IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON TOURISM INDUSTRY

Abstract

The negative consequences that natural catastrophes have had on India's tourist sector are the focus of this project, which aims to eliminate those effects. The tourist business is influenced by a wide variety of factors and forces, some of which are exogenous and have no relation to the sector directly. Natural disasters and unanticipated events are excellent examples of such determining variables because of the profound influence they have on individuals and society, and as a result, they have the potential to dramatically affect the number of tourists who visit a certain location. Natural disasters and unanticipated occurrences have the potential to influence tourists' choice of vacation destinations for a number of different reasons. However, there is a lack of evidence that can be used to substantiate the nature and breadth of the consequences that natural disasters have on tourism. This research addresses this gap in the literature by incorporating a dataset of natural and man-made disaster occurrences into a model of international tourist flows. The goal of this analysis is to determine the effect that different kinds of disasters have on the number of foreign visitors that come to a country on a national scale. Both the government's budget and its social standing have taken a significant hit as a result of natural catastrophes. This has a significant negative impact on the tourism business of the country, which is extremely important to the economy. This study's objectives are to (1) investigate practical methods for mitigating the adverse effects of natural disasters and (2) shed light on the responses taken by the Indian government in such instances.