Nepal Tourism Statistics 2012

NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2012

Government of Nepal Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation Planning & Evaluation Division Statistical Section Singha Durbar, Kathmandu June, 2013

Published Date: June 2013 Number of Copies: 1000 Cover Photo : Mt. Everest (8,848 m.)

Published by: Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation Planning & Evaluation Division Statistical Section Singha Durbar, Kathmandu Tel : 4211846, 4211685 Ext. 416 Fax : 4211758, 4211672 Email : [email protected] Website : www.tourism.gov.np

Chief Editor

Mr. BalKrishna Ghimire

Joint Secretary

Editor Team

Mr. Janak Raj Bhatta Under-Secretary

Mr. Madan Raj Mishra Under-Secretary (Account) Mrs. Jyoti K.C.

Statistical Officer Mr. Madan Prasad Pokhrel Statistical Officer

CONTENTS

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PART I

Summary of Tourism Scenario 2012 2 PART II Tourist Arrivals Table 1: Tourist Arrival and Average Length of Stay, 1962-2012 6 Table 2: Tourist Arrival by Month, 1991-2012 11 Table 3: Tourist Arrival by Month (Excluding Indian), 1991-2012 15 Table 4: Indian Tourist Arrival by Month, 1991-2012 16 Table 5: Tourist Arrival by Fiscal Year, 2047/48 - 2068/69 17 Table 6: Tourist Arrival by Sex & Age Groups, 2000-2012 21 Table 7: Tourist Arrival by Sex, Age Groups & Month, 2012 25 Table 8: Tourist Arrival by Purpose of Visit, 2000-2012 29 Table 9: Tourist Arrival by Purpose of Visit & Month, 2012 33 Table 10: Tourist Arrival by Purpose of Visit & Major Nationalities, 2012 34 Table 11: Tourist Arrival by Major Nationalities, 2001-2012 36 Table 12: Tourist Arrival by Nationalities & Month, 2011-2012 37 Table 13: Tourist Arrival by Different Airlines, 2001-2012 41 Table 14: Tourist Arrival by Nationalities & Airlines, 2012 42 Table 15: Tourist Arrival by Nationalities & Means of Transportation, 2012 48 Table 16: Tourist Arrival by Different Airlines by Month, 2012 50 Table 17: Tourist Arrival by Country of Residence & Month, 2012 51 Table 18: Last Port of Call VS Next Port of Call, 2011-2012 53 Table 19: Average Length of Stay by Major Nationalities, 2012 54 Table 20: Tourist Arrival by Entry Points & Last Port of Call, 2012 56 Table 21: Tourist Arrival by Entry Points, 2001-2012 58 Table 22: Tourist Arrival by Nationality & Frequency of Visit, 2012 59 Table 23: Number of Trekkers in Different Trekking Area, 2000-2012 61 Table 24: Trekkers in Different Trekking Areas by Month, 2012 65 Table 25: Number of Foreigners Visited to Protected Areas by Month, 2068/69 66 Table 26: Number of Foreign Visitors to National Parks & Protected Areas, 2008-2012 67 Table 27: Number of Expedition Teams, Members & Summiters by Peak, 2012 68 Table 28: Number of Members & Summiters by Country, 2012 70 Table 29: Number of Expedition Teams Seasonwise Members & Royalty by Peaks, 2012 72 Table 30: Number of Teams, Climbers & Royalty by Peaks, 2012 (NMA) 74 Table 31: Number of Teams, Climbers & Royalty by Country, 2012 (NMA) 75 Table 32: Number of Climbers Peakwise & Countrywise, 2012 (NMA) 77 Table 33: Visitors (Excluding Indians) to Pasupati Area by Month, 2012 81 Table 34: Country-wise Travel Trend in Lumbini by Month, 2012 82 PART III Revenue from Tourism Table 35: Gross Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism by 2057/58-2068/69 86 Table 36: Foreign Exchange Receipt from Tourism Sector by Month, 2012 89 Table 37: Gross Foreign Exchange Earnings, 2000-2012 90 Table 38: Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism, 2000/01-2011/12 91 Table 39: Total Revenue from National Parks & Protected Areas, 2060/61-2068/69 92 Table 40: Some Economic Indicatiors of Hotel & Restaurant, 2062/63-2069/70 93 PART IV Tourist Services Table 41: Number of International Flight & Passenger Movement by Month, 2012 100 Table 42: Number of International Airlineswise Flight & Passenger Movement, 2012 101 Table 43: Number of International Flight Schedule by Airlines, 2012 102 Table 44: Number of Domestic Flight & Passenger Movement from TIA by Month, 2012 103 Table 45: Number of Domestic Airlineswise Flight & Passenger Movement, 2012 104 Table 46: Numeber of Domestic Flight Schedule by Airlines, 2012 105 Table 47: Number of Paragliders in Pokhara by Month, 2012 106 Table 48: Number of Passenger & Flight Movement of Ultra Light in Pokhara, 2012 107 Table 49: Room Occupancy Rate of Five Star Hotels in Nepal by Month, 2012 108 Table 50: Room Occupancy Rate of Five Star Hotels in Kathmandu by Month, 2012 109 Table 51: Room Occupancy Rate of Five Star Hotels in Pokhara by Month, 2012 110 Table 52: Number of Participants in Academic Courses in Affilation With TU by NATHM 113 Table 53: Number of Participants in Hotel Related Courses/Traning by NATHM 114 Table 54: Number of Participants in Travel & Tour Sector & Other Courses by NATHM 115 Table 55: Number of Participants in Trekking Sector Courses by NATHM 116 Table 56: Number of Participants in Mobile Out-Reach Traning by NATHM 117 Table 57: Registered Homestay Management, 2012 118 Table 58: Hotel Accomodations in Kathmandu Valley, 2010-2012 119 Table 59: Total Number of Agency, Guide, Airlines………., 2001-2012 120 Table 60: Number of Reported Tourist Related Crimes by Month & Type, 2010-2012 121 PART V Departure & Arrival of Nepalese National Table 61: Nepalese National Going Abroad by Month, 2000-2012 124 Table 62: Nepalese National Going Abroad by Purpose of Visit & Month, 2000-2012 125 Table 63: Nepalese National Going Abroad by Sex & Purpose of Visit, 2012 126 Table 64: Nepalese National Going Abroad by Airlines & Month, 2012 127 Table 65: Nepalese National Going Abroad by Next Port of Call & Month, 2012 128 Table 66: Nepalese National Going Abroad by Sex, Age Groups & Month, 2012 129 Table 67: Nepalese National Going Abroad by Sex & District, 2011-2012 130 Table 68: Nepalese Arrivals by Visited Countries & Month, 2012 132 Table 69: Nepalese Arrivals by Last Port of Call & Month, 2012 134 Table 70: Nepalese Arrivals by Sex, Age Groups & Month, 2012 135 Table 71: Nepalese Arrivals by Sex & District, 2011-2012 136

CHARTS

Chart 1: Tourist Arrival, 2000-2012 9 Chart 2: Tourist Arrival by Month, 2010-2012 13 Chart 3: Tourist Arrival by Fiscal Year, 2057/58-2068/69 19 Chart 4: Tourist Arrival by Sex, 2000-2012 23 Chart 5: Tourist Arrival by Age Group, 2012 27 Chart 6: Tourist Arrival by Purpose of Visit, 2012 31 Chart 7: Number of Trekkers in Different Trekking Areas, 2012 63 Chart 8: Gross Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism Sector, 2057/58-2067/68 87 Chart 9: Royalty Received from Expedition (Permit Issued by Tourism Industry Div.), 2012 95 Chart 10: Royalty Received from Expedition (Permit Issued by NMA), 2012 97 Chart 11: Room Occupancy Rate of Five Star Hotels in Nepal, 2012 111

1 SUMMARY OF TOURISM SCENARIO, 2011 - 2012 Indicators 2011 2012 % Change Tourist Arrival by: Air 545,221 598,258 9.7 Land 190,994 204,834 7.2 Total 736,215 803,092 9.1 Average Length of Stay 13.12 12.16 -7.3 Sex: Male 352,059 439,270 24.8 Female 384,156 363,822 -5.3 By Age groups: 0-15 years 32,795 35,468 8.2 16-30 years 171,081 181,558 6.1 31-45 years 212,176 231,117 8.9 46-60 years 177,983 201,835 13.4 61+ years 82,726 109,239 32.0 Not Specified 59,454 43,875 -26.2 Top Five Country of Nationality: Rank 1 India India Rank 2 P.R. of China P.R. of China Rank 3 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Rank 4 U.S.A. U.S.A. Rank 5 U.K. U.K. Purpose of Visit: Holiday/Pleasure 425,721 379,627 -10.8 Pilgrimage 63,783 109,854 72.2 Trekking & Mountaineering 86,260 105,015 21.7 Official 24,054 30,460 26.6 Business 17,859 24,785 38.8 Study/Research/Employment 5,235 17,988 243.6 Conference/Conv. 10,836 13,646 25.9 Others 32,076 30,552 -4.8 Not Specified 70,391 91,165 29.5 Tourist Arrival by Major Five Airlines: Rank 1 Spice Jet Indian Airlines Rank 2 Jet Airways Jet Airways Rank 3 Indian Airlines Qatar Airlines Rank 4 Thai Airlines Spice Jet Rank 5 Qatar Airlines Thai Airlines

2 SUMMARY OF TOURISM STATISTICS, 2011 - 2012 (contd.) Indicators 2011 2012 % Change Frequency of visit in Nepal: First visit 598,456 632,767 5.7 More Than Once 137,759 170,325 23.6 Mountainerring Expedition: Total Team 259 311 20.1 Sucessful Person 1,209 1,202 -0.6 Royalty to Government (Rs.' 000) 245,090 344,784 40.7 Revenue from Tourism: Total Earning(US$ ' 000) 368,773 356,725 -3.3 Average Income per Visitor per day( US$) 38.2 35.6 -6.8 Tourism Related Enterprises (Registered in Tourism Industry Divison) : Hotel (Kath. Valley) 503 522 3.8 Rooms (Kath. Valley) 10,752 11,087 3.1 Beds (Kath. Valley) 20,941 21,498 2.7 Travel Agencies 1,936 2,116 9.3 Trekking Agencies 1,378 1,524 10.6 Tourist Guide 2,835 2,935 3.5 Trekking Guide 7,303 8,163 11.8 Places Visited in Nepal: National Parks and Wildlife Reserve 194,123 267,280 37.7 Pashupati Area (excluding Indian) 143,887 139,885 -2.8 Lumbini (excluding Indian Tourists) 128,259 136,067 6.1 Manaslu Trekking 2,813 3,319 18.0 Mustang Trekking 2,950 2,965 0.5 Humla Trekking 1,758 1,508 -14.2 Lower Dolpa Trekking 808 982 21.5 Kanchanjunga Trekking 591 635 7.4 Upper Dolpa Trekking 397 536 35.0 Tourists Departure by: Air 612,922 688,710 12.4 Land 165,185 186,742 13.1 Total 778,107 875,452 12.5 Nepaleses outgoing Abroad: Male 668,558 738,544 10.5 Female 105,396 122,974 16.7 Total 773,954 861,518 11.3 Nepaleses incoming Abroad: Male 604,593 627,691 3.8 Female 97,869 109,144 11.5 Total 702,462 736,835 4.9 International Airlines Movement: Arrival 11,398 11,661 2.3 Departure 11,394 11,659 2.3 Total 22,792 23,320 2.3 3

4 TABLE 1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1962-2012 Total By Air By Land Average Year Annual Length of Number Growth Number Percent Number Percent Stay Rate (%)

1962 6,179 0.0 - - - - - 1963 7,275 17.7 - - - - - 1964 9,526 30.9 8,435 88.5 1,091 11.5 - 1965 9,388 -1.4 8,303 88.4 1,085 11.6 - 1966 12,567 33.9 11,206 89.2 1,361 10.8 - 1967 18,093 44.0 15,064 83.3 3,029 16.7 - 1968 24,209 33.8 19,717 81.4 4,492 18.6 - 1969 34,901 44.2 28,130 80.6 6,771 19.4 - 1970 45,970 31.7 36,508 79.4 9,462 20.6 - 1971 49,914 8.6 40,369 80.9 9,545 19.1 - 1972 52,930 6.0 42,484 80.3 10,446 19.7 - 1973 68,047 28.6 55,791 82.0 12,256 18.0 - 1974 89,838 32.0 74,170 82.6 15,668 17.4 13.20 1975 92,440 2.9 78,995 85.5 13,445 14.5 13.05 1976 105,108 13.7 90,498 86.1 14,610 13.9 12.41 1977 129,329 23.0 110,180 85.2 19,149 14.8 11.60 1978 156,123 20.7 130,034 83.3 26,089 16.7 11.84 1979 162,276 3.9 137,865 85.0 24,411 15.0 12.02 1980 162,897 0.4 139,387 85.6 23,510 14.4 11.18 1981 161,669 -0.8 142,084 87.9 19,585 12.1 10.49 1982 175,448 8.5 153,509 87.5 21,939 12.5 13.33 1983 179,405 2.3 152,470 85.0 26,935 15.0 11.53 1984 176,634 -1.5 149,920 84.9 26,714 15.1 10.55 1985 180,989 2.5 151,870 83.9 29,119 16.1 11.30

5 TABLE 1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1962-2012 (contd.)

Total By Air By Land Average Annual Year Length Number Growth Number Percent Number Percent of Stay Rate (%)

1986 223,331 23.4 182,745 81.8 40,586 18.2 11.16 1987 248,080 11.1 205,611 82.9 42,469 17.1 11.98 1988 265,943 7.2 234,945 88.3 30,998 11.7 12.00 1989 239,945 -9.8 207,907 86.6 32,038 13.4 12.00 1990 254,885 6.2 226,421 88.8 28,464 11.2 12.00 1991 292,995 15.0 267,932 91.4 25,063 8.6 9.25 1992 334,353 14.1 300,496 89.9 33,857 10.1 10.14 1993 293,567 -12.2 254,140 86.6 39,427 13.4 11.94 1994 326,531 11.2 289,381 88.6 37,150 11.4 10.00 1995 363,395 11.3 325,035 89.4 38,360 10.6 11.27 1996 393,613 8.3 343,246 87.2 50,367 12.8 13.50 1997 421,857 7.2 371,145 88.0 50,712 12.0 10.49 1998 463,684 9.9 398,008 85.8 65,676 14.2 10.76 1999 491,504 6.0 421,243 85.7 70,261 14.3 12.28 2000 463,646 -5.7 376,914 81.3 86,732 18.7 11.88 2001 361,237 -22.1 299,514 82.9 61,723 17.1 11.93 2002 275,468 -23.7 218,660 79.4 56,808 20.6 7.92 2003 338,132 22.7 275,438 81.5 62,694 18.5 9.60 2004 385,297 13.9 297,335 77.2 87,962 22.8 13.51 2005 375,398 -2.6 277,346 73.9 98,052 26.1 9.09 2006 383,926 2.3 283,819 73.9 100,107 26.1 10.20 2007 526,705 37.2 360,713 68.5 165,992 31.5 11.96 2008 500,277 -5.0 374,661 74.9 125,616 25.1 11.78 2009 509,956 1.9 379,322 74.4 130,634 25.6 11.32 2010 602,867 18.2 448,800 74.4 154,067 25.6 12.67 2011 736,215 22.1 545,221 74.1 190,994 25.9 13.12 2012 803,092 9.1 598,258 74.5 204,834 25.5 12.16

7 TABLE 2: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1991-2012. Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 1991 17,917 19,382 25,323 23,721 21,952 19,808 19,362 24,429 23,224 39,339 32,507 26,031 292,995 1992 17,451 27,489 31,505 30,682 29,089 22,469 20,942 27,338 24,839 42,647 32,341 27,561 334,353 1993 19,238 23,931 30,818 20,121 20,585 19,602 13,588 21,583 23,939 42,242 30,378 27,542 293,567 1994 21,735 24,872 31,586 27,292 26,232 22,907 19,739 27,610 27,959 39,393 28,008 29,198 326,531 1995 22,207 28,240 34,219 33,994 27,843 25,650 23,980 27,686 30,569 46,845 35,782 26,380 363,395 1996 27,886 29,676 39,336 36,331 29,728 26,749 22,684 29,080 32,181 47,314 37,650 34,998 393,613 1997 25,585 32,861 43,177 35,229 33,456 26,367 26,091 35,549 31,981 56,272 40,173 35,116 421,857 1998 28,822 37,956 41,338 41,087 35,814 29,181 27,895 36,174 39,664 62,487 47,403 35,863 463,684 1999 29,752 38,134 46,218 40,774 42,712 31,049 27,193 38,449 44,117 66,543 48,865 37,698 491,504 2000 25,307 38,959 44,944 43,635 28,363 26,933 24,480 34,670 43,523 59,195 52,993 40,644 463,646 2001 30,454 38,680 46,709 39,083 28,345 13,030 18,329 25,322 31,170 41,245 30,282 18,588 361,237 2002 17,176 20,668 28,815 21,253 19,887 17,218 16,621 21,093 23,752 35,272 28,723 24,990 275,468 2003 21,215 24,349 27,737 25,851 22,704 20,351 22,661 27,568 28,724 45,459 38,398 33,115 338,132 2004 30,988 35,631 44,290 33,514 26,802 19,793 24,860 33,162 25,496 43,373 36,381 31,007 385,297 2005 25,477 20,338 29,875 23,414 25,541 22,608 23,996 36,910 36,066 51,498 41,505 38,170 375,398 2006 28,769 25,728 36,873 21,983 22,870 26,210 25,183 33,150 33,362 49,670 44,119 36,009 383,926 2007 33,192 39,934 54,722 40,942 35,854 31,316 35,437 44,683 45,552 70,644 52,273 42,156 526,705 2008 36,913 46,675 58,735 38,475 30,410 24,349 25,427 40,011 41,622 66,421 52,399 38,840 500,277 2009 29,278 40,617 49,567 43,337 30,037 31,749 30,432 44,174 42,771 72,522 54,423 41,049 509,956 2010 33,645 49,264 63,058 45,509 32,542 33,263 38,991 54,672 54,848 79,130 67,537 50,408 602,867 2011 42,622 56,339 67,565 59,751 46,202 46,115 42,661 71,398 63,033 96,996 83,460 60,073 736,215 2012 52,501 66,459 89,151 69,796 50,317 53,630 49,995 71,964 66,383 86,379 83,173 63,344 803,092 (23.2) (18.0) (31.9) (16.8) (8.9) (16.3) (17.2) (0.8) (5.3) -(10.9) -(0.3) (5.4) (9.1) Figures in paranthesis represent percentage change over 2011

9 TABLE 3: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1991-2012 (Excluding Indian) Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 1991 13,299 14,320 19,908 17,471 9,167 6,279 11,415 17,103 16,526 30,663 25,449 18,889 200,489 1992 12,560 20,331 24,792 20,295 11,380 7,264 12,708 20,198 18,442 33,834 25,862 20,113 227,779 1993 14,147 18,164 25,200 14,594 9,355 8,536 9,076 16,671 18,293 34,415 23,715 18,039 210,205 1994 14,795 19,794 24,856 19,778 12,244 8,561 13,352 20,524 21,289 30,063 20,556 18,179 223,991 1995 15,758 19,482 25,381 23,419 12,491 9,270 14,141 20,211 22,344 38,398 28,177 17,063 246,135 1996 17,678 23,629 31,738 25,458 14,042 9,777 13,724 21,833 23,201 38,139 29,221 22,661 271,101 1997 16,856 24,151 33,389 24,343 14,836 9,973 16,024 24,772 24,344 46,110 30,712 22,909 288,419 1998 20,124 27,855 33,097 28,997 15,647 11,195 15,724 26,387 29,241 49,787 38,587 23,814 320,455 1999 20,554 29,259 38,158 29,637 22,305 12,731 16,782 29,402 33,650 54,099 38,835 25,431 350,843 2000 21,092 33,939 38,959 36,430 18,658 12,036 16,842 27,205 34,643 51,100 45,318 31,509 367,731 2001 25,158 32,763 40,684 32,211 17,406 8,929 13,965 21,658 26,132 37,198 25,795 15,018 296,917 2002 13,180 16,960 25,102 16,877 11,751 8,338 9,962 15,515 18,768 30,251 24,044 17,943 208,691 2003 15,659 19,321 22,260 20,303 15,288 7,835 13,607 19,149 22,577 38,040 31,750 25,980 251,769 2004 22,947 28,743 35,468 26,279 15,581 9,776 17,070 27,657 21,829 38,104 29,330 22,187 294,971 2005 19,531 17,061 25,847 18,311 15,438 11,170 14,921 26,119 27,413 40,553 34,778 27,822 278,964 2006 21,126 21,320 30,169 18,435 13,517 11,841 15,066 24,966 26,327 43,026 37,402 27,009 290,204 2007 25,857 33,133 48,022 32,794 23,296 18,937 26,160 37,658 38,813 65,745 46,822 33,458 430,695 2008 30,473 40,334 51,364 31,952 19,619 12,922 18,097 32,084 33,870 60,938 47,467 29,980 409,100 2009 23,969 34,594 45,950 34,938 20,362 17,078 19,942 36,121 36,241 65,592 48,667 32,618 416,072 2010 28,076 43,289 56,632 37,208 21,053 17,967 24,273 43,172 44,650 69,982 57,304 38,363 481,969 2011 34,541 48,045 58,455 49,089 29,692 25,081 28,875 55,204 50,560 86,988 72,436 47,745 586,711 2012 42,055 55,301 2,882 53,745 0,140 30,084 34,837 57,590 4,654 79,536 74,603 51,850 637,277 (21.8) (15.1) (24.7) (9.5) (1.5) (19.9) (20.6) (4.3) (8.1) (-8.6) (3.0) (8.6) (8.6)

Figures in parenthesis represent percentage change over 2011 10 TABLE 4: INDIAN TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1991-2012 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 1991 4,618 5,062 5,415 6,250 12,785 13,529 7,947 7,326 6,698 8,676 7,058 7,142 92,506 1992 4,891 7,158 6,713 10,387 17,709 15,205 8,234 7,140 6,397 8,813 6,479 7,448 106,574 1993 5,091 5,767 5,618 5,527 11,230 11,066 4,512 4,912 5,646 7,827 6,663 9,503 83,362 1994 6,940 5,078 6,730 7,514 13,988 14,346 6,387 7,086 6,670 9,330 7,452 11,019 102,540 1995 6,449 8,758 8,838 10,575 15,352 16,380 9,839 7,475 8,225 8,447 7,605 9,317 117,260 1996 10,208 6,047 7,598 10,873 15,686 16,972 8,960 7,247 8,980 9,175 8,429 12,337 122,512 1997 8,729 8,710 9,788 10,886 18,620 16,394 10,067 10,777 7,637 10,162 9,461 12,207 133,438 1998 8,698 10,101 8,241 12,090 20,167 17,986 12,171 9,787 10,423 12,700 8,816 12,049 143,229 1999 9,198 8,875 8,060 11,137 20,407 18,318 10,411 9,047 10,467 12,444 10,030 12,267 140,661 2000 4,215 5,020 5,985 7,205 9,705 14,897 7,638 7,465 8,880 8,095 7,675 9,135 95,915 2001 5,296 5,917 6,025 6,872 10,939 4,101 4,364 3,664 5,038 4,047 4,487 3,570 64,320 2002 3,996 3,708 3,713 4,376 8,136 8,880 6,659 5,578 4,984 5,021 4,679 7,047 66,777 2003 5,556 5,028 5,477 5,548 7,416 12,516 9,054 8,419 6,147 7,419 6,648 7,135 86,363 2004 8,041 6,888 8,822 7,235 11,221 10,017 7,790 5,505 3,667 5,269 7,051 8,820 90,326 2005 5,946 3,277 4,028 5,103 10,103 11,438 9,075 10,791 8,653 10,945 6,727 10,348 96,434 2006 7,643 4,408 6,704 3,548 9,353 14,369 10,117 8,184 7,035 6,644 6,717 9,000 93,722 2007 7,335 6,801 6,700 8,148 12,558 12,379 9,277 7,025 6,739 4,899 5,451 8,698 96,010 2008 6,440 6,341 7,371 6,523 10,791 11,427 7,330 7,927 7,752 5,483 4,932 8,860 91,177 2009 5,309 6,023 3,617 8,399 9,675 14,671 10,490 8,053 6,530 6,930 5,756 8,431 93,884 2010 5,569 5,975 6,426 8,301 11,489 15,296 14,718 11,500 10,198 9,148 10,233 12,045 120,898 2011 8,081 8,294 9,110 10,662 16,510 21,034 13,786 16,194 12,473 10,008 11,024 12,328 149,504 2012 10,446 11,158 16,269 16,051 20,177 23,546 15,158 14,374 11,729 6,843 8,570 11,494 165,815 (29.3) (34.5) (78.6) (50.5) (22.2) (11.9) (10.0) -(11.2) -(6.0) -(31.6) -(22.3) -(6.8) (10.9) Figures in parenthesis represent percentage change over 2011.

