What are some threats of tourism in Nepal?

Answer 1

The Nepalese portion of the Himalayas was "long remote from the main pathways of international tourism." The first Americans and Europeans did not enter the region until 1950. Up until 1964 only mountaineering expeditions were permitted to visit the area. In 1971, scarcely one thousand visitors came to visit. "A decade later five times that number visited, and by the end of the 1980s tourists numbered more than 8,000 annually." In 1993, the figure "was closer to 300,000." The Nepalese Government hopes to attract a million people within the next ten years. More than ninety percent of these tourists are trekkers, coming mostly from the United States and Western Europe, but also from Australia, New Zealand,

and Japan.

Answer 2

Some of the factors are:

• Safety concerns - Esp terrorism and other related threats
• Health concerns - Still many parts of India are considered unhealthy and not so safe for foreigners to visit
• Theft & other misbehavior - Foreigners are frequently subjected to theft and other forms cheating and misbehavior which degrades the status of India as a tourist destination