Effects of natural disaster on tourism

Nurgul Zhanadilova

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The main abstract of this thesis is to Study the effects of Natural Disaster on Tourism and to come up with a wholesome solution that can be implemented to regain the lost number of visitors to the affected area. The study is carried out in two parts.The first part is the literary section. As the topic touches various aspects of Natural disaster, economy, tourism etc, a literature detail is carried out to understand the various topics (and sub topic) along with their relationship with each other. The study also becomes the framework to understand and analyze part two, which is the Practical section.The second part is the Practical section. It is initiated by picking two case studies (as inferred from Section one). Case Study 1 is the Japan of the Great East Japan Earthquake, which handle the crisis quite well, and regained tourism in a short period of time. Case Study 2 is Sumatra Island of the Indian Ocean Earthquake, which struggled with huge losses of Life, property and economy. It took them considerable amount of time to come back to normal life.The two case studies are followed by a comparative analysis and a SWOT analysis of the same, in order to understand the various aspects playing important role in the regeneration of tourism. The study terminated with a conclusive section that lists out the key points that determine solving tourism problem post a catastrophe. These would be political, infrastructural and economic in nature.

Keywords

Natural Disaster, Tourism, Economy, Earthquake

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 3. 2020

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Richard Selby, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / field:
Economics Policy and Administration / Business Administration