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CONTENTS PagePART I FACT SHEET 1PART II TOURIST ARRIVALS 7TABLE 2.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1964-2018 9TABLE 2.2: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1992-2018 12TABLE 2.3: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH (Excluding Indian Citizens), 1992-2018 15TABLE 2.4: INDIAN TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1992-2018 17TABLE 2.5: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY YEAR, 1993-2018 18TABLE 2.6: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY SEX, 1993-2018 20TABLE 2.7 : TOURIST ARRIVAL BY AGE GROUPS, 1993-2018 22TABLE 2.8: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2009-2018 24TABLE 2. 9: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2016-2018 26TABLE 2.10: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY LAND, 2018 31TABLE 2.11: TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY AND MONTH (LAND), 2018 32PART III LENGTH OF STAY 33 TABLE 3.1 TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1965-2018 35PART IV PURPOSE OF VISIT 37TABLE 4.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT, 1993-2018 39PART V TREKKING AND EXPEDITION 43

TABLE 5.1: NUMBER OF TREKKERS IN DIFFERENT CONSERVATION AREAS BY MONTH, 2018. 45

TABLE 5.2: TREKKERS IN DIFFERENT TREKKING AREAS, 2001-2018 46

TABLE 5.3: TREKKERS IN PROTECTED AREAS BY MONTH, 2018 47

TABLE 5.4: NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS VISITED TO PROTECTED AREAS BY MONTH, FY 2074/75

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TABLE 5.5 : NUMBER OF FOREIGN VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS & PROTECTED AREAS, 2070/71-2074/75 49

TABLE 5.6: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION MEMBERS & SUMMITEERS BY PEAK, 2018 50

TABLE 5.7: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS BY COUNTRY, 2018 53TABLE 5.8: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAM MEMBERS ROYALTY BY PEAK, 2018 56TABLE 5.9: NUMBER OF SUMMITEERS BY COUNTRY AND MOUNTAIN, 2018 58

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TABLE 5.10: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS BY PEAK, 2018 (Permit Issued By Nepal Mountaineering Association) 64

TABLE 5.11: ROYALTY RECEIVED BY PEAK, 2018 69PART VI PILGRIMAGE 71TABLE 6.1: VISITORS (EXCLUDING INDIAN CITIZENS) TO PASUPATI, 2013-2018 73TABLE 6.2: INDIAN CITIZEN VISITORS TO LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2011-2018 74TABLE 6.3: COUNTRY-WISE VISIT TO BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA, LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2018 75

TABLE 6.4: SUMMARY OF VISITORS BY BOARD ORIGIN IN LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2018 76PART VII INCOME GENERATION 79TABLE 7.1: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM BY FY, 2057/58 TO 2075/76 81

TABLE 7.2: FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM, 2000/01-2017/18 83TABLE 7.3: SOME ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT (NSIC CATEGORY) BY FISCAL YEAR 2068/69 to 2075/76

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PART VIII FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT 85TABLE 8.1: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY MONTH, 2018

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TABLE 8.2: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES WISE FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2011-2018

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TABLE 8.3: INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES WISE FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2018 88TABLE 8.4: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2018 89TABLE 8.5: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY MONTH, 2018 89TABLE 8.6: FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY DOMESTIC AIRLINES, 2018 90TABLE 8.7: NUMBER OF PARA GLIDERS IN POKHARA BY MONTHS, 2015-2018 91PART IX TOURISM INDUSTRY 93TABLE 9.1: TOURIST STANDARD HOTEL REGISTERED IN NEPAL 95TABLE 9.2: TOURIST INDUSTRIES AND GUIDE IN NEPAL 95TABLE 9.3: REGISTERED HOME STAY,2015-2018 96TABLE 9.4: CIVIL AVIATION INDICATORS, NEPAL 98PART X TOURISM EDUCATION 99TABLE 10.1: TOURISM AND HOTEL RELATED EDUCATION AND TRAININGS, 2009-2018 101PART XI MISCELLANEOUS 103TABLE 11.1: TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY MONTH, 2074/75 105TABLE 11.2: TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY NATIONALITY, 2074/75 106TABLE 11.3: TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY GENDER, 2018 108TABLE: 11.4 BASIS OF INVESTIGATION 2074-075 108

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FACT SHEET 1

Indicators 2017 2018 % Change

Tourist Arrival by:

Air 760577 969287 27.44

Land 179641 203785 13.44

Total 940218 1173072 24.77

Average Length of Stay 12.6 12.4 -1.59

Sex:

Male 509598 624928 18.45

Female 430620 548144 21.44

By Age groups:

0-15 years 35332 54870 35.61

16-30 years 217143 269648 19.47

31-45 years 292827 360237 18.71

46-60 years 244342 303452 19.48

61+ years 141316 173299 18.46

Not Specified 9258 11566 19.96

Top Five Country of Nationality:

Rank 1 India India

Rank 2 China China

Rank 3 USA USA

Rank 4 United Kingdom Srilanka

Rank 5 Srilanka United Kingdom

Purpose of Visit:

Holiday/Pleasure 658153 703843 6.49

Pilgrimage 141033 187692 24.86

Trekking & Moun-taineering 75217 169180 55.54

Others 65815 112357 41.42

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FACT SHEET 2

Indicators 2017 2018 % Change

Tourist Arrival by Major Five Airlines:

Rank 1 Jet Airways Nepal Airlines

Rank 2 Nepal Airlines Jet Airways

Rank 3 Qatar Air Qatar Air

Rank 4 Air Arabia Fly Dubai

Rank 5 Fly Dubai Air India

Mountaineering Expedition:

Total Team 1798 1910 5.86

Total Person 8206 8641 5.03

Royalty to Government (Rs.’ 000) 387416 467938 17.21

Revenue from Tourism:

Total Earning(US$ ‘ 000) 658092 703179 6.41

Average expenses / Visitor / day ( US$) 54 44 -22.73

Tourism Related Enterprises :

Hotel (star) 125 129 3.10

Hotel ( Non star) 977 1125 13.16

Beds (total) 39833 40856 2.50

Travel Agencies 3224 3508 8.10

Trekking Agencies 2637 2649 0.45

Tourist Guide 3876 4126 6.06

Trekking Guide 13831 16248 14.88

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FACT SHEET 3

Indicators 2017 2018 % Change

Places Visited:

National Parks and Wildlife Reserve 604091 699552 13.65

Pashupati Area (excluding Indian) 124180 163311 23.96

Lumbini (excluding Indian Tourists) 145796 169180 13.82

Manaslu Trekking 5745 7371 22.06

Mustang Trekking 6632 4116 -61.13

HumlaTrekking 13398 10814 -23.89

Lower Dolpa Trekking 924 1222 24.39

Kanchanjunga Trekking 1008 970 -3.92

Upper Dolpa Trekking 425 525 19.05

International Airlines Movement:

Arrival 16680 16964 1.67

Departure 16682 16961 1.64

Total 33362 33925 1.66

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Year 2018 seems remarkable improvement in tourist arrivals. Tourist arrivals increased by 25 percent compared to 2017.

Out of total tourist arrivals, five countries occupy almost 50 percent. The proportion of tourists from these countries are; India (16.57%), China (13.1%), USA (7.83%), Srilanka (5.94%) and United Kingdom (5.41%) respectively. Similar seasonality exists in tourist arrivals as in previous year. The highest number of arrival is observed in November followed by March. There is no major change in sex and age group of tourist arrivals. By sex male (53.3%) and about highest percentage of arrivals were of age category 31-45 (30.7%) in year 2018.

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TABLE 2.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1964-2018

YearTotal By Air By Land Average

Length of StayNumber Annual Growth Rate (%) Number Percent Number Percent

1964 9,526 30.9 8,435 88.5 1,091 11.5 NA

1965 9,388 -1.4 8,303 88.4 1,085 11.6 NA

1966 12,567 33.9 11,206 89.2 1,361 10.8 NA

1967 18,093 44.0 15,064 83.3 3,029 16.7 NA

1968 24,209 33.8 19,717 81.4 4,492 18.6 NA

1969 34,901 44.2 28,130 80.6 6,771 19.4 NA

1970 45,970 31.7 36,508 79.4 9,462 20.6 NA

1971 49,914 8.6 40,369 80.9 9,545 19.1 NA

1972 52,930 6.0 42,484 80.3 10,446 19.7 NA

1973 68,047 28.6 55,791 82.0 12,256 18.0 NA

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 11.55

1985 180,989 2.5 151,870 83.9 29,119 16.1 11.30

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 53.7 207,907 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

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TABLE 2.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1964-2018

YearTotal By Air By Land

Average Length of StayNumber Growth

Rate (%)Number Percent Number Percent

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

2013 797,616 -0.7 594,848 74.6 202,768 25.4 12.60

2014 790118 -0.9 585981 74.2 204137 25.8 12.44

2015 538970 -32 407412 75.6 131558 24.4 13.16

2016 753002 40 572563 76 180439 24 13.4

2017 940218 25 760577 81 179641 19 12.6

2018 1173072 25 969287 82.63 203785 17.37 12.4

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CHART 2.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL IN NEPAL 2009-2018

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

By Air

By Land

Total Arrivals

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TABL

E 2.

2: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MO

NTH

, 199

2-20

18

Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar

.Ap

r.M

ayJu

n.Ju

l.Au

g.Se

p.O

ct.

Nov

.De

c.To

tal

1992

17,4

51

27,4

89

31,5

05

30,6

82

29,0

89

22,4

69

20,9

42

27,3

38

24,8

39

42,6

47

32,3

41

27,5

61

334,

353

1993

19,2

38

23,9

31

30,8

18

20,1

21

20,5

85

19,6

02

13,5

88

21,5

83

23,9

39

42,2

42

30,3

78

27,5

42

293,

567

1994

21,7

35

24,8

72

31,5

86

27,2

92

26,2

32

22,9

07

19,7

39

27,6

10

27,9

59

39,3

93

28,0

08

29,1

98

326,

531

1995

22,2

07

28,2

40

34,2

19

33,9

94

27,8

43

25,6

50

23,9

80

27,6

86

30,5

69

46,8

45

35,7

82

26,3

80

363,

395

1996

27,8

86

29,6

76

39,3

36

36,3

31

29,7

28

26,7

49

22,6

84

29,0

80

32,1

81

47,3

14

37,6

50

34,9

98

393,

613

1997

25,5

85

32,8

61

43,1

77

35,2

29

33,4

56

26,3

67

26,0

91

35,5

49

31,9

81

56,2

72

40,1

73

35,1

16

421,

857

1998

28,8

22

37,9

56

41,3

38

41,0

87

35,8

14

29,1

81

27,8

95

36,1

74

39,6

64

62,4

87

47,4

03

35,8

63

463,

684

1999

29,7

52

38,1

34

46,2

18

40,7

74

42,7

12

31,0

49

27,1

93

38,4

49

44,1

17

66,5

43

48,8

65

37,6

98

491,

504

2000

25,3

07

38,9

59

44,9

44

43,6

35

28,3

63

26,9

33

24,4

80

34,6

70

43,5

23

59,1

95

52,9

93

40,6

44

463,

646

2001

30,4

54

38,6

80

46,7

09

39,0

83

28,3

45

13,0

30

18,3

29

25,3

22

31,1

70

41,2

45

30,2

82

18,5

88

361,

237

2002

17,1

76

20,6

68

28,8

15

21,2

53

19,8

87

17,2

18

16,6

21

21,0

93

23,7

52

35,2

72

28,7

23

24,9

90

275,

468

2003

21,2

15

24,3

49

27,7

37

25,8

51

22,7

04

20,3

51

22,6

61

27,5

68

28,7

24

45,4

59

38,3

98

33,1

15

338,

132

2004

30,9

88

35,6

31

44,2

90

33,5

14

26,8

02

19,7

93

24,8

60

33,1

62

25,4

96

43,3

73

36,3

81

31,0

07

385,

297

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TABL

E 2.

2: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MO

NTH

, 199

2-20

18 (c

ontd

.)

Year

Jan.

Feb.

Mar

.Ap

r.M

ayJu

n.Ju

l.Au

g.Se

p.O

ct.

Nov

.De

c.To

tal

2005

25,4

77

20,3

38

29,8

75

23,4

14

25,5

41

22,6

08

23,9

96

36,9

10

36,0

66

51,4

98

41,5

05

38,1

70

375,

398

2006

28,7

69

25,7

28

36,8

73

21,9

83

22,8

70

26,2

10

25,1

83

33,1

50

33,3

62

49,6

70

44,1

19

36,0

09

383,

926

2007

33,1

92

39,9

34

54,7

22

40,9

42

35,8

54

31,3

16

35,4

37

44,6

83

45,5

52

70,6

44

52,2

73

42,1

56

526,

705

2008

36,9

13

46,6

75

58,7

35

38,4

75

30,4

10

24,3

49

25,4

27

40,0

11

41,6

22

66,4

21

52,3

99

38,8

40

500,

277

2009

29,2

78

40,6

17

49,5

67

43,3

37

30,0

37

31,7

49

30,4

32

44,1

74

42,7

71

72,5

22

54,4

23

41,0

49

509,

956

2010

33,6

45

49,2

64

63,0

58

45,5

09

32,5

42

33,2

63

38,9

91

54,6

72

54,8

48

79,1

30

67,5

37

50,4

08

602,

867

2011

42,6

22

56,3

39

67,5

65

59,7

51

46,2

02

46,1

15

42,6

61

71,3

98

63,0

33

96,9

96

83,4

60

60,0

73

736,

215

2012

52,5

01

66,4

59

89,1

51

69,7

96

50,3

17

53,6

30

49,9

95

71,9

64

66,3

83

86,3

79

83,1

73

63,3

44

803,

092

2013

47,8

46

67,2

64

88,6

97

65,1

52

52,8

34

54,5

99

54,0

11

68,4

78

66,7

55

99,4

26

75,4

85

57,0

69

797,

616

2014

7019

669

009

7991

480

053

6255

850

731

4654

659

761

5289

480

993

7630

561

158

790,

118

2015

38,6

1658

,523

79,1

8765

,729

17,5

6918

,368

22,9

6738

,606

39,0

5056

,584

58,3

0445

,467

538,

970

2016

42,2

3560

,821

76,4

4460

,214

46,6

8338

,852

48,1

1566

,341

74,6

7089

,281

72,9

9076

,356

7530

02

2017

62,6

3284

,061

106,

291

88,5

9162

,773

55,9

5642

,240

73,7

7868

,634

112,

492

99,8

0482

,966

9402

18

2018

73,1

8789

,507

124,

686

98,6

5068

,825

65,1

5973

,281

87,6

7991

,874

130,

745

147,

859

121,

620

1,17

3,07

2

Chan

ges*

16.8

56.

4817

.31

11.3

59.

6416

.45

73.4

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CHAR

T 2.

2: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MO

NTH

, 201

4-20

18

0

2000

0

4000

0

6000

0

8000

0

1000

00

1200

00

1400

00

1600

00

Jan.

Feb.

Mar

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2015

2016

2017

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TABL

E 2.

