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State of Tourism Development in Nepal with Special Focus on Changing Purpose of Visit

International Journal of Research in Tourism and Hospitality

Nepal has a wide range of tourism resources and attractions. The country ranges from about 60 meters elevation to the world's highest mountain peak. It has the Himalayan Mountain range, different types of climate, rich biodiversity and beautiful landscapes. The world's major highest mountain peaks, mountain ranges, world famous trekking destinations and cultural diversity, historical landmarks and natural heritage and professional hospitality. With some exception, the volume of tourist has been gradually increasing and recently it has reached to over one million. However, tourism development is still in its early stage as the volume of tourist is still low and it is further characterized with seasonality with short period of stay. Based on the secondary data, this paper examines the changing size and the trend of tourist flow to Nepal. The findings show an increasing trend of tourists with gradual shifting geographical areas of origin of tourist. Furthermore, a shift has also observed in the purpose of the visit of tourists.

An Analysis of the Tourism in Nepal Trend of Tourist Arrivals

The Third Pole: Journal of Geography Education, 2014

Tourism is the travel of people from one place to another; whether it is within their own country or to other countries. It is naturally a human character. Attraction is the most causative element of tourism. Various natural and cultural heritages of Nepal, its diverse topography, varied climate, its diverse flora and fauna, different shrines and temples, jungle safari and trekking attract tourists in Nepal. This study uses the data of the Nepal tourism statistics 2012published by Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. The Rana ruler isolated Nepal from external influences for a hundred and four years. During that period, Nepal was a ‘forbidden land’ for foreigners. Tourism in Nepal was promoted after the establishment of democracy in 1951. Tourists’ influx shows a steady trend in different periods in Nepal. The average length of stay of tourist is not so long. The tourist flow in Nepal is generally confined during the spring and autumn seasons. The recent trend of tourist...

Prospects of tourism in Nepalese economy

This article examines some of the tourism indicators and the contribution of tourism to the Nepalese economy. The number of tourists' inflow through bus and air services and their percentages are discussed. Since 1985 to 2016 the contribution of tourism sector indicators such as the percentage of total foreign exchange earnings and its share in GDP, average expenditure per visitor and average expenditure per visitor per day are discussed with annual data for the period 20001-2015/16. Further, the duration of tourist's stay an annual growth rate of tourist, and percentage change of foreign exchange earnings in the yearly basis are discussed. The data on the number of tourist arrival, their duration of stay and the growth rate in percentage, from 1985 to 2016 and the contribution of the tourism sector to the national economy is presented from 2000/01. The significance is tested using a t-test. Further, this articles examines the prospects, and review of the literature, review of the tourism sector in the periodic plan, and some problems facing the tourism sector and some suggestion for the development of tourism sector. Nepal still is unable to recover its structures damaged by the earthquake of 2015, which has affected the tourist arrival in the country. Furthermore, the article describes the prospects for the tourism industry in Nepal with reference to its biodiversity and natural beauty.

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF TOURISM INDUSTRY IN THE CONTEXT OF VISIT NEPAL 2020

Welcoming two million tourists in 2020, is itself a challenge and the challenge from another side is a great opportunity for Nepalese tourism development. Only tourism can transform the nation because other sector of economy requires extensive capital and skillful human resource. Nepal cannot compete with India in Agricultural Production and with China in other industrial productions. Nation's investment in Agriculture and Industries are in high risks. At this crucial juncture of time Nepal government has announced visit Nepal 2020, which could be a milestone of Nepalese Economic Development. To analyze the challenges and opportunities to welcome 2 million tourists in 2020 the study has been designed. Tourism is a social phenomenon that promotes the movement of visitors to a region or destination in the world with certain natural or artificial features aimed to leisure and rest. Methodologically, it is a qualitative descriptive analysis of available secondary information on Nepalese tourism industry and academia. The method analyzes entire facts qualitatively and interprets the meaning of tourism information. The tourism industry's viability is based on its natural and cultural environment. The environment encompasses air, land, water, art, history, architect, festivals, and hospitability of people. The foreign tourists and excursionists' primary interest in Nepal is to study its culture and nature not dust, dirt, and mismanagement of roads etc. Mayors of local governments must be aware on these issues. Nepal's unique form of musical expression and cultural vibes are becoming lost resulting in cultural dilution. Accessibilities 1 Dr. Badal is a Visiting

Mountain Tourism and Tourism Policy of Nepal

Pedestaled on secondary data, the key objective of this paper is to make a retrospective assessment of tourism policy and sustainable mountain tourism development efforts in Nepal. The sustainable development of mountain tourism relies on the government's plans and policies and the efficient coordination between stakeholders. But the tourism policies have not been able to adequately address mountain tourism, and this has led to unbalanced growth of tourism sector. Despite the implementation of new Tourism Policy in 2008, adequate focus on mountain tourism is still missing. There is a lacuna of adequate driving force in tourism policy and it has failed to address vital areas of mountain tourism. Hence, there is an instant need of specific and separate mountain tourism policy encompassing integrated approach (abiding federal structure and local participation in planning and management) hence making mountain tourism sustainable, responsible and sensitive-ecologically and culturally.

Review & overview of economic contribution of tourism sector in Nepal

2012

He has authored several publications of the organization which includes handbooks, pocketbooks, policy papers and others. Besdies Samriddhi Foundation, he also works for Khabar South Asia, a South Asian online magazine and dedicates a portion of his time teaching 'Entrepreneurship' to undergraduate level students. www.samriddhi.org | vii Acknowledgement T his detailed study report on tourism, which is one of the five sectors on the Nepal Economic Growth Agenda (NEGA) Report 2012, would not have been possible without the input and help from a lot of individuals and organizations. First of all, we would like to thank all the five research guides working with research assistants preparing five reports like this. We cannot remain without thanking the authors of this report, Dr. Dandapani Poudel and Mr. Surath Giri, for working on this study which remained a pillar behind the preparation the NEGA Report 2012. The consistent support shown by Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) throughout the process has remained at the core of this initiative. Similarly, this study report has gone through extensive consultations in Kathmandu and five regional centers of Nepal and we are extremely grateful to the individuals who took time to take part in those consultations and provide their input based on their valuable knowledge and experience. We would like to thank the Morang Merchants Association,

Contribution of Tourism on Nepalese Economy

2018

This study aims at examining the role of tourism on economy and employment of Nepal. The study is based on secondary data/information and experience-based approach. Travel and tourism, one of the important economic activities in almost all the countries of the world, is no doubt the largest industries in Nepal and primary source of foreign exchange earnings and employment. Its direct contribution to GDP was 3.6 percent (NPR 85.2 billion) while its total contribution was 7.5 percent (NPR 177.9 billion) in 2016. Likewise, direct contribution of travel and tourism to employment was 2.9 percent and its total contribution was 6.4 percent of the total employment. The contribution to visitors export was US$ 0.4 billion with a share of 19.0 percent of the total export. Likewise, percentage share of domestic spending, leisure spending and business spending was 3.9, 3.1 and 0.5 percent respectively. The contribution of tourism is significant however, still Nepal is unable to utilize its full ...