Impact of Covid 19 on Tourism Sector in Nagaland An Overview

With the outbreak of corona virus and subsequent lockdown restrictions has adversely impacted the global economy and India is no exception. This pandemic has deeply impacted on the tourism sectors as all the tourism activities was stand hold to contain the spreading of corona virus. This paper discussed about the origin of covid 19, highlight of covid 19 all over India and Nagaland. This paper also enlighten with rural tourism which we also called as community tourism, in respect to some selected villages. One of the major event contributors to the growth of tourism sector in Nagaland is -˜Hornbill festival'. This hornbill festival generated business worth of Rs. 100.73 crores revenue from investment of Rs.4 crores, giving around 8000 plus employment jobs to Nagaland economy during the year 2019. However, due to covid 19 pandemic, the Nagaland Government has decided to go complete virtual celebration of Hornbill festival 2020 and therefore the income and employment generated in previous years are recorded as losses and cannot be quantified due to the ongoing pandemic. Based on the challenges of tourism, this paper have brings out some policies and recommendations which needs to be dealt by the Nagaland government after the Pandemic crisis to revive the local tourism. The government should focus on the promotion of domestic and rural tourism as a short term strategy which could be the major contributor to the growth of eco tourism sector in Nagaland. Dr. Aomatsung "Impact of Covid 19 on Tourism Sector in Nagaland: An Overview" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43759.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/economics/43759/impact-of-covid-19-on-tourism-sector-in-nagaland-an-overview/dr-aomatsung