Nepal Tourism Statistics 2017
Nepal Tourism Statistics 2017
Government of Nepal
Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation
Planning & Evaluation Division
Research & Statistical Section
Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
May, 2018
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NEPAL TOURISM STATISTICS 2017
Government of Nepal
Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation
Planning & Evaluation Division
Research & Statistical Section
Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
May, 2018
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Published Date: May 2018
Number of Copies: 1000
Cover Photo: Mt. Manaslu (8,163 m.)
Published by:
Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation
Planning & Evaluation Division
Research & Statistical Section
Singha Durbar, Kathmandu
Tel:4211846, 4211685 Ext. 416
Fax: 4211758, 4211672
Email: info@[Link]
Website: [Link]
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Chief Editor
Mr. Dandu Raj Ghimire
Joint Secretary
Editor Team
Mr. Sitaram Ghimire
Under-Secretary (Statistics)
Mr. Nirajan Ghimire
Under-Secretary (Monitoring)
Mr. Dipak Janwali
Under-Secretary (Account)
Mr. Dipak Koirala
Statistical Office
Mr. Pradipraj Poudel
Computer Engineer
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CONTENTS
Contents Page
PART I 1
FACT SHEET 2017
PART II TOURIST ARRIVALS 7
TABLE 2.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1964-2017 9
TABLE 2.2: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1992-2017 12
TABLE 2.3: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH(Excluding Indian Citizens), 1992-2017 15
TABLE 2.4: INDIAN TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1992-2017 17
TABLE 2.5: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY YEAR, 1993-2017 18
TABLE 2.6: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY SEX, 1993-2017 20
TABLE 2.7 : TOURIST ARRIVAL BY AGE GROUPS, 1993-2017 22
TABLE 2.8: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2003-2017 24
TABLE2. 9: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2014-2017 26
TABLE 2.10: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY LAND,2017 32
TABLE 2.11: TOURIST ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY AND MONTH (LAND), 2017 33
PART III LENGTH OF STAY 35
TABLE 3.1 TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1964-2017 37
PART IV PURPOSE OF VISIT 39
TABLE 4.1: 2017TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT,1993-2017 41
PART IV TREKKING AND EXPEDITION 45
TABLE 5.1: NUMBER OF TREKKERS IN DIFFERENT CONSERVATION AREAS BY MONTH,
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2017.
TABLE 5.2: TREKKERS IN DIFFERENT TREKKING AREAS, 2001-2017 48
TABLE 5.3: NUMBER OF TREKKERS IN DIFFERENT TREKKING AREAS BY MONTH,
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2017.
TABLE 5.4: NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS VISITED TO PROTECTED AREAS BY MONTH,
50
FY 2072/73
TABLE 5.5 : NUMBER OF FOREIGN VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS & PROTECTED AREAS,
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2010-2017
TABLE 5.6: TREND OF ROYALTY RECEIVED (NRs) FROM FOREIGNERS VISITED TO 52
PROTECTED AREAS, FY68/69 TO 2072/73
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TABLE 5.7: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION MEMBERS & SUMMITEERS BY PEAK, 2017 55
TABLE 5.8: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS BY COUNTRY, 2017 58
TABLE 5.9: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAMS & ROYALTY BY PEAKS, 2017 64
TABLE 5.10: NUMBER OF TEAMS, CLIMBERS, & ROYALTY BY PEAK, 2017 (Permit Issued
67
By Nepal Mountaineering Association)
TABLE 5.11: ROYALTY RECEIVED BY PEAK, 2017 (Permit Issued By Nepal Mountaineering
71
Association)
PART VI PILGRIMAGE 73
TABLE 6.1: VISITORS (EXCLUDING INDIAN CITIZENS) TO PASUPATI ,2011-2017 75
TABLE 6.2: INDIAN CITIZEN VISITORS TO LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2011-2017 76
TABLE 6.3: COUNTRY-WISE VISIT TO BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA, LUMBINI BY
77
MONTH, 2017
TABLE 6.4: SUMMARY OF VISITORS BY BOARD ORIGIN IN LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2017 80
PART VII INCOME GENERATION 81
TABLE 7.1: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM BY FY, 2057/58 TO
83
2072/73
TABLE 7.2: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS, 2000-2017 85
TABLE 7.3: FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM, 2000/01-2015/16 86