11 TABLE 5: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY FISCAL YEAR, 2047/48-2068/69

Fiscal Year Third Country Indian Total %Change

2047/48 187,821 82,686 270,507 -0.8

2048/49 217,313 107,053 324,366 19.9

2049/50 219,337 86,949 306,286 -5.6

2050/51 222,375 94,597 316,972 3.5

2051/52 230,158 116,022 346,180 9.2

2052/53 262,448 117,853 380,301 9.9

2053/54 273,477 128,809 402,286 5.8

2054/55 301,636 138,647 440,283 9.4

2055/56 336,713 141,061 477,774 8.5

2056/57 359,043 100,307 459,350 -3.9

2057/58 362,330 86,401 448,731 -2.3

2058/59 229,873 59,127 289,000 -35.6

2059/60 218,972 76,707 295,679 2.3

2060/61 291,629 96,414 388,043 31.2

2061/62 262,461 78,640 341,101 -12.1

2062/63 288,087 103,085 391,172 14.7

2063/64 361,382 101,198 462,580 18.3

2064/65 431,289 90,009 521,298 12.7

2065/66 400,249 91,558 491,807 -5.7

2066/67 445,572 101,360 546,932 11.2

2067/68 524,948 141,067 666,015 21.8

2068/69 628,996 174,146 803,142 20.6 Fiscal Year means July 16-July 15 of the respective year.

TABLE 6 : TOURIST ARRIVAL BY SEX & AGE GROUPS, 2000-2012 Age Groups Sex Year Total 0-15 yrs. 16-30 yrs. 31-45 yrs. 46-60 yrs. 61&Over yrs. Not Sp. Male Female 2000 266,937 196,709 463,646 19,136 119,816 148,063 125,140 51,491 - (57.6) (42.4) (100) (4.1) (25.8) (31.9) (27.0) (11.1) - 2001 213465 147772 361,237 14608 95801 115678 93621 41529 - (59.1) (40.9) (100) (4.0) (26.5) (32.0) (25.9) (11.5) - 2002 174,710 100,758 275,468 12425 67774 99622 67017 28630 - (63.4) (36.6) (100) (4.5) (24.6) (36.2) (24.3) (10.4) - 2003 204,732 133,400 338,132 16056 78,357 99,740 85,753 58,226 - (60.5) (39.5) (100) (4.7) (23.2) (29.5) (25.4) (17.2) - 2004 255,303 129,994 385297 38,734 84125 128,267 96,920 37,251 - (66.3) (33.7) (100) (10.1) (21.8) (33.3) (25.2) (9.7) - 2005 257,972 117,426 375,398 30,429 57,115 114,103 106,077 67,674 - (68.7) (31.3) (100) (8.1) (15.2) (30.4) (28.3) (18.0) - 2006 218,818 165,108 383,926 37,433 75,626 123,541 95,260 52,066 - (57.0) (43.0) (100) (9.8) (19.7) (32.2) (24.8) (13.6) - 2007 290,688 236,017 526,705 38,870 112,879 164,488 130,756 69,927 9,785 (55.2) (44.8) (100) (7.4) (21.4) (31.2) (24.8) (13.3) (1.9) 2008 286,983 213,294 500,277 42,581 106,596 150,171 121,387 60,531 19,011 (57.4) (42.6) (100.0) (8.5) (21.3) (30.0) (24.3) (12.1) (3.8) 2009 288,155 221,801 509,956 84,891 140,805 141,955 99,197 39,638 3,470 (56.5) (43.5) 100.0 (16.6) (27.6) (27.8) (19.5) (7.8) (0.7) 2010 361,611 241,256 602,867 41,156 120,395 189,852 172,800 64,593 14,071 (60.0) (40.0) 100.0 (6.8) (20.0) (31.5) (28.7) (10.7) (2.3) 2011 352,059 384,156 736,215 32,795 171,081 212,176 177,983 82,726 59,454 (47.8) (52.2) (100.0) (4.5) (23.2) (28.8) (24.2) (11.2) (8.1) 2012 439,270 363,822 803,092 35,468 181,558 231,117 201,835 109,239 43,875 (54.7) (45.3) (100.0) (4.4) (22.6) (28.8) (25.1) (13.6) (5.5) Figures in parenthesis represent percentage of the total. 14

15 TABLE 7: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY SEX, AGE GROUPS & MONTH,2012 Age Groups Month Sex Total 0-15yrs 16-30yrs 31-45 yrs 46-60 yrs 61 & over yrs Not Specified Jan. Male 1,714 6,682 9,690 6,346 2,664 1,491 28,587 Female 1,479 6,873 6,523 4,713 2,230 2,096 23,914 Total 3,193 13,555 16,213 11,059 4,894 3,587 52,501 Feb. Male 1,102 8,446 10,792 8,091 5,035 1,791 35,257 Female 917 8,360 6,955 7,129 4,881 2,960 31,202 Total 2,019 16,806 17,747 15,220 9,916 4,751 66,459 Mar. Male 1,699 10,695 14,795 11,272 6,824 3,524 48,809 Female 1,341 9,301 9,016 9,217 5,469 5,998 40,342 Total 3,040 19,996 23,811 20,489 12,293 9,522 89,151 Apr. Male 2,006 8,589 13,299 10,167 4,791 882 39,734 Female 1,679 8,117 8,391 7,572 3,457 846 30,062 Total 3,685 16,706 21,690 17,739 8,248 1,728 69,796 May Male 1,769 5,673 9,674 7,790 3,429 810 29,145 Female 1,456 4,970 6,046 5,501 2,623 576 21,172 Total 3,225 10,643 15,720 13,291 6,052 1,386 50,317 Jun. Male 2,171 6,266 9,874 7,908 3,476 961 30,656 Female 1,730 5,568 6,243 5,965 2,789 679 22,974 Total 3,901 11,834 16,117 13,873 6,265 1,640 53,630 Jul. Male 1,512 6,875 9,786 7,207 2,560 900 28,840 Female 1,234 6,540 5,099 5,144 2,057 1,081 21,155 Total 2,746 13,415 14,885 12,351 4,617 1,981 49,995 Aug. Male 1,730 8,055 11,456 8,625 4,723 2,484 37,073 Female 1,403 7,267 6,812 8,647 5,834 4,928 34,891 Total 3,133 15,322 18,268 17,272 10,557 7,412 71,964 Sept. Male 744 8,590 12,320 9,186 4,535 1,307 36,682 Female 609 7,954 7,896 7,459 4,104 1,679 29,701 Total 1,353 16,544 20,216 16,645 8,639 2,986 66,383 Oct. Male 1,312 8,195 13,710 13,136 7,949 1,379 45,681 Female 1,229 8,680 10,482 11,794 6,599 1,914 40,698 Total 2,541 16,875 24,192 24,930 14,548 3,293 86,379 Nov. Male 1,987 7,664 13,512 11,708 7,310 984 43,165 Female 1,655 7,315 9,969 11,907 8,365 797 40,008 Total 3,642 14,979 23,481 23,615 15,675 1,781 83,173 Dec. Male 1,609 8,000 11,664 8,718 3,957 1,693 35,641 Female 1,381 6,883 7,113 6,633 3,578 2,115 27,703 Total 2,990 14,883 18,777 15,351 7,535 3,808 63,344 G. Total Male 19,355 93,730 140,572 110,154 57,253 18,206 439,270 Female 16,113 87,828 90,545 91,681 51,986 25,669 363,822 Total 35,468 181,558 231,117 201,835 109,239 43,875 803,092

17 TABLE 8: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT, 2000-2012

Year Holiday Pleasure Trekking & Mountaineering Business Pilgrimage Official Conv./ Conf. Others Not Specified Total

255,889 118,780 29,454 15,801 20,832 5,599 17,291 - 463,646 2000 (55.2) (25.6) (6.4) (3.4) (4.5) (1.2) (3.7) (100.0) 187,022 100,828 18,528 13,816 18,727 0 22,316 - 361,237 2001 (51.8) (27.9) (5.1) (3.8) (5.2) (0.0) (6.2) (100.0) 110,143 59,279 16,990 12,366 17,783 0 58,907 - 275,468 2002 (40.0) (21.5) (6.2) (4.5) (6.5) (0.0) (21.4) (100.0) 97,904 65,721 19,387 21,395 21,967 0 111,758 - 338,132 2003 (29.0) (19.4) (5.7) (6.3) (6.5) (0.0) (33.1) (100.0) 167,262 69,442 13,948 45,664 17,088 0 71,893 - 385,297 2004 (43.4) (18.0) (3.6) (11.9) (4.4) (0.0) (18.7) (100.0) 160,259 61,488 21,992 47,621 16,859 0 67,179 - 375,398 2005 (42.7) (16.4) (5.9) (12.7) (4.5) (0.0) (17.9) (100.0) 145,802 66,931 21,066 59,298 18,063 0 72,766 - 383,926 2006 (27.7) (12.7) (4.0) (11.3) (3.4) (0.0) (13.8) (100.0) 217,815 101,320 24,487 52,594 21,670 8,019 78,644 22,156 526,705 2007 (41.4) (19.2) (4.6) (10.0) (4.1) (1.5) (14.9) (4.2) (100.0) 148,180 104,822 23,039 45,091 43,044 6,938 99,634 29,529 500,277 2008 (29.6) (21.0) (4.6) (9.0) (8.6) (1.4) (19.9) (5.9) (100.0) 140,992 132,929 22,758 51,542 24,518 9,985 87,134 40,098 509,956 2009 (27.6) (26.1) (4.5) (10.1) (4.8) (2.0) (17.1) (7.9) (100.0) 263,938 70,218 21,377 101,335 26,374 9,627 52,347 57,651 602,867 2010 (43.8) (11.6) (3.5) (16.8) (4.4) (1.6) (8.7) (9.6) (100.0) 425,721 86,260 17,859 63,783 24,054 10,836 37,311 70,391 736,215 2011 (57.8) (11.7) (2.4) (8.7) (3.3) (1.5) (5.1) (9.6) (100.0) 2012 379,627 105,015 24,785 109,854 30,460 13,646 48,540 91,165 803,092 (47.3) (13.1) (3.1) (13.7) (3.8) (1.7) (6.0) (11.4) (100.0) Figures in parenthesis represent percentage of the total. 18

TABLE 9: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT & MONTH, 2012 Purpose of visit Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Holiday/Pleasure 28,994 34,906 39,679 34,657 23,590 25,448 23,271 29,770 29,607 38,646 38,919 32,140 379,627 (55.2) (52.5) (44.5) (49.7) (46.9) (47.5) (46.5) (41.4) (44.6) (44.7) (46.8) (50.7) (47.3) Trekking & 3,045 5,554 13,299 14,259 5,057 2,385 2,805 4,163 13,718 27,128 8,224 5,378 105,015 Mountaineering (5.8) (8.4) (14.9) (20.4) (10.1) (4.4) (5.6) (5.8) (20.7) (31.4) (9.9) (8.5) (13.1) Business 1,914 2,211 2,385 1,570 1,756 1,950 2,198 2,234 1,961 1,866 2,409 2,331 24,785 (3.6) (3.3) (2.7) (2.2) (3.5) (3.6) (4.4) (3.1) (3.0) (2.2) (2.9) (3.7) (3.1) Pilgrimage 4,809 9,177 12,653 4,402 7,132 8,508 7,171 20,717 6,398 5,654 14,708 8,525 109,854 (9.2) (13.8) (14.2) (6.3) (14.2) (15.9) (14.3) (28.8) (9.6) (6.5) (17.7) (13.5) (13.7) Official 2,904 2,129 2,834 2,679 2,178 2,509 2,433 2,463 2,559 2,004 3,443 2,325 30,460 (5.5) (3.2) (3.2) (3.8) (4.3) (4.7) (4.9) (3.4) (3.9) (2.3) (4.1) (3.7) (3.8) Conference 894 1,254 1,492 1,354 910 827 1,329 815 1,423 694 1,230 1,424 13,646 (1.7) (1.9) (1.7) (1.9) (1.8) (1.5) (2.7) (1.1) (2.1) (0.8) (1.5) (2.2) (1.7) Study/ Research 3,956 710 1,722 3,639 508 413 509 724 688 785 3,700 634 17,988 (7.5) (1.1) (1.9) (5.2) (1.0) (0.8) (1.0) (1.0) (1.0) (0.9) (4.4) (1.0) (2.2) Others 345 3,182 2,856 303 2,948 3,491 3,022 2,969 3,301 3,287 1,894 2,954 30,552 (0.7) (4.8) (3.2) (0.4) (5.9) (6.5) (6.0) (4.1) (5.0) (3.8) (2.3) (4.7) (3.8) Not Specified 5,640 7,336 12,231 6,933 6,238 8,099 7,257 8,109 6,728 6,315 8,646 7,633 91,165 (10.7) (11.0) (13.7) (9.9) (12.4) (15.1) (14.5) (11.3) (10.1) (7.3) (10.4) (12.1) (11.4)

Total 52,501 66,459 89,151 69,796 50,317 53,630 49,995 71,964 66,383 86,379 83,173 63,344 803,092 (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) Figures in parenthesis represent percentage of the total.

20 TABLE 10: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT & MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2012 Holiday/ Trekking & Conference/ Convention/ Study/ Research/ Nationality Business Pilgrimage Official Others Not Specified Total Pleasure Mountaineering Exhibition Employment Afghanistan 103 42 23 1 165 65 11 27 66 503 Argentina 1,223 86 12 95 14 6 17 27 137 1,617 Australia 10,618 7,199 380 526 333 214 653 886 1,221 22,030 Austria 1,688 1,393 47 119 38 28 72 101 311 3,797 Bangladesh 10,830 303 354 125 1,131 425 169 625 2,802 16,764 Belgium 3,623 1,339 92 107 137 52 120 260 556 6,286 Bhutan 1,105 141 156 1,003 568 87 229 352 542 4,183 Brazil 1,137 173 23 58 20 11 22 69 117 1,630 Bulgaria 708 187 13 143 25 14 17 19 103 1,229 Cambodia 257 31 8 410 14 31 16 16 79 862 Canada 6,942 3,199 295 523 349 236 397 521 1,045 13,507 China 53,096 3,164 2,245 1,393 918 308 722 660 9,355 71,861 Czech Republic 1,730 1,216 35 208 30 14 52 50 257 3,592 Denmark 3,949 1,578 142 137 145 54 240 263 610 7,118 Finland 1,315 505 156 22 107 55 72 85 147 2,464 France 13,514 9,964 397 684 407 127 509 850 2,353 28,805 Germany 13,674 10,402 644 774 718 225 622 1,022 2,328 30,409 Greece 453 54 17 16 10 17 20 7 97 691 India 58,481 3,430 11,139 24,432 16,716 7241 6005 11,758 26,613 165,815 Indonesia 630 85 22 391 61 73 25 16 197 1,500 Ireland 1,034 560 52 57 50 13 30 85 137 2,018 Israel 2,880 3,059 99 62 86 17 49 138 761 7,151 Italy 8,984 2,734 191 259 175 106 241 416 1,508 14,614 Japan 19,625 3,621 972 487 737 289 452 347 2,112 28,642 Malaysia 6,405 1,136 582 1,348 530 164 175 482 958 11,780 Mexico 1,169 52 13 27 15 5 9 33 141 1,464

21 TABLE 10: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT & MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2012 (contd.) Conferene/ Holiday/ Trekking & Study/Research/Em Not Nationality Business Pilgrimage Official Convention/ Others Total Pleasure Mountaineering ployment Specified Exhibition Myanmar 2,069 55 22 5,447 53 62 31 148 1,583 9,470 Netherlands 9,265 3,111 218 440 260 78 430 569 1,074 15,445 New Zealand 1,895 1,084 85 98 34 54 126 161 220 3,757 Norway 1,625 741 154 90 117 63 137 125 228 3,280 Pakistan 2,205 289 213 65 504 450 71 283 992 5,072 Philippines 962 137 101 4 100 141 64 90 158 1,757 Poland 3,109 1,526 64 221 56 34 84 119 476 5,689 Portugal 767 174 11 25 26 19 16 31 116 1,185 Republic of Korea 14,768 2,654 1,060 2,818 456 112 795 1,249 2,092 26,004 Romania 735 261 23 54 25 13 36 31 158 1,336 Russian Federation 3,938 3,508 101 547 135 47 117 204 1,076 9,673 Saudi Arabia 502 97 128 58 34 6 53 64 267 1,209 Singapore 2,960 1,032 167 735 38 64 80 192 358 5,626 Slovakia 634 402 9 62 21 4 14 16 105 1,267 South Africa 637 365 45 57 15 33 24 34 114 1,324 Spain 8,758 2,889 153 687 132 68 172 532 1,158 14,549 Sri Lanka 15,805 2,205 199 40,988 523 303 814 1,156 7,483 69,476 Sweden 2,436 887 112 203 68 44 167 137 398 4,452 Switzerland 3,176 2,248 119 286 156 61 224 196 580 7,046 Thailand 12,976 1,391 228 16,458 352 179 259 288 4,487 36,618 Turkey 1,147 95 104 11 15 23 32 48 213 1,688 Ukraine 787 579 21 176 21 27 26 15 234 1,886 UK 19,214 10,945 1,074 1,678 1,100 602 1136 2,231 3,314 41,294 USA 26,437 8,371 1,370 2,382 1,857 635 1479 2,367 4,087 48,985 Vietnam 809 29 13 924 16 24 6 25 330 2,176 Taiwan 5,816 980 132 677 66 48 84 235 790 8,828 Others 9,614 2,847 638 800 687 525 453 781 2,262 18,607 Not Specified 1,408 460 112 456 94 50 112 110 2,259 5,061 Total 379,627 105,015 24,785 109,854 30,460 13,646 17,988 30,552 91,165 803,092

22 TABLE 11: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2001-2012 Nationality 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Australia 10,455 7,159 7,916 9,671 7,093 8,231 12,369 13,846 15,461 16,243 19,824 22,030 % 2.9 2.6 2.3 2.5 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.7 Austria 4,164 3,140 3,025 4,341 3,007 3,474 4,473 3,540 3,245 3,389 3,998 3,797 % 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 Canada 7,068 3,747 4,154 4,825 4,168 4,733 7,399 8,132 8,965 9,322 11,404 13,507 % 2.0 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7 China 8,738 8,715 7,562 13,326 22,377 17,538 28,618 35,166 32,272 46,360 61,917 71,861 % 2.4 3.2 2.2 3.5 6.0 4.6 5.4 7.0 6.3 7.7 8.4 8.9 Denmark 3,854 2,040 2,178 2,633 1,770 1,956 3,157 3,847 4,464 4,359 6,138 7,118 % 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 France 21,187 13,376 15,865 18,938 14,108 14,835 20,250 22,402 22,154 24,550 26,720 28,805 % 5.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.6 Germany 21,577 15,774 14,866 16,025 14,345 14,361 21,323 18,552 19,246 22,583 27,472 30,409 % 6.0 5.7 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 India 64,320 66,777 86,363 90,326 95,685 93,722 96,010 91,177 93,884 120,898 149,504 165,815 % 17.8 24.2 25.5 23.4 25.5 24.4 18.2 18.2 18.4 20.1 20.3 20.6 Italy 8,745 8,057 8,243 12,376 8,785 7,736 11,243 7,914 7,982 10,226 12,621 14,614 % 2.4 2.9 2.4 3.2 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 Japan 28,830 23,223 27,412 24,231 18,239 22,242 27,058 23,383 22,445 23,332 26,283 28,642 % 8.0 8.4 8.1 6.3 4.9 5.8 5.1 4.7 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.6 Netherlands 13,662 8,306 8,443 11,160 8,947 7,207 10,589 10,900 11,147 13,471 16,836 15,445 % 3.8 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.4 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 1.9 Spain 5,897 5,267 8,265 11,767 8,891 10,377 15,672 13,851 13,006 13,712 16,037 14,549 % 1.6 1.9 2.4 3.1 2.4 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.8 Switzerland 5,649 3,352 3,246 3,788 3,163 3,559 5,238 5,186 5,281 5,320 11,020 7,046 % 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1 1 1 Sri Lanka 9,844 9,805 13,930 16,124 18,770 27,413 49,947 37,817 36,362 45,531 59,884 69,476 % 2.7 3.6 4.1 4.2 5.0 7.1 9.5 7.6 7.1 7.6 8.1 8.7 U.S.A. 32,052 17,518 18,838 20,680 18,539 19,833 29,783 30,076 32,043 36,425 42,875 48,985 % 8.9 6.4 5.6 5.4 4.9 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.1 U.K. 33,533 21,007 22,101 24,667 25,151 22,708 32,367 33,658 35,382 35,091 39,091 41,294 % 9.3 7.6 6.5 6.4 6.7 5.9 6.1 6.7 6.9 5.8 5.3 5.1 Others 81,662 58,205 85,725 100,419 102,360 99,996 147,694 136,823 140,574 168,590 179,158 214,638 % 22.6 21.1 25.4 26.1 27.3 26.0 28.0 27.3 27.6 28.0 24.3 26.7 Not Specified - - - - - 4,005 3,515 4,007 6,043 3,465 25,433 5,061 % - - - - - 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.2 0.6 3.5 0.6 Total 361,237 275,468 338,132 385,297 375,398 383,926 526,705 500,277 509,956 602,867 736,215 803,092 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

23 TABLE 12: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2011-2012 Month Nationality Year Total Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2011 29 20 36 54 44 37 42 24 45 65 75 37 508 Afghanistan 2012 49 35 47 25 28 44 21 19 17 50 79 89 503 2011 380 242 256 179 96 111 95 85 148 237 296 101 2,226 Argentina 2012 68 227 140 95 92 74 92 73 91 328 158 179 1,617 2011 1,281 1,258 1,661 2,148 1,445 1,002 685 953 1,985 3,080 2,451 1,875 19,824 Australia 2012 1,412 1,543 1,892 2,244 1,356 944 735 871 2,689 3,210 2,762 2,372 22,030 2011 208 253 398 318 135 230 147 291 288 956 390 384 3,998 Austria 2012 149 245 473 438 165 196 164 185 434 761 363 224 3,797 2011 1,652 1,494 1,488 1,787 1,190 1,026 961 1,150 1,850 1,401 1,943 1,621 17,563 Bangladesh 2012 1,906 1,518 1,928 1,386 1,445 1,096 813 1,910 1,161 1,012 1,199 1,390 16,764 2011 297 345 513 595 218 224 477 555 515 1,489 755 385 6,368 Belgium 2012 385 489 719 541 278 278 610 508 464 1,085 585 344 6,286 2011 472 297 295 191 242 245 302 189 231 217 309 311 3,301 Bhutan 2012 460 593 393 261 177 254 213 200 345 453 577 257 4,183 2011 227 167 155 207 95 59 76 65 141 321 239 107 1,859 Brazil 2012 185 144 125 66 121 113 81 68 148 327 119 133 1,630 2011 15 41 22 58 17 7 8 10 13 44 41 26 302 Bulgaria 2012 71 185 91 56 56 24 19 33 107 326 165 96 1,229 2011 10 9 10 15 13 3 2 10 11 15 28 15 141 Cambodia 2012 9 33 22 16 15 15 9 21 21 47 49 605 862 2011 585 934 1,199 1,195 823 524 461 641 826 1,798 1,616 802 11,404 Canada 2012 998 983 1,575 1,862 873 757 568 610 900 2,014 1,463 904 13,507 2011 3,562 4,679 4,187 4,219 3,697 3,719 5,206 6,272 6,344 6,308 6,619 7,105 61,917 China 2012 8,102 5,223 6,126 5,976 3,181 4,299 6,084 5,672 7,641 6,597 6,547 6,413 71,861 2011 106 35 181 290 96 32 59 53 297 775 157 40 2,121 Czech Republic 2012 144 294 259 356 139 112 131 208 339 1,063 314 233 3,592 2011 355 556 713 816 349 261 217 323 440 1,056 698 354 6,138 Denmark 2012 530 646 1,031 860 483 250 301 306 500 1,007 854 350 7,118 2011 152 153 280 307 135 87 61 83 124 448 272 174 2,276 Finland 2012 219 208 306 224 89 145 60 124 241 336 263 249 2,464 24 TABLE 12: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2011-2012 (contd.) Month Nationality Year Total Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2011 1,022 1,716 2,742 3,433 1,247 936 1,175 1,572 1,888 5,600 4,112 1,277 26,720 France 2012 1,709 2,009 3,080 3,774 1,328 1,025 1,447 1,466 2,230 5,624 3,628 1,485 28,805 2011 1,070 1,785 2,985 3,001 1,393 1,057 842 1,729 2,648 6,276 3,217 1,469 27,472 Germany 2012 1,281 2,156 5,106 3,262 1,535 869 1,074 1,499 3,181 5,622 3,247 1,577 30,409 2011 74 62 82 148 31 19 42 234 60 115 95 106 1,068 Greece 2012 60 45 80 182 19 66 21 9 5 43 84 77 691 2011 8,081 8,294 9,110 10,662 16,510 21,034 13,786 16,194 12,473 10,008 11,024 12,328 149,504 India 2012 10,446 11,158 16,269 16,051 20,177 23,546 15,158 14,374 11,729 6,843 8,570 11,494 165,815 2011 49 49 93 91 104 48 52 183 79 96 98 85 1,027 Indonesia 2012 71 115 110 92 78 62 118 171 104 117 358 104 1,500 2011 101 129 186 357 121 143 167 183 172 212 207 190 2,168 Ireland 2012 163 118 191 232 116 120 130 56 193 358 176 165 2,018 2011 140 297 917 815 286 74 91 251 1,510 1,350 507 281 6,519 Israel 2012 312 382 970 869 300 201 128 345 1,995 1,034 366 249 7,151 2011 493 546 858 996 617 684 565 2,970 825 2,089 1,158 820 12,621 Italy 2012 491 885 1,028 1,869 573 543 631 3,773 846 1,816 1,273 886 14,614 2011 2,124 2,574 3,218 1,755 1,141 899 1,000 1,789 2,071 2,604 4,047 3,061 26,283 Japan 2012 2,067 3,559 3,564 2,294 1,223 1,090 1,328 1,965 1,995 2,469 3,827 3,261 28,642 2011 257 442 870 492 457 374 407 817 453 738 1,116 958 7,381 Malaysia 2012 416 534 835 614 885 463 526 963 1,195 1,037 2,317 1,995 11,780 2011 111 51 108 186 183 120 109 41 133 128 163 123 1,456 Mexico 2012 73 66 147 115 102 163 119 65 92 281 95 146 1,464 2011 21 20 15 54 18 15 23 18 27 51 36 30 328 Myanmar 2012 234 751 66 245 570 670 235 36 621 439 3,385 2,218 9,470 2011 935 959 1,625 1,164 774 724 1,251 1,340 1,380 3,269 2,040 1,375 16,836 Netherlands 2012 1,008 1,069 1,702 1,086 573 566 1,815 994 1,281 2,617 1,413 1,321 15,445 2011 145 143 227 397 196 101 77 158 268 509 506 372 3,099 New Zealand 2012 183 257 339 453 212 144 183 149 345 637 439 416 3,757 2011 206 268 379 366 202 111 157 88 237 510 531 185 3,240 Norway 2012 199 296 646 325 138 101 153 167 221 547 336 151 3,280 25