3: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MO

NTH

, 199

2-20

18 (E

xclu

ding

Indi

an c

itiz

ens)

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Tota

l

1992

12,5

60

20,3

31

24,7

92

20,2

95

11,3

80

7,26

4 12

,708

20

,198

18

,442

33

,834

25

,862

20

,113

22

7,77

9

1993

14,1

47

18,1

64

25,2

00

14,5

94

9,35

5 8,

536

9,07

6 16

,671

18

,293

34

,415

23

,715

18

,039

21

0,20

5

1994

14,7

95

19,7

94

24,8

56

19,7

78

12,2

44

8,56

1 13

,352

20

,524

21

,289

30

,063

20

,556

18

,179

22

3,99

1

1995

15,7

58

19,4

82

25,3

81

23,4

19

12,4

91

9,27

0 14

,141

20

,211

22

,344

38

,398

28

,177

17

,063

24

6,13

5

1996

17,6

78

23,6

29

31,7

38

25,4

58

14,0

42

9,77

7 13

,724

21

,833

23

,201

38

,139

29

,221

22

,661

27

1,10

1

1997

16,8

56

24,1

51

33,3

89

24,3

43

14,8

36

9,97

3 16

,024

24

,772

24

,344

46

,110

30

,712

22

,909

28

8,41

9

1998

20,1

24

27,8

55

33,0

97

28,9

97

15,6

47

11,1

95

15,7

24

26,3

87

29,2

41

49,7

87

38,5

87

23,8

14

320,

455

1999

20,5

54

29,2

59

38,1

58

29,6

37

22,3

05

12,7

31

16,7

82

29,4

02

33,6

50

54,0

99

38,8

35

25,4

31

350,

843

2000

21,0

92

33,9

39

38,9

59

36,4

30

18,6

58

12,0

36

16,8

42

27,2

05

34,6

43

51,1

00

45,3

18

31,5

09

367,

731

2001

25,1

58

32,7

63

40,6

84

32,2

11

17,4

06

8,92

9 13

,965

21

,658

26

,132

37

,198

25

,795

15

,018

29

6,91

7

2002

13,1

80

16,9

60

25,1

02

16,8

77

11,7

51

8,33

8 9,

962

15,5

15

18,7

68

30,2

51

24,0

44

17,9

43

208,

691

2003

15,6

59

19,3

21

22,2

60

20,3

03

15,2

88

7,83

5 13

,607

19

,149

22

,577

38

,040

31

,750

25

,980

25

1,76

9

2004

22,9

47

28,7

43

35,4

68

26,2

79

15,5

81

9,77

6 17

,070

27

,657

21

,829

38

,104

29

,330

22

,187

29

4,97

1

2005

19,5

31

17,0

61

25,8

47

18,3

11

15,4

38

11,1

70

14,9

21

26,1

19

27,4

13

40,5

53

34,7

78

27,8

22

278,

964

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TABL

E 2.

3: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MO

NTH

, 199

2-20

18 (E

xclu

ding

Indi

an c

itiz

ens)

(con

td.)

Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Tota

l

2006

21,1

2621

,320

30,1

6918

,435

13,5

1711

,841

15,0

6624

,966

26,3

2743

,026

37,4

0227

,009

290,

204

2007

25,8

5733

,133

48,0

2232

,794

23,2

9618

,937

26,1

6037

,658

38,8

1365

,745

46,8

2233

,458

430,

695

2008

30,4

7340

,334

51,3

6431

,952

19,6

1912

,922

18,0

9732

,084

33,8

7060

,938

47,4

6729

,980

409,

100

2009

23,9

6934

,594

45,9

5034

,938

20,3

6217

,078

19,9

4236

,121

36,2

4165

,592

48,6

6732

,618

416,

072

2010

28,0

7643

,289

56,6

3237

,208

21,0

5317

,967

24,2

7343

,172

44,6

5069

,982

57,3

0438

,363

481,

969

2011

34,5

4148

,045

58,4

5549

,089

29,6

9225

,081

28,8

7555

,204

50,5

6086

,988

72,4

3647

,745

586,

711

2012

42,0

5555

,301

72,8

8253

,745

30,1

4030

,084

34,8

3757

,590

54,6

5479

,536

74,6

0351

,850

637,

277

2013

40,2

9658

,195

73,4

3453

,079

33,2

9528

,507

37,6

6657

,642

51,9

1277

,163

59,6

3045

,822

616,

642

2014

57,0

6258

,874

70,0

0867

,165

41,9

7930

,024

37,5

6751

,828

45,8

0772

,964

69,1

4352

,354

654,

775

2015

32,6

3351

,251

71,5

7356

,214

13,7

4613

,174

17,9

0131

,571

32,3

5151

,683

52,5

4239

,207

463,

846

2016

36,5

6354

,272

68,5

9550

,831

34,3

3226

,432

37,4

9754

,924

64,1

4381

,706

62,3

0463

,154

634,

753

2017

52,0

8572

,865

93,5

6273

,996

42,7

6235

,838

32,0

4759

,721

60,2

8310

1,82

487

,890

67,0

7777

9950

2018

61,0

3581

,937

110,

275

82,0

3847

,097

44,2

6054

,896

69,3

8476

,520

119,

098

132,

116

100,

093

9787

49

chan

ges*

17.1

812

.45

17.8

610

.87

10.1

423

.50

71.3

016

.18

26.9

316

.96

50.3

249

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25.4

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NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2018 ǀ 17

TABL

E 2.

4: IN

DIA

N T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MO

NTH

, BY

AIR,

199

2-20

18Ye

arJa

n.Fe

b.M

ar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct

.N

ov.

Dec.

Tota

l19

924,

891

7,15

86,

713

10,3

8717

,709

15,2

058,

234

7,14

06,

397

8,81

36,

479

7,44

810

6,57

419

935,

091

5,76

75,

618

5,52

711

,230

11,0

664,

512

4,91

25,

646

7,82

76,

663

9,50

383

,362

1994

6,94

05,

078

6,73

07,

514

13,9

8814

,346

6,38

77,

086

6,67

09,

330

7,45

211

,019

102,

540

1995

6,44

98,

758

8,83

810

,575

15,3

5216

,380

9,83

97,

475

8,22

58,

447

7,60

59,

317

117,

260

1996

10,2

086,

047

7,59

810

,873

15,6

8616

,972

8,96

07,

247

8,98

09,

175

8,42

912

,337

122,

512

1997

8,72

98,

710

9,78

810

,886

18,6

2016

,394

10,0

6710

,777

7,63

710

,162

9,46

112

,207

133,

438

1998

8,69

810

,101

8,24

112

,090

20,1

6717

,986

12,1

719,

787

10,4

2312

,700

8,81

612

,049

143,

229

1999

9,19

88,

875

8,06

011

,137

20,4

0718

,318

10,4

119,

047

10,4

6712

,444

10,0

3012

,267

140,

661

2000

4,21

55,

020

5,98

57,

205

9,70

514

,897

7,63

87,

465

8,88

08,

095

7,67

59,

135

95,9

1520

015,

296

5,91

76,

025

6,87

210

,939

4,10

14,

364

3,66

45,

038

4,04

74,

487

3,57

064

,320

2002

3,99

63,

708

3,71

34,

376

8,13

68,

880

6,65

95,

578

4,98

45,

021

4,67

97,

047

66,7

7720

035,

556

5,02

85,

477

5,54

87,

416

12,5

169,

054

8,41

96,

147

7,41

96,

648

7,13

586

,363

2004

8,04

16,

888

8,82

27,

235

11,2

2110

,017

7,79

05,

505

3,66

75,

269

7,05

18,

820

90,3

2620

055,

946

3,27

74,

028

5,10

310

,103

11,4

389,

075

10,7

918,

653

10,9

456,

727

10,3

4896

,434

2006

7,64

34,

408

6,70

43,

548

9,35

314

,369

10,1

178,

184

7,03

56,

644

6,71

79,

000

93,7

2220

077,

335

6,80

16,

700

8,14

812

,558

12,3

799,

277

7,02

56,

739

4,89

95,

451

8,69

896

,010

2008

6,44

06,

341

7,37

16,

523

10,7

9111

,427

7,33

07,

927

7,75

25,

483

4,93

28,

860

91,1

7720

095,

309

6,02

33,

617

8,39

99,

675

14,6

7110

,490

8,05

36,

530

6,93

05,

756

8,43

193

,884

2010

5,56

95,

975

6,42

68,

301

11,4

8915

,296

14,7

1811

,500

10,1

989,

148

10,2

3312

,045

120,

898

2011

8,08

18,

294

9,11

010

,662

16,5

1021

,034

13,7

8616

,194

12,4

7310

,008

11,0

2412

,328

149,

504

2012

10,4

4611

,158

16,2

6916

,051

20,1

7723

,546

15,1

5814

,374

11,7

296,

843

8,57

011

,494

165,

815

2013

7,55

09,

069

15,2

6312

,073

19,5

3926

,092

16,3

4510

,836

14,8

4322

,263

15,8

5511

,247

180,

974

2014

13,1

3410

,135

9,90

612

,888

20,5

7920

,707

8,97

97,

933

7,08

78,

029

7,16

28,

804

135,

343

2015

5983

7272

7614

9515

3823

5194

5066

7035

6699

4901

5762

6260

7512

420

1656

7265

4978

4993

8312

351

1242

010

618

1141

710

,527

7,57

510

,686

13,2

0211

8249

2017

1054

711

196

1272

914

595

2001

120

118

1019

314

057

8351

1066

811

914

1588

916

0268

2018

1215

275

7014

411

1661

221

728

2089

918

385

1829

515

354

1164

715

743

2152

719

4323

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ges*

15.2

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2.39

13.2

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TABLE 2.5: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY YEAR, 1993-2018

Year Third Country Indian Total % Change

1993 210205 83362 293567 -12.2

1994 223991 102540 326531 11.2

1995 246135 117260 363395 11.3

1996 271101 122512 393613 8.3

1997 288419 133438 421857 7.2

1998 320455 143229 463684 9.9

1999 350843 140661 491504 6.0

2000 367731 95915 463646 -5.7

2001 296917 64320 361237 -22.1

2002 208691 66777 275468 -23.7

2003 251769 86363 338132 22.7

2004 294971 90326 385297 13.9

2005 278964 96434 375398 -2.6

2006 290204 93722 383926 2.3

2007 430695 96010 526705 37.2

2008 409100 91177 500277 -5.0

2009 416072 93884 509956 1.9

2010 481969 120898 602867 18.2

2011 586711 149504 736215 22.1

2012 637277 165815 803092 9.1

2013 616642 180974 797616 -0.7

2014 654775 135343 790118 -0.9

2015 464156 74814 538970 -31

2016 634,753 118,249 753,002 40

2017 779386 160832 940218 25

2018 978749 194323 1173072 25

Source: Department of Immigration

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NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2018 ǀ 19

CHAR

T: 2

.3 T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

S BY

CO

UN

TRY,

200

9-20

18

0

2000

00

4000

00

6000

00

8000

00

1000

000

1200

000

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Indi

an C

itize

n

Third

Cou

ntry

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TABLE 2.6: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY SEX, 1993-2018

Year

Sex

TotalMale % Female %

1993 179,178 61.0 114,389 39.0 293,567

1994 205,389 62.9 121,142 37.1 326,531

1995 224,769 61.9 138,626 38.1 363,395

1996 233,055 59.2 160,558 40.8 393,613

1997 251,358 59.6 170,499 40.4 421,857

1998 267,871 57.8 195,813 42.2 463,684

1999 286,161 58.2 205,343 41.8 491,504

2000 266,937 57.6 196,709 42.4 463,646

2001 213465 59.1 147772 40.9 361,237

2002 174,710 63.4 100,758 36.6 275,468

2003 204,732 60.5 133,400 39.5 338,132

2004 255,303 66.3 129,994 33.7 385297

2005 257,972 68.7 117,426 31.3 375,398

2006 218,818 57.0 165,108 43.0 383,926

2007 290,688 55.2 236,017 44.8 526,705

2008 286,983 57.4 213,294 42.6 500,277

2009 288,155 56.5 221,801 43.5 509,956

2010 361,611 60.0 241,256 40.0 602,867

2011 352,059 47.8 384,156 52.2 736,215

2012 439,270 54.7 363,822 45.3 803,092

2013 449,058 56.3 348,558 43.7 797,616

2014 445,627 56.4 344,491 43.6 790,118

2015 289,158 53.7 249,813 46.4 538,970

2016 399,091 53.0 353,911 47.0 753,002

2017 509,585 54.2 430,633 45.8 940,218

2018 624,928 53.3 548,144 47.7 1173,072

Source: Department of Immigration

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0

200,00

0

400,00

0

600,00

0

800,00

0

1,00

0,00

0

1,20

0,00

0

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2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Female

Male

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TABLE 2.7: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY AGE GROUPS, 1993-2018

Year TotalAge Groups

0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 60+ Not Sp.

1993293,567 15,289 91,947 96,665 59,768 29,898 NA

(100) (5.2) (31.3) (32.9) (20.4) (10.2) NA

1994326,531 20,097 96,016 106,260 66,174 37,984 NA

(100) (6.2) (29.4) (32.5) (20.3) (11.6) NA

1995363,395 22,878 106,603 120,212 76,647 37,055 NA

(100) (6.3) (29.3) (33.1) (21.1) (10.2) NA

1996393,613 22,185 94,924 116,307 89,751 70,446 NA

(100) (5.6) (24.1) (29.5) (22.8) (17.9) NA

1997421,857 23,840 121,286 126,828 107,111 42,792 NA

(100) (5.7) (28.8) (30.1) (25.4) (10.1) NA

1998463,684 26,763 122,103 151,846 121,190 41,782 NA

(100) (5.8) (26.3) (32.7) (26.1) (9.0) NA

1999491,504 30,967 150,307 155,985 113,314 40,913 NA

(100) (6.3) (30.6) (31.7) (23.1) (8.3) NA

2000463,646 19,136 119,816 148,063 125,140 51,491 NA

(100) (4.1) (25.8) (31.9) (27.0) (11.1) NA

2001361,237 14608 95801 115678 93621 41529 NA

(100) (4.0) (26.5) (32.0) (25.9) (11.5) NA

2002275,468 12425 67774 99622 67017 28630 NA

(100) (4.5) (24.6) (36.2) (24.3) (10.4) NA

2003338,132 16056 78,357 99,740 85,753 58,226 NA

(100) (4.7) (23.2) (29.5) (25.4) (17.2) NA

2004385297 38,734 84125 128,267 96,920 37,251 NA

(100) (10.1) (21.8) (33.3) (25.2) (9.7) NA

2005375,398 30,429 57,115 114,103 106,077 67,674 NA

(100) (8.1) (15.2) (30.4) (28.3) (18.0) NA

2006383,926 37,433 75,626 123,541 95,260 52,066 NA

(100) (9.8) (19.7) (32.2) (24.8) (13.6) NA

2007526,705 38,870 112,879 164,488 130,756 69,927 9,785

(100) (7.4) (21.4) (31.2) (24.8) (13.3) (1.9)

2008500,277 42,581 106,596 150,171 121,387 60,531 19,011 (100.0) (8.5) (21.3) (30.0) (24.3) (12.1) (3.8)

2009509,956 84,891 140,805 141,955 99,197 39,638 3,470

100.0 (16.6) (27.6) (27.8) (19.5) (7.8) (0.7)

2010602,867 41,156 120,395 189,852 172,800 64,593 14,071

100.0 (6.8) (20.0) (31.5) (28.7) (10.7) (2.3)

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TABLE 2.7: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY AGE GROUP, 1993-2018 (contd.)

Year TotalAge Groups

0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 60+ Not Sp.

