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Training Workshop on Tourism Satellite Accounts
December, 09-11
Bangkok, Thailand
SITARAM GHIMIRE RISHI RAM SIGDEL KAPIL DHITAL
Tourism Statistics in Nepal
Outlines
• General introduction
• Tourism in Nepal: brief introduction
• Tourism Satellite Accounts initiatives
• Challenges and way forward
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Nepal
Occupying only 0.1% of the earth, is home to:
• 2% of all the flowering plants in the world
• 8% of the world's population of birds (more than 848 species)
• 4% of mammals on earth
• 11 of the world's 15 families of butterflies (more than 500 species)
• 600 indigenous plant families
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Tourism in Nepal
Natural • Mountains, landscaping , rivers, falls etc.
Socio cultural• World heritage sites (10)
• Festivals (123 languages and ethnicity)
Adventure • Mountaineering, trekking, rafting, bunji jump,
paragliding etc.
Spiritual • Lumbini-birth place of buddha, Pashupatinath
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Most visited places
• Lumbini: more than 1,500,000 including domestic tourists (2018)
• UNESCO heritage sites: Kathmandu, Patan, Bhaktapur
• Pokhara, Sauraha, Chitwan
• Bardiya National Park
• Everest base camp(EBC), Annapurna circuit
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Tourist arrivals in Nepal
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By Air By Land Total Arrivals
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Tourist arrivals in Nepal: major indicators
Indicators 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Tourist arrivals 790,118 538,970 753,002 940,218 1,173,072
Average length of stay (days) 12.4 13.16 13.4 12.6 12.4
Average expenditure/tourist/day ($)
48 70 53 54 44
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Contribution of tourism in Nepalese economy
• GDP contribution of tourism sector:
Central Bureau of Statistics: 2.05% (hotel and restaurant)
UNWTO: 5 - 7%
Politicians: > 10% [next to agriculture (26.5%)]
Actual: ????
• Need to construct "Tourism Satellite Accounts"
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Tourism satellite accounts initiatives
• Steering committee formedSecretary, MOCTCA
Research Director, NRB
Director General, CBS
Executive Director, NTB
• Technical committee formedOfficials from MOCTCA, NRB, CBS, NTB
• Technical assistant from UNDP (1 yr.)
• Series of workshops
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Tourism satellite accounts: main concern
• Data availability
Domestic tourism, inbound tourism, outbound tourism etc.
• Human resource
Capacity
• Challenge: capture data from overland Indian visitors
Tourists and excursionists
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• Domestic tourism survey
• Outbound tourism survey
• Inbound tourism survey
• Excursionist survey
• Prepare national representative experimental TSA by June, 2020
Tourism satellite accounts: way forward
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Welcome to Nepal!
Thank You!