TABLE 12: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2011-2012 (contd.) Month Nationality Year Total Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2011 336 275 280 600 432 312 377 324 246 400 433 368 4,383 Pakistan 2012 359 238 401 502 309 618 694 368 410 268 453 452 5,072 2011 90 127 521 497 169 97 142 144 190 128 168 126 2,399 Philippines 2012 147 116 220 132 111 118 99 151 147 194 166 156 1,757 2011 127 222 312 362 112 59 75 109 393 814 483 84 3,152 Poland 2012 288 475 1,158 541 243 108 182 109 310 928 907 440 5,689 2011 42 91 79 225 81 83 60 146 139 126 163 46 1,281 Portugal 2012 96 90 128 91 44 58 45 64 148 182 116 123 1,185 Republic of 2011 4,204 2,717 2,014 1,742 1,082 973 1,681 1,785 1,325 2,476 2,472 2,017 24,488 Korea 2012 4,220 3,074 2,836 1,681 771 1,485 1,873 1,601 1,317 2,077 2,630 2,439 26,004 2011 - Romania 2012 25 113 116 131 50 30 55 133 301 203 80 99 1,336 Russian 2011 338 387 529 781 504 243 116 225 438 1,048 497 448 5,554 Federation 2012 432 566 1,038 2,098 1,033 609 283 541 765 1,083 692 533 9,673 2011 46 58 63 81 44 60 77 37 76 60 61 80 743 Saudi Arabia 2012 100 106 131 98 67 142 74 28 161 106 130 66 1,209 2011 295 315 572 467 679 382 357 421 517 797 1,155 1,028 6,985 Singapore 2012 228 532 627 383 389 425 193 186 382 431 929 921 5,626 2011 38 30 52 90 30 1 15 36 50 134 51 37 564 Slovakia 2012 96 95 106 146 135 71 35 33 101 228 148 73 1,267 2011 - South Africa 2012 69 89 148 154 89 68 54 85 85 254 116 113 1,324 2011 489 542 598 1,395 627 385 1,537 3,221 1,830 2,794 1,679 940 16,037 Spain 2012 533 800 1,381 1,083 592 392 1,639 2,623 1,572 2,113 1,139 682 14,549 2011 140 7,583 8,956 1,066 351 179 965 16,944 7,075 7,173 7,968 1,484 59,884 Sri Lanka 2012 808 6,576 11,423 1,187 643 1,606 2,284 20,562 7,028 5,663 9,992 1,704 69,476 2011 325 270 410 398 210 165 149 181 288 684 658 344 4,082 Sweden 2012 271 517 540 399 211 170 151 320 345 671 522 335 4,452 2011 345 515 501 749 462 332 355 346 1,050 4,461 1,311 593 11,020 Switzerland 2012 482 534 1,199 711 345 274 387 286 705 1,198 532 393 7,046

26 TABLE 12: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2011-2012 (contd.) Month Nationality Year Total Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2011 3,501 5,890 5,788 1,788 673 332 688 652 596 4,226 4,725 4,682 33,541 Thailand 2012 2,809 6,441 4,891 2,218 815 1,516 1,806 665 1,229 3,193 5,311 5,724 36,618 2011 92 288 227 137 111 55 61 161 144 247 479 118 2,120 Turkey 2012 88 84 205 114 69 132 86 60 138 469 156 87 1,688 2011 138 88 124 196 98 54 22 56 83 193 97 44 1,193 Ukraine 2012 97 134 155 352 171 117 63 112 97 300 141 147 1,886 2011 1,852 2,710 3,848 5,116 2,119 1,536 2,209 2,530 3,122 6,702 4,817 2,530 39,091 UK 2012 2,094 3,308 4,960 4,674 2,257 1,778 2,306 2,271 3,181 6,258 5,248 2,959 41,294 2011 3,022 2,961 4,084 3,747 3,318 3,389 2,320 2,409 3,486 6,244 4,729 3,166 42,875 USA 2012 3,157 3,637 5,009 4,694 3,703 3,794 2,795 2,436 3,793 7,709 4,764 3,494 48,985 2011 9 22 146 35 91 20 42 39 87 78 98 43 710 Vietnam 2012 121 184 94 47 239 130 163 83 168 69 493 385 2,176 2011 -

Taiwan 2012 1,123 852 617 482 217 274 618 677 777 1,353 1,249 589 8,828 2011 317 506 585 615 493 319 429 416 471 657 570 467 5,845 Others 2012 1,141 1,693 2,030 1,491 1,068 1,004 827 1,169 1,728 2,953 1,991 1,512 18,607 Not 2011 1,508 1,665 1,446 1,539 1,529 1,648 892 1,401 2,289 3,737 3,863 3,916 25,433 Specified 2012 317 439 478 518 419 481 316 561 364 376 257 535 5,061 Grand- 2011 42,622 56,339 67,565 59,751 46,202 46,115 42,661 71,398 63,033 96,996 83,460 60,073 736,215 Total 2012 52,501 66,459 89,151 69,796 50,317 53,630 49,995 71,964 66,383 86,379 83,173 63,344 803,092

27 TABLE 13: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY DIFFERENT AIRLINES 2001-2012 Year Airlines 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 9W-Jet Airways - - - 15,101 20,077 25,086 39,385 48,662 49,263 67,602 66,828 77,392 BA-Baharain Air ------394 284 80 BG-Biman Bangladesh 11,877 9,524 10,882 9,432 4,714 6,221 7,755 10,360 13,502 10,360 17,722 18,334 CA-Air China - - - - 6,295 6,298 18,120 7,693 13,250 13,436 16,272 17,873 CE-China Eastern ------6,543 11,066 15,971 CS-China Southrn ------4,030 10,939 13,181 DA-Dragon Air ------15,344 22,737 27,419 EY-Etihad Airways ------14,789 8,354 18,235 16,528 17,559 FD-Fly Dubai ------4,134 7,403 10,052 G9-Air Arabia ------4,045 3,755 5,428 6,222 5,975 GF-Gulf Air 10,146 9,733 18,532 16,986 19,015 19,361 21,047 17,401 14,234 13,931 12,126 11,380 IC-Indian Airlines 78,024 47,543 78,461 78,959 36,982 36,311 65,571 60,954 66,430 68,120 59,188 81,043 KA-Korean Air 1,481 - - - - - 7,606 5,737 12,986 10,459 14,116 14,952 KB-Druk Air 2,589 2,681 3,343 4,373 7,282 6,257 10,584 9,275 8,019 9,303 11,514 12,658 KF-King Fisher ------15,290 24,402 2,973 MI-Silk Air ------9,340 13,189 13,030 11,409 13,212 NA-Nepal Airlines 83,760 65,550 70,779 57,678 42,069 38,612 29,943 21,000 19,668 21,879 16,623 14,003 PK-Pakistan Int'l 6,194 - - 1,910 1,855 1,997 2,265 2,614 3,609 3,339 3,249 3,451 QR-Qatar Airlines 21,526 21,003 26,320 32,866 30,526 34,091 48,349 44,374 38,806 37,803 40,199 58,025 S2-Jet Lite ------36,266 28,103 37,913 37,800 28,749 23,866 SG-Spice Jet ------83,289 57,501 TG-Thai Airlines 49,810 39,825 55,102 58,197 44,956 48,203 54,667 44,699 50,956 48,985 43,790 47,630 WY-Oman Air ------6,961 9,009 Others 34,107 22,801 12,019 21,833 63,575 61,382 19,155 45,615 25,388 19,688 13,561 44,691 Not Specified ------3,667 44 28 Total 299,514 218,660 275,438 297,335 277,346 283,819 360,713 374,661 379,322 448,800 545,221 598,258 28

TABLE 14: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & AIRLINES, 2012 Nationality Airlines Afghanistan Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Bhutan Brazil Bulgaria NA - Nepal Airlines - 11 183 22 55 29 8 22 33 IC - Indian Airlines 133 314 1,076 658 44 494 95 318 60 TG - Thai Airlines 44 27 4,989 83 56 130 90 84 30 QR - Qatar Airlines 25 85 479 723 65 1,388 108 213 86 GF - Gulf Air 28 3 71 26 16 101 58 10 2 BG - Biman Bangladesh 6 12 183 10 13,965 25 16 2 18 MI - Silk Air 24 4 4,387 31 12 24 43 17 4 KB - Druk Air 8 22 374 107 69 162 2,597 89 12 PK - Pakisthan Int'l Airlines 3 - 3 1 2 3 11 - - 9W - Jet Airways 62 130 1,367 274 96 863 95 129 69 CA - Air China - 10 271 19 1 33 20 35 10 S2 - Jet Lite Ltd. 4 29 341 97 9 192 11 58 6 KA - Korean Air - - 37 3 25 15 5 - 3 EY - Etihad Airway 7 4 353 347 17 1,043 21 10 9 G9 - Air Arabia 24 6 67 9 61 40 12 8 149 BA - Baharain Air - - 3 - 1 - - - - CE - China Eastern Airlines - 6 92 18 7 23 2 7 3 CS - China Southern Airlines 2 1 1,260 8 10 8 13 17 5 DA - Dragon Air 4 11 1,836 15 7 38 42 13 3 FD - Fly Dubai 39 19 217 36 29 43 27 45 15 KF - King Fisher 6 - 47 12 7 18 1 10 - WY - Oman Air 2 - 94 262 3 53 13 14 - SG - Spice Jet 67 61 387 61 31 105 40 70 59 Others 6 163 405 53 1,219 101 29 69 9 Not Specified ------Total 494 918 18,522 2,875 15,807 4,931 3,357 1,240 585

TABLE 14: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & AIRLINES, 2012 (contd.) Nationality Airlines Cambodia Canada China Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece NA - Nepal Airlines 13 232 3,290 6 21 46 195 112 34 IC - Indian Airlines 59 1,134 1,730 225 282 330 5,972 3,702 91 TG - Thai Airlines 108 883 691 19 261 141 568 788 37 QR - Qatar Airlines 11 1,438 407 139 2,094 209 6,846 5,804 147 GF - Gulf Air 2 226 69 9 1,248 50 1,487 826 47 BG - Biman Bangladesh - 241 269 4 68 43 105 198 5 MI - Silk Air 1 130 157 3 15 13 112 115 5 KB - Druk Air 4 257 1,864 114 102 32 393 765 5 PK - Pakisthan Int'l Airlines - 33 46 2 1 1 13 16 1 9W - Jet Airways 11 2,427 2,435 829 396 305 2,306 1,692 84 CA - Air China 1 170 13,595 86 66 19 221 365 - S2 - Jet Lite Ltd. 1 560 436 217 224 214 741 605 10 KA - Korean Air - 231 375 6 9 8 45 22 - EY - Etihad Airway - 266 101 64 79 212 3,006 4,226 11 G9 - Air Arabia 3 60 24 4 10 11 107 78 13 BA - Baharain Air - 10 - - - - 4 - - CE - China Eastern Airlines 2 119 13,278 21 33 19 108 103 5 CS - China Southern Airlines 1 387 4,227 24 17 23 83 76 2 DA - Dragon Air 13 1,633 7,928 6 18 36 244 186 5 FD - Fly Dubai 8 208 106 126 46 22 230 597 6 KF - King Fisher - 41 165 - 55 49 85 48 - WY - Oman Air 6 51 28 25 49 10 887 3,764 2 SG - Spice Jet 26 447 2,123 76 338 189 622 484 52 Others 22 326 661 35 137 216 507 515 78 Not Specified - - 2 ------Total 292 11,510 54,007 2,040 5,569 2,198 24,887 25,087 640

30 TABLE 14: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & AIRLINES, 2012 (contd.) Nationality Airlines India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Malaysia Mexico Myanmar NA - Nepal Airlines 505 43 7 523 67 230 3,828 4 69 IC - Indian Airlines 37,176 38 121 1,387 2,980 988 269 390 83 TG - Thai Airlines 927 412 105 533 263 10,600 3,316 66 481 QR - Qatar Airlines 1,248 50 183 251 3,633 121 75 41 37 GF - Gulf Air 589 1 62 121 91 22 51 8 - BG - Biman Bangladesh 294 38 19 12 74 254 65 13 4 MI - Silk Air 238 150 25 48 10 976 511 5 2 KB - Druk Air 295 9 22 62 231 316 854 56 3 PK - Pakisthan Int'l Airlines 13 - 1 - 3 10 3 - - 9W - Jet Airways 30,729 74 338 1,534 1,872 733 254 170 49 CA - Air China 79 12 10 50 117 349 84 30 5 S2 - Jet Lite Ltd. 12,074 10 113 95 716 127 37 79 6 KA - Korean Air 47 1 4 46 16 723 2 8 12 EY - Etihad Airway 419 12 248 17 668 160 8 7 10 G9 - Air Arabia 1,842 1 28 22 31 30 3 2 11 BA - Baharain Air 14 ------3 - CE - China Eastern Airlines 93 6 5 51 39 810 3 15 - CS - China Southern Airlines 696 8 13 21 34 2,936 14 12 4 DA - Dragon Air 430 54 40 166 89 4,771 301 33 13 FD - Fly Dubai 1,248 9 70 52 221 73 55 10 15 KF - King Fisher 1,770 4 4 9 39 14 - 10 - WY - Oman Air 296 3 27 43 548 12 2 5 2 SG - Spice Jet 42,715 36 91 936 351 275 157 88 30 Others 31,936 13 31 314 291 310 317 158 11 Not Specified 4 - - 1 - - - - - Total 165,677 984 1,567 6,294 12,384 24,840 10,209 1,213 847 31

TABLE 14: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & AIRLINES, 2012 (contd.) Nationality Airlines Netherland New Zealand Norway Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania NA - Nepal Airlines 67 61 26 23 78 23 16 532 10 IC - Indian Airlines 819 237 157 33 42 542 128 795 93 TG - Thai Airlines 303 794 297 83 475 60 34 2,289 39 QR - Qatar Airlines 3,046 92 965 429 119 1,088 150 129 144 GF - Gulf Air 114 15 142 88 36 16 29 37 15 BG - Biman Bangladesh 50 14 29 381 44 6 8 159 2 MI - Silk Air 128 689 13 24 46 17 3 145 5 KB - Druk Air 240 36 40 48 90 50 31 206 32 PK - Pakisthan Int'l Airlines 6 2 - 3,097 3 6 - 20 - 9W - Jet Airways 1,722 250 459 68 104 708 181 240 72 CA - Air China 117 38 4 3 1 15 9 219 26 S2 - Jet Lite Ltd. 337 97 117 5 26 579 77 112 30 KA - Korean Air 24 38 6 50 2 30 1 11,427 4 EY - Etihad Airway 287 61 305 292 40 97 107 41 22 G9 - Air Arabia 226 14 5 133 67 72 17 45 118 BA - Baharain Air 2 - - - 1 - - 1 - CE - China Eastern Airlines 89 18 8 2 - 11 9 49 - CS - China Southern Airlines 47 89 15 4 32 10 5 1,000 5 DA - Dragon Air 76 203 43 8 256 11 18 817 36 FD - Fly Dubai 152 113 29 169 139 60 40 49 69 KF - King Fisher 39 20 22 2 9 6 5 7 - WY - Oman Air 82 23 3 55 30 38 11 7 11 SG - Spice Jet 185 96 76 40 32 340 61 332 173 Others 1,101 60 41 17 46 390 97 317 81 Not Specified ------1 - Total 9,259 3,060 2,802 5,054 1,718 4,175 1,037 18,976 987

32 TABLE 14: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & AIRLINES, 2012 (contd.) Nationality Airlines Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Singapore Slovakia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland NA - Nepal Airlines 80 12 100 3 20 32 25 42 48 IC - Indian Airlines 1,121 70 48 88 88 3,291 58 388 548 TG - Thai Airlines 156 24 1,491 40 24 213 383 162 390 QR - Qatar Airlines 1,429 174 28 212 254 3,458 258 1,103 1,799 GF - Gulf Air 34 219 9 14 8 122 30 134 63 BG - Biman Bangladesh 25 31 9 1 5 52 60 96 58 MI - Silk Air 17 1 2,066 4 15 24 56 10 40 KB - Druk Air 145 2 65 17 25 352 9 42 117 PK - Pakisthan Int'l Airlines 2 2 3 - 2 5 2 3 1 9W - Jet Airways 1,980 147 267 241 128 1,380 838 377 643 CA - Air China 128 1 21 14 38 129 - 37 41 S2 - Jet Lite Ltd. 352 27 18 50 20 449 119 143 204 KA - Korean Air 39 2 4 1 6 16 1 15 2 EY - Etihad Airway 110 97 1 50 40 155 24 191 447 G9 - Air Arabia 302 73 11 18 28 90 38 17 17 BA - Baharain Air - 1 - 2 - - - - - CE - China Eastern Airlines 56 2 10 6 8 48 2 33 36 CS - China Southern Airlines 76 9 8 5 2 45 2 35 17 DA - Dragon Air 31 17 45 12 11 44 10 57 38 FD - Fly Dubai 758 63 18 16 321 160 15 68 44 KF - King Fisher 9 6 - - 2 63 1 3 19 WY - Oman Air 14 28 2 17 10 42 16 8 639 SG - Spice Jet 637 24 54 43 61 855 38 151 179 Others 304 10 22 42 89 475 8 97 77 Not Specified - 4 ------Total 7,805 1,046 4,300 896 1,205 11,500 1,993 3,212 5,467 33

TABLE 14: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & AIRLINES, 2012 (contd.) Nationality Airlines Thailand Turkey Ukraine UK USA Vietnam Taiwan Others Not Sp. Total NA - Nepal Airlines 485 7 8 1,048 310 30 821 458 50 14,003 IC - Indian Airlines 87 291 126 3,308 5,899 28 205 1,915 489 81,043 TG - Thai Airlines 4,952 14 48 1,509 4,753 550 1,508 1,202 105 47,630 QR - Qatar Airlines 26 195 55 7,788 6,159 10 16 2,858 135 58,025 GF - Gulf Air 3 26 8 1,800 2,277 10 2 848 57 11,380 BG - Biman Bangladesh 17 23 3 294 767 - 30 178 49 18,334 MI - Silk Air 20 - 26 489 1,938 8 88 259 19 13,212 KB - Druk Air 19 75 - 736 1,047 - 198 157 55 12,658 PK - Pakisthan Int'l Airlines - 1 - 29 40 - 10 26 25 3,451 9W - Jet Airways 109 212 120 9,414 5,997 19 128 1,908 357 77,392 CA - Air China 20 9 10 196 720 11 70 200 138 17,873 S2 - Jet Lite Ltd. 23 14 34 2,188 1,303 5 13 377 135 23,866 KA - Korean Air - - 3 31 1,375 2 41 156 33 14,952 EY - Etihad Airway 24 14 41 2,226 747 2 8 760 45 17,559 G9 - Air Arabia 4 386 458 328 122 2 5 669 54 5,975 BA - Baharain Air - - - 1 22 - - 12 3 80 CE - China Eastern Airlines 2 1 1 85 370 1 85 103 68 15,971 CS - China Southern Airlines - 3 4 148 637 41 864 129 47 13,181 DA - Dragon Air 17 4 2 742 3,030 19 3,506 325 106 27,419 FD - Fly Dubai 10 21 307 1,208 1,665 5 12 899 70 10,052 KF - King Fisher 3 5 4 91 203 - 2 44 14 2,973 WY - Oman Air 4 5 - 1,249 101 3 8 358 44 9,009 SG - Spice Jet 17 161 118 769 1,482 31 76 1,119 434 57,501 Others 48 47 76 653 1,652 19 80 690 220 44,691 Not Specified - - - 1 6 - - 9 - 28 Total 5,890 1,514 1,452 36,331 42,622 796 7,776 15,659 2,752 598,258

34 TABLE 15: TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY & MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, 2012 Means of Transportation Nationality Air Land Total Number Percent Number Percent Afghanistan 494 98.21 9 1.79 503 Argentina 918 56.77 699 43.23 1,617 Australia 18,522 84.08 3,508 15.92 22,030 Austria 2,875 75.72 922 24.28 3,797 Bangladesh 15,807 94.29 957 5.71 16,764 Belgium 4,931 78.44 1,355 21.56 6,286 Bhutan 3,357 80.25 826 19.75 4,183 Brazil 1,240 76.07 390 23.93 1,630 Bulgaria 585 47.60 644 52.40 1,229 Cambodia 292 33.87 570 66.13 862 Canada 11,510 85.22 1,997 14.78 13,507 China 54,007 75.15 17,854 24.85 71,861 Czech Republic 2,040 56.79 1,552 43.21 3,592 Denmark 5,569 78.24 1,549 21.76 7,118 Finland 2,198 89.20 266 10.80 2,464 France 24,887 86.40 3,918 13.60 28,805 Germany 25,087 82.50 5,322 17.50 30,409 Greece 640 92.62 51 7.38 691 India 165,677 99.92 138 0.08 165,815 Indonesia 984 65.60 516 34.40 1,500 Ireland 1,567 77.65 451 22.35 2,018 Israel 6,294 88.02 857 11.98 7,151 Italy 12,384 84.74 2,230 15.26 14,614 Japan 24,840 86.73 3,802 13.27 28,642 Malaysia 10,209 86.66 1,571 13.34 11,780 Mexico 1,213 82.86 251 17.14 1,464 Myanmar 847 8.94 8,623 91.06 9,470 Netherlands 9,259 59.95 6,186 40.05 15,445