2011736,215 32,795 171,081 212,176 177,983 82,726 59,454

(100.0) (4.5) (23.2) (28.8) (24.2) (11.2) (8.1)

2012803,092 35,468 181,558 231,117 201,835 109,239 43,875

(100.0) (4.4) (22.6) (28.8) (25.1) (13.6) (5.5)

2013797,616 46262 190630 237690 195416 115654 11964

(100.0) (5.9) (24.1) (30.1) (24.7) (14.6) (1.5)

2014790,118 50441 185685 235738 183582 106666 28007

(100.0) (6.4) (23.5) (29.8) (23.2) (13.5) (3.5)

2015538970 19614 123444 157416 129614 74518 34365(100.0) (3.6) (22.9) (29.2) (24.0) (13.8) (6.4)

2016753002 29825 154960 218479 199139 130627 19972

(100.0) (4.0) (20.6) (29.0) (26.4) (17.3) (2.7)

2017940218 35332 217143 292827 244342 141316 9258

(100.0) (3.8) (23.1) (31.1) (26.0) (15.0) (1.0)

20181173072 54870 269648 360237 303452 173299 11566

(100.0) (4.7) (23.0) (30.7) (25.9) (14.8) (1.0)Figures in parenthesis represent percentage of the total

CHART 2.5: TOURIST ARRIVALS BY AGE GROUP, 2014-2018

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

400000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 60+ Not Sp.

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TABL

E 2.

8: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MAJ

OR

NATI

ONA

LITI

ES, 2

009-

2018

Nati

onal

ity20

0920

1020

1120

1220

1320

1420

1520

1620

1720

18

Aust

ralia

15,4

6116

,243

19,8

2422

,030

2046

924

516

1481

625

507

3337

138

429

%3

2.7

2.7

2.7

3.5

3.1

2.7

3.39

3.55

3.28

Bang

lade

sh22

410

2185

114

831

2344

029

060

2635

5

%3.

113.

092.

25

Cana

da8,

965

9,32

211

,404

13,5

0712

132

1161

064

9512

491

1510

517

317

%1.

81.

51.

51.

71.

71.

51.

21.

671.

61.

48

Chin

a32

,272

46,3

6061

,917

71,8

6111

3173

1238

0564

675

1040

0510

4664

1536

33

%6.

37.

78.

48.

912

.415

.712

.013

.81

11.1

13.1

0

Fran

ce22

,154

24,5

5026

,720

28,8

0521

842

2409

710

885

2086

326

140

3181

0

%4.

34.

13.

63.

63.

53.

02.

02.

272.

82.

71

Germ

any

19,2

4622

,583

27,4

7230

,409

2226

318

028

1221

623

812

2991

836

879

%3.

83.

73.

73.

83.

52.

32.

33.

163.

23.

17

Indi

a93

,884

120,

898

149,

504

165,

815

1809

7413

5343

7512

411

8249

1608

3219

4323

%18

.420

.120

.320

.623

.217

.113

.915

.717

.116

.57

Italy

7,98

210

,226

12,6

2114

,614

9974

1034

739

7299

1111

840

1534

2

%1.

61.

71.

71.

81.

21.

30.

71.

321.

31.

31

Japa

n22

,445

23,3

3226

,283

28,6

4226

694

2582

914

465

2297

927

326

2981

7

%4.

43.

93.

63.

63.

33.

32.

73.

052.

92.

54

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TABL

E 2.

8: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MAJ

OR

NATI

ONA

LITI

ES, 2

009-

2018

(con

td.)

Nati

onal

ity20

0920

1020

1120

1220

1320

1420

1520

1620

1720

18

Sout

h Ko

rea

1971

423

205

1811

225

171

3430

137

218

%3.

343.

63.

17

Mal

aysia

2283

3

%1.

95

Mya

nmar

2579

630

852

4140

2

%3.

423.

33.

53

Net

herla

nds

11,1

4713

,471

16,8

3615

,445

1051

612

320

4324

1145

313

393

1535

3%

2.2

2.2

2.3

1.9

1.3

1.6

0.8

1.52

1.4

1.31

Spai

n13

,006

13,7

1216

,037

14,5

4910

412

1311

043

0712

255

1595

320

214

%2.

62.

32.

21.

81.

31.

70.

81.

631.

71.

72Sr

i Lan

ka36

,362

45,5

3159

,884

69,4

7632

736

3754

643

117

5752

145

361

6964

0%

7.1

7.6

8.1

8.7

4.1

4.8

8.0

7.64

4.8

5.94

Thai

land

4096

933

422

3233

826

722

3915

452

429

%5.

14.

26.

03.

554.

24.

47

U.S.

A.32

,043

36,4

2542

,875

48,9

8547

355

4983

053

897

5364

579

146

9189

5%

6.3

65.

86.

15.

96.

310

.07.

128.

47.

83U.

K.35

,382

35,0

9139

,091

41,2

9435

668

3675

920

4469

4629

551

058

6346

6%

6.9

5.8

5.3

5.1

4.5

4.7

3.8

6.15

5.4

5.41

Oth

ers

140,

574

168,

590

179,

158

214,

638

7882

121

8639

1716

8811

9245

1744

6021

4717

%28

.428

.426

.927

.223

.527

.731

.915

.84

18.6

18.3

Tota

l50

9,95

660

2,86

773

6,21

580

3,09

279

7,61

679

0,11

853

8,97

075

3,00

294

0,21

811

7307

2

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26 ǀ NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2018

TABL

E 2.

9: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

MAJ

OR

NATI

ONA

LITI

ES &

MO

NTH

, 201

6-20

18

Nati

onal

ityYe

arM

onth

Tota

lJa

n.Fe

b.M

ar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct

.N

ov.

Dec.

Aust

ralia

2016

1,66

01,

648

354

2,41

61,

233

1,03

798

31,

038

3,25

34,

603

4,03

43,

248

25,5

07

2017

2735

2386

3141

3707

1692

1532

814

1,00

74,

141

4,29

74,

582

3,33

733

,371

2018

2689

2537

3605

3805

1903

1619

1718

1406

3746

5826

5140

4435

3842

9

Bang

lade

sh

2016

1,18

71,

418

1,72

11,

567

2,00

01,

175

2,68

61,

728

2,78

92,

079

2,10

12,

989

23,4

40

2017

2028

2124

2901

2758

2349

315

492,

251

3,68

32,

418

2,78

44,

212

29,0

60

2018

2743

3236

2946

2028

1191

1850

1407

2311

1854

1843

2125

2821

2635

5

Cana

da

2016

676

961

1,28

31,

173

895

528

640

647

1,13

42,

017

1,58

795

012

,491

2017

911

1305

1784

1693

1117

667

531

670

1,24

52,

333

1,71

41,

135

15,1

05

2018

955

1511

2086

1827

1174

805

921

775

1222

2700

2134

1207

1731

7

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NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2018 ǀ 27

TABL

E 2.

9: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

NATI

ONA

LITI

ES &

MO

NTH

, 201

6-20

18 (c

ontd

.)

Nati

onal

ityYe

arM

onth

Tota

lJa

n.Fe

b.M

ar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct

.N

ov.

Dec.

Chin

a

2016

6,89

67,

980

8,58

88,

622

6,99

86,

644

7,57

37,

890

10,0

669,

374

12,3

0111

,073

104,

005

2017

9727

9499

1045

886

0173

0964

9058

237,

349

8,35

19,

735

10,3

1211

,010

104,

664

2018

1202

715

394

1355

812

554

9148

8696

1312

212

048

1293

413

538

1486

215

752

1536

33

Fran

ce

2016

748

1,12

21,

905

2,43

288

959

11,

226

1,16

21,

907

5,04

92,

776

1,05

620

,863

2017

942

1566

2697

3451

1203

852

1025

1,07

31,

991

6,33

23,

695

1,31

326

,140

2018

1160

1863

3260

4453

1525

736

1620

1349

2362

7552

4340

1590

3181

0

Germ

any

2016

808

1,66

03,

250

2,03

81,

318

599

797

1,15

82,

552

5,71

22,

752

1,16

823

,812

2017

1014

2243

4192

3891

1380

779

711

1,19

22,

883

6,54

83,

869

1,21

629

,918

2018

1301

2617

6122

3428

2055

993

1094

1572

3775

7523

4613

1786

3687

9

Indi

a

2016

5,67

26,

549

7,84

99,

383

12,3

5112

,420

10,6

1811

,417

10,5

277,

575

10,6

8613

,202

118,

249

2017

1054

711

196

1272

914

595

2001

120

118

1019

314

,057

8,91

510

,668

11,9

1415

,889

160,

832

2018

1215

275

7014

411

1661

221

385

2162

316

888

1832

715

396

1156

616

167

2222

619

4323

Italy

2016

288

392

624

797

694

281

589

1,57

987

21,

637

1,27

788

19,

911

2017

511

694

821

1308

682

431

509

1,63

482

42,

012

1,38

91,

025

11,8

40

2018

707

912

1237

1333

683

447

967

2193

1116

2376

1787

1584

1534

2

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28 ǀ NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2018

TABL

E 2.

9: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

NATI

ONA

LITI

ES &

MO

NTH

, 201

6-20

18 (c

ontd

.)

Nati

onal

ityYe

arM

onth

Tota

lJa

n.Fe

b.M

ar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct

.N

ov.

Dec.

Japa

n

2016

1,18

11,

754

2,52

41,

965

1,11

587

61,

094

1,72

21,

855

2,65

83,

454

2,78

122

,979

2017

2027

2935

3586

2252

1329

955

944

1,85

71,

992

2,96

93,

719

2,76

127

,326

2018

2135

2761

4281

2393

1312

973

1284

1925

2170

2895

4182

3506

2981

7

Mal

aysia

2016

460

715

1,09

284

970

353

577

21,

179

1,77

41,

432

2,06

02,

098

13,6

69

2017

1121

1333

1858

1833

1169

988

820

1,06

91,

125

1,91

82,

595

2,45

518

,284

2018

981

1487

2213

2154

1166

1234

1138

1380

1967

2483

3394

3236

2283

3

Mya

nmar

2016

2,39

84,

108

4,37

11,

768

213

6915

471

172

2,96

55,

117

4,36

325

,769

2017

2748

5285

024

8312

251

639,

674

167

2,45

73,

856

3,94

630

,852

2018

3703

5353

6251

2783

106

8410

713

810

925

2310

246

9999

4140

2

Net

herla

nds

2016

433

684

972

1,17

156

038

394

180

41,

109

2,25

51,

282

859

11,4

53

2017

577

1100

1498

1732

655

388

866

826

1,02

52,

411

1,50

481

113

,393

2018

589

1188

1650

1792

801

447

961

778

1184

2793

1929

1240

1535

2

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NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2018 ǀ 29

TABL

E 2.

9: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

NATI

ONA

LITI

ES &

MO

NTH

, 201

6-20

18 (c

ontd

.)

Nati

onal

ityYe

arM

onth

Tota

lJa

n.Fe

b.M

ar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct

.N

ov.

Dec.

Sout

h Ko

rea

2016

4,05

32,

058

1,79

81,

498

977

948

1,79

62,

169

1,92

42,

617

2,53

82,

795

25,1

71

2017

4579

3585

2810

2436

1746

1867

1981

2,32

12,

195

3,34

83,

556

3,87

734

,301

2018

6075

2607

4021

2597

1554

1279

2415

1874

2397

3850

4532

4017

3721

8

Spai

n

2016

412

454

818

630

499

404

1,34

72,

092

1,55

52,

013

1,28

574

612

,255

2017

478

748

913

1397

706

607

1590

2,93

81,

730

2,39

71,

578

871

15,9

53

2018

555

728

1625

1109

964

745

2245

3505

2296

3313

2080

1049

2021

4

Sri L

anka

2016

185

7,06

58,

709

868

467

121

1,04

817

,019

7,87

55,

965

6,78

71,

412

57,5

21

2017

329

7069

1043

410

7040

430

194

99,

674

5,60

55,

291

3,47

576

045

,361

2018

341

5841

1063

037

935

936

514

5716

876

8815

6563

1656

214

5269

640

Thai

land

2016

2,80

76,

385

5,39

01,

560

710

379

358

622

740

1,45

20

6,31

926

,722

2017

3981

8388

6455

2206

562

345

270

477

696

4,82

55,

144

5,80

539

,154

2018

4989

6841

6860

1791

902

1058

872

905

1086

3646

1013

413

345

5242

9

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TAB

LE 2

.9: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

NATI

ONA

LITI

ES &

MO

NTH

, 201

6-20

18 (c

ontd

.)

Nati

onal

ityYe

arM

onth

Tota

lJa

n.Fe

b.M

ar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct

.N

ov.

Dec.

UK

2016

2,20

52,

984

4,84

03,

990

2,40

52,

073

3,90

03,

064

4,00

07,

515

5,44

23,

877

46,2

95

2017

3395

4363

6,43

46,

558

3,05

22,

593

3093

2,97

3

7,88

36,

802

3,91

251

,058

2018

3250

4884

7822

6102

3184

2679

5226

3644

4528

9438

7698

5011

6346

6

USA

2016

3,62

74,

144

5,54

55,

821

4,99

04,

549

4,35

63,

433

6,03

55,

981

5,16

453

,645

2017

5626

5847

8294

7578

6499

6317

3874

4,02

47,

123

10,0

228,

446

5,49

679

,146

2018

5499

6807

9083

8094

6961

7284

6955

4628

6519

1253

998

0477

2291

895

Oth

ers

2016

4,45

35,

911

10,3

458,

016

5,78

63,

775

4,76

25,

318

10,1

2511

,282

5,86

08,

157

83,7

90

2017

7495

1064

622

219

1749

996

1496

5356

6476

4213

613

2286

817

168

1094

215

5023

2018

1133

615

370

2302

523

416

1245

212

242

1288

412

045

1839

827

778

2613

019

642

2147

17

Gra

nd-T

otal

2016

42,2

3560

,821

76,4

4460

,214

46,6

8338

,852

48,1

1566

,341

74,6

7089

,281

72,9

9076

,356

753,

002

2017

62,6

3284

,061

106,

291

88,5

9162

,773

55,9

5642

,240

73,7

7868

,634

112,

492

99,8

0482

,966

940,

218

2018

7318

789

507

1246

8698

650

6882

565

159

7328

187

679

9187

413

0745

1478

5912

1620

1173

072

Sour

ce: D

epar

tmen

t of I

mm

igra

tion

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TABL

E 2.

10: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

ENTR

Y PO

INTS

(LAN

D), 2

018

SNEn

try

poin

t Ja

n.Fe

b.M

arch

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept

.O

ct.

Nov

.De

c.To

tal

1Ka

kadv

itta

830

864

688

722

484

405

305

410

443

672

574

600

6997

2Bi

rjung

128

100

3110

796

2762

5654

8413

319

110

69

3Ra

suw

agad

i15

8483

436

613

6823

5844

4937

7036

1635

3827

2511

6853

626

312

4Bh

aira

wa

1299

621

372

2996

070

9215

1313

7524

6218

219

1043

617

049

2630

817

036

1658

18

5N

epal

jung

3950

6345

4649

4533

4867

5649

590

6Ka

ilali

52

22

28

36

253

810

76

7M

aden

dran

agar

178

200

349

403

278

198

101

186

215

412

241

162

2923

All T

otal

15

760

2342

231

459

9739

4777

6511

6748

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614

759

2101

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1858

420

3785

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TABL

E 2.

11: T

OU

RIST

ARR

IVAL

BY

COU

NTR

Y AN

D M

ON

TH (L

AND

), 20

18

SNCo

untr

yJa

n.Fe

b.M

ar.

Apr.

May

Jun

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g.Se

pt.

Oct

.N

ov.

