Other Threats

Tourism is a process through which very remote communities of the
world are linked and exposed to a fast growing global economy. If the economy of the
communities is entirely depending on tourism it is a problem since it is a notoriously volatile
economic activity (Buchsbaum, 2004; Honey, 2009). Ecotourism is much more sensitive than
conventional tourism. In Nepal, all types of tourism is also seasonal, ever fluctuating, and
fund based which can anytime affect the tourism. Tourism of Nepal is massively affected by
internal political instability that causes lack of national political commitment for proper
tourism policy. Nepal also has been facing several political strikes which directly affect
Nepalese tourism. Nepal tourism was also badly dropped during Maoist civil war. And the
bad image still has not been repaired. Tourism is very sensitive industry which affected by
various natural and manmade factors such as security issues, natural disasters, terrorism,
political situations, and economic depression. Thus there are always threats to local
communities which are primarily depending on any kind of tourism.