35 TABLE 15: TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY & MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, 2012 (contd.) Means of Transportation Nationality Air Land Total Number Percent Number Percent New Zealand 3,060 81.45 697 18.55 3,757 Norway 2,802 85.43 478 14.57 3,280 Pakistan 5,054 99.65 18 0.35 5,072 Philippines 1,718 97.78 39 2.22 1,757 Poland 4,175 73.39 1,514 26.61 5,689 Portugal 1,037 87.51 148 12.49 1,185 Republic of Korea 18,976 72.97 7,028 27.03 26,004 Romania 987 73.88 349 26.12 1,336 Russian Federation 7,805 80.69 1,868 19.31 9,673 Saudi Arabia 1,046 86.52 163 13.48 1,209 Singapore 4,300 76.43 1,326 23.57 5,626 Slovakia 896 70.72 371 29.28 1,267 South Africa 1,205 91.01 119 8.99 1,324 Spain 11,500 79.04 3,049 20.96 14,549 Sri Lanka 1,993 2.87 67,483 97.13 69,476 Sweden 3,212 72.15 1,240 27.85 4,452 Switzerland 5,467 77.59 1,579 22.41 7,046 Thailand 5,890 16.08 30,728 83.92 36,618 Turkey 1,514 89.69 174 10.31 1,688 Ukraine 1,452 76.99 434 23.01 1,886 UK 36,331 87.98 4,963 12.02 41,294 USA 42,622 87.01 6,363 12.99 48,985 Vietnam 796 36.58 1,380 63.42 2,176 Taiwan 7,776 88.08 1,052 11.92 8,828 Others 15,659 84.16 2,948 15.84 18,607 Not Specified 2,752 54.38 2,309 45.62 5,061 Total 598,258 74.49 204,834 25.51 803,092

36 TABLE 16: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY DIFFERENT AIRLINES BY MONTH, 2012

Airlines Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 9W - Jet Airways 3,999 6,004 8,198 8,841 7,613 7,711 4,547 5,228 5,634 8,568 6,517 4,532 77,392 BA - Baharain Air - 14 40 - 2 - 1 - 3 6 - 14 80 BG - Biman Bangladesh 2,153 1,665 2,070 1,683 1,546 1,340 1,038 1,752 944 1,234 1,467 1,442 18,334 CA - Air China 2,152 942 1,277 1,369 1,417 1,650 1,142 1,432 1,600 1,693 2,147 1,052 17,873 CE - China Eastern Airlines 1,641 993 1,404 1,103 508 514 1,595 1,476 697 1,570 2,244 2,226 15,971 CS - China Southern Airlines 504 583 972 1,015 943 1,036 1,676 1,420 985 1,234 1,325 1,488 13,181 DA - Dragon Air 2,335 2,283 2,443 2,370 757 848 964 806 4,793 5,223 3,178 1,419 27,419 EY - Etihad Airway 961 1,526 2,332 1,706 768 130 946 1,255 1,795 4,380 1,706 54 17,559 FD - Fly Dubai 419 541 1,036 873 445 456 408 1,211 731 2,101 974 857 10,052 G9 - Air Arabia 478 254 400 538 263 374 476 1,180 409 670 530 403 5,975 GF - Gulf Air 716 922 1,430 1,253 587 569 423 490 1,492 1,274 1,118 1,106 11,380 IC - Indian Airlines 3,710 5,649 9,692 7,528 7,315 6,811 5,210 6,493 7,774 8,113 6,846 5,902 81,043 KA - Korean Air 2,203 1,506 1,524 1,409 365 665 1,188 1,164 611 1,815 1,019 1,483 14,952 KB - Druk Air 819 822 1,195 1,324 862 829 572 857 858 2,121 1,850 549 12,658 KF - King Fisher 1,766 383 7 ------817 - 2,973 MI - Silk Air 883 797 1,060 1,285 704 745 445 431 1,271 1,748 2,263 1,580 13,212 NA - Nepal Airlines 1,578 768 1,351 1,194 673 888 955 1,394 996 865 2,319 1,022 14,003 PK - Pakisthan Int'l Airlines 169 128 340 355 261 507 568 191 174 155 362 241 3,451 QR - Qatar Airlines 2,745 3,337 7,135 6,204 2,861 2,995 3,809 4,657 4,581 8,712 6,155 4,834 58,025 S2 - Jet Lite Ltd. 1,756 2,888 4,412 3,765 3,885 3,572 1,082 9 100 687 1,700 10 23,866 SG - Spice Jet 4,870 3,420 5,507 6,685 4,263 4,589 5,529 4,714 4,240 4,707 4,450 4,527 57,501 TG - Thai Airlines 3,330 3,691 4,742 4,317 2,916 2,229 2,006 3,167 4,126 5,218 6,382 5,506 47,630 WY - Oman Air 319 548 1,229 1,040 196 57 561 772 1,349 1,581 867 490 9,009 Others 2,529 3,061 3,994 3,551 3,673 4,725 3,316 4,455 3,922 4,229 3,183 4,053 44,691 Not Specified - - 23 - 1 - - 4 - - - - 28 Total 42,035 42,725 63,813 59,408 42,824 43,240 38,457 44,558 49,085 67,904 59,419 44,790 598,258

TABLE 17: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE & MONTH, 2012 Month

Nationality Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Afghanistan 55 35 51 36 31 50 19 33 21 62 76 101 570 Argentina 59 217 132 99 104 87 93 61 86 314 138 162 1,552 Australia 1,442 1,541 1,883 2,289 1,333 950 745 850 2,681 3,338 2,815 2,405 22,272 Austria 136 247 471 439 157 197 163 172 412 728 367 217 3,706 Bangladesh 1,906 1,511 1,895 1,386 1,375 1,104 848 1,967 1,193 1,147 1,215 1,423 16,970 Belgium 382 517 724 558 282 287 609 539 472 1,092 607 360 6,429 Bhutan 451 594 368 245 157 260 213 195 339 386 545 237 3,990 Brazil 168 133 108 45 110 113 78 56 137 315 93 124 1,480 Bulgaria 71 188 86 48 51 27 14 32 105 321 163 94 1,200 Cambodia 9 39 27 34 22 11 12 21 40 54 52 550 871 Canada 967 928 1,485 1,760 830 750 558 578 867 1,898 1,429 835 12,885 China 7,958 5,192 6,067 5,826 3,195 4,341 6,015 5,618 7,863 6,652 6,364 6,289 71,380 Czech Republic 138 290 251 348 134 110 126 203 325 1,048 305 227 3,505 Denmark 521 613 1,007 798 469 235 296 291 493 1,000 830 299 6,852 Finland 201 198 291 213 81 128 57 118 229 324 245 235 2,320 France 1,672 1,940 2,946 3,520 1,261 897 1,433 1,440 2,135 5,459 3,579 1,402 27,684 Germany 1,198 2,122 5,085 3,177 1,509 841 1,024 1,428 3,065 5,504 3,170 1,559 29,682 Greece 66 44 73 164 18 49 21 9 5 41 81 72 643 India 10,260 11,122 16,274 16,211 20,161 23,357 15,019 14,367 11,698 6,828 8,414 11,428 165,139 Indonesia 63 108 116 80 80 50 90 147 103 98 308 114 1,357 Ireland 144 117 160 169 97 99 123 48 159 330 134 160 1,740 Israel 301 375 980 858 305 202 118 344 2,004 1,007 349 244 7,087 Italy 469 877 982 1,864 542 527 593 3,791 785 1,693 1,228 840 14,191 Japan 1,997 3,503 3,542 2,174 1,173 1,040 1,289 1,938 1,954 2,450 3,740 3,193 27,993 Malaysia 406 519 835 598 874 442 544 971 1,246 1,161 2,311 2,025 11,932 Mexico 71 56 143 101 92 146 107 57 91 278 88 153 1,383 Myanmar 240 493 64 235 442 596 189 31 589 451 2,837 1,876 8,043

38 TABLE 17: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE & MONTH, 2012 (contd.) Month Nationality Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Netherlands 957 1,009 1,637 1,005 545 531 1,700 954 1,255 2,546 1,326 1,262 14,727 New Zealand 165 231 309 440 202 128 155 131 334 604 413 355 3,467 Norway 197 307 648 299 133 110 148 169 226 539 337 157 3,270 Pakistan 339 222 376 491 308 583 689 345 420 237 442 439 4,891 Philippines 122 122 199 123 116 126 103 148 160 206 143 166 1,734 Poland 263 420 1,110 470 216 91 156 93 271 840 781 396 5,107 Portugal 82 82 129 72 37 49 38 55 119 170 100 94 1,027 Republic of Korea 4,176 3,013 2,745 1,594 748 1,413 1,760 1,591 1,242 2,003 2,497 2,347 25,129 Romania 29 106 110 124 49 28 50 123 290 121 73 92 1,195 Russian Federation 419 549 1,012 2,073 1,018 580 279 521 754 1,070 679 532 9,486 Saudi Arabia 117 162 204 118 93 161 111 96 213 152 147 78 1,652 Singapore 304 592 731 509 469 498 261 257 496 649 1,137 1,115 7,018 Slovakia 86 85 101 139 132 69 33 30 90 215 142 73 1,195 South Africa 76 78 135 159 90 71 47 77 87 262 115 124 1,321 Spain 556 787 1,356 1,048 571 378 1,609 2,664 1,564 2,105 1,170 682 14,490 Sri Lanka 785 6,556 11,008 1,080 579 912 1,633 17,390 6,666 5,396 8,771 1,644 62,420 Sweden 267 525 533 412 192 168 156 309 311 646 536 332 4,387 Switzerland 522 532 1,278 782 346 297 438 281 741 1,297 557 424 7,495 Thailand 2,855 6,407 4,812 2,362 859 1,397 1,563 654 1,111 3,209 4,642 5,444 35,315 Turkey 80 78 199 119 70 132 88 63 132 470 154 83 1,668 Ukraine 92 133 156 346 176 117 55 109 95 305 140 148 1,872 UK 2,042 3,179 4,804 4,539 2,131 1,744 2,253 2,243 3,016 6,146 5,336 2,931 40,364 USA 3,143 3,556 4,727 4,425 3,612 3,816 2,785 2,385 3,698 7,638 4,702 3,425 47,912 Vietnam 120 173 105 52 221 106 147 86 106 76 374 349 1,915 Taiwan 1,164 847 599 474 214 261 611 675 770 1,363 1,265 604 8,847 Others 1,625 2,122 2,618 2,248 1,492 1,363 1,011 1,391 1,939 3,191 2,252 1,817 23,069 Not Specified 567 1,067 1,464 1,018 813 1,605 1,720 3,819 1,180 944 3,459 1,607 19,263 Total 52,501 66,459 89,151 69,796 50,317 53,630 49,995 71,964 66,383 86,379 83,173 63,344 803,092

39 TABLE 18: LAST PORT OF CALL VS. NEXT PORT OF CALL , 2011-2012 Arrivals Departures Travel By 2011 2012 2011 2012 Number % Number % Number % Number % Land Bhairahawa 71,150 37.3 79,428 38.8 64,103 38.8 72,099 38.6 Birgunj 1,024 0.5 1,008 0.5 1,187 0.7 789 0.42 Dhangadhi 46 0.0 44 0.0 37 0.0 41 0.0 Kakarvitta 5,056 2.6 4,743 2.3 4,287 2.6 4,208 2.3 Kodari 53,534 28.0 52,676 25.7 35,590 21.5 43,222 23.1 Mahendra Nagar 1,633 0.9 1,602 0.8 1,335 0.8 1,014 0.5 Nepalgunj 274 0.1 275 0.1 369 0.2 311 0.2 Same day visitors 58,277 30.5 65,058 31.8 58,277 35.3 65,058 34.8 Sub Total 190,994 100.0 204,834 100.0 165,185 100.0 186,742 100.0 Air Abu Dhabi 16,614 3.0 17,608 2.9 23,058 3.8 29,978 4.4 Baharain 15,826 2.9 11,453 1.9 19,620 3.2 14,364 2.1 Bangkok 46,905 8.6 50,396 8.4 58,416 9.5 58,530 8.5 Chengdu 574 0.1 6,943 1.2 3,384 0.6 16,686 2.4 Delhi 245,728 45.1 249,830 41.8 258,888 42.2 285,897 41.5 Dhaka 20,738 3.8 19829 3.3 19,992 3.3 20,343 3.0 Doha 39,941 7.3 58174 9.7 48,000 7.8 67,340 9.8 Dubai 7,907 1.5 10218 1.7 8,536 1.4 11,182 1.6 Hongkong 28,590 5.2 33651 5.6 34,515 5.6 40,240 5.8 Karachi 3,262 0.6 3450 0.6 2,979 0.5 2,335 0.3 Kualalumpur 3,480 0.6 5125 0.9 3,422 0.6 5,224 0.8 Kolkata 8,283 1.5 11099 1.9 13,669 2.2 14,236 2.1 Lhasa 15,887 2.9 10930 1.8 17,986 2.9 5,290 0.8 Mumbai 10,119 1.9 12688 2.1 15,412 2.5 16,286 2.4 Muscut 7,058 1.3 9013 1.5 7,610 1.2 11,038 1.6 Paro 11,540 2.1 12,576 2.1 12,625 2.1 15,160 2.2 Singapore 11,421 2.1 13145 2.2 13,760 2.2 15,621 2.3 Varanashi 8,603 1.6 11145 1.9 7,952 1.3 7,033 1.0 Seoul 14,140 2.6 14943 2.5 12,102 2.0 11,350 1.6 Sharjahan 6,160 1.1 5972 1.0 5,720 0.9 6,060 0.9 Others 22,198 4.1 30,030 5.0 6,520 1.1 33,966 4.9 Not Specified 247 0.0 40 0.0 18,756 3.1 551 0.1 Sub Total 545,221 100.0 598,258 100.0 612,922 100.0 688,710 100.0 Grand Total 736,215 803,092 778,107 875,452

40 TABLE 19: AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY BY MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2012 Nationality No. of Same Day No. of Average Tourist Days Visitors Departure Length of Stay Afghanistan 13,575 2 820 16.55 Argentina 19,604 237 3,231 6.07 Australia 460,628 697 22,770 20.23 Austria 73,642 169 3,987 18.47 Bangladesh 79,989 164 17,448 4.58 Belgium 131,437 245 6,272 20.96 Bhutan 48,266 316 21,134 2.28 Brazil 26,053 103 2,713 9.60 Bulgaria 12,141 279 872 13.92 Cambodia 7,193 244 799 9.00 Canada 259,627 457 13,583 19.11 China 690,295 3,018 78,308 8.82 Czech Republic 52,143 404 3,138 16.62 Denmark 134,841 334 6,702 20.12 Finland 76,524 68 3,535 21.65 France 465,361 870 28,317 16.43 Germany 568,524 968 31,311 18.16 Greece 15,158 13 1,449 10.46 India 1,742,997 32 186,549 9.34 Indonesia 21,811 136 2,285 9.55 Ireland 68,405 125 2,762 24.77 Israel 117,804 207 7,251 16.25 Italy 156,026 302 12,176 12.81 Japan 366,192 1,055 29,943 12.23 Malaysia 79,424 578 12,423 6.39 Mexico 21,640 56 2,033 10.64 Myanmar 32,167 3,425 14,594 2.20

41 TABLE 19: AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY BY MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2012 (contd.) Nationality No. of Same Day No. of Average Tourist Days Visitors Departure Length of Stay Netherlands 257,180 1,342 14,250 18.05 New Zealand 69,313 187 3,744 18.51 Norway 87,294 148 3,425 25.49 Pakistan 93,426 4 4,248 21.99 Philippines 31,561 11 2,010 15.70 Poland 52,585 558 4,446 11.83 Portugal 18,344 35 1,550 11.83 South Korea 314,003 2,411 26,323 11.93 Romania 14,422 18 1,384 10.42 Russian 154,758 361 9,321 16.60 Saudi Arabia 6,055 79 1,125 5.38 Singapore 78,701 470 7,895 9.97 Slovakia 15,640 82 1,093 14.31 South Africa 22,500 22 1,824 12.34 Spain 163,378 720 14,219 11.49 Sri Lanka 385,628 26,515 67,877 5.68 Sweden 73,163 318 3,978 18.39 Switzerland 134,970 294 6,761 19.96 Thailand 285,683 12,175 41,509 6.88 Turkey 21,833 27 2,582 8.46 Ukraine 41,015 103 2,499 16.41 UK 851,001 1,077 40,167 21.19 USA 1,079,538 1,358 47,497 22.73 Vietnam 16,806 583 3,602 4.67 Taiwan 81,880 338 8,643 9.47 Not Specified 86,798 347 6,806 12.75 Others 464,093 971 30,269 15.33 Total 10,643,035 65,058 875,452 12.16 42 TABLE 20: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY ENTRY POINTS (LAND) AND LAST PORT OF CALL (AIR), 2012 Entry Point Unit Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total By Land Bhairahawa No 4,413 12,291 12,848 3,919 880 794 1,534 9,888 5,018 7,335 11,494 9,014 79,428 (%) 42.2 51.8 50.7 37.7 11.7 7.6 13.3 36.1 29.0 39.7 48.4 48.6 38.8 Birjung No 236 99 97 67 54 45 49 52 39 86 73 111 1,008 (%) 2.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 Dhangadhi No 2 4 5 6 3 6 0 4 10 1 2 1 44 (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Kakarvitta No 504 380 609 559 369 305 204 281 261 360 535 376 4,743 (%) 4.8 1.6 2.4 5.4 4.9 2.9 1.8 1.0 1.5 1.9 2.3 2.0 2.3 Kodari No 1,623 838 1,125 2,352 5,285 8,482 8,479 8,894 7,851 4,424 1,891 1,432 52,676 (%) 15.5 3.5 4.4 22.6 70.5 81.6 73.5 32.5 45.4 23.9 8.0 7.7 25.7 Mahendra Nagar No 112 124 177 235 102 71 82 80 155 193 145 126 1,602 (%) 1.1 0.5 0.7 2.3 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.7 0.8 Nepalgunj No 13 24 24 34 24 6 14 6 14 29 30 57 275 (%) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 Same day visitors No 3,563 9,974 10,453 3,216 776 681 1,176 8,201 3,950 6,047 9,584 7,437 65,058 (%) 34.0 42.0 41.3 31.0 10.4 6.6 10.2 29.9 22.8 32.7 40.3 40.1 31.8 Total Land No 10,466 23,734 25,338 10,388 7,493 10,390 11,538 27,406 17,298 18,475 23,754 18,554 204,834 (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

By Air

Abu Dhabi No. 965 1,526 2,341 1,713 769 130 947 1,255 1,795 4,394 1,719 54 17,608 (%) 2.3 3.6 3.7 2.9 1.8 0.3 2.5 2.8 3.7 6.5 2.9 0.1 2.9 Baharain No. 726 933 1,468 1,246 586 569 421 489 1,492 1,280 1,123 1,120 11,453 (%) 1.7 2.2 2.3 2.1 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 3.0 1.9 1.9 2.5 1.9 Bangkok No. 3,615 3,826 5,185 4,717 3,019 2,475 2,083 3,391 4,269 5,291 6,717 5,808 50,396 (%) 8.6 9.0 8.1 7.9 7.0 5.7 5.4 7.6 8.7 7.8 11.3 13.0 8.4 Chengdu No. 24 568 698 4 470 952 570 863 1129 667 88 910 6,943 (%) 0.1 1.3 1.1 0.0 1.1 2.2 1.5 1.9 2.3 1.0 0.1 2.0 1.2 Delhi No. 16,524 17,827 27,493 27,111 23,435 24,562 17,024 17,935 18,998 21,875 20,844 16,202 249,830 (%) 39.3 41.7 43.1 45.6 54.7 56.8 44.3 40.3 38.7 32.2 35.1 36.2 41.8 Dhaka No. 2,174 1,723 2,179 1,701 1,583 1,383 1,090 2,238 1,285 1,337 1,516 1,620 19,829 (%) 5.2 4.0 3.4 2.9 3.7 3.2 2.8 5.0 2.6 2.0 2.6 3.6 3.3 Doha No. 2,739 3,337 7,133 6,200 2,861 2,994 3,824 4,744 4,578 8,778 6,156 4,830 58,174 (%) 6.5 7.8 11.2 10.4 6.7 6.9 9.9 10.6 9.3 12.9 10.4 10.8 9.7 Dubai No. 427 553 1,039 883 452 480 413 1,252 729 2,140 985 865 10,218 (%) 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.8 1.5 3.2 1.7 1.9 1.7

44 TABLE 20: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY ENTRY POINTS (LAND) AND LAST PORT OF CALL (AIR), 2011 (contd.) Entry Point Unit Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total By Air Hongkong No. 3,324 2,645 2,908 2,861 1,009 1,228 1,541 1,585 5,389 5,597 3,884 1,680 33,651 (%) 7.9 6.2 4.6 4.8 2.4 2.8 4.0 3.6 11.0 8.2 6.5 3.8 5.6 Karachi No. 170 129 340 355 260 507 568 191 174 155 360 241 3,450 (%) 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.6 Kualalumpur No. 223 247 399 283 307 235 314 352 575 514 1231 445 5,125 (%) 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8 2.1 1.0 0.9 Kolkata No. 583 631 1,186 506 1,241 1,210 1,299 583 1,059 1,179 620 1,002 11,099 (%) 1.4 1.5 1.9 0.9 2.9 2.8 3.4 1.3 2.2 1.7 1.0 2.2 1.9 Lhasa No. 2,124 377 578 1,370 949 699 571 569 471 1,022 2,058 142 10,930 (%) 5.1 0.9 0.9 2.3 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.5 3.5 0.3 1.8 Mumbai No. 628 892 1,230 1,685 1,418 1,457 912 620 670 1,138 877 1,161 12,688 (%) 1.5 2.1 1.9 2.8 3.3 3.4 2.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.5 2.6 2.1 Muscut No. 318 549 1,230 1,038 196 58 562 772 1,349 1,586 865 490 9,013 (%) 0.8 1.3 1.9 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.5 1.7 2.7 2.3 1.5 1.1 1.5 Paro No. 815 818 1,179 1,323 857 803 566 857 858 2,109 1,842 549 12,576 (%) 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.7 3.1 3.1 1.2 2.1 Singapor No. 882 798 1,066 1,287 706 745 445 433 1,271 1,667 2,263 1,582 13,145 (%) 2.1 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.0 2.6 2.5 3.8 3.5 2.2 Varanashi No. 841 1,703 1,823 1,056 624 161 371 1,123 261 1,553 1,144 485 11,145 (%) 2.0 4.0 2.9 1.8 1.5 0.4 1.0 2.5 0.5 2.3 1.9 1.1 1.9 Seoul No. 2,202 1,505 1,524 1,412 365 665 1,186 1,164 607 1,810 1,018 1,485 14,943 (%) 5.2 3.5 2.4 2.4 0.9 1.5 3.1 2.6 1.2 2.7 1.7 3.3 2.5 Sharjahan No. 479 255 403 534 261 374 476 1,180 411 664 532 403 5,972 (%) 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.2 2.6 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 Others No. 2,249 1,878 2,387 2,122 1,454 1,553 3,274 2,958 1,715 3,148 3,576 3,716 30,030 (%) 5.4 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.6 8.5 6.6 3.5 4.6 6.0 8.3 5.0 Not Specified No. 3 5 24 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 40 (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total Air No. 42,035 42,725 63,813 59,408 42,824 43,240 38,457 44,558 49,085 67,904 59,419 44,790 598,258 (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Grand Total No. 52,501 66,459 89,151 69,796 50,317 53,630 49,995 71,964 66,383 86,379 83,173 63,344 803,092 (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

45 TABLE 21: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY ENTRY POINTS (LAND), 2001-2012. Entry Points Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Birgunj No. 1,107 1,076 1,303 1,417 890 1,221 1,661 1,627 1,779 1,150 1,024 1,008 % (1.8) (1.9) (2.1) (1.6) (0.9) (1.2) (1.0) (1.3) (1.4) (0.7) (0.5) (0.5) Bhairahawa No. 24,871 17,208 20,277 19,156 16,260 18,498 53,552 49,712 49,356 56,133 71,150 79,428 % (40.3) (30.3) (32.3) (21.8) (16.6) (18.5) (32.3) (39.6) (37.8) (36.4) (37.3) (38.8) Kakarbhitta No. 5,555 7,475 12,501 15,628 14,432 14,623 17,000 13,659 7,647 6,054 5,056 4,743 % (9.0) (13.2) (19.9) (17.8) (14.7) (14.6) (10.2) (10.9) (5.9) (3.9) (2.6) (2.3) Kodari No. 15,461 17,526 5,665 21,631 30,001 18,417 40,968 13,942 30,709 43,151 53,534 52,676 % (25.0) (30.9) (9.0) (24.6) (30.6) (18.4) (24.7) (11.1) (23.5) (28.0) (28.0) (25.7) Nepalgunj No. 130 130 214 171 158 413 611 282 378 290 274 275 % (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) (0.2) (0.2) (0.4) (0.4) (0.2) (0.3) (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) Mahendra No. 1,281 1,010 1,319 626 1,066 1,989 1,649 2,115 2,023 1,296 1,633 1,602 Nagar % (2.1) (1.8) (2.1) (0.7) (1.1) (2.0) (1.0) (1.7) (1.5) (0.8) (0.9) (0.8) Dhangadhi No. 109 15 20 4 7 121 38 55 54 64 46 44 % (0.2) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.1) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) Same day No. 13,209 12,368 21,395 29,329 35,238 44,825 50,513 44,224 38,688 45,929 58,277 65,058 visitors % (21.4) (21.8) (34.1) (33.3) (35.9) (44.8) (30.4) (35.2) (29.6) (29.8) (30.5) (31.8) Total No. 61,723 56,808 62,694 87,962 98,052 100,107 165,992 125,616 130,634 154,067 190,994 204,834 % (100) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100) (100) Figures inside parenthesis represent percentage of total.