Dec

Tota

l

1Au

stra

lia20

521

919

915

712

049

8412

620

123

427

721

020

81

2Ba

ngla

desh

157

152

139

246

114

158

151

174

158

303

288

112

2152

3Ca

nada

7215

214

386

7027

3544

4818

413

962

1062

4Ch

ina

2103

1107

1385

1360

1194

1707

1922

1879

1584

1593

1918

1622

1937

4

5Fr

ance

146

160

238

187

133

5913

810

013

530

625

712

719

86

6Ge

rman

y89

222

332

237

229

106

6513

316

737

322

095

2268

7Ita

ly42

4064

4759

2839

310

9212

073

5997

3

8Ja

pan

168

336

230

5817

040

2960

7815

324

815

917

29

9M

alay

sia33

7690

216

710

624

123

327

507

1230

10M

yanm

ar35

1551

5461

0926

4235

62

2630

2416

5216

4909

3006

0

12So

uth

Kore

a21

2629

314

9131

316

413

110

917

113

297

495

464

875

06

13Sp

ain

6061

104

4563

3571

235

7016

911

641

1070

14Sr

ilank

a83

5557

1041

852

7753

1221

1654

885

1363

1583

6360

757

807

15Th

aila

nd46

3162

3262

5143

331

625

349

274

457

2420

4651

6090

3235

4

16U.

k14

420

626

926

324

714

882

160

249

379

271

172

2590

17U.

S.A

384

538

427

211

276

267

236

247

351

782

611

298

4628

18ot

her

1802

2917

3570

3771

1489

3065

2205

2033

2470

4168

4559

2866

3491

5

To

tal

1576

023

422

3145

997

3947

7765

1167

4822

526

1475

921

012

2848

818

584

2037

85

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Three year development plan (2016-2018) aimed to increase the length of stay to 14 days by 2018. It was ranging from 8 to 13.5 days in the past. The analysis of length of stay of 6,53,605 tourists estimated it as 12.4 days in the year 2018.

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TABLE 3.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1975-2018

Year Number Average Length of Stay Year Number Average Length of Stay

1975 92,440 13.05 1997 421,857 10.49

1976 105,108 12.41 1998 463,684 10.76

1977 129,329 11.60 1999 491,504 12.28

1978 156,123 11.84 2000 463,646 11.88

1979 162,276 12.02 2001 361,237 11.93

1980 162,897 11.18 2002 275,468 7.92

1981 161,669 10.49 2003 338,132 9.60

1982 175,448 13.33 2004 385,297 13.51

1983 179,405 11.53 2005 375,398 9.09

1984 176,634 11.55 2006 383,926 10.20

1985 180,989 11.30 2007 526,705 11.96

1986 223,331 11.16 2008 500,277 11.78

1987 248,080 11.98 2009 509,956 11.32

1988 265,943 12.00 2010 602,867 12.67

1989 239,945 12.00 2011 736,215 13.12

1990 254,885 12.00 2012 803,092 12.16

1991 292,995 9.25 2013 797,616 12.60

1992 334,353 10.14 2014 790118 12.44

1993 293,567 11.94 2015 538970 13.16

1994 326,531 10.00 2016 753002 13.4

1995 363,395 11.27 2017 940218 12.6

1996 393,613 13.50 2018 1173072 12.4

Source: Department of Immigration

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Number of tourist by purpose of visit is a major indicator for tourism sector output. This indicator is very useful for evaluation of characteristics, type and economic and social contributions made by tourists and to plan and manage infrastructure, services and market economy accordingly. It also shows inflow of high value tourists. Historical data showed more than 60 percent of the tourist arrived with purpose of holiday celebration and pleasure.Year 2018 showed higher proportion (60 %) visited nepal for holiday and pleasure followed by adventure including trekking & mountaineering (16%), pilgrimage (14.4%) and other purpose (9.6%).

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TABLE 4.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT, 1993-2018

Year Holiday Pleasure

Trekking & Mountai- neering

Business Pilgrimage Official Conv./ Conf. Others

Not Speci-fied

Total

1993170,279 69,619 19,495 10,429 15,812 5,367 2,566 - 293,567

(58.0) (23.7) (6.6) (3.6) (5.4) (1.8) (0.9) (100.0)

1994168,155 76,865 23,522 5,475 20,431 5,361 26,722 - 326,531

(51.5) (23.5) (7.2) (1.7) (6.3) (1.6) (8.2) (100.0)

1995183,207 84,787 21,829 5,257 20,090 5,272 42,953 - 363,395

(50.4) (23.3) (6.0) (1.4) (5.5) (1.5) (11.8) (100.0)

1996209,377 88,945 25,079 4,802 20,191 6,054 39,165 - 393,613

(53.2) (22.6) (6.4) (1.2) (5.1) (1.5) (10.0) (100.0)

1997249,360 91,525 27,409 4,068 24,106 5,824 19,565 - 421,857

(59.1) (21.7) (6.5) (1.0) (5.7) (1.4) (4.6) (100.0)

1998261,347 112,644 24,954 16,164 22,123 5,181 21,271 - 463,684

(56.4) (24.3) (5.4) (3.5) (4.8) (1.1) (4.6) (100.0)

1999290,862 107,960 23,813 19,198 24,132 5,965 19,574 - 491,504

(59.2) (22.0) (4.8) (3.9) (4.9) (1.2) (4.0) (100.0)

2000255,889 118,780 29,454 15,801 20,832 5,599 17,291 - 463,646

(55.2) (25.6) (6.4) (3.4) (4.5) (1.2) (3.7) (100.0)

2001187,022 100,828 18,528 13,816 18,727 0 22,316 - 361,237

(51.8) (27.9) (5.1) (3.8) (5.2) (0.0) (6.2) (100.0)

2002110,143 59,279 16,990 12,366 17,783 0 58,907 - 275,468

(40.0) (21.5) (6.2) (4.5) (6.5) (0.0) (21.4) (100.0)

200397,904 65,721 19,387 21,395 21,967 0 111,758 - 338,132

(29.0) (19.4) (5.7) (6.3) (6.5) (0.0) (33.1) (100.0)

2004167,262 69,442 13,948 45,664 17,088 0 71,893 - 385,297

(43.4) (18.0) (3.6) (11.9) (4.4) (0.0) (18.7) (100.0)

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TABLE 4.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT, 1993-2018 (contd.)

Year Holiday Pleasure

Trekking &Mountain-

eeringBusiness Pilgrimage Official Conv./

Conf. Others Not

Speci

fiedTotal

2005160,259 61,488 21,992 47,621 16,859 0 67,179 - 375,398

(42.7) (16.4) (5.9) (12.7) (4.5) (0.0) (17.9) 100.0

2006145,802 66,931 21,066 59,298 18,063 0 72,766 - 383,926

(27.7) (12.7) (4.0) (11.3) (3.4) (0.0) (13.8) 100.0

2007217,815 101,320 24,487 52,594 21,670 8,019 78,644 22,156 526,705

(41.4) (19.2) (4.6) (10.0) (4.1) (1.5) (14.9) (4.2) 100.0

2008148,180 104,822 23,039 45,091 43,044 6,938 99,634 29,529 500,277

(29.6) (21.0) (4.6) (9.0) (8.6) (1.4) (19.9) (5.9) 100.

2009140,992 132,929 22,758 51,542 24,518 9,985 87,134 40,098 509,956

(27.6) (26.1) (4.5) (10.1) (4.8) (2.0) (17.1) (7.9) 100.0

2010263,938 70,218 21,377 101,335 26,374 9,627 52,347 57,651 602,867

(43.8) (11.6) (3.5) (16.8) (4.4) (1.6) (8.7) (9.6) 100.0

2011425,721 86,260 17,859 63,783 24,054 10,836 37,311 70,391 736,215

(57.8) (11.7) (2.4) (8.7) (3.3) (1.5) (5.1) (9.6) 100.0

2012379,627 105,015 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.

2013437,891 97,309 30,309 40,678 39,881 15,952 62,214 73,381 797,616

(54.9) (12.2) (3.8) (5.1) (5.0) (2.0) (7.8) (9.2) 100.0

2014395,849 97,185 24,494 98,765 32,395 13,432 53,728 74,271 790,118

(50.1) (12.3) (3.1) (12.5) (4.1) (1.7) (6.8) (9.4) 100.0

20153,86,065 9,162 20,876 14,996 21,479 9,038 77354 538,970

71.63 1.70 3.87 2.78 3.99 1.68 14.35 100.0

2016489,451 66,490 24,322 82,830 21,310 12,801 55,797 753,002

65.0 8.83 3.23 11.0 2.83 1.7 7.41 100

2017658,153 75,217 na 141,033 na na 65,815 940,218

70.0 8.0 15.0 7 100

2018703,843 187,692 na 169,180 na na 112,357 1,173,072

60.0 16.0 14.4 9.6 100Note: estimated figure.

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Trek

king

&Ho

liday

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Nepal is renowned for adventure tourism due to its prominent peaks. The number of expedition permitted teams has reached to 1910 while 8641 in persons. The highest number of climbers came from China, USA, India, Germany and Japan respectively. Mountain most likes are the Everest, Amadablam and Manaslu.

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TABL

E 5.

1: N

UM

BER

OF

TREK

KER

S IN

DIF

FERE

NT

TREK

KIN

G AR

EAS

BY M

ON

TH, 2

018

TIM

SFr

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divi

dual

Tre

kker

sG

roup

Tre

kker

sTo

tal T

rekk

ers

All

Tota

l

Trek

kers

Mon

ths

Non

SAA

RC

Nati

onal

s

SAAR

C

Nati

onal

s

Non

SAA

RC

Nati

onal

s

SAAR

C

Nati

onal

s

Non

SAA

RC

Nati

onal

s

SAAR

C

Nati

onal

s

Janu

ary

614

211

3000

3614

211

3825

Febr

uary

1464

117

6300

200

7764

317

8081

Mar

ch31

6324

712

800

1700

1596

319

4717

910

April

3506

784

1260

047

0016

106

5484

2159

0

May

1427

1081

3900

9100

5327

1018

115

508

June

419

647

1600

1600

2019

2247

4266

July

538

221

2600

300

3138

521

3659

Augu

st66

626

729

0070

035

6696

745

33

Sept

embe

r25

0284

310

500

2200

1300

230

4316

045

Oct

ober

4548

578

2100

026

0025

548

3178

2872

6

Nov

embe

r25

9133

211

000

1500

1359

118

3215

423

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mbe

r12

0736

165

0030

077

0766

183

68

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l22

645

5689

9470

024

900

1173

4530

589

1479

34

Sour

ce: N

epal

Tour

ism B

oard

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TABL

E 5.

2: N

UM

BER

OF

TREK

KER

S IN

DIF

FERE

NT

TREK

KIN

G AR

EA, 2

001-

2018

.

Year

Cont

rolle

d Ar

eaTo

tal

Mus

tang

Low

er D

olpa

Upp

er

Dolp

aHu

mla

Man

aslu

Kanc

hanj

unga

T.Val

ley

Nar

phu

Oth

ers

2001

922

488

119

337

798

690

3,35

4

2002

536

011

933

942

847

879

1,97

9

2003

572

036

922

364

540

215

42,

365

2004

825

329

7757

768

245

827

53,

223

2005

661

200

8178

254

416

727

92,

714

2006

248

225

921,

256

561

335

395

3,11

2

2007

1,28

241

919

81,

542

895

404

587

5,32

7

2008

838

709

383

1,06

51,

443

1,49

052

06,

448

2009

1,65

973

931

31,

177

1,63

550

894

86,

979

2010

2,16

278

535

81,

633

2,16

248

81,

427

9,01

5

2011

2,95

080

839

71,

758

2,81

359

11,

398

10,7

15

2012

2,96

598

253

61,

508

3,31

963

578

051

539

211

,632

2013

2,86

258

533

81,

603

4,43

983

71,

179

862

232

12,9

37

2014

3883

1117

469

492

3764

777

1454

776

2333

1506

5

2015

2673

788

328

1346

2134

731

636

770

273

9679

2016

3984

1023

531

1010

546

5050

212

1990

335

623

569

2017

4240

924

425

1339

866

3247

916

8111

1510

9929

993

2018

4116

1222

525

1081

473

7197

020

3012

9153

728

876

Sour

ce: D

epar

tmen

t of I

mm

igra

tion

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TABL

E 5.

3: T

REK

KER

S IN

PRO

TECT

ED A

REAS

BY

MO

NTH

, 201

8

Mon

th

MUSTANG

MANASALU

NAR PHU

TSUM VALLEY

KANCHANJANG-HA

SIMIKOT

MUGU

DOLAKHA

LOWER DOLPA

UPPEER DOLPA

SANKHU-WASABHA

OthersTo

tal

Janu

ary

226

818

94

00

00

22

71

Febr

uary

2311

017

2413

160

00

20

621

1

Mar

ch20

889

310

426

072

192

712

015

2716

19

April

480

1085

146

333

153

520

271

2415

1223

73

May

612

260

5587

1733

207

011

660

825

4567

June

161

4835

92

3312

20

3921

02

3631

July

382

4532

84

955

160

109

600

016

11

Augu

st43

179

5411

522

703

084

360

2029

93

Sept

embe

r54

681

016

522

114

378

513

537

220

411

7633

51

Oct

ober

970

2641

514

667

442

6416

4636

311

448

9259

77

Nov

embe

r27

512

7114

734

410

117

42

504

2411

2250

Dece

mbe

r26

103

1448

90

08

60

53

222

Tota

l41

1673

7112

9120

3097

010

814

6370

1222

525

128

276

2887

6

Sour

ce: D

epar

tmen

t of I

mm

igra

tion.

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Tabl

e 5.

4: N

UMBE

R O

F FO

REIG

NERS

VIS

ITED

AT

NATI

ONA

L PA

RKS

AND

CO

NSER

VATI

ON

AREA

S

BY M

ONT

H, F

Y 20

74/7

5Pr

otec

ted

Area

Shra

wan

Bhad

raAs

win

Karti

kM

ansir

Paus

hM

agh

Fagu

nCh

aitra

Baisa

khJe

sth

Asar

Tota

lSh

ivapu

ri Na

garju

n Na

tiona

l Par

k63

195

416

3226

7015

4013

5186

014

4221

1515

0811

0010

1016

813

Chitw

an N

ation

al P

ark

5826

3515

9973

1512

510

110

9284

7642

1251

614

505

1385

110

213

6061

1186

21Sa

garm

atha

Nati

onal

Par

k31

515

9793

9511

352

3673

2271

1192

3244

9694

1052

626

9235

256

303

Bard

iya

Natio

nal P

ark

116

8353

612

6664

845

232

869

811

3498

940

511

867

73La

ngta

ng N

ation

al P

ark

220

403

1684

1622

691

587

312

984

1698

1252

585

581

1061

9M

akal

u Ba

run

Natio

nal P

ark

05

260

602

7519

011

7220

80

012

52Ra

ra N

ation

al P

ark

034

4749

2825

139

3826

2325

317

Khap

tad

Natio

nal P

ark

20

40

30

02

19

00

21Ba

nke

Natio

nal P

ark

00

00

00

01

00

00

1Sh

ey P

hoks

undo

Nati

onal

Par

k10

2918

212

17

10

03

5334

2946

9Sh

ukla

Pha

ta W

ildlif

e Re

serv

e2

1527

9716

5531

4571

4549

1146

4Pa

rsa

Wild

life

Rese

rve

33

53

614

181

306

24

95Ko

shi T

appu

Wild

life

Rese

rve

32

980

3455

4097

7428

86

436

Dhor

pata

n Hu

nting

Res

erve

012

389

00

615

1128

00

119

Apin

appa

Con

sers

ation

Are

a0

00

90

00

027

00

036

Krish

nasa

r Con

serv

ation

ARe

a2

00

52

13

512

102

143

Kanc

hanj

unga

Con

serv

ation

Ar

ea3

968

111

215

968

210

313

31

821

Anna

purn

a Co

nser

vatio

n Ar

ea63

6281

1226

505

2333

893

8879

7264

9612

998

2691

022

420

1677

854

4117

2720

Man

aslu

Con

serv

ation

Are

a44

432

1955

1974

258

6554

331

1347

605

106

2972

00Ga

urish

anka

r Con

serv

ation

Ar

ea11

6756

278

317

740

6620

944

422

653

3026

68

Tota

l13

550

1527

252

882

5921

626

677

2219

717

070

3267

658

396

5210

332

053

1369

939

5791

Sour

ce: D

epar

tmen

t of N

atio

nal P

ark

and

Wild

life

Cons

erva

tion

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TABLE 5.5: NUMBER OF FOREIGN VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS & CONSERVATION AREAS, 2070/71- 074/75

Protected Area 2070/71 2071/72 2072/73 2073/74 2074/75

Chitwan National Park 173425 178257 87391 139125 118621

Bardiya National Park 13207 13548 10638 17959 6773

Langtang National Park 12552 12265 5016 8254 10619

Sagarmatha National Park 35157 34412 27794 45112 56303

Rara National Park 181 143 132 201 317

Shey Phoksundo National Park 417 383 431 535 469

Khaptad National Park 47 2 21 26 21

Makalu Barun National Park 1083 1270 828 1537 1252

Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park NA NA NA NA 16813

Banke National Park 0 0 0 4 1

Shukla Phata Wildlife Reserve NA NA NA NA 464

Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve NA NA NA NA 436

Parsa Wildlife Reserve 379 263 235 417 95

Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve 89 0 91 163 119

Krishnasar Conservation ARea 0 NA NA NA 43

Apinappa Consersation Area 0 3 29 19 36

Kanchanjunga Conservation Area 0 0 502 479 821

Annapurna Conservation Area 124998 114418 83419 144409 172720

Manaslu Conservation Area 5331 5658 2287 5745 7200

Gaurishanker Conservation Area 2914 2818 1840 2770 2668

Total 395791

Source: Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation

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TABL

E 5.

