Nepal Tourism Statistics 2012
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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.) Copyright @ Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation 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 Page 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