46 TABLE 22: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITY AND FREQUENCY OF VISIT, 2012 Visit Nationality First More than One Total

Afghanistan 392 111 503 Argentina 1,480 137 1,617 Australia 16,060 5,970 22,030 Austria 2,681 1,116 3,797 Bangladesh 12,400 4,364 16,764 Belgium 4,699 1,587 6,286 Bhutan 3,042 1,141 4,183 Brazil 1,361 269 1,630 Bulgaria 1,050 179 1,229 Cambodia 798 64 862 Canada 9,881 3,626 13,507 China 64,275 7,586 71,861 Czech Republic 2,746 846 3,592 Denmark 5,441 1,677 7,118 Finland 1,776 688 2,464 France 22,059 6,746 28,805 Germany 22,021 8,388 30,409 Greece 532 159 691 India 122,775 43,040 165,815 Indonesia 1,290 210 1,500 Ireland 1,613 405 2,018 Israel 6,210 941 7,151 Italy 11,241 3,373 14,614 Japan 20,988 7,654 28,642 Malaysia 8,213 3,567 11,780 Mexico 1,257 207 1,464 Myanmar 9,163 307 9,470 Netherlands 11,619 3,826 15,445

47 TABLE 22: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITY AND FREQUENCY OF VISIT, 2012 (contd.)

Visit Nationality First More than One Total New Zealand 2,936 821 3,757 Norway 2,369 911 3,280 Pakistan 3,780 1,292 5,072 Philippines 1,273 484 1,757 Poland 4,602 1,087 5,689 Portugal 949 236 1,185 Republic of Korea 19,923 6,081 26,004 Romania 1,160 176 1,336 Russian Federation 7,178 2,495 9,673 Saudi Arabia 1,015 194 1,209 Singapore 4,412 1,214 5,626 Slovakia 1,028 239 1,267 South Africa 1,029 295 1,324 Spain 12,139 2,410 14,549 Sri Lanka 65,082 4,394 69,476 Sweden 3,459 993 4,452 Switzerland 4,781 2,265 7,046 Thailand 33,194 3,424 36,618 Turkey 1,407 281 1,688 Ukraine 1,437 449 1,886 UK 29,223 12,071 41,294 USA 34,848 14,137 48,985 Vietnam 1,959 217 2,176 Taiwan 7,091 1,737 8,828 Others 15,046 3,561 18,607 Not Specified 4,384 677 5,061 Total 632,767 170,325 803,092

48 TABLE 23: NUMBER OF TREKKERS IN DIFFERENT TREKKING AREA, 2000-2012.

Controlled Area

Year Total Lower Upper Mustang Humla Manaslu Kanchanjunga Others Dolpa Dolpa

2000 1,069 1,069 121 509 617 375 3,760

2001 922 488 119 337 798 690 3,354

2002 536 0 119 339 428 478 79 1,979 2003 572 0 369 223 645 402 154 2,365 2004 825 329 77 577 682 458 275 3,223 2005 661 200 81 782 544 167 279 2,714 2006 248 225 92 1,256 561 335 395 3,112 2007 1,282 419 198 1,542 895 404 587 5,327 2008 838 709 383 1,065 1,443 1,490 520 6,448 2009 1,659 739 313 1,177 1,635 508 948 6,979 2010 2,162 785 358 1,633 2,162 488 1,427 9,015 2011 2,950 808 397 1,758 2,813 591 1,398 10,715 2012 2,965 982 536 1,508 3,319 635 1,687 11,632 Source: Department of Immigration.

50 TABLE 24: TREKKERS IN DIFFERENT TREKKING AREAS BY MONTH , 2012

Trekking Routes Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total

Manaslu Trek 7 49 278 507 76 10 12 53 291 1,457 549 30 3,319

Mustang Trek 23 36 137 345 353 162 339 315 556 595 80 24 2,965

Lower Dolpa Trek 0 13 11 117 42 67 68 189 230 194 44 7 982

Upper Dolpa Trek 0 0 7 44 30 23 38 154 144 94 2 0 536

Humla Trek 0 2 6 157 624 297 27 129 251 5 10 0 1,508

Kanchanjunga Trek 0 7 82 72 14 0 2 10 74 307 62 5 635

Others 10 25 108 181 49 23 37 36 209 756 225 28 1,687

Total 40 132 629 1,423 1,188 582 523 886 1,755 3,408 972 94 11,632

Source: Department of Immigration.

51 TABLE 25: NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS VISITED TO PROTECTED AREAS BY MONTH, FISCAL YEAR 2068/69.

Protected Area Shrawan Bhadra Aswin Kartik Mansir Paush Magh Fagun Chaitra Baisakh Jesth Asar Total

Annapurna Conservation Area 2,394 3,991 10,481 21,386 12,901 5,285 4,347 4,852 12,123 13,780 7,147 3,883 102,570

Bardiya National Park 64 70 397 1,177 643 398 187 533 901 817 83 38 5,308

Chitwan National Park 8,120 6,313 14,429 20,499 11,907 8,945 9,572 10,008 15,097 11,732 7,628 6,114 130,364

Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve - 2 5 33 13 - - - 9 4 10 1 77

Gaurishankar Conservation Area 9 15 79 560 121 50 23 124 254 170 60 26 1,491

Kanchanjunga Conservation Area 1 2 86 125 8 4 1 6 52 18 4 2 309

Khaptad National Park 1 - 4 - - 2 - 1 3 1 - - 12

Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve - 5 28 66 60 45 32 98 57 30 3 5 429

Langtang National Park 395 543 1,997 2,706 2,557 587 458 955 2,399 944 525 249 14,315

Makalu Barun National Park 12 31 273 483 100 6 5 - 80 258 73 21 1,342

Manaslu Conservation Area 28 58 391 1,236 364 34 15 68 337 523 86 22 3,162

Parsa Wildlife Reserve - - - - 3 17 2 2 - 2 - 6 32

Rara National Park 9 40 12 23 - 1 1 - - - 6 32 124

Sagarmatha National Park 295 1,089 7,089 7,799 2,836 1,465 707 1,924 5,981 4,803 1,370 313 35,671

Shey Phoksundo National Park 20 114 175 112 7 1 2 - 14 56 35 - 536

Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park 505 739 1,291 2,367 2,188 2,003 1,652 1,136 1,872 1,093 1,340 1,046 17,232

Shukla Phata Wildlife Reserve - 1 3 30 57 3 3 4 31 - 6 14 152

Total 11,853 13,013 36,740 58,602 33,765 18,846 17,007 19,711 39,210 34,231 18,376 11,772 313,126 Source: Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation.

TABLE 26: NUMBER OF FOREIGN VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS & PROTECTED AREAS, 2008-2012

National Park 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Bardiya National Park 2,790 3,087 3,727 4,765 5760 Chitwan National Park 82,723 78,682 84,518 122,332 126484 Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve 55 21 26 28 47 Khaptad National Park 29 2 12 22 6 Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve 238 231 456 181 441 Langtang National Park 9,533 10,535 10,315 13,838 12649 Makalu Barun National Park 1,371 1,828 1,323 1,501 1520 Parsa Wildlife Reserve - 49 - 14 48 Rara National Park 104 146 135 174 49 Sagarmatha National Park 31,201 29,036 32,084 34,645 36518 Shey Phoksundo National Park 678 325 558 512 679 Shivapuri National Park 8,344 11,178 11,798 15,921 82935 Shukla Phata Wildlife Reserve 59 161 115 190 144

Source: Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation.

53 TABLE 27: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAMS, MEMBERS & SUMMITERS BY PEAK, 2012 Members Summiters Mountain Team Male Female Total Male Female Total Ama Dablam ( 6812 m) 31 242 37 279 158 17 175 Amolsang ( 6392 m.) 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 Amphu I ( 6840 m.) 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 Annapurna 1 ( 8091 m) 5 43 6 49 17 1 18 Annapurna 4 ( 7525 m) 4 14 7 21 0 0 0 Api ( 7132 m.) 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 Arniko Chuli ( 6039 m) 5 15 13 28 10 5 15 Baden Powell Scout (5890m) 2 10 0 10 5 0 5 Barun Tse ( 7129 m) 15 97 18 115 44 5 49 Bhrikuti # ( 6364 m) 4 30 8 38 26 6 32 Chamlang ( 7319 m.) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 Changwatnang ( 6125 m) 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 Chaw Peak ( 6404 m) 1 6 0 6 0 0 0 Churen ( 7371 m.) 1 5 1 6 0 0 0 Dhampus ( 6012 m.) 12 36 8 44 28 5 33 Dhaulagiri I ( 8167 m) 8 61 7 68 7 1 8 Ganchenpo # ( 6387 m) 1 5 1 6 0 0 0 Ganesh 1 (Yangra) (7429 m) 1 7 1 8 0 0 0 Gaugiri ( 6110 m.) 6 29 15 44 4 0 4 Gyajinkang ( 7038 m) 3 17 2 19 7 0 7 Himjung ( 7140 m.) 1 2 0 2 2 0 2 Himlung Himal ( 7126 m) 11 70 10 80 33 2 35 Hunku ( 6119 m.) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 Janak ( 7090 m.) 1 5 0 5 2 0 2 Jobo Rinjang ( 6666 m) 2 10 0 10 3 0 3 Kanchanjunga (Main) (8586m) 3 23 1 24 1 0 1 Kanchanjunga (South) (8476 m) 1 1 0 1 5 0 5 Khatung Kang ( 6484 m) 2 4 1 5 0 0 0 Kumbhakarna (Jannu) (7710 m) 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 Kyashar ( 6770 m.) 2 6 0 6 3 0 3

TABLE 27: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAMS, MEMBERS & SUMMITERS BY PEAK, 2012 (contd.) Members Summiters Mountain Team Male Female Total Male Female Total Lhotse ( 8516 m.) 10 82 21 103 45 8 53 Lumba Sumba Peak (5672 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 m) Makalu I ( 8463 m.) 5 21 7 28 18 3 21 Manaslu ( 8163 m.) 31 248 37 285 118 15 133 Nuptse ( 7855 m.) 6 37 9 46 1 1 2 P2 ( 6251 m.) 1 6 3 9 2 0 2 Panbari ( 6887 m.) 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 Panpoche 1 ( Pang Phunch) 1 5 1 6 0 0 0 (6620 m) Peak 41 ( 6649 m.) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 Pokharkhan ( 6348 m) 1 5 0 5 2 0 2 Pumori ( 7161 m.) 3 9 1 10 0 0 0 Putha Hiunchuli (7246 m) 6 34 5 39 24 3 27 Raksha Urai ( 6593 m) 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 Ratna Chuli ( 7128 m) 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) 35 303 50 353 373 35 408 (8848m) Salbachum ( 6707 m) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 Saribung ( 6346 m.) 37 137 74 211 56 14 70 Shey Shikhar ( 6139 m) 6 32 13 45 4 1 5 Suyaokang ( 5960 m) 1 6 0 6 5 0 5 Talung ( 7349 m.) 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 Tawoche ( 6501 m.) 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 Tengi Ragi Tau ( 6948 m) 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 Thapa Peak ( 6012 m) 11 52 16 68 35 6 41 Thorang Peak ( 5751 m) 13 45 18 63 25 9 34 Tilicho Peak ( 7134 m) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Tsartse ( 6398 m.) 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 Tukuche Peak ( 6920 m) 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 Total 311 1,822 394 2,216 1,064 138 1,202 Note: Members includes leader and members in total while summiters include all those who summited. 55 TABLE 28: NUMBER OF MEMBERS & SUMMITERS BY COUNTRY, 2012 Members Summiters Country Male Female Total Male Female Total Argentina 11 0 11 6 0 6 Australia 52 13 65 19 4 23 Austria 83 14 97 28 6 34 Bangladesh 1 2 3 1 2 3 Belgium 18 6 24 8 1 9 Bosnia-Herzegovi 1 0 1 1 0 1 Brazil 6 0 6 0 0 0 Britain 9 0 9 2 0 2 Bulgaria 0 1 1 0 0 0 Canada 38 22 60 11 11 22 Chile 19 1 20 10 0 10 China 42 12 54 19 9 28 Colombia 2 0 2 0 0 0 Costa Rica 1 0 1 1 0 1 Cyprus 1 0 1 1 0 1 Czech Republic 43 10 53 19 2 21 Denmark 6 2 8 1 0 1 Ecuador 6 2 8 4 1 5 Estonia 1 0 1 1 0 1 Finland 6 1 7 2 0 2 France 200 68 268 51 15 66 Georgia 1 0 1 1 0 1 Germany 125 27 152 39 10 49 Hungary 3 0 3 0 0 0 Iceland 1 0 1 0 0 0 India 70 13 83 46 11 57 Indonesia 4 0 4 1 0 1 Iran 31 5 36 13 2 15 Ireland 11 1 12 7 0 7 Israel 8 4 12 1 0 1 Italy 98 11 109 34 4 38 Japan 88 26 114 24 12 36 Korea 24 1 25 9 0 9

56 TABLE 28: NUMBER OF MEMBERS & SUMMITERS BY COUNTRY, 2012 (contd.) Members Summiters Country Male Female Total Male Female Total Latvia 4 2 6 2 1 3 Lebanon 2 0 2 0 0 0 Lithuania 0 1 1 0 1 1 Luxembourg 2 0 2 1 0 1 Malaysi 5 0 5 0 0 0 Mexico 9 2 11 3 0 3 Mongolia 5 1 6 3 1 4 Nepal 56 3 59 481 3 484 Netherland 38 10 48 13 3 16 New Zealand 37 7 44 18 2 20 Norway 27 12 39 16 5 21 Pakistan 2 0 2 1 0 1 Peru 1 0 1 1 0 1 Poland 36 6 42 8 3 11 Romania 5 1 6 0 0 0 Russia 39 16 55 9 4 13 Singapore 2 0 2 1 0 1 Slovakia 12 1 13 1 0 1 Slovenia 6 0 6 2 0 2 South Africa 3 0 3 1 0 1 South Korea 16 1 17 0 0 0 Spain 60 7 67 13 2 15 Sweden 17 3 20 4 0 4 Switzerland 69 22 91 12 6 18 Tanzania 1 0 1 1 0 1 Turkey 2 1 3 0 0 0 U.S.A 198 27 225 67 11 78 Ukraine 16 7 23 2 0 2 United Kingdom 135 22 157 43 6 49 United Arab 1 0 1 1 0 1 Emirates Uzbekis 6 0 6 0 0 0 Total 1,822 394 2,216 1,064 138 1,202 Note: Nepalese Summiters includes HAW (High Altitude Workers) also. 57 TABLE 29: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAMS SEASONWISE MEMBERS & ROYALTY BY PEAKS, 2012 Season Royalty Mountain Members In Autumn Winter Spring Summer In Rs. Dollars Ama Dablam 279 221 5 53 0 84,600 7,012,980 Amolsang 5 5 0 0 0 400 33,360 Amphu I 5 5 0 0 0 900 76,500 Annapurna 1 49 13 0 29 7 55,500 4,557,700 Annapurna 4 21 12 0 9 0 11,000 914,464 Api 3 0 0 3 0 - - Arniko Chuli 28 11 0 8 9 2,475 2,140,685 Baden Powell Scout 10 4 0 6 0 - - Barun Tse 115 94 0 21 0 33,150 2,776,177 Bhrikuti 38 25 0 0 13 2,750 243,043 Chamlang 2 2 0 0 0 900 75,825 Changwatnang 5 5 0 0 0 - - Chaw Peak 6 6 0 0 0 450 38,518 Churen 6 6 0 0 0 1,400 120,540 Dhampus 44 34 0 10 0 5,000 415,820 Dhaulagiri I 68 26 0 42 0 84,000 6,971,040 Ganchenpo # 6 6 0 0 0 450 37,575 Ganesh 1 (Yangra) + 8 8 0 0 0 1,750 148,050 Gaugiri 44 34 0 7 3 3,900 334,040 Gyajinkang 19 8 0 11 0 7,350 606,625 Himjung 2 2 0 0 0 900 77,535 Himlung Himal 80 74 0 6 0 20,400 1,743,912 Hunku 2 2 0 0 0 250 21,063 Janak 5 5 0 0 0 1,300 115,895 Jobo Rinjang 10 10 0 0 0 1,750 145,132 Kanchanjunga (Main) 24 7 0 17 0 29,500 2,437,250 Kanchanjunga (South) 1 0 1 0 0 1,250 101,875 Khatung Kang 5 5 0 0 0 550 47,093 Kumbhakarna (Jannu) 5 0 0 5 0 3,600 286,560 Kyashar 6 6 0 0 0 1,400 119,875

58 TABLE 29: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAMS SEASONWISE MEMBERS & ROYALTY BY PEAKS, 2012 (contd.)

Season Royalty Mountain Members In Autumn Winter Spring Summer In Rs. Dollars Lhotse 103 12 0 91 0 142,500 11,041,505 Lumba Sumba Peak 4 4 0 0 0 350 31,098 Makalu I 28 18 0 10 0 34,000 2,892,875 Manaslu 285 238 0 47 0 267,000 23,182,720 Nuptse 46 3 0 43 0 26,500 2,163,495 P2 9 9 0 0 0 700 58,450 Panbari 3 3 0 0 0 700 59,525 Panpoche 1 6 0 0 6 0 1,900 150,955 Peak 41 2 2 0 0 0 600 50,550 Pokharkhan 5 5 0 0 0 400 33,360 Pumori 10 9 1 0 0 2,875 244,873 Putha Hiunchuli 39 39 0 0 0 9,750 831,488 Raksha Urai 2 2 0 0 0 - - Ratna Chuli 5 5 0 0 0 1,300 110,565 Sagarmatha (Everest) 353 12 0 341 0 3,330,500 269,027,990 Salbachum 2 0 0 2 0 1,200 99,144 Saribung 211 187 0 14 10 18,875 1,557,070 Shey Shikhar 45 34 0 0 11 - - Suyaokang 6 6 0 0 0 450 38,518 Talung 3 3 0 0 0 1,050 88,830 Tawoche 4 2 0 2 0 1,800 147,090 Tengi Ragi Tau 3 3 0 0 0 700 60,165 Thapa Peak 68 56 0 12 0 6,550 545,790 Thorang Peak 63 46 0 7 10 6,350 536,271 Tilicho Peak 1 1 0 0 0 750 63,975 Tsartse 4 0 0 4 0 700 57,225 Tukuche Peak 5 5 0 0 0 1,300 111,060 Total 2,216 1,340 7 806 63 4,215,675 344,783,715

59 TABLE 30: NUMBER OF TEAMS, CLIMBERS, & ROYALTY BY PEAK, 2012 (Permit Issued By Nepal Mountaineering Association) Peak Name Teams Climbers Royalty ($) Mt.Cholatse 7 19 3,500 Mt.Machermo 1 4 500 Mt.Kyazo Ri 13 38 6,500 Mt.Phari Lapcha - - - Mt.Nirekha 4 16 2,000 Mt.Langsisa Ri 6 19 3,000 Mt.Ombigaichen - - - Mt.Bokta 2 11 1,000 Mt.Chekigo 1 3 500 Mt.Lobuje West 2 7 1,000 Mt.Larkya Peak 13 63 6,800 Mt.ABI - - - Mt.Yubra Himal - - - Mt.Chhukung Ri 4 25 2,200 Mt.Yala Peak 36 163 19,900 Hiunchuli 1 3 350 Shigu Chuli(fluted peak) 8 26 2,840 Mera Peak 292 1,481 121,995 Kusum Kangru 4 6 1,400 Kwangde 3 5 1,050 Chulu West 30 82 10,820 Chulu East 51 240 21,015 Imja Tse(Island Peak) 570 2,991 238,680 Pharchamo 56 255 22,520 Lobuje 119 574 48,990 Ramdung 12 39 4,610 Pisang Peak 22 76 8,350 Tharpu Chuli (Tent Peak) 25 105 9,880 Khongma Tse (Mehara Peak) 1 8 510 Ganja-la Chuli (Naya Kanga) 21 81 8,180 Pokhalde 19 104 8,165 Mardi Himal 5 29 2,170 Paldor Peak 5 13 1,750 Total 1,333 6,486 560,175 Source: Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA)

60 TABLE 31:NUMBER OF TEAMS, CLIMBERS & ROYALTY BY COUNTRY, 2012 (Permit Issued By Nepal Mountaineering Association) Country Teams Climbers Royalty ($) Andora 1 2 350 Australia 96 466 40,605 Austria 70 392 31,315 Bangladesh 2 7 740 Belgium 28 140 11,505 Belize 1 3 350 Brazil 2 14 960 Bulgaria 1 11 585 Brunei Darussalam 1 5 390 Canada 52 245 21,385 Chile 3 9 1,050 China 6 24 2,300 Croatia 1 2 350 Czech Republic 25 115 10,065 Denmark 18 93 7,490 Finland 6 45 2,865 France 114 494 45,785 Germany 119 520 48,555 Greece 3 12 1,130 Hungary 6 18 2,140 Iceland 1 2 350 India 18 82 7,435 Iran 6 41 2,780 Ireland 12 69 5,200 Israel 2 9 820 Italy 40 199 16,805 Japan 84 271 33,475 Kazakhstan 1 12 610 Kenya 2 8 700 Latvia 4 26 1,825 Luxembourg 2 3 850

61 TABLE 31:NUMBER OF TEAMS, CLIMBERS & ROYALTY BY COUNTRY, 2012 (contd.) (Permit Issued By Nepal Mountaineering Association) Country Teams Climbers Royalty ($) Malayasia 9 59 4,075 Mexico 2 14 960 Nepal 8 44 3,545 Netherlands 36 158 14,950 New Zealand 19 119 8,675 Norway 12 61 5,245 Philippines 1 1 350 Poland 31 160 13,030 Portugal 3 12 1,090 Romania 2 18 1,070 Russia 54 275 22,920 Saudi Arabia 1 1 350 Serbia 1 11 585 Singapore 10 67 5,015 Slovakia 5 11 1,790 Slovenia 9 51 3,635 South Africa 4 18 1,640 South Korea 10 52 4,700 Spain 65 281 24,755 Sri Lanka 1 5 390 Switzerland 49 275 21,925 Sweden 12 38 4,475 Taiwan 1 10 560 Thailand 10 84 5,155 Ukraine 13 71 5,555 United Kingdom 138 770 60,435 United States 96 465 40,755 Uruguay 1 1 350 Venezuala 2 12 1,080 Vietnam 1 3 350 Total 1,333 6,486 560,175 Source : Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA)

62 TABLE 32: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS PEAKWISE & COUNTRYWISE, 2012 (Permit Issued By NMA)

Kusum Chulu Chulu Tharpu Country/Peak Hiunchuli Singuchuli Mera Kwangde Island Pharchamo Lobuche Ramdung Pisang Khongmatse Ganjala Kangru West East Chuli

Andora 2

Australia 2 122 2 12 231 14 58 1 1 8 7

Austria 4 83 3 210 14 31

Bangladesh 5 2

Belgium 39 3 31 17 3 13 10 6 9

Belize 3

Brazil 12 2

Bulgaria 11

Brunei 5 Darussalam Canada 44 4 122 3 55

Chile 4 5

China 1 17 3

Croatia 2

Czech 64 6 23 10 4 Republic Denmark 3 5 33 34 7 3

Finland 8 37

France 87 4 57 200 34 44 2 2 9

Germany 129 3 3 3 33 213 44 44 1 2 3

Greece 2 5 5

Hong Kong 3

Hungary 8 2 8

Iceland 2

India 12 1 1 58 1 9

Iran 11 29 1

Ireland 11 5 7 37 2 7

Israel 7 2

Italy 51 26 49 15 5 9 8 16

Japan 22 1 3 14 103 24 17 2 5 12 8 5

Kazakhstan 12

63 TABLE 32: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS PEAKWISE & COUNTRYWISE, 2012 (Permit Issued By NMA)

Kusum Chulu Chulu Tharpu Country/Peak Hiunchuli Singuchuli Mera Kwangde Island Pharchamo Lobuche Ramdung Pisang Khongmatse Ganjala Kangru West East Chuli