6: N

UM

BER

OF

EXPE

DIT

ION,

MEM

BERS

& S

UM

MIT

EERS

BY

PEAK

, 201

8

S.N

.M

ount

ain

Perm

it is

sued

Sum

mite

ers

Fem

ale

Mal

e T

otal

Fem

ale

Mal

e T

otal

1Ai

chyn

(605

5m)

313

162

810

2Am

adab

lam

(681

4m.)

4330

034

339

263

302

3An

ides

h Ch

uli (

6960

m)

6

6

4An

napu

rna(

8091

m.)

9

9

55

5Ap

i (71

32m

)2

810

6

Aran

iko

Chul

i (60

39m

.)8

3038

14

57

Arda

ng1

56

15

68

Bade

n Po

wel

l Sco

ut P

eak

(Urk

ema

Peak

) 2

911

9

Baru

ntse

(716

2m.)

646

521

1112

10Bh

emda

ng R

i (61

50m

.)

55

11

Bhrik

uti S

hail

(636

1m.)

911

20

88

12Ch

amla

ng(7

319m

.)2

1820

2

213

Chan

gwat

nang

(612

5m.)

15

15

44

14Ch

hopa

bam

are

(610

9m.)

1

1

15Dh

ampu

s (60

12m

.)7

1926

67

1316

Dhaw

alag

iri (8

167m

.)10

7989

17

Dhec

hyan

Kha

ng(6

019m

.)

33

3

318

Ever

est(

8848

m.)

6483

489

852

508

560

19Ga

nche

npo

(638

7)1

45

20

Gang

apur

na W

est (

Lach

enel

)

33

21

Gaug

iri (6

110m

.)11

2233

22

Ghus

tong

Sou

th2

1618

28

1023

Gurja

Him

al

22

22

88

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NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2018 ǀ 51

S.N

.M

ount

ain

Perm

it is

sued

Sum

mite

ers

Fem

ale

Mal

e T

otal

Fem

ale

Mal

e T

otal

24Hi

mju

ng

44

3

325

Him

lung

(712

6m.)

359

626

5359

26Jo

bo R

inja

ng

44

1

127

Jom

son

(633

5m.)

6

6

66

28Ka

ncha

njun

ga (8

586m

.)8

7078

541

4629

Kum

bhak

arna

(771

0m)

4

4

30La

ngdu

ng(6

326m

.)1

1516

2

231

Lhos

te (8

516m

.)24

177

201

978

8732

Mak

alu

(846

3m.)

727

343

710

33M

akal

u-ii

(767

8m.)

18

9

34M

anas

lu (8

163)

4435

840

237

238

275

35M

ukot

Him

al (6

087m

.)2

1517

5

536

Mus

tang

(619

5m.)

5072

122

37

Nilg

iri N

orth

3

3

38N

orbu

Kan

g (6

005m

)4

1216

29

1139

Nup

tse

(785

5m.)

644

50

40O

mi T

so G

o (6

332m

)1

67

41

Pank

ar H

imal

(626

4m.)

16

71

56

42Pe

ri Hi

mal

(617

4m.)

2

2

22

43Pu

mor

i

1616

4

444

Purb

ung

5

5

45Pu

tha

Hiun

chul

i4

711

15

646

Saip

al

77

TABL

E 5.

6: N

UM

BER

OF

EXPE

DIT

ION,

MEM

BERS

& S

UM

MIT

EERS

BY

PEAK

, 201

8

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TABL

E 5.

6: N

UM

BER

OF

EXPE

DIT

ION,

MEM

BERS

& S

UM

MIT

EERS

BY

PEAK

, 201

8

S.N

.M

ount

ain

Perm

it is

sued

Sum

mite

ers

Fem

ale

Mal

e T

otal

Fem

ale

Mal

e T

otal

47Sa

ribun

g (6

346m

.)65

138

203

1761

7848

Shar

phu

II

33

2

249

Shey

Shi

khar

(613

9)9

2332

50

Tasa

rtse

(634

3m)

13

13

99

51Ta

shi K

ang

(638

6m)

59

14

52Th

akna

k Ri

(Dra

ngan

ag R

i)

77

4

453

Tham

serk

u

33

54

Thap

a Pe

ak (6

012m

)10

2131

613

1955

Thor

ang

pick

(614

4m.)

425

292

1214

56Ti

licho

Pea

k(71

34m

.)3

1215

57

Tilk

ang

6

6

22

58To

bsar

Pea

k

44

4

459

Yara

Chu

li (6

236m

.)2

24

60

Yubr

a Hi

mal

*

1010

61

(bla

nk)

921

30

Gr

and

Tota

l43

427

0231

3619

314

1016

03So

urce

: Dep

artm

ent o

f Tou

rism

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TABLE 5.7: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS BY COUNTRY, 2018

CountryPermission Success

Female Male Total Female Male TotalAlbania 1 1Algeria 2 2 American Samoa 2 2 1 1Angola 1 1 1 1Argentina 5 5 3 3Australia 19 49 68 4 23 27Austria 9 50 59 4 19 23Bahamas 1 1 1 1Belarus 1 1 Belgium 1 12 13 7 7Brazil 3 11 14 2 9 11Britain 2 15 17 1 6 7Bulgaria 6 6 12 1 1Canada 8 35 43 2 12 14Chile 2 12 14 1 4 5China 39 127 166 31 98 129Costa Rica 1 1 1 1Cyprus 1 1 Czech Republic 3 29 32 8 8Denmark 4 4 2 2Ecuador 2 6 8 Finland 2 2 4 2 2France 49 113 162 10 42 52Georgia 3 3 1 1Germany 30 60 90 14 27 41Greece 4 4 4 4 Netherlands 3 3 3 3Hong Kong 3 3 3 3Hungary 4 3 7 3 1 4Iceland 1 1India 13 74 87 13 67 80Ireland 1 9 10 4 4

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CountryPermission Success

Female Male Total Female Male TotalIslamic Republic of Iran 2 2 2 2Israel 3 3 Italy 9 47 56 3 18 21Japan 19 106 125 11 42 53Jordan 1 1 1 1Kazakhstan 4 4 1 1Korea, Republic of 8 10 18 1 1Kyrgyaz Republic 1 1 Lebanon 1 1 Lithuania 2 2 2 2Macedonia 1 1 Malaysia 1 7 8 1 3 4Mexico 4 11 15 1 5 6Mongolia 2 2 2 2Myanmar 1 1 2 Nepal 25 1317 1342 21 731 752Netherlands 5 18 23 3 10 13New Zealand 7 14 21 3 6 9Norway 4 18 22 7 3 10Oman 1 1 Peru 2 2 Poland 16 14 30 7 5 12Portugal 7 7 Republic of Ireland 1 1 1 1Romania 1 16 17 1 6 7Russia 1 1 1 1Russian Federation 16 35 51 5 9 14Serbia 1 3 4 Singapore 2 5 7 4 4Slovakia 1 1 1 1Slovenia 5 5 South Africa 3 7 10 1 2 3

TABLE 5.7: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS BY COUNTRY, 2018

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CountryPermission Success

Female Male Total Female Male TotalSouth Korea 1 18 19 9 9Spain 38 101 139 6 29 35Sri Lanka 1 1 1 1Swaziland 2 2 4 1 1Sweden 4 10 14 1 6 7Switzerland 27 30 57 6 22 28Syrian Arab Republic 1 1 Taiwan, Province of China 1 1

Thailand 1 2 3 Turkey 2 2 U.S. of America 24 146 170 13 87 100Ukraine 3 15 18 1 10 11United Arab Emirates 2 2United Kingdom 12 70 82 6 37 43Uruguay 1 1 2 1 1 2Uzbekistan 1 1 (blank) 7 7Grand Total 434 2702 3136 193 1410 1603

Source: Department of Tourism

TABLE 5.7: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS BY COUNTRY, 2018

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TABLE 5.8: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAM MEMBERS ROYALTY BY PEAK, 2018

Mountain No. of member Royalty USD Royalty Nrs.Aichyn (6055m) 12 1500 171812.5Amadablam (6814m.) 402 160600 18614607Anidesh Chuli (6960m) 3 600 68820Annapurna IV(7525m.) 8 2400 283440Annapurna(8091m.) 3 3600 394920Api (7132m) 8 2000 227300Araniko Chuli (6034m) 22 2750 319050Ardang (6034m) 5 625 71768.75Ariniko Chuli (6039m.) 14 980 107163Baden Powell Scout Peak (5890m) 31 3875 442256.25Baruntse (7129m.) 38 11750 1320800Bhemdang Ri (6150m.) 3 70 7949Bhrikuti (6476m.) 15 1875 216937.5Bhrikuti Shail (6361m.) 3 0 3000Chamlang (7319m) 12 4250 462387.5Changwathang (6130m) 12 1500 172837.5Chhopa bamare (6109m.) 10 625 68644.25Danfe Shail (6103m.) 13 1625 189150Dhawalagiri (8167m.) 52 77400 8208000Dhechyan Khang(6019m.) 2 500 52825Everest (8848m.) 346 3476000 362352600Ganchenpo (6387) 3 750 77850Gangapurna (7455m) 2 500 58125Gaugiri (6110m.) 41 5170 576396.25Ghustang (6465m) 10 1250 145500Ghyun Himal I (6099m) 14 1750 204575Gurja (7193m.) 11 2750 321187.5Himjung (7092m.) 3 750 87187.5Himlung (7126m.) 90 22750 2634737.5Jobo Rinjang 3 600 69750Kanchanjunga (8586m.) 44 79200 8226720Khangri Shar (6811m) 5 1000 117100Kumbhakarna (7710m) 2 600 68880Lachama North (6628m) 2 400 46760Langdung(6326m.) 15 1875 209168.75Lhoste (8516m.) 111 194700 20295720

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Mountain No. of member Royalty USD Royalty Nrs.Makalu (8463m.) 27 48600 5042250Makalu-ii (7678m.) 9 5400 563166Manaslu (8163m.) 200 187200 21040090.38Mansail South (6251m.) 12 1500 176850Mukot Himal (6087m.) 17 2250 261980Mustang Himal (6195m.) 141 21730 3142517.6Niligiri North (7061m.) 2 500 58000Norbu Kang (6005m) 8 1000 113650Nupla Khang (6861m) 7 1400 163800Nuptse (7855m.) 42 25200 2653776Omi Tso Go(6332m.) 4 1000 103750Pankar Himal (6264m.) 6 1500 155550Peri Himal (6174m.) 1 250 26600Pumori (7161m) 18 4500 522312.5Purbang (6500m.) 3 375 44493.75Putha (7246m.) 11 2750 315425Saipal (7031m) 20 4000 481125Saribung (6346m.) 248 35840 4058996.5Sharphu II (6164m) 2 250 29475Shey Shikhar (6139m) 32 2980 340613Tasartse (6343m) 7 875 99406.25Tashi Kang (6386m) 12 3000 319050Thaknak Ri (Dranganag Ri) (6757m) 6 1200 139250Thamserku (6618m) 2 400 45880Thapa Peak (6012m) 76 12140 1347353.75Thorang Peak (6144m) 24 4000 440424.5Tilicho Peak (7134m.) 9 2750 308562.5Tilkang (6369m.) 5 625 72187.5Tobsar Peak (6100m) 3 375 43996.74Tsartse (6343m.) 3 375 43593.75Tukuche Peak(6920m.) 2 400 47140Yara Chuli (6236m.) 3 375 41968.75Yubra Himal (6048m) 6 750 87187.5

Grand Total 2338 4444060 469226347.7

Source: Department of Tourism

TABLE 5.8: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAM MEMBERS ROYALTY BY PEAK, 2018

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TABL

E 5.

9: N

UM

BER

OF

SUM

MIT

EERS

BY

COU

NTR

Y AN

D M

OU

NTA

IN, 2

018

Mou

ntai

n

Albania

Samoa

AndorraArgentina

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Belgium

Brazil

Britain

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

GreeceHong Kong

HungaryIceland

India

Iran

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

LithuaniaMalaysiaMexico

Mongolia

Aich

yn (6

055m

)

8

Ama

Dabl

am1

1

2

1

2

11

1

1

11

81

Amad

abla

m

(681

4m.)

2

1

1

1

Amad

ab-

lam

(681

4m.)

1

67

1

11

2

2

10

10

1

5

22

Anna

purn

a (8

091m

.)

Aran

iko

Chul

i (6

034m

)

2

Arda

ng (6

034m

)

Baru

n Ts

e

3

Baru

ntse

(712

9m.)

1

Bhrik

uti S

hail

(636

1m.)

Cham

lang (

7319

m)

1

Chan

gwat

nang

(6

125m

.)

2

Dham

pus

6

Dham

pus

(601

2m.)

Dhe

chya

n Kh

ang(

6019

m.

1

1

Ever

est (

8848

m.)

2

12

13

32

1

3

1

24

12

5

1

11

1

Ghus

tang

(646

5m)

1

5

Gurja

(719

3m.)

Him

jung

(709

2m.)

2

1

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Mou

ntai

n

Albania

Samoa

AndorraArgentina

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Belgium

Brazil

Britain

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

GreeceHong Kong

HungaryIceland

India

Iran

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

LithuaniaMalaysiaMexico

Mongolia

Him

lung

(712

6m.)

1

2

6

2

16

1

1

Him

lung

Him

al

2

2

Jobo

Rin

-ja

ng(6

781m

.)

1

Jom

son

(633

5m.)

3

Kanc

hanj

unga

(8

586m

.)

1

1

1

12

12

1

Lang

-du

ng(6

326m

.)

