Training Workshop on Satellite Accounts

December, 09-11 Bangkok,

Tourism Statistics in

SITARAM GHIMIRE RISHI RAM SIGDEL KAPIL DHITAL

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Outlines

• General introduction • Tourism in Nepal: brief introduction • Tourism Satellite Accounts initiatives • Challenges and way forward

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Nepal Occupying only 0.1% of the earth, is home to: • 2% of all the flowering plants in the world • 8% of the world's population of birds (more than 848 species) • 4% of mammals on earth • 11 of the world's 15 families of butterflies (more than 500 species) • 600 indigenous plant families

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Tourism in Nepal Natural • Mountains, landscaping , rivers, falls etc. Socio cultural • World heritage sites (10) • Festivals (123 languages and ethnicity) Adventure • , trekking, rafting, bunji jump, paragliding etc. Spiritual • -birth place of buddha, Pashupatinath

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Most visited places • Lumbini: more than 1,500,000 including domestic tourists (2018) • UNESCO heritage sites: , Patan, Bhaktapur • Pokhara, Sauraha, Chitwan • Bardiya National Park • Everest base camp(EBC), Annapurna circuit

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Tourist arrivals in Nepal

1,400,000 1,400,000 By Air By Land Total Arrivals Female Male 1,200,000 1,200,000

1,000,000 1,000,000

800,000 800,000

600,000 600,000

400,000 400,000

200,000 200,000

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2014 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018

2016 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Tourist arrivals in Nepal: major indicators

Indicators 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Tourist arrivals 790,118 538,970 753,002 940,218 1,173,072

Average length of stay (days) 12.4 13.16 13.4 12.6 12.4

Average 48 70 53 54 44 expenditure/tourist/day ($)

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Contribution of tourism in Nepalese economy

• GDP contribution of tourism sector:

Central Bureau of Statistics: 2.05% (hotel and restaurant) UNWTO: 5 - 7%

Politicians: > 10% [next to agriculture (26.5%)] Actual: ???? • Need to construct "Tourism Satellite Accounts"

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Tourism satellite accounts initiatives

• Steering committee formed Secretary, MOCTCA Research Director, NRB Director General, CBS Executive Director, NTB • Technical committee formed Officials from MOCTCA, NRB, CBS, NTB • Technical assistant from UNDP (1 yr.) • Series of workshops

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Tourism satellite accounts: main concern

• Data availability Domestic tourism, inbound tourism, outbound tourism etc. • Human resource Capacity • Challenge: capture data from overland Indian visitors Tourists and excursionists

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Tourism satellite accounts: way forward

• Domestic tourism survey • Outbound tourism survey • Inbound tourism survey • Excursionist survey • Prepare national representative experimental TSA by June, 2020

Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences Welcome to Nepal!

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Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences