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India's Peaks Under Pressure: The Impact of Climate Change and Gender Issues on Mountain Tourism
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Author(s): Sukhmeet Kaur (INTI International University, Malaysia)and Amrik Singh (Lovely Professional University, India)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 12
Source title:
Balancing Mountain Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Environmental Stability
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Marco Valeri (Niccolò Cusano University, Italy), Amrik Singh (Lovely Professional University, India), Pankaj Kumar Tyagi (Chandigarh University, India)and A.K. Haghi (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-8764-1.ch020
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Abstract
Overcrowded tourism, blocked roads, habitat loss, increased pollution, landslides, and gender issues like the security of women, sexual abuse, theft, and fraud are pressurizing tourism in the mountains under pressure. Tourism in peaks or Himalayas is highly dependent on natural resources and sensitive to climate change like global warming, excessive use of non-biodegradable plastics, and transportation. The chapter attempts to explore the gender dynamics that influence mountaineering tourism activities laying down the roles, opportunities, and challenges faced by women. Furthermore, assesses the environmental footprints like climate change, resource depletion, rising temperature, and weather patterns on India's mountain tourism. The chapter included a brief review of existing literature on mountain tourism in the Indian Himalayan Region. The chapter found challenges like household financial burden, gender inequality, gender vulnerability, limited access to digital infrastructure, and labor-intensive chores during floods are some issues faced by women onset of climate disruption.
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