Lhot

se (8

516m

.)

1

21

6

1

1

22

21

Lhot

se (8

56-1

6m.)

Mak

alu

(846

3m.

5

Mak

alu (8

463m

.)

2

1

Man

aslu

(8163

m.)

1

2

51

1

42

1

159

3

12

1

2

2

71

11

151

1

Mt.

Ever

est

(884

8m.)

41

1

4

3

114

2

3

261

2

2

1

Mt.

Ever

-es

t(88

48m

.)

1

1

1

1

1

Muk

ot H

imal

(6

087m

.)

1

Muk

ot P

eak

(608

7m.)

2

Nup

la K

hang

Pank

ar H

imal

(6

264m

.)

6

Peri

Him

al

(617

4m.

1

TABL

E 5.

9: N

UM

BER

OF

SUM

MIT

EERS

BY

COU

NTR

Y AN

D M

OU

NTA

IN, 2

018

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Mou

ntai

n

Albania

Samoa

AndorraArgentina

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Belgium

Brazil

Britain

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

England

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

GreeceHong Kong

HungaryIceland

India

Iran

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

LithuaniaMalaysiaMexico

Mongolia

Pum

ori

Pum

ori

(716

1m)

Puth

a (7

246m

.)

2

2

Sarib

ung

5

8

Sarib

ung

(634

6m.)

21

3

Sari-

bung

(634

6m.)

3

2

7

1

Shar

phu

II (6

164m

)

1

Tasa

rtse

(6

343m

)

4

Thak

nak

Ri

(Dra

ngan

ag R

i) (6

757m

)

Thap

a Pe

ak

2

Thap

a Pe

ak

(601

2m)

1

1

Thap

a Pe

ak(D

ham

pus)

3

3

Thor

ang

Peak

(6

144m

)

5

4

Tilk

ang

(636

9m.)

2

Tobs

ar P

eak

(610

0m)

3

Gran

d To

tal

11

13

2723

17

117

114

512

91

82

12

521

414

34

180

25

2153

11

24

62

TABL

E 5.

9: N

UM

BER

OF

SUM

MIT

EERS

BY

COU

NTR

Y AN

D M

OU

NTA

IN, 2

018

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Mou

ntai

n

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Romania

Russia

Singapore

Slovakia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

USA

Ukraine

UAE

UK

Uruguay

(blank)

Grand Total

Aich

yn (6

055m

)2

10

Ama

Dabl

am57

1

63

2

1

2

212

46

28

128

Amad

abla

m (6

814m

.)11

1

1

1

19

Amad

abla

m(6

814m

.)67

11

1

22

4

23

173

1

155

Anna

purn

a (8

091m

.)4

1

5

Aran

iko

Chul

i (60

34m

)2

1

2

7

Arda

ng (6

034m

)1

5

6

Baru

n Ts

e3

6

Baru

ntse

(712

9m.)

3

11

6

Bhrik

uti S

hail

(636

1m.)

8

8

Cham

lang

(731

9m)

1

2

Chan

gwat

nang

(612

5m.)

2

4

Dham

pus

6

Dham

pus (

6012

m.)

7

7

Dhec

hyan

Kha

ng(6

019m

.1

3

Ever

est (

8848

m.)

156

32

2

1

12

102

10

271

Ghus

tang

(646

5m)

3

1

10

Gurja

(719

3m.)

4

4

8

Him

jung

(709

2m.)

3

Him

lung

(712

6m.)

251

1

2

49

Him

lung

Him

al5

1

10

TABL

E 5.

9: N

UM

BER

OF

SUM

MIT

EERS

BY

COU

NTR

Y AN

D M

OU

NTA

IN, 2

018

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Mou

ntai

n

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Romania

Russia

Singapore

Slovakia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

USA

Ukraine

UAE

UK

Uruguay

(blank)

Grand Total

Jobo

Rin

jang

(678

1m.)

1

Jom

son

(633

5m.)

3

6

Kanc

hanj

unga

(858

6m.)

26

1

46

Lang

dung

(632

6m.)

2

2

Lhot

se (8

516m

.)36

1

1

2

1

1

7

4

17

80

Lhot

se (8

56-1

6m.)

3

4

7

Mak

alu

(846

3m.

5

Mak

alu

(846

3m.)

11

5

Man

aslu

(816

3m.)

134

1

3

15

1

21

5

11

2

2

1

275

Mt.

Ever

est (

8848

m.)

156

3

1

13

11

35

8

274

Mt.

Ever

est(

8848

m.)

3

2

1

4

15

Muk

ot H

imal

(608

7m.)

1

2

Muk

ot P

eak

(608

7m.)

1

3

Nup

la K

hang

5

1

5

11

Pank

ar H

imal

(626

4m.)

6

Peri

Him

al (6

174m

.1

2

Pum

ori

1

1

Pum

ori (

7161

m)

3

3

Puth

a (7

246m

.)2

6

Sarib

ung

4

2

19

Sarib

ung

(634

6m.)

1

7

TABL

E 5.

9: N

UM

BER

OF

SUM

MIT

EERS

BY

COU

NTR

Y AN

D M

OU

NTA

IN, 2

018

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TABL

E 5.

9: N

UM

BER

OF

SUM

MIT

EERS

BY

COU

NTR

Y AN

D M

OU

NTA

IN, 2

018

Mou

ntai

n

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Romania

Russia

Singapore

Slovakia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

USA

Ukraine

UAE

UK

Uruguay

(blank)

Grand Total

Sarib

ung(

6346

m.)

913

7

32

5

52

Shar

phu

II (6

164m

)

1

2

Tasa

rtse

(634

3m)

5

9

Thak

nak

Ri (D

rang

anag

Ri)

(675

7m)

4

4

Thap

a Pe

ak1

3

Thap

a Pe

ak (6

012m

)1

1

2

6

Thap

a Pe

ak(D

ham

pus)

3

1

10

Thor

ang

Peak

(614

4m)

3

2

14

Tilk

ang

(636

9m.)

2

Tobs

ar P

eak

(610

0m)

1

4

Gran

d To

tal

748

39

1012

715

41

310

351

729

100

112

422

716

05

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try

Mt. Cholatse

Kyazo Ri

Mt. Nirekha

Mt. Langsisa Ri

Mt. Ombigaichen

Mt. Bokta

Mt. Chekigo

Mt. Phari Lapcha

Mt. Lobuje West

Mt. Larkya Peak

Mt. ABI

Mt. Yubra Himal

Hiunchuli

Singu Chuli (Flulted Peak)

Mera Peak

Kusum Kangru

Kwangde

Chulu West

Chulu East

Imja Tse (Island Peak)

Pharchamo

Lobuje

Ramdung

Pisang

Kongma Tse (Mehara Peak)

Ganja-la Chuli (Naya Kanga)

Paldor Peak

Total

Alba

nia

1

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 4

Ando

rra

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

1

-

- -

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 2

Arge

ntina

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 3

-

-

-

-

10

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

14

Arm

enia

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Aust

ralia

33

19

-

-

- -

2

- 10

9 -

496

-

-

28

177

041

-

3

- 5

-

373

Aust

ria9

-

3

-

- -

-

-

- 11

-

-

-

- 60

-

-

-

11

797

29

- 1

-

1

- 21

1

Braz

il

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

1

-

-

-

-

- 5

Brun

ei

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

- 1

Bulg

eria

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

12

Bang

lade

s

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

1

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 5

Bela

rus

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 3

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

Belg

ium

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 15

-

-

-

-

1611

4

-

-

-

-

-

46

Boliv

ia

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1

Cana

da1

-

-

-

-

-

- -

13

-

-

- -

129

-

-

-

1

75

-

34

- 1

-

-

- 15

5

Chile

2

6

3

11

Chin

a

-

-

-

-

- 4

-

- 6

-

-

-

-

- 14

-

-

-

-

161

-

48

-

-

-

-

1

234

Colo

mbi

a

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

- 3

Cost

a Ri

ca

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 3

TABL

E 5.

10: N

UMBE

R OF

CLI

MBE

RS B

Y PE

AK, 2

018

(Per

mit

Issu

ed B

y Nep

al M

ount

aine

erin

g Ass

ocia

tion)

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TABL

E 5.

10: N

UMBE

R OF

CLI

MBE

RS B

Y PE

AK, 2

018

(Per

mit

Issu

ed B

y Nep

al M

ount

aine

erin

g Ass

ocia

tion)

Coun

try

Mt. Cholatse

Kyazo Ri

Mt. Nirekha

Mt. Langsisa Ri

Mt. Ombigaichen

Mt. Bokta

Mt. Chekigo

Mt. Phari Lapcha

Mt. Lobuje West

Mt. Larkya Peak

Mt. ABI

Mt. Yubra Himal

Hiunchuli

Singu Chuli (Flulted Peak)

Mera Peak

Kusum Kangru

Kwangde

Chulu West

Chulu East

Imja Tse (Island Peak)

Pharchamo

Lobuje

Ramdung

Pisang

Kongma Tse (Mehara Peak)

Ganja-la Chuli (Naya Kanga)

Paldor Peak

Total

Croa

tia

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

2

-

-

-

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

- 8

Czec

h Re

-pu

blic

-

2

-

-

- -

-

-

- 5

-

-

- 2

49

-

- 2

213

46

-

2

-

-

-

87

Cypr

us

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

- 2

Denm

ark

-

1

- 1

-

-

- -

-

-

-

1 -

-

17

-

- 1

-

22

-

9

-

-

-

1

- 53

Ecua

dor

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

2

Egyp

t

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

- 3

Esto

nia

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 2

-

-

10

-

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

Finl

and

1

-

-

-

- -

-

- 14

-

-

-

-

- 14

-

-

-

-

28

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

57

Fran

ce7

-

-

-

-

-

- -

215

-

-

-

- 17

5

-

- 10

2120

29

57

- 2

-

4

- 50

4

Germ

any

-

11

1

- -

-

12

6

-

- -

-

182

-

-

45

168

2770

-

2

- 4

247

6

Gree

ce

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

3

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

- 5

Guat

emal

a

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1

Hong

kong

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 2

-

-

-

-

8

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

Hung

ery

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

2

-

- -

-

20

-

-

-

-

25

-

5

-

-

-

-

- 52

Icel

and

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18

Indi

a

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

50

-

- 1

-

54

-

62

-

-

-

4

- 17

1

Indo

nesia

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 11

-

-

4

-

4

-

8

-

-

-

-

-

27

Iran

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 4

-

-

-

-

22

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

27

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Mt. Cholatse

Kyazo Ri

Mt. Nirekha

Mt. Langsisa Ri

Mt. Ombigaichen

Mt. Bokta

Mt. Chekigo

Mt. Phari Lapcha

Mt. Lobuje West

Mt. Larkya Peak

Mt. ABI

Mt. Yubra Himal

Hiunchuli

Singu Chuli (Flulted Peak)

Mera Peak

Kusum Kangru

Kwangde

Chulu West

Chulu East

Imja Tse (Island Peak)

Pharchamo

Lobuje

Ramdung

Pisang

Kongma Tse (Mehara Peak)

Ganja-la Chuli (Naya Kanga)

Paldor Peak

Total

Irela

nd2

2

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

31

-

-

-

-

55

-

2

-

-

-

-

- 92

Isra

el

-

- 2

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 6

-

-

-

-

351

2

-

-

-

-

-

46

Italy

1

- 1

-

-

-

- -

1

-

-

- -

144

-

-

1710

7524

13

-

-

-

-

-

187

Japa

n

-

- 4

-

2 -

-

- 17

4

-

- -

-

422

42

654

416

8

216

7

Jord

an

-

-

-

-

- -

-

- 1

-

-

-

-

- 1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

Kaza

khst

an

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

6

-

-

-

-

- 10

Keny

a

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

3

-

-

-

-

15

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 18

Koso

vo

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Kuw

ait

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Kyrg

yzst

an

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1

Latv

ia

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

5

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 6

Leba

non

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

1

-

-

- -

-

1

-

- 3

-

6

-

10

-

-

-

-

- 21

Libe

ria

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1

Lith

uani

a

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

- 2

-

-

-

- 3

-

-

-

-

13

1

19

Luxe

mbo

urg

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

1

-

- -

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 5

Mac

au

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Mal

aysia

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

1

-

-

- -

-

26

14

436

1

73

TABL

E 5.

10: N

UMBE

R OF

CLI

MBE

RS B

Y PE

AK, 2

018

(Per

mit

Issu

ed B

y Nep

al M

ount

aine

erin

g Ass

ocia

tion)

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try

Mt. Cholatse

Kyazo Ri

Mt. Nirekha

Mt. Langsisa Ri

Mt. Ombigaichen

Mt. Bokta

Mt. Chekigo

Mt. Phari Lapcha

Mt. Lobuje West

Mt. Larkya Peak

Mt. ABI

Mt. Yubra Himal

Hiunchuli

Singu Chuli (Flulted Peak)

Mera Peak

Kusum Kangru

Kwangde

Chulu West

Chulu East

Imja Tse (Island Peak)

Pharchamo

Lobuje

Ramdung

Pisang

Kongma Tse (Mehara Peak)

Ganja-la Chuli (Naya Kanga)

Paldor Peak

Total

Mex

ico

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 1

-

-

1

-

22

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

28

Mor

occo

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

Nep

al1

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

2

-

- -

111

-

-

68

35

131

3

-

-

-

81

Net

herla

nds

-

3

- 1

-

-

- -

1

-

- 1

- 1

51

-

-

-

228

104

6

-

-

-

-

108

New

Zeal

and

3

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

35

-

- 1

-

27

-

6

-

-

-

-

- 72

Nor

way

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

1

-

-

- -

-

10

-

-

-

-

81

-

28

-

-

-

-

- 12

0

Paki

stan

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 1

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

3

Peru

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Phili

ppin

es

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

1

-

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

Pola

nd

-

-

-

-

- -

-

- 3

-

-

-

-

- 39

38

111

11

2

1

518

3

Port

ugal

1

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

6

-

-

-

5

9

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

22

Rom

ania

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 2

-

-

-

-

17

-

11

-

-

-

-

-

30

Russ

ia1

4

- 2

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

- 2

101

-

-

-

-

90

-

35

-

-

-

-

-

235

Saud

i Ara

bia

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

Serb

ia

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 7

Sing

apor

e

-

-

-

-

- -

-

- 3

-

-

-

-

- 30

-

-

11

251

1

-

-

-

-

-

62

Slov

akia

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 10

-

2

-

215

22

-

-

-

-

- 33

Slov

enia

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 3

-

-

-

-

3

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

7

TABL

E 5.

10: N

UMBE

R OF

CLI

MBE

RS B

Y PE

AK, 2

018

(Per

mit

Issu

ed B

y Nep

al M

ount

aine

erin

g Ass

ocia

tion)

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Mt. Cholatse

Kyazo Ri

Mt. Nirekha

Mt. Langsisa Ri

Mt. Ombigaichen

Mt. Bokta

Mt. Chekigo

Mt. Phari Lapcha

Mt. Lobuje West

Mt. Larkya Peak

Mt. ABI

Mt. Yubra Himal

Hiunchuli

Singu Chuli (Flulted Peak)

Mera Peak

Kusum Kangru

Kwangde

Chulu West

Chulu East

Imja Tse (Island Peak)

Pharchamo

Lobuje

Ramdung

Pisang

Kongma Tse (Mehara Peak)

Ganja-la Chuli (Naya Kanga)

Paldor Peak

Total

Sout

h Af

rica

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 6

-

-

-

-

24

-

6

-

2

-

-

-

38

Sout

h Ko

rea

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 31

-

-

44

58

-

7

-

-

-

-

-

104

Spai

n

- 1

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 65

-

-

201

160

1548

55

-

-

- 32

0

Sri L

anka

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

9

Swed

en1

4

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

9

-

-

-

-

39

-

18

-

-

-

-

- 71

Switz

erla

nd3

1

-

-

- -

-

- 2

4

-

- -

-

90

-

- 2

1110

68

43

-

-

-

-

-

270

Syria

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 2

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

4

Taiw

an

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

6

-

-

-

-

27

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 33

Thai

land

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

4

-

- -

-

14

-

-

-

-

24

-

11

-

-

-

-

- 53

Tuni

sia

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

- 1

Turk

ey

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

-

-

-

-

- 5

U.A.

