Research and Thinking on the Perception of Tourism Impact by Residents Near Chitwan National Park in Nepal

Abstract

Tourism has a profound influence on economy, society, culture and environment. Community residents have a direct perception of the impacts of tourism. This paper adopts the method of questionnaire survey and field interview to obtain the perception of residents near Chitwan National Park of Nepal on various impacts (economic, social, cultural, environmental, etc.) in the process of tourism development and their perception of tourism development attitude. In the research, it is found that the positive perception of residents is generally dominant at this stage; The residents of tourist destinations can be roughly divided into three categories: those who agree, those who are neutral and those who disagree; The residents' perception will be different due to different population characteristics, and the living time has a greater impact on the difference of tourism perception.