Kenya 8

Latvia 6 17 3

Luxembourg 1

Malayasia 25 29 5

Mexico 12 2

Nepal 3 7 31

Netherlands 81 4 1 47 2 6 3

New 18 45 5 33 4 Zealand Norway 1 1 54 2 2

Philippines 1

Poland 23 8 3 104 10

Portugal 8 4

Romania 9 9

Russia 8 92 1 17 108 2 8 6

Saudi Arabia 1

Serbia 11

Singapore 14 5 10 11

Slovakia 2 3 1 5

Slovenia 21 4 2 2 13 9

South Africa 3 15

South Korea 9 26 2

Spain 39 14 10 170 26 12 3 3 4

Sri Lanka 5

Switzerland 28 4 2 190 14 13 2 13

Sweden 9 2 22 5

Taiwan 10

Thailand 27 10 39 8

Ukraine 24 40 1

United 5 239 1 4 12 299 5 53 4 7 45 19 Kingdom

64 TABLE 32: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS PEAKWISE & COUNTRYWISE, 2012 (Permit Issued By NMA)

Kusum Chulu Chulu Tharpu Country/Peak Hiunchuli Singuchuli Mera Kwangde Island Pharchamo Lobuche Ramdung Pisang Khongmatse Ganjala Kangru West East Chuli

United 55 6 9 240 116 4 2 3 States Uruguay 1

Venezuala 12

Vietnam 3

Total 3 26 1,478 6 5 82 237 3,003 244 581 39 76 105 8 81

TABLE 32: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS PEAKWISE & COUNTRYWISE, 2012 (contd.) (Permit Issued By NMA)

Mardi Lubuje Country/Peak Pokhalde Paldor Cholatse Machermo Kyazori Nirekha Langsisari Bokta Chekigo Larkya Chukungri Yala Total Himal West

Andora 2

Australia 2 3 3 466

Austria 9 2 5 19 12 392

Bangladesh 7

Belgium 9 140

Belize 3

Brazil 14

Bulgaria 11

Brunei 5 Darussalam Canada 13 2 2 245

Chile 9

China 21

Croatia 2

Czech Republic 3 5 115

Denmark 8 93

Finland 45

France 2 7 4 7 6 6 23 494

65 TABLE 32: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS PEAKWISE & COUNTRYWISE, 2012 (contd.) (Permit Issued By NMA)

Mardi Lubuje Country/Peak Pokhalde Paldor Cholatse Machermo Kyazori Nirekha Langsisari Bokta Chekigo Larkya Chukungri Yala Total Himal West

Germany 15 2 3 20 2 520

Greece 12

Hong Kong 3

Hungary 18

Iceland 2

India 82

Iran 41

Ireland 69

Israel 9

Italy 20 199

Japan 5 5 11 7 27 271

Kazakhstan 12

Kenya 8

Latvia 26

Luxembourg 2 3

Malayasia 59

Mexico 14

Nepal 3 44

Netherlands 4 4 2 2 2 158

New Zealand 11 3 119

Norway 1 61

Philippines 1

Poland 4 3 5 160

Portugal 12

Romania 18

Russia 8 1 24 275

Saudi Arabia 1

Serbia 11

Singapore 15 12 67

Slovakia 11

Slovenia 51

South Africa 18

South Korea 15 52

Spain 281

Sri Lanka 5

66 TABLE 32: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS PEAKWISE & COUNTRYWISE, 2012 (contd.) (Permit Issued By NMA)

Mardi Lubuje Country/Peak Pokhalde Paldor Cholatse Machermo Kyazori Nirekha Langsisari Bokta Chekigo Larkya Chukungri Yala Total Himal West

Switzerland 2 2 5 275

Sweden 38

Taiwan 10

Thailand 84

Ukraine 6 71

United Kingdom 18 3 2 17 2 23 12 770

United States 16 3 4 1 6 465

Uruguay 1

Venezuala 12

Vietnam 3

Total 104 29 13 19 4 38 16 19 11 3 7 63 23 163 6,486 Source : Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA)

67 TABLE 33: VISITORS (EXCLUDING INDIANS) TO PASUPATI AREA BY MONTH, 2012 Month Number

January 9,035

February 10,901

March 14,753

April 15,601

May 10,087

June 5,944

July 7,887

August 9,481

September 13,686

October 18,202

November 14,494

December 9,814

Total 139,885

Source: Pashupati Area Development Trust.

68 TABLE 34: COUNTRY-WISE TRAVEL TREND IN LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2012 Country Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Afghanistan ------1 1 Argentina 2 - 5 2 5 - - 3 2 13 2 8 42 Australia 46 76 107 143 30 22 27 28 132 220 138 235 1,204 Austria 2 - - 9 4 1 1 18 8 6 28 7 84 Bangladesh - - 48 5 4 - 4 1 3 2 36 45 148 Belguium - 21 5 9 5 5 15 17 8 31 54 17 187 Bhutan 10 2 14 5 - - - 7 6 7 8 10 69 Brazil - - - 9 - - - 12 2 8 8 6 45 Bulgeria ------2 - 1 - - 3 Cambodia - 280 1 15 - - - 40 2 14 - 317 669 Canada 19 7 34 42 8 10 30 35 74 69 93 27 448 Czech Republic - - 3 60 15 2 - 16 2 42 14 6 160 China 824 534 470 769 - 316 699 619 841 1,335 1,150 1,196 8,753 Denmark 16 - 9 44 14 3 5 6 12 26 100 4 239 Finland - - 3 - - - - - 2 15 3 6 29 France 24 17 145 115 67 15 13 102 54 141 230 43 966 Germany 19 100 149 172 24 40 67 54 58 198 171 108 1,160 Greece 6 - - - - 1 - 1 4 - 3 - 15 Indonesia 1 30 55 15 17 52 17 189 2 49 179 111 717 Irland - 1 1 8 3 6 - - 2 10 38 3 72 Israel 2 - 5 12 2 - - 4 7 22 21 - 75 Italy 7 14 15 25 26 3 5 65 35 74 99 39 407 Japan 215 426 201 105 42 21 28 227 87 134 163 130 1,779 Malaysia 19 20 86 32 11 14 45 29 59 169 382 298 1,164 Mexico - - 3 13 - 3 3 - 3 2 4 - 31 Myanmar 1,870 2,718 2,591 1,675 76 8 20 18 148 1,599 3,556 3,316 17,595

69 TABLE 34: COUNTRY-WISE TRAVEL TREND IN LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2012 (contd.) Country Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Netherlands 66 107 311 195 18 20 175 183 106 340 500 114 2,135 New Zealands 1 - - 14 38 - 1 30 8 40 34 26 192 Norway 5 1 21 21 9 - 1 2 8 - 7 1 76 Pakistan 1 2 ------2 5 Philipines - - - 2 1 - - - 4 - - 2 9 Poland 65 161 56 36 - 4 30 36 6 59 88 27 568 Portugal - - 1 4 - - 1 7 3 3 2 4 25 Republic of Korea 1,068 1,530 586 414 29 89 64 123 62 311 543 339 5,158 Romania - - 23 6 - - - 61 25 - 1 1 117 Russian Federation 21 - 78 99 48 11 11 18 24 18 44 102 474 Saudi Arab ------1 - 1 Singapore 53 27 30 52 25 12 61 2 18 172 174 277 903 Slovakia - - - - 1 3 - 40 1 1 - 4 50 South Africa - - - 4 - - - - - 4 3 2 13 Spain - - 18 54 5 5 22 151 40 79 43 37 454 Srilanka 85 7,736 10,384 1,689 35 54 709 15,035 5,295 4,344 5,982 1,323 52,671 Sweden - 2 3 25 - 4 - - 7 4 19 11 75 Switzerland 6 9 29 55 1 6 3 8 15 50 99 18 299 Taiwan 64 277 200 86 46 22 - 40 51 98 347 115 1,346 Thailand 1,593 5,044 4,124 1,744 249 457 371 441 375 2,456 6,312 5,314 28,480 Turky - - 1 8 1 - - 2 - - 1 - 13 U.K. 104 178 111 176 80 56 13 131 79 218 153 110 1,409 U.S.A. 143 119 44 78 38 59 189 80 63 143 125 135 1,216 Ukrain - - 2 20 2 1 - 4 - 14 - 11 54 Vietnam 166 602 378 177 70 39 17 27 196 527 740 649 3,588 Others 68 4 169 52 267 2 4 10 16 31 42 9 674 Total 6,591 20,045 20,519 8,295 1,316 1,366 2,651 17,924 7,955 13,099 21,740 14,566 136,067 Source: Lumbini Development Trust. Note: Figure exclude Indian tourist & include same day visitors 70

TABLE 35: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM BY FISCAL YEAR, 2057/58 TO 2068/69

Total Earnings Fiscal Year %Change in US$ NRs. (000) US$ (000)

2057/58 11,969,174 162,513 -4.3

2058/59 7,798,535 101,628 -37.5

2059/60 10,369,409 134,245 32.1

2060/61 12,337,977 168,163 25.3

2061/62 11,814,853 164,408 -2.2

2062/63 11,710,893 162,086 -1.4

2063/64 12,645,761 181,243 11.8

2064/65 20,339,890 313,941 73.2

2065/66 27,959,800 359,011 14.4

2066/67 28,139,000 396,324 10.4

2067/68 23,948,480 321,456 -18.9

2068/69 30,725,870 359,367 11.8

Source: Nepal Rastra Bank.

Note: 1 US$=85.5 NRs. In 2068/69

TABLE 36: FOREIGN EXCHANGE RECEIPT FROM TOURISM SECTOR BY MONTH, 2012 Travel receipt Rs. In million Items Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total A. Tourist* 2079.7 1134.2 1657.5 2015 2111.3 1583.3 1465.1 2623.1 1305.7 2222.7 3219.9 2284 23701.5 B. Hotels 69.2 109.8 138 61.8 87.6 78.6 67.8 96.6 94.1 112.7 115.3 102.1 1133.6 C. Travel Agency 26.8 68.9 68.9 20.2 28.7 26.1 28.7 29.5 21.7 14.4 7.3 10.9 352.1 D. Trecking & Rafting 156.2 84 177.4 307.7 216.7 153 139.8 202.6 258.9 285.5 255.2 231.5 2468.5 E. Education 26.6 54.6 28 20.5 21.9 8.4 27.4 66 48.5 95.8 40.9 60.3 498.9 F. Business Tour 1.6 2.3 3.7 2.6 75.4 5.1 3.1 3.2 4 4.2 5.5 1.1 111.8 G. Medical Treatment 4.9 1.2 41.1 12.9 7.2 23 8.3 11.7 1.2 28.5 1 4.2 145.2 H. Other Travels 5.8 20.1 73.4 70.9 46 52.12 25.7 24 134.2 37.7 34.2 27.4 551.52 I. Sightseeing 240.6 113.1 113.1 147 139 118.1 199.6 74.1 71.4 74.2 86.3 160.4 1536.9 J. Total 2611.4 1588.2 2301.1 2658.6 2733.8 2047.7 1965.5 3130.8 1939.7 2875.7 3765.6 2881.9 30500.02 K. Less Resale** -13.2 -10.1 -8.6 -16.8 -16.5 -11.2 -19.2 -32 -31.6 -27.4 -21.4 -24.6 -232.6 Net Received 2598.2 1578.1 2292.5 2641.8 2717.3 2036.5 1946.3 3098.8 1908.1 2848.3 3744.2 2857.3 30267.42 * Includes money changer data received from foreigner also ** Amount returned back Source: Nepal Rastra Bank

74 TABLE 37: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS, 2000-2012 Total Earning % Change in Average Income Average Income Per Year US$ per Capita in US$ Visitor Per day in US$ US $ ('000) Rs.('000)

2000 166,847 11,827,403 -0.7 453.7 38.2 2001 140,276 10,468,205 -15.9 472.4 39.6 2002 106,822 8,300,553 -23.8 512.0 64.8 2003 192,832 14,508,396 80.5 765.9 79.1 2004 179,941 13,146,534 -6.7 609.8 45.1 2005 148,441 10,600,345 -17.5 532.0 58.5 2006 162,790 11,784,644 9.7 561.0 55.0 2007 230,617 15,185,071 41.7 535.0 45.0 2008 351,968 24,802,195 52.6 860.3 73.0 2009 377,172 28,996,950 7.2 739.6 65.3 2010 329,982 23,428,700 -12.5 547.4 43.2 2011 368,773 28,764,300 11.8 500.9 38.2 2012 356,725 30,500,020 -3.3 432.7 35.6 Source: Foreign Exchange Management Department, Nepal Rastra Bank. Note: 1 US$=85.5 NRs. In 2068/69

TABLE 38: FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM, 2000/01-2011/12

As % of Total As % of Total Value Total Foreign Exchange As % of Total Value of of Exports of Goods Year Earning from Tourism Foreign Exchange As % of GDP Merchandise & Non Factor (Rs. in million) Earnings Exports Services

2000/01+ 11,717.0 16.8 11.8 5.7 2.7 2001/02 8,654.3 14.9 10.6 4.8 1.9 2002/03 11,747.7 23.1 15.2 6.1 2.4 2003/04 18,147.4 32.9 20.3 8.0 3.4 2004/05 10,464.0 17.5 12.2 4.7 1.8 2005/06 9,556.0 15.5 10.9 3.6 1.5 2006/07 10,125.0 16.5 10.8 3.7 1.4 2007/08 18,653.0 30.1 17.9 5.5 2.3 2008/09 27,960.0 40.0 22.8 6.5 2.8 2009/10 28,139.0 44.5 24.6 8.1 2.4 2010/11 24,611.0 35.8 20.2 5.0 1.8 2011/12 30,703.8 37.7 20.0 4.8 2.0 Note: +Date based on new format since Fiscal Year 2000/01 Source: Nepal Rastra Bank

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TABLE 39: TOTAL REVENUE FROM NATIONAL PARKS AND PROTECTED AREAS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2060/61- 2068/69. (IN NRs) National parks 2060/61 2061/62 2062/63 2063/64 2064/65 2065/66 2066/67 2067/68 2068/69 Bardiya National Park 3710146.9 1821863.3 1,581,501 3,432,490 4,012,763 5,032,234 8,245,898 10,648,950 32,427,494 Chitwan National Park 40060770 28137909.2 37,979,523 47,732,093 58,793,101 62,797,975 61,017,691 83,145,930 99,607,068 Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve 900 1800 3,600 6,235 81,898 46,553 87,003 80,670 221,126 Kanchanjunga Conservation Area 213700 171980 15,000 192,560 224,070 818,582 981,900 1,468,650 - Khaptad National Park 5400 13986 22,664 77,818 70,396 112,811 208,293 219,117 728,434 Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve 573309 532747 322,026 411,314 542,842 210,030 488,027 1,175,153 1,135,242 Langtang National Park 3623443.5 2513093 2,812,625 4,428,302 5,839,900 10,336,816 7,688,099 12,065,458 12,790,938 Makalu Barun National Park 118554.3 87799 124,860 179,430 748,463 784,208 1,247,444 1,822,892 412,969 Parsa Wildlife Reserve 563698 379575 2,172,693 9,467,481 14,432,290 25,192,784 14,046,683 46,870,322 4,571,405 Rara National Park 41952 42350 11,940 75,070 190,040 128,020 293,420 434,420 263,656 Sagarmatha National Park 14508487 13562145.4 13,905,852 17,084,031 22,861,928 23,673,562 26,662,962 28,452,374 31,916,022 Shey phoksundo National Park 133260 144000 65,720 337,627 390,840 262,860 539,607 702,425 2,201,025 Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park 2370895 2388352 947,515 2,900,520 2,964,618 4,696,449 6,829,775 6,622,356 7,762,429 Sukla Phanta Wildlife reserve 523770 469765 437,857 1,664,097 717,959 1,335,576 1,412,302 3,258,988 3,680,777 Banke National Park 0 0 - - - - - 830,291 1,742,086 Others 12022385 5485730 4,178,500 6,568,105 6,027,883 11,945,700 10,634,295 12,157,681 59064828 Total 78,470,671 55,753,095 64,581,876 94,557,173 117,898,991 147,374,160 140,383,399 209,955,677 258,525,499 Source: Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation.

TABLE 40: SOME ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT (NSIC CATEGORY) BY FISCAL YEAR 2062/63 to 2069/70 Economic Indicators 2062/63 2063/64 2064/65 2065/66 2066/67 2067/68 2068/69R 2069/70P Annual Growth Rate at constant price, 2057/58 (in percentage) 6.33 3.46 6.92 2.31 6.52 7.39 5.96 6.84 Gross Output at current price (Rs in million) 29,477 32,422 37,536 45,311 56,041 71,193 79,118 93,335 Intermediate Consumption at current price (Rs in million) 20,079 22,379 26,034 31,367 38,694 49,326 54,597 64,195 Gross Value Added at constant price, 2057/58 (Rs in million) 8,001 8,278 8,851 9,056 9,646 10,359 10,855 11,597 Gross Value Added at current price (Rs in million) 9,398 10,043 11,503 13,943 17,347 21,866 24,521 29,141 Proportion of Gross Domestic Product at current price (%) 1.49 1.44 1.48 1.49 1.55 1.70 1.70 1.82 Gross Domestic Product Deflator 117.46 121.32 129.96 153.97 179.84 211.09 225.90 251.27 NSIC= Nepal Standard Industrial Classification R = Revised P = Preliminary Source: Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal

81 TABLE 41: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY MONTH, 2012

Flight Movement Passenger Movement MONTH Departure Arrival Total Departure Arrival Total

Jan. 983 982 1,965 117,304 113,377 230,681

Feb. 869 871 1,740 115,729 109,578 225,307

Mar. 994 994 1,988 135,901 125,293 261,194

Apr. 965 965 1,930 142,242 121,160 263,402

May 948 948 1,896 128,089 101,592 229,681

Jun. 901 901 1,802 126,665 99,227 225,892

Jul. 952 949 1,901 120,993 94,392 215,385

Aug. 937 937 1,874 119,768 93,056 212,824

Sep. 946 948 1,894 109,922 115,948 225,870

Oct. 1,086 1,091 2,177 132,207 159,952 292,159

Nov. 1,042 1,040 2,082 150,244 133,621 283,865

Dec. 1,036 1,035 2,071 147,228 111,629 258,857

Total 11,659 11,661 23,320 1,546,292 1,378,825 2,925,117

Source: ATSRO (ATS/SAR Division), Terminal Management Division, Air Cargo Service Division T.I.A.C.A.O.

82 TABLE 42: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES WISE FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2012

Flight Movement Passenger Movement Airlines Departure Arrival Total Departure Arrival Total Air Arabia (ABY) 706 706 1,412 99,461 81,606 181,067 Air India (AIA) 1,084 1,084 2,168 106,278 108,529 214,807 Baharain Air (BAB) 78 78 156 8,757 6,249 15,006 Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC) 334 334 668 49,715 33,025 82,740 Bhagaban Buddha Airways (BBW) 54 54 108 7,101 3,981 11,082 Buddha Air (BHA) 61 62 123 1,318 658 1,976 Air China (CCA) 266 266 532 26,734 22,010 48,744 China Eastern Airlines (CES) 196 196 392 20,491 18,344 38,835 China Southern Airlines (CSN) 332 332 664 29,661 29,380 59,041 Royal Bhutan/Drunk Air (DRK) 392 392 784 17,551 17,496 35,047 Etihad Airways (ETD) 367 367 734 71,622 66,324 137,946 Fly Dubai (FDB) 497 497 994 73,261 63,192 136,453 Gulf Air (GFA) 690 690 1,380 81,515 78,202 159,717 Dragon Air (H DA) 294 294 588 49,399 41,805 91,204 Indigo Air (IGO) 365 365 730 59,649 56,318 115,967 Jet Airways (JAI) 1,072 1,073 2,145 152,675 139,162 291,837 Jet Lite Airways (JLL) 211 211 422 31,697 33,192 64,889 Korean Air (KAL) 101 101 202 18,641 17,938 36,579 Kingfisher (KFR) 37 37 74 3,022 3,317 6,339 Malayasia Airlines (MAS) 66 66 132 9,363 8,974 18,337 Nepal Airlines (NAC) 700 700 1,400 106,593 94,383 200,976 Oman Air (OMA) 366 366 732 42,528 41,574 84,102 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 105 105 210 14,069 12,466 26,535 Qatar Airlines (QTR) 1,464 1,464 2,928 182,508 174,125 356,633 RAK Airlines (RKM) 122 122 244 15,702 9,671 25,373 Spicejet Airlines (SEJ) 564 564 1,128 92,150 83,498 175,648 Silk Air (SLK) 223 223 446 28,190 25,244 53,434 TUI Airlines Netherland (TFL) 30 30 60 3,145 3,286 6,431 Thai Airways International (THA) 366 366 732 90,249 75,695 165,944 United Bangladesh (UBD) 235 235 470 23,743 9,140 32,883 Air Asia (XAX) 71 71 142 22,835 15,179 38,014 OTHERS 210 210 420 6,669 4,862 11,531 Total 11,659 11,661 23,320 1,546,292 1,378,825 2,925,117 Source: ATSRO (ATS/SAR Division), Terminal Management Division, Air Cargo Service Division T.I.A.C.A.O.

83 TABLE 43: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULE BY AIRLINES, 2012

Schedule Flight Total Charter Airlines Type of Aircraft Operated Flight Scheduled Operated Canceled Flight ABY A320 732 699 33 7 706 AIA A320/A319/321 1,148 1,084 64 0 1,084 BAB A319/A320 268 74 194 4 78 BBW B757 94 47 47 7 54 BBC A310 / F28 366 334 32 0 334 BHA B190/ATR45 213 59 154 2 61 CCA A319 272 250 22 16 266 CES B737 211 189 22 7 196 CSN A319 350 332 18 0 332 DRK A319 349 349 0 43 392 ETD A 332 366 366 0 1 367 FDB B738 532 496 36 1 497 GFA A343 /A332 706 690 16 0 690 HDA A320 366 294 72 0 294 IGO A320 366 365 1 0 365 JAI B738 1,098 1,072 26 0 1,072 JLL B738 197 195 2 16 211 KAL B772 113 101 12 0 101 KFR A320/321 91 37 54 0 37 MAS B737 66 66 0 0 66 NAC B752 1,094 694 400 6 700 OMA B738 367 366 1 0 366 PIA A310 148 98 50 7 105 QTR A320/A332/A333 1,464 1,463 1 1 1,464 RKM A320 131 122 9 0 122 SEJ B738 721 564 157 0 564 SLK A320/A319 228 223 5 0 223 THA B772 366 366 0 0 366 TFL B738 39 30 9 0 30 UBD MD83/DHC-8 347 235 112 0 235 XAX A330 70 63 7 8 71 OTHER ALL − − − 210 Total 12,879 11,323 1,556 336 11,659 Source: ATSRO (ATS/SAR Division), Terminal Management Division, Air Cargo Service Division T.I.A.C.A.O.

84 TABLE 44: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT FROM TRIBHUVAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY MONTH, 2012

Flight Movement Passenger Movement

Month Departure Arrival Total Departure Arrival Total

Jan. 2,567 2,569 5,136 60,371 58,972 119,343

Feb. 2,572 2,567 5,139 63,557 61,645 125,202

Mar. 3,289 3,289 6,578 76,945 74,596 151,541

Apr. 3,584 3,585 7,169 79,773 76,782 156,555

May 3,160 3,161 6,321 62,785 72,887 135,672

Jun. 2,541 2,537 5,078 55,666 57,790 113,456

Jul. 2,288 2,288 4,576 51,856 55,422 107,278

Aug. 2,469 2,468 4,937 57,960 59,692 117,652

Sep. 2,789 2,790 5,579 62,719 59,375 122,094

Oct. 4,074 4,072 8,146 89,673 79,081 168,754

Nov. 2,336 2,330 4,666 54,626 55,373 109,999

Dec. 3,775 3,777 7,552 72,434 75,079 147,513

Total 35,444 35,433 70,877 788,365 786,694 1,575,059

Source: ATSRO (ATS/SAR Division), Terminal Management Division, Air Cargo Service Division T.I.A.C.A.O.

85 TABLE 45: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC AIRLINES WISE FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2012

Flight Movement Passenger Movement Airlines Departure Arrival Total Departure Arrival Total

Air Dynasty (AD) 970 967 ,937 1,371 1,792 3,163

Agni Air (AG) 2,679 2,678 ,357 44,985 39,495 84,480

Air Kasthamandap (AK) 163 164 327 49 233 282

Buddha Air (BA) 12,511 12,511 25,022 444,565 437,046 81,611

Fishtail Air (FA) 919 918 1,837 1,606 2,236 3,842

Guna Airlines (GNA) 1,018 1,018 2,036 12,889 13,863 6,752

Mountain Helicopter (MH) 1,239 1,238 2,477 2,669 2,488 5,157

MU 4 3 7 - - -

Nepal Airlines (NAC) 1,325 1,325 2,650 18,419 18,455 36,874

Nepal Army (NSBS) 360 356 716 - - -

Shree Airlines (SH) 18 19 37 72 46 118

Simrik Air (SM) 554 552 1,106 1,378 1,035 2,413

Sita Air (ST) 569 569 1,138 4,456 4,347 8,803

Tara Air (TA) 3,530 3,529 7,059 36,297 32,461 68,758

VVIP 98 98 196 - - -

Yeti Air (YA) 9,483 9,484 18,967 219,609 233,197 452,806

Others 4 4 8 - - -

Total 35,444 35,433 70,877 788,365 786,694 1,575,059

Source: ATSRO (ATS/SAR Division), Terminal Management Division, Air Cargo Service Division T.I.A.C.A.O.

