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Extreme Environments

Nepal's tourism has seen a resurgence post-civil war, with 448,769 foreign visitors in 2010. Thamel in Kathmandu serves as a hub for trekkers, drawn primarily by the renowned Annapurna Trekking Area. While tourism provides employment opportunities for guides and porters, it also raises concerns about environmental degradation, infrastructure changes, and cultural shifts in local villages. Infrastructure developments, like new roads, create both benefits and challenges. Understanding the balance between tourism growth and conservation is crucial for sustainable practices.

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Extreme Environments

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  1. Extreme Environments Tourism in Nepal

  2. Thamel, Kathmandu, where many tourists begin their trip.

  3. Visitor arrivals • The Nepal Tourism Board said the arrival of 448,769 foreign visitors at the country's only international airport in 2010, 15 percent more than in 2009, showed tourism had recovered from the impact of a 10-year civil war. • Trekking is one of the most popular tourist activities in Nepal.

  4. Annapurna Trekking Area

  5. Visitors • Explain why the number of visitors to Nepal fell between 2000 and 2008 • What do you think the impacts of so many tourists might be on Nepal?

  6. Opportunities • Employment opportunities • Becoming a guide or porter is a well respected profession • Guides & porters earn a good wage. • They also get good tips

  7. Communications • New bridge under construction at Birithanti • Threat or opportunity?

  8. Construction of new road to Ghandruk

  9. Will this be a sight of the past?

  10. Who will be affected by the new road? • List some advantages • List some disadvantages

  11. What might be some negative impacts of tourism?

  12. Who benefits from tourism?

  13. How has tourism changed local villages?

  14. Threat or opportunity?

  15. Why do tourists come here?

  16. Summit of Poon Hill. A peaceful, unspoilt area?

  17. Waste disposal

  18. How has the traditional way of life changed?

  19. Tourism development in Ghandruk

  20. Evidence of deforestation.

  21. Conservation Is the area being conserved to protect it so that more tourists will visit? Is the area being conserved because of the dame caused by tourists? Is the area being conserved because of the dame caused by locals?

  22. HEP Scheme at Landruk Sustainable?

  23. Solar panels in Ghandruk

  24. How effectively is tourism managed in Annapurna? Why is management necessary?

  25. DaalBaat

  26. Mt Everest

  27. What are the impacts of tourism on the environment? Make notes on: • Mass movement & erosion • Land degradation • Vulnerability to hazards • Aesthetic change • Water usage • Waste disposal

  28. Exam qu • Examine the challenges posed by tourism development and associated communications and development in an extreme environment. (10 marks) • Examine the opportunities which tourism creates in an extreme environment you studied. (10 marks) • Using an annotated map, evaluate the impact of tourism on settlement and communication in an Extreme Environment you have studied. (10 marks)

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