TABLE 7.4: SOME ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT (NSIC
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CATEGORY) BY FISCAL YEAR 2062/63 to 2071/72
PART VIII FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT 89
TABLE 8.1: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY
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MONTH, 2017
TABLE 8.2: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES WISE FLIGHT & PASSENGER
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MOVEMENT, 2011-2017
TABLE 8.3: INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES WISE FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2017 92
TABLE 8.4: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT, 2017 94
TABLE 8.5: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY MONTH,
94
2017
TABLE 8.6: FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY AIRLINES, 2017 95
TABLE 8.7: NUMBER OF PARA GLIDERS IN POKHARA BY MONTHS, 2012-2017 96
PART IX TOURISM INDUSTRY 97
TABLE 9.1: TOURIST STANDARD HOTEL REGISTERED IN NEPAL 99
TABLE 9.2: TOURIST INDUSTRIES AND GUIDE IN NEPAL 99
TABLE 9.3: REGISTERED HOME STAY,2013-2017 100
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TABLE 9.4: CIVIL AVIATION INDICATORS, NEPAL 102
PART X TOURISM EDUCATION 103
TABLE 10.1: TOURISM AND HOTEL RELATED EDUCATION AND TRAININGS ,2007-2017 105
PART XI MISCELLANEOUS 107
TABLE 11.1: TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY MONTH,2072/73 109
TABLE 11.2: TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY NATIONALITY, 110
2072/73
TABLE 11.3: TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY GENDER,2017 112
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CHARTS
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PART I
FACT SHEET
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FACT SHEET 1
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FACT SHEET 2
Indicators 2016 2017 % Change
Tourist Arrival by Major Five Airlines:
Rank 1 Nepal Airlines Jet Airways
Rank 2 Qatar Air Nepal Airlines
Rank 3 Air Arabia Qatar Air
Rank 4 Jet Airways Air Arabia
Rank 5 Fly Dubai Fly Dubai
Mountaineering Expedition( above 6500 mtrs ):
Total Team 278 291 4.7
Successful Person 1981 2277 14.9
Royalty to Government (Rs.' 000) 255744 387416 51.5
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FACT SHEET 3
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PART II
TOURIST ARRIVALS
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TABLE 2.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY,1964-2017
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CHART 2.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL IN NEPAL 2008-2017
1,000,000
900,000
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000 TOTAL
400,000 BY AIR
300,000 BY LAND
200,000
100,000
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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TABLE 2.2: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1992-2017
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1992 17,451 27,489 31,505 30,682 29,089 22,469 20,942 27,338 24,839 42,647 32,341 27,561 334,353
1993 19,238 23,931 30,818 20,121 20,585 19,602 13,588 21,583 23,939 42,242 30,378 27,542 293,567
1994 21,735 24,872 31,586 27,292 26,232 22,907 19,739 27,610 27,959 39,393 28,008 29,198 326,531
1995 22,207 28,240 34,219 33,994 27,843 25,650 23,980 27,686 30,569 46,845 35,782 26,380 363,395
1996 27,886 29,676 39,336 36,331 29,728 26,749 22,684 29,080 32,181 47,314 37,650 34,998 393,613
1997 25,585 32,861 43,177 35,229 33,456 26,367 26,091 35,549 31,981 56,272 40,173 35,116 421,857
1998 28,822 37,956 41,338 41,087 35,814 29,181 27,895 36,174 39,664 62,487 47,403 35,863 463,684
1999 29,752 38,134 46,218 40,774 42,712 31,049 27,193 38,449 44,117 66,543 48,865 37,698 491,504
2000 25,307 38,959 44,944 43,635 28,363 26,933 24,480 34,670 43,523 59,195 52,993 40,644 463,646
2001 30,454 38,680 46,709 39,083 28,345 13,030 18,329 25,322 31,170 41,245 30,282 18,588 361,237
2002 17,176 20,668 28,815 21,253 19,887 17,218 16,621 21,093 23,752 35,272 28,723 24,990 275,468
2003 21,215 24,349 27,737 25,851 22,704 20,351 22,661 27,568 28,724 45,459 38,398 33,115 338,132
2004 30,988 35,631 44,290 33,514 26,802 19,793 24,860 33,162 25,496 43,373 36,381 31,007 385,297
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TABLE 2.2: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1992-2017 (contd.)
