.U.

Prof. Dr. Ramesh Raj Kunwar is the author of seven books on tourism and anthropology. He is tourism educationist and anthropologist by profession. He is the former Dean of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He is also the former Dean of (then) Royal Nepalese Military Academy. Currently, he is teaching at the Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies (DCPDS), T.U.

Usha Chand

Usha Chand is doing research on natural disaster and heritage tourism in Bhaktapur.

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Published

2016-05-10

How to Cite

Kunwar, R. R., & Chand, U. (2016). Natural Disaster and Heritage Tourism: A Study on the Impacts of Earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education, 6, 1–39. https://doi.org/10.3126/jthe.v6i0.14766

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Vol. 6 (2016)

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