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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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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!