E

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 4

Ukra

ine

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 38

-

-

-

-

44

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

82

Unite

d King

dom

614

62

2

- -

-

229

-

-

21

261

368

155

10

-

624

Unite

d St

ates

67

91

-

2

- -

41

-

-

- 1

70

-

- 5

-

25

21

121

4

3

-

487

Urug

uay

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Viet

nam

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

-

-

-

-

-

- 7

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

Tota

l47

4321

152

60

180

6012

110

1417

922

710

511

129

2112

789

927

400

3310

6386

Sour

ce: N

epal

Mou

ntai

neer

ing

Assis

ocia

tion(

NM

A)

TABL

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10: N

UMBE

R OF

CLI

MBE

RS B

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AK, 2

018

(Per

mit

Issu

ed B

y Nep

al M

ount

aine

erin

g Ass

ocia

tion)

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TABLE 5.11: ROYALTY RECEIVED BY PEAK, 2018S.N Peak Group Pax Royalty (US$)1 Mt. Cholatse 14 47 5,768.00

2 Kyazo Ri 17 43 5,890.00

3 Mt. Nirekha 7 21 3,375.00

4 Mt. Langsisa Ri 3 15 2,125.00

5 Mt. Ombigaichen 2 2 375.00

6 Mt. Bokta 2 6 1,000.00

7 Mt. Chekigo 0 0 -

8 Mt. Phari Lapcha 1 1 125.00

9 Mt. Lobuje West 21 80 16,390.00

10 Mt. Larkya Peak 20 60 8,911.00

11 Mt. ABI 1 12 1,500.00

12 Mt. Yubra Himal 1 11 1,375.00

13 Hiunchuli 0 0 -

14 Singu Chuli (Flulted Peak) 8 14 3,423.00

15 Mera Peak 442 1792 295,146.00

16 Kusum Kangru 1 2 500.00

17 Kwangde 3 7 1,250.00

18 Chulu West 34 105 16,917.00

19 Chulu East 30 111 23,283.00

20 Imja Tse (Island Peak) 707 2921 484,984.00

21 Pharchamo 38 127 16,420.00

22 Lobuje 241 899 157,130.00

23 Ramdung 5 27 3,232.00

24 Pisang 22 40 6,057.00

25 Kongma Tse (Mehara Peak) 0 0 -

26 Ganja-la Chuli (Naya Kanga) 13 33 6,140.00

27 Paldor Peak 4 10 1,500.00

Total 1637 6386 1,062,816.00

Source: Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA)

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Nepal is famous destination for pilgrimage due to its prominent, glorious and prideful historical and sacred places. Lumbini, being birth place of Lord Buddha and Pashupatinath, a centre of faith for Hinduism is major among many important places. Lumbini is found as most visited pilgrimage by foreigners. It was visited by 1,517,134 persons out of them 76.2% were Nepalese while 12.7% Indians and 11.2 % from other countries. Similarly, the 163,311 visitors form third country visited the Pashupatinath.

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TABLE 6.1: VISITORS (EXCLUDING INDIANS CITIZEN) TO PASHUPATI AREA BY MONTH, 2013-2018

Month 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

January 10298 8592 9148 5960 6673 8045

February 9778 12705 13167 6207 7503 10711

March 14369 15066 14652 6463 11067 16073

April 19101 17178 15777 8567 14204 22255

May 12855 10266 1685 8447 8506 11214

June 5973 5590 1786 7413 4319 5837

July 5043 8444 3476 5604 4752 6729

August 9993 12556 2501 5375 7053 10658

September 9131 14758 4998 8047 9835 12131

October 21473 28428 3994 13091 22709 27150

November 24881 21997 4197 12918 18814 21926

December 13963 10593 3299 7319 8745 10582

Total 156,858 166173 78680 95411 124180 163311

Source: Pashupati Area Development Trust

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TABLE 6.2: INDIAN VISITORS TO LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2011-2018

Month 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

January 2827 8678 3608 6169 6942 2835 18354 12988

February 3478 4263 3213 5900 6215 3580 10577 11107

March 4737 3275 11693 6425 7932 5190 9721 18986

April 3753 63266 73041 70267 77614 24975 13497 16909

May 8386 6099 19144 10092 8595 24233 16677 11829

June 4889 4222 5886 6998 3506 12380 10693 19808

July 2691 1713 2186 3393 2873 5127 7055 7544

August 2683 2607 3039 4093 1472 4313 3913 7427

September 3467 3297 3066 5300 701 5360 6641 8851

October 5949 5512 6141 8334 1763 9076 15985 16908

November 12778 9022 9024 16142 8109 28280 23233 28629

December 8071 8629 10211 11103 4468 8920 19098 31424

Total 63709 120583 150252 154216 130262 134269 155444 192410

Source: Lumbini Development Trust

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TABLE 6.3: COUNTRY-WISE VISIT TO BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA, LUMBINI (except Indian citizens), by 2018

Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total

Sri Lanka 82 5651 11567 1555 46 79 1141 16892 8585 5899 7869 593 59959

Thailand 2864 5064 5032 601 393 487 191 147 344 2148 3988 5418 26677

Myanmar 2283 4406 4883 2620 17 3 6 6 32 2315 4564 4198 25333

China 1390 1431 2277 1346 1328 762 992 1051 1047 1512 2736 2588 18460

Vietnam 330 212 1006 362 46 12 51 93 411 1974 1467 1229 7193

S. Korea 1000 406 1550 345 41 15 54 106 155 825 1041 955 6493

Germany 78 148 258 161 225 44 20 67 173 455 539 102 2270

Cambodia 131 653 593 39 1 14 80 498 63 2072

Malaysia 83 63 150 42 70 58 9 13 127 116 487 660 1878

France 53 186 207 252 71 43 52 93 86 351 362 93 1849

U.S.A. 36 105 278 88 102 79 48 72 96 294 225 203 1626

U.K. 108 177 174 89 43 36 47 114 83 261 260 100 1492

Japan 199 290 173 65 22 40 2 30 66 103 324 160 1474

Taiwan 88 183 85 24 3 2 28 2 112 127 429 331 1414

Australia 96 106 157 90 61 50 21 45 98 242 229 189 1384

Netherlands 45 170 225 67 50 2 9 50 129 247 269 74 1337

Indonesia 93 60 38 5 2 67 8 1 6 117 571 273 1241

Bhutan 415 231 25 2 11 5 4 13 3 2 37 248 996

Spain 26 5 23 28 30 32 36 188 87 88 88 39 670

Singapore 72 16 19 3 21 32 9 11 26 53 188 137 587

Other 242 232 341 239 125 131 122 284 415 1009 1121 514 4775

Total 9714 19795 29061 8023 2707 1979 2850 19279 12095 18218 27292 18167 169180

Source: Lumbini Development Trust

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Revenue from tourism sector is observed from foreign currency exchange made by tourists and tourism industries as proxy of income. All domestic contribution is not captured.

Nepal Rastra Bank report shows total foreign currency exchange (less return) for 2018 stood at Nrs. 69,750,584 thousand, (Arround 617,263 thousand US$). This is almost 17% higher than previous year 2017 in USD. There is less increase in currency compaire to tourist arrivals results decreased in per tourist per day expenditure at 44 USD which is 18% less then last year.

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TABLE 7.1: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM BY FISCAL YEAR, 2057/58 TO 2075/76*

Fiscal YearTotal Earnings ( Net received )

%Change in US$NRs.( million)

Annual AverageUS$ (million)

Exchange Rate

2057/58 (2000/01) 11,717.0 158.7

2058/59 (2001/02) 8,654.3 - 109.7 -30.9

2059/60 (2002/03) 11,747.7 - 151.0 37.6

2060/61 (2003/04) 18,147.4 - 245.9 62.9

2061/62 (2004/05) 10,464.0 71.76 145.2 -41.0

2062/63 (2005/06) 9,556.0 72.03 132.1 -9.0

2063/64 (2006/07) 10,125.0 70.19 143.6 8.7

2064/65 (2007/08) 18,653.0 64.72 286.9 99.7

2065/66 (2008/09) 27,960.0 76.58 363.7 26.8

2066/67 (2009/10) 28,139.0 74.24 377.5 3.8

2067/68 (2010/11) 24,611.0 72.07 340.4 -9.8

2068/69 (2011/12) 30,703.8 81.02 379.0 11.3

2069/70 (2012/13) 34,210.6 87.96 388.9 2.6

2070/71 (2013/14) 46,374.9 98.21 472.2 21.4

2071/72 (2014/15) 53,428.8 99.49 544.1 15.2

2072/73 (2015/16) 41,765.4 106.35 392.7 -27.8

2073/74 (2016/17) 58,526.9 106.21 551.0 40.3

2074/75 (2017/18) 67,094.6 104.37 642.9 16.7

2075/76 (2018/19)* 47,584.9 113.83 418.0

Source: Nepal Rastra Bank. * 1st eight month of FY 2075/76

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CHART 7.1: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM

0

10,000,000

20,000,000

30,000,000

40,000,000

50,000,000

60,000,000

70,000,000

80,000,000

2065/66 (2008/09)

2066/67 (2009/10)

2067/68 (2010/11)

2068/69 (2011/12)

2069/70 (2012/13)

2070/71 (2013/14)

2071/72 (2014/15)

2072/73 (2015/16)

2073/74 (2016/17)

2074/75 (2017/18)

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TABLE 7.2: FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM, 2000/01-2017/18

YearTotal Foreign Exchange Earning from Tourism

(Rs. in millions)

As % of Total Value of

Merchandise Exports

As % of Total Value of Exports of Goods &Non Factor Services

As % of Total

Foreign Exchange Earnings

As % of GDP

2000/01ᶧ 11,717.0 16.8 11.8 5.8 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 8.2 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 3.8 1.4

2007/08 18,653.0 30.1 17.9 5.6 2.3

2008/09 27,960.0 40 22.8 6.5 2.8

2009/10 28,139.0 44.5 24.6 6 2.4

2010/11 24,611.0 35.8 20.2 4.9 1.8

2011/12 30,703.8 37.7 20 4.5 1.8

2012/13 34,210.6 39.8 18.9 4.5 2

2013/14 46,374.9 45.9 20.5 4.7 2.4

2014/15 53,428.8 54.4 21.6 4.9 2.5

2015/16 41,765.4 55.8 19.6 3.7 1.9

2016/17 58,526.9 71.3 24.3 4.5 2.3

2017/18 67,094.6 71.9 24.8 5.0 2.2

2018/19* 47,584.9 66.5 24.3 4.8 Source: Nepal Rastra Bank, *1st eight month of FY 2075/76

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TABLE 7.3: SOME ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT (NSIC CATEGORY) BY FY 2068/69 to 2075/76P

Economic Indicators2068/69

2011/12

2069/70

2012/13

2070/71

2013/14

2071/72

201 4/14

2072/73

2015/16

2073/74

2016/17

2074/75

2017/18

2075/76

2018/19P

Annual Growth Rate at constant price, 2058/59 (in percentage)

7.38 5.50 6.77 3.33 -9.68 7.33 9.77 8.33

Gross Output at current price (Rs in millions) 82634 95080 108943 120407 129634 146190 175236 196392

Intermediate Consumption at current price (Rs in millions)

57327 65194 73634 79928 88175 98462 119557 133575

Gross Value Added at current price, 2058/59 (Rs in millions)

25307 29886 35309 40479 41459 47728 55679 62816

Gross Value Added at constant price (Rs in millions) 11000 11605 12391 12804 11564 12415 13624 14759

Proportion of Gross Domestic Product at current price (%)

1.76 1.89 1.94 2.05 2.00 1.98 2.05 2.05

Gross Domestic Product Deflator 230.05 257.53 284.96 316.16 358.52 384.53 408.68 425.63

P: Preliminary

Source: GoN, Central Bureau of Statistics

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Out of 49 airports in Nepal 35 airports are in operations. Out of which 31 airports run in all seasons. Five airports are under construction and 14 are as non-functional.

Twenty nine international airlines carried 4382233 passengers out of which 2201775 were outbound and 2180458 in-bound by 33897 flights. The number of countries having civil aviation contract reached to 39. There are 20 airlines for domestic movement.

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TABLE 8.1: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY MONTH, 2018

MONTHFLIGHT MOVEMENT PASSENGER MOVEMENT

TRANSITDEP ARR TOTAL OUT IN TOTAL

JAN 1443 1441 2884 206057 181839 387896 63

FEB 1348 1352 2700 164322 185110 349432 23

MAR 1522 1522 3044 201625 198512 400137 88

APR 1461 1458 2919 205967 191640 397607 46

MAY 1425 1420 2845 197354 158556 355910

JUN 1264 1266 2530 154764 147451 302215 66

JUL 1286 1290 2576 146828 148730 295558 20

AUG 1325 1325 2650 166396 161595 327991 255

SEP 1369 1368 2737 148307 183131 331438 126

OCT 1592 1590 3182 188092 245398 433490 32

NOV 1473 1473 2946 216006 196657 412663 27

DEC 1443 1441 2884 206057 181839 387896 205

TOTAL 16951 16946 33897 2201775 2180458 4382233 951

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

TABLE 8.2: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2011-2018

MONTHFLIGHT MOVEMENT PAX MOVEMENT

TRANSITDEP ARR TOTAL OUT IN TOTAL

2011 11394 11398 22792 1292515 1407512 2700027

2012 11659 11661 23320 1546350 1378825 2925175 342

2013 11807 11812 23619 1647235 1493067 3140302 223

2014 13605 13603 27208 1889448 1622199 3511647 284

2015 13281 13283 26564 1674664 1542498 3217162 329

2016 13560 13558 27118 1823598 1687144 3510742 122

2017 16680 16682 33362 2083150 1804695 3887845 433

2018 16951 16946 33897 2201775 2180458 4382233 951

Source: - Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal

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TABLE 8.3: INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES WISE FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2018

S.N. AIRLINESFLIGHT MOVEMENT PASSENGER MOVEMENT

TRANSITDEP ARR TOTAL OUT IN TOTAL

1 ABY 880 880 1760 106394 126024 232418 02 AIC 939 939 1878 113687 123754 237441 183 BBC 354 354 708 39658 33154 72812 124 BHA 70 72 142 2294 2102 4396 05 BTN 290 290 580 6677 3951 10628 16 CCA 513 513 1026 48281 47006 95287 747 CES 556 556 1112 52089 53327 105416 08 CSC 204 204 408 13546 14012 27558 19 CSN 729 729 1458 84802 73841 158643 3