TABLE 46: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT SCHEDULE BY AIRLINES, 2012

Schedule Flight Total Charter Airlines Type of Aircraft Operated Flight Scheduled Operated Canceled Flight

Agni Air D228,JS41 8,495 2,338 6,157 280 2,618

Buddha Air AT43,B190,ATR72 15,140 11,977 3,163 436 12,413

Guna Air B190 4,547 960 3,587 37 997

NAC DHC6 1,097 882 215 384 1,266

Sita Air D228 1,284 534 750 15 549

Tara Air DHC6,D228,PC6 3,847 1,986 1,861 1,481 3,467

Yeti Air JS41 10,706 8,698 2,008 676 9,374

Total 45,116 27,375 17,741 3,309 30,684

Source: ATSRO (ATS/SAR Division), Terminal Management Division, Air Cargo Service Division T.I.A.C.A.O.

87 TABLE 47: NUMBER OF PARAGLIDERS IN POKHARA BY MONTHS, 2012

Month Nepali Foreigner Total

January 170 295 465

February 176 324 500

March 203 369 572

April 186 414 600

May 119 313 432

June 32 137 169

July 31 63 94

August 46 139 185

September 195 332 527

October 309 599 908

November 301 525 826

December 367 525 892

Total 2,135 4,035 6,170

Source: Pokhara Airport, C.A.A.N.

TABLE 48: NUMBER OF PASSENGER & FLIGHT MOVEMENT OF ULTRA LIGHT IN POKHARA, 2012

Month Flight Movement Passenger Movement

January 582 595

February 424 467

March 401 466

April 489 578

May 453 457

June 93 93

July - -

August 29 43

September 232 242

October 699 704

November 440 519

December 469 637

Total 4,311 4,801

Source: Pokhara Airport, C.A.A.N.

89 TABLE 49: ROOM OCCUPANCY RATE OF FIVE STAR HOTEL IN NEPAL BY MONTH, 2012

Rooms Month Occupancy Rate(%) Available Occupied

January 54,498 29,128 53.45

February 50,982 28,946 56.78

March 54,498 37,706 69.19

April 52,740 35,145 66.64

May 54,498 28,635 52.54

June 52,740 33,201 62.95

July 54,498 27,370 50.22

August 54,498 27,684 50.8

September 52,740 31,554 59.83

October 54,498 43,436 79.7

November 52,740 44,653 84.67

December 54,498 32,501 59.64

Total 643,428 399,959 62.16

90 TABLE 50: ROOM OCCUPANCY RATE OF FIVE STAR HOTELS IN KATHMANDU BY MONTH, 2012

Rooms Month Occupancy Rate (%) Available Occupied

January 45,725 25,463 55.69

February 42,775 25,707 60.10

March 45,725 34,500 75.45

April 44,250 32,467 73.37

May 45,725 26,323 57.57

June 44,250 29,943 67.67

July 45,725 25,527 55.83

August 45,725 25,467 55.70

September 44,250 28,809 65.11

October 45,725 38,453 84.10

November 44,250 39,161 88.50

December 45,725 28,587 62.52

Total 539,850 360,407 66.76

91 TABLE 51: ROOM OCCUPANCY OF FIVE STAR HOTELS IN POKHARA BY MONTH, 2012

Rooms Month Occupancy Rate(%) Available Occupied

January 8,773 3,665 41.78

February 8,207 3,239 39.47

March 8,773 3,206 36.54

April 8,490 2,678 31.54

May 8,773 2,312 26.35

June 8,490 3,258 38.37

July 8,773 1,843 21.01

August 8,773 2,217 25.27

September 8,490 2,745 32.33

October 8,773 4,983 56.8

November 8,490 5,492 64.69

December 8,773 3,914 44.61

Total 103,578 39,552 38.19

TABLE 52: NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN ACADEMIC COURSES IN AFFILATION WITH TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY CONDUCTED BY NATHM, 2010-2012

2010 2011 2012 Training/Course Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Master of Hospitality Management(MHM) 0 0 0 29 11 40 21 7 28 Program(Two Years)

Three Years Bachelor in Hotel 41 40 81 59 61 120 61 60 121 Management (BHM)

Three Years Bachelor in Travel & Tourism 41 40 81 40 40 80 40 40 80 Management (BTTM)

Total 82 80 162 128 112 240 122 107 229

Source: Nepal Academy of Tourism & Hotel Management (NATHM)

94 TABLE 53: NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN HOTEL RELATED COURSES/ TRANING CONDUCTED BY NATHM, 2010-2012

2010 2011 2012 Training/Course Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Food Preparation & Control 31 3 34 36 4 40 32 4 36

Food & Beverage service Basic 19 2 21 23 1 24 8 0 8

Housekeeping 0 17 17 9 12 21 0 0 0

Front Office 11 7 18 19 8 27 0 0 0

Basic Food Preparation 40 0 40 22 5 27 39 1 40

Total 101 29 130 109 30 139 79 5 84

Source: Nepal Academy of Tourism & Hotel Management (NATHM)

TABLE 54: NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN TRAVEL AND TOUR SECTOR AND OTHER TOURISM RELATED COURSES / TRANING COUNDECTED BY NATHM, 2010-2012

2010 2011 2012 Training/Course Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Tourist Guide 112 13 125 166 15 181 82 14 96

Local Area Guide 59 1 60 96 20 116 0 0 0

Developing Positive Attitude at Work 16 5 21 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tourism /Hospitality Awareness Training 8 4 12 6 56 62 0 35 35

Agri-Tourism 12 46 58 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tourism Hospitality & Etiquette 0 0 0 106 32 138 33 6 39

Household Mgmt. 0 45 45 0 0 0 81 104 185

Tourism In-service Training 125 34 159 125 13 138 96 30 126

Total 332 148 480 499 136 635 292 189 481

Source: Nepal Academy of Tourism & Hotel Management (NATHM)

TABLE 55: NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN TREKKING SECTOR COURSES / TRANING CONDUCTED BY NATHM, 2010-2012

2010 2011 2012 Training/Course Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Trekking Guide 683 17 700 955 13 968 638 10 648

River Guide (Rafting) 56 0 56 29 3 32 34 0 34

Cannyoning Course 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 0 0

Adventure Tourism 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 15 50

Total 739 17 756 984 27 1011 707 25 732

Source: Nepal Academy of Tourism & Hotel Management (NATHM)

TABLE 56: NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN MOBILE OUT-REACH TRANING CONDUCTED BY NATHM, 2010- 2012

2010 2011 2012 Training/Course Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total

Small Hotel & Lodge Management 109 66 175 30 20 50 0 0 0

Hygine, Sanitation & Hospitality Mgmt 22 9 31 0 0 0 0 0 0

Home Stay Mgmt. 11 37 48 83 196 279 0 0 0

Capacity Building for Responsible 0 0 0 39 11 50 0 0 0 Tourism/hospitality

Beni Trekking Guide 0 0 0 49 10 59 0 0 0

Pokhara Trekking Guide 0 0 0 145 9 154 0 0 0

Eco Tourism & Homestay Mgmt. 24 36 60 0 0 0 0 0 0

Food & Beverage In-Service Training 34 5 39 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 200 153 353 346 246 592 0 0 0

Source: Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM)

98 TABLE 57: REGISTERED HOMESTAY MANAGEMENT BY TYPE AND AFFILIATED HOUSE, ROOM AND BED, 2012 No. of Affiliated District Type No. of Room No. of Bed House Kathmandu Community 0 0 0 Private 3 10 17 Total 3 10 17 Kavre Community 0 0 0 Private 1 2 4 Total 1 2 4 Lalitpur Community 0 0 0 Private 2 6 12 Total 2 6 12 Mugu Community 5 5 10 Private 0 0 0 Total 5 5 10 Nuwakot Community 25 33 66 Private 0 0 0 Total 25 33 66 Ramechhap Community 6 15 30 Private 1 3 6 Total 7 18 36 Total Community 36 53 106 Private 7 21 39 Total 43 74 145 99

TABLE 58: HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS IN KATHMANDU VALLEY, 2010 -2012 No. of Hotels No. of Rooms No. of Beds Category 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 Five Star 8 8 8 1,539 1,539 1,539 2,897 2,897 2,897 Four Star 2 2 2 190 190 190 362 362 362 Three Star 13 15 15 501 596 596 957 1,107 1,107 Two Star 28 29 29 1,183 1,213 1,213 2,348 2,396 2,396 One Star 26 26 26 564 564 564 1,374 1,374 1,374 Tourist standard 387 423 442 5,903 6,650 6,985 11,525 12,805 13,362 Total 464 503 522 9,880 10,752 11,087 19,463 20,941 21,498

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TABLE 59: TOTAL NUMBER OF AGENCY, GUIDE, AIRLINES………… 2001 - 2012

Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Travel Agency (Registered in 691 738 788 877 948 1,026 1,167 Tourism Industry Division) 1,320 1,496 1,739 1,936 2,116 Trekking Agency (Regis. in 580 611 645 705 740 793 872 Tourism Industry Division) 977 1,096 1,240 1,378 1,524 Rafting Agency(Registered in Tourism Industry Division) 10 33 40 Tourist Guide (Regd. in 1,900 2,001 2,071 2,149 2,202 2,271 2,343 Tourism Industry Division) 2,458 2,548 2,661 2,835 2,935 Trekking Guide (Regd. in 2,745 3,094 3,457 3,930 4,395 4,663 5,098 Tourism Industry Division) 5,356 5,987 6,747 7,303 8,163 River Guide (Regd. in Tourism Industry Division) 24 44 58 Tourist Police 52 52 50 53 60 Paragliding Co. 16 21 Ultralight Co. 1 3 Skydiving 2 2 Domestic Airlines 17 15 International Airlines 29 28 Domestic Airport 54 54

101 TABLE 60: NUMBER OF REPORTED TOURIST RELATED CRIMES BY MONTH AND TYPE, 2010-2012

Theft/Robbery Lost/Missing Cheating/ Froud Others Total Year 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 Jan. 18 22 26 21 23 23 0 1 1 1 1 3 40 47 53 Feb. 18 26 24 19 18 21 0 0 2 1 0 2 38 44 49 Mar. 24 27 32 23 26 31 1 2 4 0 2 3 48 57 70 Apr. 32 19 43 40 23 41 0 1 2 3 4 1 75 47 87 May 23 28 28 22 23 25 3 5 3 1 3 3 49 59 59 Jun. 16 14 18 25 22 26 0 0 3 2 2 5 43 38 52 Jul. 21 9 19 16 15 23 0 0 1 0 1 2 37 25 45 Aug. 20 15 20 32 19 33 0 1 3 0 1 2 52 36 58 Sep. 25 30 33 27 19 31 0 1 3 0 1 2 52 51 69 Oct. 30 48 37 28 44 49 5 2 2 2 3 3 65 97 91 Nov. 44 44 43 48 49 36 0 1 6 0 5 2 92 99 87 Dec. 22 26 30 25 37 24 2 2 3 0 2 1 49 67 58 Total 293 308 353 326 318 363 11 16 33 10 25 29 640 667 778 Source: Tourist Police Unit, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation.

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103 TABLE 61: NEPALESE NATIONAL GOING ABROAD BY MONTH, 2000-2012 Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 2000 11,855 10,648 12,862 11,105 12,305 15,515 14,559 12,671 13,735 12,160 14,051 13,895 155,361 2001 14,676 13,510 14,805 13,028 15,568 16,444 20,373 19,947 17,995 15,763 18,239 19,200 199,548 2002 19,398 17,778 18,953 18,769 20,297 18,361 20,650 26,083 20,400 17,722 17,614 22,399 238,424 2003 25,600 19,296 18,809 19,495 22,639 20,143 21,450 23,608 23,449 20,012 20,200 22,824 257,525 2004 21,278 23,723 24,159 21,505 21,600 25,375 28,534 28,560 17,143 20,153 24,009 30,418 286,457 2005 32,102 21,400 28,222 26,383 31,510 31,457 33,049 31,371 33,399 28,975 33,602 41,892 373,362 2006 34,974 30,915 35,455 25,105 41,147 35,501 33,025 37,945 37,053 28,466 35,627 40,132 415,345 2007 38,693 34,958 45,129 40,201 43,000 40,212 40,376 33,298 36,228 31,858 39,500 45,159 468,612 2008 46,497 42,649 46,795 42,419 50,671 50,491 47,105 49,728 50,432 36,332 48,702 48,992 560,813 2009 47,478 42,388 46,649 46,289 46,754 45,881 46,944 51,572 46,151 50,166 59,242 59,131 588,645 2010 65,369 53,925 68,443 66,814 64,707 63,931 64,725 63,124 58,177 51,156 67,248 77,216 764,835 2011 72,095 56,636 65,281 67,250 63,409 67,910 68,202 64,330 61,434 52,959 69,196 65,252 773,954 2012 67,228 67,292 75,837 72,739 73,382 76,979 73,187 68,785 65,634 58,399 68,884 93,172 861,518 (6.75) (18.81) (16.17) (8.16) (15.73) (13.35) (7.31) (6.93) (6.84) (10.27) (0.45) (42.79) (11.31) Figure in parenthesis represent percentage change over 2011

104 TABLE 62: NEPALESE NATIONAL GOING ABROAD BY PURPOSE OF VISIT & MONTH, 2012 Purpose of visit Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Entertainment 3,491 2,844 3,078 3,195 2,707 2,500 3,089 3,921 3,519 5,480 2,426 3,019 39,269 (5.2) (4.2) (4.1) (4.4) (3.7) (3.2) (4.2) (5.7) (5.4) (9.4) (3.5) (3.2) (4.6) Health Check Up 1,187 1,216 1,370 1,259 1,143 766 1,143 1,100 1,229 970 895 1,297 13,575 (1.8) (1.8) (1.8) (1.7) (1.6) (1.0) (1.6) (1.6) (1.9) (1.7) (1.3) (1.4) (1.6) Business 1,509 1,683 1,650 1,573 1,447 1,438 1,850 1,981 1,882 1,416 1,109 1,780 19,318 (2.2) (2.5) (2.2) (2.2) (2.0) (1.9) (2.5) (2.9) (2.9) (2.4) (1.6) (1.9) (2.2) Pilgrimage 629 784 670 494 317 371 396 348 305 1,136 398 585 6,433 (0.9) (1.2) (0.9) (0.7) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (1.9) (0.6) (0.6) (0.7) Official 834 607 646 743 945 840 639 750 751 579 659 735 8,728 (1.2) (0.9) (0.9) (1.0) (1.3) (1.1) (0.9) (1.1) (1.1) (1.0) (1.0) (0.8) (1.0) Conference 1,151 1,280 1,258 1,489 1,605 1,517 1,053 1,116 1,454 1,496 1,572 1,516 16,507 (1.7) (1.9) (1.7) (2.0) (2.2) (2.0) (1.4) (1.6) (2.2) (2.6) (2.3) (1.6) (1.9) Study/Training 4,400 3,163 3,204 2,538 2,535 2,736 3,627 4,623 3,700 2,737 3,486 3,546 40,295 (6.5) (4.7) (4.2) (3.5) (3.5) (3.6) (5.0) (6.7) (5.6) (4.7) (5.1) (3.8) (4.7) Employment 39,228 41,130 47,781 44,702 47,769 50,155 44,992 39,048 39,628 33,349 43,422 66,632 537,836 (58.4) (61.1) (63.0) (61.5) (65.1) (65.2) (61.5) (56.8) (60.4) (57.1) (63.0) (71.5) (62.4) Sports 92 83 109 73 119 104 97 160 126 110 90 76 1,239 (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) Others 9,244 8,797 10,055 9,186 8,736 8,918 9,249 9,312 7,912 7,280 8,696 11,251 108,636 (13.8) (13.1) (13.3) (12.6) (11.9) (11.6) (12.6) (13.5) (12.1) (12.5) (12.6) (12.1) (12.6) Not Specified 5,463 5,705 6,016 7,487 6,059 7,634 7,052 6,426 5,128 3,846 6,131 2,735 69,682 (8.1) (8.5) (7.9) (10.3) (8.3) (9.9) (9.6) (9.3) (7.8) (6.6) (8.9) (2.9) (8.1) Total 67,228 67,292 75,837 72,739 73,382 76,979 73,187 68,785 65,634 58,399 68,884 93,172 861,518 (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) (100.0) Figures in parathesis represent percentage of the total.

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TABLE 63: NEPALESE GOING ABROAD BY SEX & PURPOSE OF VISIT, 2012 Male Female Total Purpose of Visit Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Entertainment 25,324 3.4 13,945 11.3 39,269 4.6 Health Check Up 8,599 1.2 4,976 4.0 13,575 1.6 Business 17,794 2.4 1,524 1.2 19,318 2.2 Pilgrimage 4,086 0.6 2,347 1.9 6,433 0.7 Official 7,845 1.1 883 0.7 8,728 1.0 Conference 13,073 1.8 3,434 2.8 16,507 1.9 Study/Training 28,803 3.9 11,492 9.3 40,295 4.7 Foreign employment 504,568 68.3 33,268 27.1 537,836 62.4 Sports 1,021 0.1 218 0.2 1,239 0.1 Others 69,747 9.4 38,889 31.6 108,636 12.6 Not Specified 57,684 7.8 11,998 9.8 69,682 8.1 Total 738,544 100 122,974 100 861,518 100

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TABLE 64: NEPALESE NATIONAL GOING ABROAD BY AIRLINES & MONTH, 2012 Airlines Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total NA - Nepal Airlines 6,042 6,479 10,114 8,337 7,967 7,571 9,836 8,494 5,910 8,837 10,634 12,371 102,592 IC - Indian Airlines 1,854 1,552 2,327 2,673 2,844 3,002 2,974 3,326 2,913 1,833 3,102 3,171 31,571 TG - Thai Airlines 2,304 2,296 1,784 3,467 3,536 5,538 4,710 4,259 4,761 2,130 2,117 3,874 40,776 QR - Qatar Airlines 10,701 11,278 11,189 9,662 10,805 12,397 11,733 9,736 10,101 5,410 6,133 10,539 119,684 GF - Gulf Air 5,296 5,260 6,164 5,328 5,341 5,348 4,625 5,025 5,891 4,224 6,065 8,116 66,683 BG - Biman Bangladesh 2,584 1,881 2,273 3,397 4,372 4,613 3,877 2,491 1,941 655 724 2,920 31,728 MI - Silk Air 1,337 1,101 1,699 929 1,109 1,373 1,425 835 879 1,067 986 1,292 14,032 KB - Druk Air 49 89 65 90 53 182 159 98 148 50 36 80 1,099 PK - Pakisthan Int'l 406 217 697 1,055 1,300 872 750 578 470 434 1,291 1,240 9,310 9W - Jet Airways 5,228 7,032 7,162 5,686 4,921 5,026 4,040 3,666 3,553 4,145 5,891 8,528 64,878 CA - Air China 48 102 63 104 83 91 107 110 149 114 42 260 1,273 S2 - Jet Lite Ltd. 676 2,039 1,543 1,072 815 533 253 1 53 193 102 10 7,290 KA - Korean Air 227 361 527 633 722 517 429 406 292 280 392 722 5,508 EY - Etihad Airway 5,095 5,256 5,496 4,533 4,708 3,678 2,285 1,981 2,886 2,365 2,403 5,387 46,073 G9 - Air Arabia 8,595 8,291 10,283 9,303 7,715 8,013 7,876 6,960 6,442 6,486 5,689 7,065 92,718 BA - Baharain Air 877 716 1,305 1,596 765 215 - - 364 601 1,308 1,787 9,534 CE - China Eastern 53 108 35 92 33 70 106 198 191 147 218 430 1,681 CS - China Southern 230 201 119 656 755 963 1,109 1,198 1,078 857 1,401 1,140 9,707 DA - Dragon Air 847 1,259 1,844 1,785 979 1,132 884 1,101 1,089 1,564 1,922 2,474 16,880 FD - Fly Dubai 4,270 3,941 4,721 3,710 5,311 6,840 5,199 4,278 4,447 4,579 7,634 6,451 61,381 KF - King Fisher 847 238 - 1 ------1,086 WY - Oman Air 2,613 3,006 2,865 2,631 3,306 3,365 2,886 2,955 2,565 1,466 1,521 3,729 32,908 SG - Spice Jet 3,918 2,447 3,229 3,144 1,444 1,054 2,796 3,116 2,403 2,704 2,638 3,554 32,447 Others 3,131 2,142 333 2,855 4,498 4,586 5,128 7,973 7,106 8,255 6,635 8,032 60,674 Not Specified ------2 3 - - 5 Total 67,228 67,292 75,837 72,739 73,382 76,979 73,187 68,785 65,634 58,399 68,884 93,172 861,518

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TABLE 65: NEPALESE NATIONAL GOING ABROAD BY NEXT PORT OF CALL & MONTH, 2012 Next Port Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Abu Dhabi 5,101 5,259 5,497 4,535 4,719 3,676 2,286 1,981 2,889 2,365 2,403 5,389 46,100 Baharain 6,172 5,977 7,466 6,922 6,094 5,562 4,625 5,025 6,252 4,825 7,377 9,901 76,198 Bangkok 2,804 3,106 3,010 4,218 4,602 6,551 5,477 5,137 5,536 3,233 2,245 4,806 50,725 Chengdu 17 34 36 21 48 59 70 81 88 49 - 224 727 Delhi 11,534 10,726 10,721 9,948 8,632 7,671 9,920 9,891 8,344 7,577 8,895 11,052 114,911 Dhaka 4,382 3,425 2,478 5,309 6,533 6,846 5,720 4,072 3,512 1,958 1,810 4,354 50,399 Doha 10,702 11,279 11,190 9,662 11,985 14,013 13,211 11,129 11,334 6,651 6,969 12,037 130,162 Dubai 5,964 5,732 7,274 6,049 7,559 8,685 6,908 6,358 5,679 6,069 11,556 8,879 86,712 Hong Kong 1,724 2,452 3,932 3,165 2,342 2,152 1,870 2,254 1,789 3,088 3,154 3,957 31,879 Karachi 406 217 697 1,055 1,300 872 750 578 470 434 1,291 1,240 9,310 Kaula Lampur 2,974 2,681 4,249 3,864 3,412 3,792 6,723 8,334 6,676 9,148 8,700 11,586 72,139 Kolkata 476 301 246 392 288 268 270 232 222 186 504 381 3,766 Lhasa 31 68 26 83 36 32 38 29 61 65 42 36 547 Mumbai 1,772 2,820 3,388 3,116 2,114 2,411 1,398 1,054 1,175 2,352 3,679 4,810 30,089 Muscat 2,613 3,005 2,867 2,631 3,307 3,364 2,886 2,955 2,565 1,466 1,521 3,731 32,911 Paro 48 89 65 90 53 73 78 70 146 50 34 78 874 Singapore 1,337 1,101 1,698 929 1,110 1,373 1,424 835 879 1,067 986 1,294 14,033 Varanasi 63 34 27 61 22 13 10 7 15 36 14 54 356 Seoul 227 361 526 633 722 517 430 407 292 280 392 722 5,509 Sharjaha 8,595 8,291 10,283 9,303 7,713 8,015 7,876 6,960 6,442 6,487 5,689 7,065 92,719 Khumming 54 109 35 93 33 70 106 199 191 147 218 428 1,683 Gongau 224 200 119 655 756 964 1,109 1,195 1,077 857 1,401 1,140 9,697 Others 5 25 7 5 2 - 2 2 - 9 4 8 69 Not Specified 3 ------3 Total 67,228 67,292 75,837 72,739 73,382 76,979 73,187 68,785 65,634 58,399 68,884 93,172 861,518

