Training Workshop on Tourism Satellite Accounts December, 09-11 Bangkok, Thailand Tourism Statistics in Nepal 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 • Mountaineering, trekking, rafting, bunji jump, paragliding etc. Spiritual • Lumbini-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: Kathmandu, 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 0 0 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! Thank You! Visit Nepal 2020 Lifetime Experiences.