10 DRK 411 411 822 23280 27455 50735 3511 ETD 579 579 1158 64453 66784 131237 2312 FDB 1175 1175 2350 171660 165804 337464 8813 HDA 233 233 466 65479 54130 119609 3914 HIM 887 883 1770 120926 103227 224153 9415 IGO 365 365 730 57259 58913 116172 316 JAI 1569 1569 3138 226454 224495 450949 417 KAL 191 191 382 37252 35525 72777 718 MAS 361 361 722 49391 48331 97722 4019 MXD 688 688 1376 75497 102308 177805 820 NAC 1779 1776 3555 244618 247361 491979 42921 OMA 770 770 1540 78895 88234 167129 1022 QTR 1455 1455 2910 193534 205802 399336 1323 RGE 88 88 176 7549 7442 14991 224 SLK 294 294 588 39215 35206 74421 025 TBA 221 221 442 19584 17759 37343 126 THA 365 365 730 91761 79234 170995 3427 THY 254 254 508 62183 54387 116570 1128 UBG 42 42 84 1865 2492 4357 029 WAN 145 145 290 20196 10275 30471 029 XAX 149 149 298 29669 43302 72971 130 OTHERS 408 410 818 25791 23790 49581 0 TOTAL 16964 16961 33925 2173939 2179427 4353366 951

Source: - Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal

LEGEND : ABY - Air Arabia, AIC - Air India, BBC- Biman Bangladesh Airlines, BHA - Buddha Air, BTN - Bhutan Airlines, CCA - Air China, CES- China Eastern Airlines, CSC-Sichuan Airlines, CSN- China Southern Airlines, DRK-Druk Air (Royal Bhutan Airlines) ETD- Etihad Airways, FDB- Fly Dubai , HAD -Cathy Dragon, HIM- Himalaya Airlines, IG0- Indigo Air, JAI- Jet Airways, KAL- Korean Air, MAS- Malaysian Air, MXD- Malindo Air, NAC- Nepal Airlines, OMA- Oman Air, QTR- Qatar Airways, RGE-Regent Airways, SLK- Silk Air, TBA- Tibet Airlines, SLK- Silk Air, TBA- Tibet Airlines, THA- Thai Airways, THY - Turkish Airlines, UBG- US Bangla Airlines, WAN-Wataniya, XAX- Air Asia, OTH -Non schedule/Charter

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TABLE 8.4: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2011-2018

MONTHFLIGHT MOVEMENT PASSENGER MOVEMENT

DEP ARR TOTAL IN OUT TOTAL

2011 39635 39625 79260 796992 796992 1593984

2012 35444 35433 70877 786694 788365 1575059

2013 34544 34532 69076 769100 773504 1542604

2014 34270 34266 68536 728857 721701 1450558

2015 32944 32921 65865 683130 680918 1364048

2016 36938 36938 73876 880895 876701 1757596

2017 46563 46534 93097 1250102 1138481 2388583

2018 47788 47779 95567 1472082 1375704 2847786

TABLE 8.5: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY MONTH, 2018

MONTHFLIGHT MOVEMENT PASSENGERS

DEP ARR TOTAL OUT IN TOTAL

JAN 2942 2939 5881 89940 84891 174831

FEB 3125 3129 6254 103906 95728 199634

MAR 4334 4336 8670 126961 109061 236022

APR 4958 4945 9903 132251 123814 256065

MAY 4642 4639 9281 118329 116706 235035

JUN 3246 3245 6491 111336 105879 217215

JUL 2860 2862 5722 104864 103520 208384

AUG 3279 3276 6555 114771 109702 224473

SEP 3844 3854 7698 123036 112905 235941

OCT 5730 5730 11460 166726 146563 313289

NOV 5067 5069 10136 149694 144460 294154

DEC 3769 3766 7535 130268 122475 252743

TOTAL 47796 47790 95586 1472082 1375704 2847786

Source :- Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal

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TABLE 8.6: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY DOMESTIC AIRLINES, 2018

S.N. AIRLINESFLIGHT MOVEMENT PASSANGER MOVEMENT

DEP ARR TOTAL OUT IN TOTAL

1 AA 768 767 1535 2536 3186 5722

2 AD 1870 1870 3740 4672 4986 9658

3 BHA 14440 14441 28881 688895 636514 1325409

4 FA 1219 1218 2437 3421 3754 7175

5 HE 746 746 1492 2141 2981 5122

6 KH 620 621 1241 1505 1788 3293

7 MA 723 724 1447 2370 2809 5179

8 MH 331 330 661 1195 1200 2395

9 MU 375 375 750 894 893 1787

10 NAC 1977 1978 3955 42559 36613 79172

11 NSB 629 624 1253 0 0 0

12 NYT 9571 9570 19141 346895 321779 668674

13 RMK 1646 1646 3292 24446 20076 44522

14 SI 1194 1194 2388 53545 52597 106142

15 SH 579 577 1156 2108 2201 4309

16 SHA 4415 4415 8830 228690 219210 447900

17 SM 1093 1093 2186 2908 3558 6466

18 SMA 1563 1563 3126 21910 20262 42172

19 STA 1415 1415 2830 15054 15353 30407

20 TRA 2426 2424 4850 26338 25944 52282

21 VVI 188 188 376 0 0 022 OTH 8 11 19 0 0 0 TOTAL 47788 47779 95567 1472082 1375704 2847786

Source : - ATSRO ( ATS/SAR Division ), Domestic T.D.O., Revenue Section (Domestic), T.I.A.C.A.O.

LEGEND : AA - Altitude Air, AD - Air Dynasty Heli Service, BHA - Buddha Air, FA - Fishtail Air, HE - Heli Everest Pvt. Ltd, MA - Manang Air, MH – Mountain Helicopter Pvt. Ltd, MU - Prabhu Helicopter Pvt. Ltd., NAC - Nepal Airlines, NSB - Madhaya Airbase, N(T - Yeti Airlines, RMK - Simrik Airlines, S1 - Saurya Airlines, SHA - Shree Airlines, SM - Simrik Air, SMA - Summit Air Pvt.Ltd, STA - Sita Air, TRA - Tara Air, VVI - VV&P Flight,

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TABLE 8.7: NUMBER OF PARAGLIDING IN POKHARA BY MONTHS, 2015-2018

Month

2015 2016 2017 2018N

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Tota

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Fore

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r

Tota

l

Nep

ali

Fore

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r

Tota

l

Nep

ali

Fore

igne

r

Tota

l

Jan 366 935 1301 530 870 1400 630 860 1490 700 905 1605

Feb 465 822 1287 1040 1040 1370 432 1050 1482 521 1103 1624

March 411 911 1322 1020 1020 1420 405 1020 1425 505 1139 1644

April 468 913 1581 1040 1040 1360 310 1045 1355 352 1062 1414

May 224 90 314 1146 1146 1581 485 1155 1640 551 1307 1858

June 103 36 139 1350 1350 1555 205 1330 1535 291 1339 1630

July 135 38 173 980 980 1230 260 1020 1280 360 1107 1467

Aug 187 152 239 1360 1360 1720 380 1330 1710 489 1430 1919

Sep 236 210 446 1509 1509 1874 355 1517 1872 555 1531 2086

Oct 243 495 1238 1640 1640 2120 510 1647 2157 607 1632 2239

Nov 307 534 841 1340 1340 1940 605 1380 1985 644 1489 2133

Dec 162 556 718 1130 1130 1430 310 1030 1340 344 1054 1398

Total 3307 5692 8999 4675 14666 19341 4887 14384 19271 5919 15098 21017

Source: Nepal Air Sports Association, Pokhara

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Tourism sector of Nepal is managed with partnership of Government, private sector, households, professionals and NGOs. Tourism industries play pivotal roles in tourist service, service management, increasing revenue.

All total 1254 (star and tourist standard hotels) are operated in 2018, with bed capacity 40856 per day. Travel agency, tour guide, tour operators, rafting agencies, trekking agencies and guides all are in increasing trend. In 2018 the number of registered Travel agencies reached up to 3508 and Trekking agencies are 2649.

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TABLE 9.1: TOURIST STANDARD HOTEL REGISTERED IN NEPAL

YearStar Hotel Tourist Standard Hotel Total

Hotel Bed Hotel Bed Hotel Bed

2061 110 10715 886 28392 996 39107

2062 110 10715 896 28669 1006 39384

2063 105 9763 502 14497 607 24260

2064 105 9763 512 14897 617 24660

2065 96 9320 573 16743 669 26063

2066 97 9369 647 19124 744 28493

2067 103 9125 686 20517 789 29342

2068 106 9323 721 21457 827 30780

2069 107 9371 746 22286 853 31657

2070 117 9506 909 25017 1026 34523

2071 118 9554 957 26625 1075 36179

2072 116 9710 957 27240 1073 36950

2073 120 10071 985 28171 1062 38242

2074 125 10697 977 29136 1101 39833

2075 129 11146 1125 29710 1254 40856

Source: Department of Tourism

TABLE 9.2: TOURIST INDUSTRIES AND GUIDE IN NEPAL

Year Travel Agency

Trekking Agency

Rafting Agency

Tourist Trans-

portation Service

Tour Guide

Trekking Guide

River Guide

2069/70 2239 1598 52 31 0 0 100

2070/71 2450 1761 60 50 3141 9741 131

2071/72 2611 1903 61 59 3335 10436 131

2072/73 2768 2018 66 67 3507 11358 187

2073/74 3444 2367 72 72 3717 13049 207

2074/75 3824 2637 73 72 3876 13831 230

2074/75 3508 2649 73 77 4126 16248 253

Source: Department of Tourism

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TABL

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TABLE 9.4: MAJOR CIVIL AVIATION INDICATORS, NEPAL

Main Indicator 2016 2017 2018

Number of Nepalese Airlines operating international flight 3 3 3

Number of International Airlines operating 26 30 29

Number of countries Bilateral agreement for Airlines service 38 38 39

Number of total airlines seats* 8000000 8000000 8000000

Number of Domestic airline Companies operation (both roter & fixed wings)

19 20 20

Number of International Airport 1 1 1

Number of Fixed Wings Operation 10 10 10

Number of Helicopters operation 9 10 10

Number of Aviation Recreation companies 75 74 75

Number of Airport operation in all seasons 26 29 31

Number of Airport operation 32 32 35

Source: Civil Aviation Authority Nepal

*The number of seats is calculated based on B757 (200 seats).Thus no. of seats varies according to size of aircrafts. Air service agreements are done based on weekly frequencies which can utilized by any type of aircrafts.

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National Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM) is a public institution that develops human resource in tourism sector. In the FY 2074/75 total 252 students had completed Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) and 168 Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM). Similarly, different tourism related Mid-level and supervisor level trainings received by 1193 persons. Much other private institution provides tourism related academic courses and other professional training, which is not included in this report.

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120

121

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TABLE 11.1: TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY MONTH, 2074/75

S.N

.

INCI

DEN

T

Shra

wan

Bhad

ra

Asho

j

Karti

k

Man

gsir

Paus

h

Mag

h

Falg

un

Chai

tra

Bais

akh

Jest

ha

Asha

d

Tota

l

1 Lost/Missing 42 27 34 49 46 35 36 38 40 42 38 23 450

2 Stolen/theft 9 11 8 7 18 6 6 13 11 17 12 13 131

3 Fraud/Cheating 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 2 3 2 3 1 18

4 Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

5 Pickpocket 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2

6 Harassment/dispute 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 7

7 Accident 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 Damage 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4

9 Attack/ Assault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

10 Snatched 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

11 Threaten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

12 Missing Person 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3

13 Rape 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

14 MISBEHAVIOR 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

15 kidnap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 51 42 43 63 64 43 42 53 56 68 56 38 619

SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, TOURIST POLICE

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TABLE: 11.2 TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY NATIONALITY, 2074/75

S.N

.

Nationality

Shra

wan

Bhad

ra

Asho

j

Karti

k

Man

gsir

Paus

h

Mag

h

Falg

un

Chai

tra

Baisa

kh

Jest

ha

Asha

d

Tot

al

1 AMERICAN 4 3 5 4 6 2 1 3 5 3 5 5 462 AUSTRIA 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 ARGENTINA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 AUSTRALIAN 2 1 5 8 11 3 3 5 4 8 3 2 556 BANGLADESHI 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 1 1 197 BELGIUM 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 88 BURIEN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 BAHRAINI 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5

10 BRAZILIAN 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 711 BRITISH 2 4 4 6 6 2 0 6 5 4 4 0 43 BHUTANESE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

12 CANADIAN 3 1 1 1 0 6 0 1 3 0 3 1 2013 CHINESE 12 4 5 4 3 6 7 7 4 3 7 5 6714 CHILI 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 715 Colombia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 316 CROATIAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 318 DANISH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 519 DENMARK 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 220 DUTCH/Netherland 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 0 5 0 2 2 2121 ESTONIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 322 FRENCH 2 2 1 3 7 1 1 0 1 7 3 3 3123 FINLAND 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 825 GERMAN 1 2 4 2 7 0 0 2 1 5 4 0 2826 GREECE 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 629 INDIAN 3 0 0 2 3 3 3 1 0 8 3 2 2830 INDONESIAN 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 532 IRISH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 133 IRANIAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 234 ISRAELI 0 2 3 4 1 2 1 1 4 3 0 0 2135 ITALIAN 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 936 IVORY COAST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 137 JAPANESE 3 4 2 3 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 2 22

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S.N

.

Nationality

Shra

wan

Bhad

ra

Asho

j

Karti

k

Man

gsir

Paus

h

Mag

h

Falg

un

Chai

tra

Baisa

kh

Jest

ha

Asha

d

Tot

al

38 JORDAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 639 KOREAN 3 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 1840 KAZAKHSTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 141 LEBANON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 242 LUT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 HONKING 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 544 MALAYSIAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 446 MALDIVES 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 NEW ZELAND 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 1752 NORWEGIAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 353 Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 154 Pakistan 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 455 PORTUGAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 156 PHILIPPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 157 POLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 359 PORTUGUESE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 160 ROMANI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 161 RUSSIAN 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 1562 SAUDI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 164 SENEGAL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 165 SWITZERLAND 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 666 SRI LANKA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 567 SINGAPOREAN 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 468 SPANISH 1 3 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1569 SOUTH AFRICAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 370 SOLOVENE 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 172 SWISS 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 573 TAIWAN 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 475 THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 376 TURKEY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 178 UKRAINIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 TOTAL 51 42 43 63 64 43 42 53 56 68 56 38 619

SOURCE: Department of Tourism, Tourist police

TABLE: 11.2 TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY NATIONALITY, 2074/75

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TABLE: 11.3 TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY GENDER, 2074/75

SN

GEN

DER

Shra

wan

Bhad

ra

Asho

j

Karti

k

Man

gsir

Paus

h

Mag

h

Falg

un

Chai

tra

Baisa

kh

Jest

ha

Asha

d

Tota

l

1 Female 31 15 12 36 27 15 30 31 23 14 22 12 268

2 Male 20 27 31 27 37 28 12 22 33 54 34 26 351

TOTAL 51 42 43 63 64 43 42 53 56 68 56 38 619

SOURCE: Department of Tourism, Tourist police

TABLE: 11.4 BASIS OF INVESTIGATION 2074-075

MO

NTH

Shra

wan

Bhad

ra

Asho

j

Karti

k

Man

gsir

Paus

h

Mag

h

Falg

un

Chai

tra

Bais

akh

Jest

ha

Asha

d

TOTA

L

CASE SOLVE IN OFFICE 5 1 0 8 4 3 1 1 3 1 2 1 30MAJOR CASE FORWARDED 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 7FORWARDED FOR INVESTIGATION

(DOCUMENTATION)44 41 43 54 60 40 40 50 53 67 53 37 582

TOTAL 51 42 43 63 64 43 42 53 56 68 56 38 619

REMARKS : (LAST YEAR + CURRENT YEAR ) Police report provided 30 19 24 30 31 23 32 27 24 33 43 29 345

SOURCE: Department of Tourism, Tourist police

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