108 TABLE 66: NEPALESE NATIONAL GOING ABROAD BY SEX, AGE GROUPS & MONTH, 2012 Age Groups Month Sex Not Total 0-15yrs 16-30yrs 31-45yrs 46-60 yrs 61+yrs Specified January Male 1,211 29,293 19,557 3,505 843 2,245 56,654 Female 557 5,015 2,943 1,191 449 419 10,574 Total 1,768 34,308 22,500 4,696 1,292 2,664 67,228 February Male 865 29,167 20,112 3,695 890 2,421 57,150 Female 309 4,523 3,078 1,350 512 370 10,142 Total 1,174 33,690 23,190 5,045 1,402 2,791 67,292 March Male 1,039 33,848 22,812 4,058 960 2,017 64,734 Female 376 5,085 3,135 1,579 577 351 11,103 Total 1,415 38,933 25,947 5,637 1,537 2,368 75,837 April Male 1,059 32,250 21,852 4,294 1,010 2,526 62,991 Female 492 4,069 2,943 1,350 486 408 9,748 Total 1,551 36,319 24,795 5,644 1,496 2,934 72,739 May Male 675 32,691 21,568 4,445 1,059 2,387 62,825 Female 270 4,922 2,998 1,480 549 338 10,557 Total 945 37,613 24,566 5,925 1,608 2,725 73,382 June Male 738 36,549 22,160 3,834 848 3,072 67,201 Female 287 4,525 2,777 1,288 482 419 9,778 Total 1,025 41,074 24,937 5,122 1,330 3,491 76,979 July Male 844 34,437 20,596 3,818 867 3,143 63,705 Female 383 4,339 2,613 1,282 504 361 9,482 Total 1,227 38,776 23,209 5,100 1,371 3,504 73,187 August Male 903 31,719 18,688 3,655 773 2,600 58,338 Female 426 4,999 2,898 1,296 457 371 10,447 Total 1,329 36,718 21,586 4,951 1,230 2,971 68,785 September Male 541 31,044 18,368 3,706 847 2,594 57,100 Female 219 3,894 2,418 1,219 468 316 8,534 Total 760 34,938 20,786 4,925 1,315 2,910 65,634 October Male 770 25,982 14,934 3,693 1,149 2,408 48,936 Female 371 3,845 2,729 1,483 632 403 9,463 Total 1,141 29,827 17,663 5,176 1,781 2,811 58,399 November Male 766 30,072 20,838 3,311 478 3,187 58,652 Female 379 4,885 3,100 1,031 265 572 10,232 Total 1,145 34,957 23,938 4,342 743 3,759 68,884 December Male 521 40,791 28,525 5,160 1,345 3,916 80,258 Female 169 5,453 3,824 2,177 855 436 12,914 Total 690 46,244 32,349 7,337 2,200 4,352 93,172 G.Total Male 9,932 387,843 250,010 47,174 11,069 32,516 738,544 Female 4,238 55,554 35,456 16,726 6,236 4,764 122,974 Total 14,170 443,397 285,466 63,900 17,305 37,280 861,518

109 TABLE 67: NEPALESE GOING ABROAD BY SEX AND DISTRICT, 2011 -2012 Male Female Total District 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 Taplejung 3,522 3,310 301 320 3,823 3,630 Panchthar 5,439 5,246 376 431 5,815 5,677 Ilam 5,770 5,761 587 684 6,357 6,445 Jhapa 21,954 21,992 2,688 3,127 24,642 25,119 Mechi Total 36,685 36,309 3,952 4,562 40,637 40,871 Morang 19,797 20,255 2,456 2,834 22,253 23,089 Sunsari 15,709 15,850 3,227 3,349 18,936 19,199 Dhankuta 4,744 4,660 300 376 5,044 5,036 Terhathum 3,439 3,127 201 188 3,640 3,315 Sankhuwasabha 5,964 4,469 579 452 6,543 4,921 Bhojpur 5,157 4,756 325 395 5,482 5,151 Koshi Total 54,810 53,117 7,088 7,594 61,898 60,711 Solukhumbu 2,130 2,114 382 386 2,512 2,500 Okhaldhunga 3,041 3,086 288 285 3,329 3,371 Khotang 6,143 6,214 345 407 6,488 6,621 Udayapur 5,335 5,513 393 442 5,728 5,955 Saptari 8,498 8,632 261 287 8,759 8,919 Siraha 15,047 14,162 316 294 15,363 14,456 Sagarmatha Total 40,194 39,721 1,985 2,101 42,179 41,822 Dhanusa 20,262 19,230 508 530 20,770 19,760 Mahottari 11,718 10,952 273 298 11,991 11,250 Sarlahi 7,084 6,963 335 493 7,419 7,456 Sindhuli 4,197 4,618 258 404 4,455 5,022 Ramechhap 3,605 4,129 390 507 3,995 4,636 Dolakha 2,983 3,541 485 629 3,468 4,170 Janakpur Total 49,849 49,433 2,249 2,861 52,098 52,294 Sindhupalchok 4,923 5,928 1,597 2,032 6,520 7,960 Kavre 6,751 7,922 1,138 1,392 7,889 9,314 Lalitpur 14,094 15,614 6,930 7,722 21,024 23,336 Kathmandu 68,122 75,724 32,087 35,356 100,209 111,080 Bhaktapur 4,511 5,136 1,415 1,575 5,926 6,711 Nuwakot 5,291 6,250 672 891 5,963 7,141 Rasuwa 768 854 205 270 973 1,124 Dhading 6,268 7,040 602 805 6,870 7,845 Bagmati Total 110,728 124,468 44,646 50,043 155,374 174,511 Makwanpur 6,173 7,000 933 946 7,106 7,946 Rautahat 3,822 4,405 203 232 4,025 4,637 Bara 4,485 5,287 216 321 4,701 5,608 Parsa 3,725 4,382 386 476 4,111 4,858 Chitawan 15,070 16,795 2553 3,045 17,623 19,840 Narayani Total 33,275 37,869 4,291 5,020 37,566 42,889 Gorkha 8,930 9,450 944 1,023 9,874 10,473 Lamjung 6,968 7,598 585 660 7,553 8,258 Tanahu 12,754 12,915 929 1,041 13,683 13,956 Syangja 13,726 14,304 1164 1,306 14,890 15,610 Kaski 17,995 18,827 4613 4,973 22,608 23,800 Manang 460 499 125 106 585 605 Gandaki Total 60,833 63,593 8,360 9,109 69,193 72,702

110 TABLE 67: NEPALESE GOING ABROAD BY SEX AND DISTRICT, 2011 - 2012 (contd.) Male Female Total District 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 Mustang 420 390 125 104 545 494 Myagdi 5,330 5,238 550 580 5,880 5,818 Parbat 6,011 6,076 500 570 6,511 6,646 Baglung 10,063 9,967 1,126 1,241 11,189 11,208 Dhaulagiri Total 21,824 21,671 2,301 2,495 24,125 24,166 Gulmi 8,339 8,388 746 858 9,085 9,246 Palpa 7,401 7,458 597 563 7,998 8,021 Nawalparasi 14,077 14,378 1,234 1,336 15,311 15,714 Rupandehi 15,091 15,413 2,233 2,351 17,324 17,764 Kapilbastu 6,765 7,000 360 397 7,125 7,397 Arghakhanchi 4,781 4,455 225 272 5,006 4,727 Lumbini Total 56,454 57,092 5,395 5,777 61,849 62,869 Pyuthan 2,494 2,376 112 136 2,606 2,512 Rolpa 4,334 4,470 90 108 4,424 4,578 Rukum 2,449 2,578 80 98 2,529 2,676 Salyan 2,834 2,955 76 91 2,910 3,046 Dang 6,993 7,034 436 587 7,429 7,621 Rapti Total 19,104 19,413 794 1,020 19,898 20,433 Banke 3,421 3,682 377 309 3,798 3,991 Bardiya 3,224 3,308 214 253 3,438 3,561 Surkhet 1,863 2,092 202 231 2,065 2,323 Dilekh 665 826 35 61 700 887 Jajarkot 517 517 17 14 534 531 Bheri Total 9,690 10,425 845 868 10,535 11,293 Dolpa 163 169 19 47 182 216 Jumla 39 117 2 7 41 124 Kalikot 97 194 3 8 100 202 Mugu 56 76 7 6 63 82 Humla 75 182 15 28 90 210 Karnali Total 430 738 46 96 476 834 Bajura 119 111 2 4 121 115 Bajhang 112 249 2 4 114 253 Achham 312 318 34 23 346 341 Doti 276 360 14 27 290 387 Kailali 1,847 2,037 192 219 2,039 2,256 Seti Total 2,666 3,075 244 277 2,910 3,352 Kanchanpur 2,225 2,498 138 177 2,363 2,675 Dadeldhura 529 555 22 35 551 590 Baitadi 775 949 33 45 808 994 Darchaula 448 443 27 24 475 467 Mahakali Total 3,977 4,445 220 281 4,197 4,726 Not Specified 168039 217,175 22980 30,870 191,019 248,045 Grand Total 668,558 738,544 105,396 122,974 773,954 861,518

111 TABLE 68: NEPALESE ARRIVALS BY VISITED COUNTRIES & MONTH, 2012 Visited Country Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Afghanistan 266 149 296 256 192 265 186 217 168 256 249 221 2,721 Argentina 7 3 4 4 2 4 - 6 4 2 - 8 44 Australia 1,471 1,531 846 813 702 902 557 484 580 2,209 1,519 893 12,507 Austria 6 8 4 20 9 6 7 10 11 14 19 3 117 Bangladesh 547 397 614 408 337 382 580 533 483 503 264 422 5,470 Belgium 112 51 59 50 59 72 111 65 66 136 76 61 918 Bhutan 35 55 119 55 47 75 46 59 96 185 31 30 833 Brazil 9 7 4 3 1 50 3 9 1 2 12 22 123 Bulgaria - - 3 1 - - 1 - - 3 - - 8 Cambodia 32 17 31 34 73 52 40 53 21 71 38 18 480 Canada 75 65 67 71 79 112 93 81 79 215 153 111 1,201 China 2,459 1,623 1,958 2,157 2,574 2,058 2,883 1,817 1,216 1,657 2,129 1,033 23,564 Czech Rep. 1 2 1 5 1 4 6 - 4 17 8 - 49 Denmark 79 45 38 58 39 50 73 73 65 53 83 80 736 Finland 73 33 21 38 44 103 38 54 64 73 46 86 673 France 50 46 59 72 53 83 112 121 179 182 65 59 1,081 Germany 197 147 151 134 201 137 183 185 231 292 234 198 2,290 Greece 4 - 1 3 7 7 4 14 13 8 21 18 100 India 9,759 8,170 6,877 7,921 6,484 6,026 5,392 5,987 6,193 6,457 7,239 7,897 84,402 Indonesia 31 21 33 27 21 43 22 17 60 31 66 30 402 Ireland 11 6 14 1 - - - - 2 2 - 12 48 Israel 389 229 145 190 108 130 102 100 145 282 208 107 2,135 Italy 43 114 68 55 60 89 79 56 113 182 66 92 1,017 Japan 798 637 587 581 597 491 503 581 600 1,289 1,039 629 8,332 Malaysia 7,932 5,801 5,133 5,247 4,362 3,329 4,756 4,971 5,703 4,370 6,636 1,170 59,410 Mexico 5 2 2 3 2 3 1 - - 8 - - 26 Myanmar 17 39 20 17 20 7 5 10 16 8 20 21 200

112 TABLE 68: NEPALESE ARRIVALS BY VISITED COUNTRIES & MONTH, 2012 (contd.) Visited Country Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Netherlands 47 34 48 37 36 81 48 60 58 54 53 53 609 New Zealand 49 38 32 17 63 40 13 19 34 38 65 20 428 Norway 53 28 35 27 60 77 40 98 81 56 42 88 685 Pakistan 57 61 63 64 38 78 38 48 108 144 110 102 911 Philippines 118 88 178 191 132 128 84 77 131 93 51 219 1,490 Poland 19 19 7 13 15 19 23 7 15 41 31 10 219 Portugal 29 32 18 28 12 29 31 21 75 44 77 18 414 Republic of Korea 684 479 367 448 355 638 419 311 358 952 767 428 6,206 Romania 10 10 4 31 3 1 4 9 9 12 20 - 113 Russian Federation 45 33 23 20 14 70 92 65 81 91 71 69 674 Saudi Arabia 11,893 9,188 6,782 8,147 7,047 7,423 6,879 5,770 10,414 12,130 12,654 10,609 108,936 Singapore 600 397 546 343 551 441 406 360 374 615 1,063 675 6,371 Slovakia 7 5 7 4 3 5 5 5 7 26 4 10 88 South Africa 22 11 11 14 33 9 19 12 39 42 22 26 260 Spain 87 55 49 19 40 120 53 32 64 91 62 45 717 Sri Lanka 214 60 112 77 71 99 51 57 84 164 103 81 1,173 Sweden 11 14 46 26 23 25 24 22 51 75 32 49 398 Switzerland 37 44 56 69 53 64 64 62 123 117 67 57 813 Thailand 1,690 1,286 1,048 1,280 1,976 1,252 1,040 1,513 905 1,157 993 963 15,103 Turkey 95 19 32 58 54 86 29 20 35 33 85 35 581 Ukraine 53 24 83 34 34 34 29 18 17 62 28 111 527 UK 2,657 1,817 1,585 1,388 1,114 1,600 1,909 1,569 1,808 2,676 3,120 2,506 23,749 USA 1,728 1,029 899 915 1,764 2,092 1,167 1,193 1,086 2,035 1,558 1,874 17,340 Vietnam 31 28 40 22 11 53 32 23 9 81 17 28 375 Taiwan 36 31 17 15 39 21 13 22 8 28 24 53 307 Others 36,148 25,537 23,062 25,614 21,912 22,542 21,512 19,140 27,547 36,222 29,904 22,788 311,928 Not Specified 2,091 1,834 6,026 1,355 1,076 1,449 1,099 965 1,728 659 1,528 7,723 27,533 Total 82,919 61,399 58,331 58,480 52,603 52,956 50,906 47,001 61,362 76,245 72,772 61,861 736,835

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TABLE 69: NEPALESE ARRIVALS BY LAST PORT OF CALL & MONTH, 2012 Last Port Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total Abu Dhabi 7,611 5,325 3,730 4,390 2,623 2,992 2,265 2,123 3,154 4,196 3,991 3,667 46,067 Baharain 10,076 5,698 6,388 3,868 4,032 5,895 4,545 4,550 7,189 6,978 7,490 8,846 75,555 Bangkok 4,058 2,868 2,742 2,606 3,589 3,014 2,534 2,949 1,937 3,529 2,525 2,654 35,005 Chengdu 10 2 57 5 2 1 18 12 21 13 10 6 157 Delhi 12,730 9,101 9,008 9,551 8,466 7,664 6,455 7,799 9,765 10,888 11,124 11,652 114,203 Dhaka 3,345 2,003 2,108 2,071 1,479 1,541 1,335 825 1,281 1,369 761 652 18,770 Doha 12,843 12,303 9,701 10,889 10,986 9,506 9,336 7,979 10,432 10,922 9,143 9,404 123,444 Dubai 5,560 4,643 5,268 4,532 3,954 5,853 6,490 4,750 4,686 7,316 9,046 6,213 68,311 Hong Kong 2,308 2,141 1,880 2,001 2,197 1,433 1,679 876 869 2,444 2,346 678 20,852 Karachi 555 527 424 519 606 552 456 192 910 2,651 924 556 8,872 Kaula Lampur 4,516 3,634 3,432 3,157 2,507 1,613 3,543 4,096 4,840 3,722 6,015 586 41,661 Kolkata 555 310 275 285 290 206 232 187 221 446 370 308 3,685 Lhasa 149 44 13 68 96 123 141 88 48 72 64 172 1,078 Mumbai 4,848 3,352 2,732 2,892 1,673 762 460 571 1,738 3,135 3,520 3,247 28,930 Muscat 4,004 2,539 2,773 2,924 2,785 3,409 2,605 2,327 3,628 3,048 2,996 2,973 36,011 Paro 25 50 93 56 47 70 41 56 87 171 27 28 751 Singapore 1,047 1,281 1,001 752 1,063 964 716 536 592 1,214 1,688 1,031 11,885 Varanasi 152 27 129 47 22 10 7 8 21 - 48 13 484 Seoul 355 164 146 276 162 234 283 198 86 332 224 161 2,621 Sharjaha 7,410 4,948 5,398 6,661 4,979 5,852 6,229 5,508 8,837 12,149 8,857 7,706 84,534 Khumming 223 49 36 107 52 62 340 160 74 266 420 319 2,108 Gongau 538 384 985 823 993 1,199 1,196 1,211 946 1,384 1,183 989 11,831 Others 1 5 12 - - 1 ------19 Not Specified - 1 ------1 Total 82,919 61,399 58,331 58,480 52,603 52,956 50,906 47,001 61,362 76,245 72,772 61,861 736,835

114 TABLE 70: NEPALESE ARRIVALS BY SEX, AGE GROUPS & MONTH, 2012 Age Groups Month Sex Not Total 0-15yrs 16-30yrs 31-45 yrs 46-60yrs 61+yrs Specified January Male 1,102 29,100 32,790 4,683 1,274 2,229 71,178 Female 507 4,576 4,388 1,532 520 218 11,741 Total 1,609 33,676 37,178 6,215 1,794 2,447 82,919 February Male 616 21,288 24,775 3,883 697 1,518 52,777 Female 264 3,425 3,213 1,204 326 190 8,622 Total 880 24,713 27,988 5,087 1,023 1,708 61,399 March Male 672 22,175 20,433 4,042 794 2,486 50,602 Female 211 3,309 2,445 1,098 304 362 7,729 Total 883 25,484 22,878 5,140 1,098 2,848 58,331 April Male 956 20,231 23,633 3,461 626 1,526 50,433 Female 419 3,107 3,152 945 244 180 8,047 Total 1,375 23,338 26,785 4,406 870 1,706 58,480 May Male 920 16,464 22,011 3,327 595 1,322 44,639 Female 410 3,028 3,000 1,040 265 221 7,964 Total 1,330 19,492 25,011 4,367 860 1,543 52,603 June Male 1,060 16,293 21,891 3,209 456 1,324 44,233 Female 440 3,361 3,378 1,113 240 191 8,723 Total 1,500 19,654 25,269 4,322 696 1,515 52,956 July Male 800 16,167 20,978 3,057 497 1,326 42,825 Female 398 3,156 3,150 946 222 209 8,081 Total 1,198 19,323 24,128 4,003 719 1,535 50,906 August Male 531 14,451 19,563 2,851 504 1,755 39,655 Female 269 2,720 2,830 1,051 232 244 7,346 Total 800 17,171 22,393 3,902 736 1,999 47,001 September Male 524 19,554 25,757 3,364 606 3,338 53,143 Female 159 3,025 3,185 1,084 363 403 8,219 Total 683 22,579 28,942 4,448 969 3,741 61,362 October Male 616 23,683 33,107 3,902 665 3,222 65,195 Female 281 4,268 4,288 1,390 374 449 11,050 Total 897 27,951 37,395 5,292 1,039 3,671 76,245 November Male 1,139 22,610 29,802 3,815 851 2,701 60,918 Female 686 4,277 4,465 1,476 584 366 11,854 Total 1,825 26,887 34,267 5,291 1,435 3,067 72,772 December Male 840 21,573 20,125 3,989 718 4,848 52,093 Female 414 4,022 2,932 1,244 302 854 9,768 Total 1,254 25,595 23,057 5,233 1,020 5,702 61,861 G.Total Male 9,776 243,589 294,865 43,583 8,283 27,595 627,691 Female 4,458 42,274 40,426 14,123 3,976 3,887 109,144 Total 14,234 285,863 335,291 57,706 12,259 31,482 736,835

115 TABLE 71: NEPALESE ARRIVALS BY SEX & DISTRICT, 2011-2012 Male Female Total District 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 Taplejung 4,139 3,610 319 273 4,458 3,883 Panchthar 5,999 5,556 617 505 6,616 6,061 Ilam 5,804 5,684 719 725 6,523 6,409 Jhapa 24,052 24,300 3,599 3,824 27,651 28,124 Mechi Total 39,994 39,150 5,254 5,327 45,248 44,477 Morang 20,957 21,613 3,025 3,430 23,982 25,043 Sunsari 16,634 16,864 3,262 3,129 19,896 19,993 Dhankuta 5,204 5,071 352 323 5,556 5,394 Terhathum 3,534 3,201 183 183 3,717 3,384 Sankhuwasabha 4,811 4,230 296 291 5,107 4,521 Bhojpur 5,186 4,969 396 379 5,582 5,348 Koshi Total 56,326 55,948 7,514 7,735 63,840 63,683 Solukhumbu 1,767 1,955 276 376 2,043 2,331 Okhaldhunga 2,834 2,909 241 264 3,075 3,173 Khotang 6,377 6,229 372 425 6,749 6,654 Udayapur 5,682 5,627 500 594 6,182 6,221 Saptari 7,472 7,658 297 264 7,769 7,922 Siraha 16,013 18,717 291 365 16,304 19,082 Sagarmatha Total 40,145 43,095 1,977 2,288 42,122 45,383 Dhanusa 21,762 23,468 521 638 22,283 24,106 Mahottari 10,997 12,036 277 348 11,274 12,384 Sarlahi 6,163 6,772 441 472 6,604 7,244 Sindhuli 4,113 4,216 363 431 4,476 4,647 Ramechhap 3,515 3,549 437 496 3,952 4,045 Dolakha 3,291 2,952 556 473 3,847 3,425 Janakpur Total 49,841 52,993 2,595 2,858 52,436 55,851 Sindhupalchok 5,055 5,445 1,968 2,246 7,023 7,691 Kavre 6,327 6,800 1,086 1,235 7,413 8,035 Lalitpur 15,538 16,737 6,787 7,614 22,325 24,351 Kathmandu 83,418 101,889 34,916 43,752 118,334 145,641 Bhaktapur 4,973 5,295 1,285 1,464 6,258 6,759 Nuwakot 5,375 6,066 825 942 6,200 7,008 Rasuwa 912 1,300 280 324 1,192 1,624 Dhading 6,497 6,755 656 749 7,153 7,504 Bagmati Total 128,095 150,287 47,803 58,326 175,898 208,613 Makwanpur 5,782 6,364 871 1,015 6,653 7,379 Rautahat 2,685 3,136 171 201 2,856 3,337 Bara 4,012 3,864 230 268 4,242 4,132 Parsa 3,242 3,718 376 516 3,618 4,234 Chitawan 15,961 16,844 2,686 3,038 18,647 19,882 Narayani Total 31,682 33,926 4,334 5,038 36,016 38,964 Gorkha 8,630 9,172 911 1,058 9,541 10,230 Lamjung 6,851 7,805 549 694 7,400 8,499 Tanahu 12,619 13,752 675 906 13,294 14,658 Syangja 13,776 14,869 875 1,051 14,651 15,920 Kaski 20,398 20,319 4,142 4,789 24,540 25,108 Manang 227 351 49 51 276 402 Gandaki Total 62,501 66,268 7,201 8,549 69,702 74,817

116 TABLE 71: NEPALESE ARRIVALS BY SEX & DISTRICT, 2011-2012 (contd.)

Male Female Total District 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 Mustang 469 456 95 113 564 569 Myagdi 5,320 5,609 400 478 5,720 6,087 Parbat 5,893 6,371 358 509 6,251 6,880 Baglung 9,485 9,979 867 960 10,352 10,939 Dhaulagiri Total 21,167 22,415 1,720 2,060 22,887 24,475 Gulmi 8,170 9,131 659 783 8,829 9,914 Palpa 7,299 7,941 525 610 7,824 8,551 Nawalparasi 14,399 14,730 1,525 1,720 15,924 16,450 Rupandehi 15,946 16,330 2,354 2,426 18,300 18,756 Kapilbastu 7,498 7,230 448 415 7,946 7,645 Arghakhanchi 4,573 4,537 226 291 4,799 4,828 Lumbini Total 57,885 59,899 5,737 6,245 63,622 66,144 Pyuthan 2,097 2,266 122 131 2,219 2,397 Rolpa 4,314 4,470 95 111 4,409 4,581 Rukum 2,521 2,174 120 83 2,641 2,257 Salyan 2,261 1,999 61 111 2,322 2,110 Dang 6,899 6,887 543 612 7,442 7,499 Rapti Total 18,092 17,796 941 1,048 19,033 18,844 Banke 3,352 3,669 484 426 3,836 4,095 Bardiya 3,032 3,279 425 412 3,457 3,691 Surkhet 1,375 1,739 202 232 1,577 1,971 Dilekh 372 453 27 33 399 486 Jajarkot 208 221 8 18 216 239 Bheri Total 8,339 9,361 1,146 1,121 9,485 10,482 Dolpa 8 45 3 8 11 53 Jumla 36 48 6 7 42 55 Kalikot 105 135 4 13 109 148 Mugu 63 60 10 6 73 66 Humla 139 220 15 45 154 265 Karnali Total 351 508 38 79 389 587 Bajura 24 13 2 2 26 15 Bajhang 20 19 3 - 23 19 Achham 207 221 15 20 222 241 Doti 179 235 16 17 195 252 Kailali 1,592 1,498 197 185 1,789 1,683 Seti Total 2,022 1,986 233 224 2,255 2,210 Kanchanpur 1,520 1,846 100 150 1,620 1,996 Dadeldhura 166 202 5 8 171 210 Baitadi 504 613 29 25 533 638 Darchaula 420 449 11 11 431 460 Mahakali Total 2,610 3,110 145 194 2,755 3,304 Not Specified 85,543 70,949 11,231 8,052 96,774 79,001 Grand Total 604,593 627,691 97,869 109,144 702,462 736,835

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