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
2005 25,477 20,338 29,875 23,414 25,541 22,608 23,996 36,910 36,066 51,498 41,505 38,170 375,398
2006 28,769 25,728 36,873 21,983 22,870 26,210 25,183 33,150 33,362 49,670 44,119 36,009 383,926
2007 33,192 39,934 54,722 40,942 35,854 31,316 35,437 44,683 45,552 70,644 52,273 42,156 526,705
2008 36,913 46,675 58,735 38,475 30,410 24,349 25,427 40,011 41,622 66,421 52,399 38,840 500,277
2009 29,278 40,617 49,567 43,337 30,037 31,749 30,432 44,174 42,771 72,522 54,423 41,049 509,956
2010 33,645 49,264 63,058 45,509 32,542 33,263 38,991 54,672 54,848 79,130 67,537 50,408 602,867
2011 42,622 56,339 67,565 59,751 46,202 46,115 42,661 71,398 63,033 96,996 83,460 60,073 736,215
2012 52,501 66,459 89,151 69,796 50,317 53,630 49,995 71,964 66,383 86,379 83,173 63,344 803,092
2013 47,846 67,264 88,697 65,152 52,834 54,599 54,011 68,478 66,755 99,426 75,485 57,069 797,616
2014 70196 69009 79914 80053 62558 50731 46546 59761 52894 80993 76305 61158 790,118
2015 38,616 58,523 79,187 65,729 17,569 18,368 22,967 38,606 39,050 56,584 58,304 45,467 538,970
42,235 60,821 76,444 60,214 46,683 38,852 48,115 66,341 74,670 89,281 72,990 76,356 753002
2016
62,632 84,061 106,291 88,591 62,773 55,956 42,240 73,778 68,634 112,492 99,804 82,966 940218
2017
Changes* 48 38 39 47 34 44 -12 11 -8 26 37 9 25
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CHART 2.2: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 2013-2017
120000
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
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TABLE 2.3: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1992-2017(Excluding Indian citizens)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
1992 12,560 20,331 24,792 20,295 11,380 7,264 12,708 20,198 18,442 33,834 25,862 20,113 227,779
1993 14,147 18,164 25,200 14,594 9,355 8,536 9,076 16,671 18,293 34,415 23,715 18,039 210,205
1994 14,795 19,794 24,856 19,778 12,244 8,561 13,352 20,524 21,289 30,063 20,556 18,179 223,991
1995 15,758 19,482 25,381 23,419 12,491 9,270 14,141 20,211 22,344 38,398 28,177 17,063 246,135
1996 17,678 23,629 31,738 25,458 14,042 9,777 13,724 21,833 23,201 38,139 29,221 22,661 271,101
1997 16,856 24,151 33,389 24,343 14,836 9,973 16,024 24,772 24,344 46,110 30,712 22,909 288,419
1998 20,124 27,855 33,097 28,997 15,647 11,195 15,724 26,387 29,241 49,787 38,587 23,814 320,455
1999 20,554 29,259 38,158 29,637 22,305 12,731 16,782 29,402 33,650 54,099 38,835 25,431 350,843
2000 21,092 33,939 38,959 36,430 18,658 12,036 16,842 27,205 34,643 51,100 45,318 31,509 367,731
2001 25,158 32,763 40,684 32,211 17,406 8,929 13,965 21,658 26,132 37,198 25,795 15,018 296,917
2002 13,180 16,960 25,102 16,877 11,751 8,338 9,962 15,515 18,768 30,251 24,044 17,943 208,691
2003 15,659 19,321 22,260 20,303 15,288 7,835 13,607 19,149 22,577 38,040 31,750 25,980 251,769
2004 22,947 28,743 35,468 26,279 15,581 9,776 17,070 27,657 21,829 38,104 29,330 22,187 294,971
2005 19,531 17,061 25,847 18,311 15,438 11,170 14,921 26,119 27,413 40,553 34,778 27,822 278,964
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TABLE 2.3: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, 1992-2017 (Excluding Indian citizens) (contd.)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2006 21,126 21,320 30,169 18,435 13,517 11,841 15,066 24,966 26,327 43,026 37,402 27,009 290,204
2007 25,857 33,133 48,022 32,794 23,296 18,937 26,160 37,658 38,813 65,745 46,822 33,458 430,695
2008 30,473 40,334 51,364 31,952 19,619 12,922 18,097 32,084 33,870 60,938 47,467 29,980 409,100
2009 23,969 34,594 45,950 34,938 20,362 17,078 19,942 36,121 36,241 65,592 48,667 32,618 416,072
2010 28,076 43,289 56,632 37,208 21,053 17,967 24,273 43,172 44,650 69,982 57,304 38,363 481,969
2011 34,541 48,045 58,455 49,089 29,692 25,081 28,875 55,204 50,560 86,988 72,436 47,745 586,711
2012 42,055 55,301 72,882 53,745 30,140 30,084 34,837 57,590 54,654 79,536 74,603 51,850 637,277
2013 40,296 58,195 73,434 53,079 33,295 28,507 37,666 57,642 51,912 77,163 59,630 45,822 616,642
2014 57,062 58,874 70,008 67,165 41,979 30,024 37,567 51,828 45,807 72,964 69,143 52,354 654,775
2015 32633 51251 71573 56214 13746 13174 17901 31571 32351 51683 52542 39207 463846
2016 36,563 54,272 68,595 50,831 34,332 26,432 37,497 54,924 64,143 81,706 62,304 63,154 634,753
52085 72865 93562 73996 42762 35838 63585 59721 59719 101824 87890 67077 779386
2017
changes 42.5 34.3 36.4 45.6 24.6 35.6 69.6 8.7 -6.9 24.6 41.1 6.2 22.8
*
Source: Department of Immigration
*Figures in parenthesis represent percentage change over 2016
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TABLE 2.4: INDIAN TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MONTH, BY AIR, 1992-2017
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1992 4,891 7,158 6,713 10,387 17,709 15,205 8,234 7,140 6,397 8,813 6,479 7,448 106,574
1993 5,091 5,767 5,618 5,527 11,230 11,066 4,512 4,912 5,646 7,827 6,663 9,503 83,362
1994 6,940 5,078 6,730 7,514 13,988 14,346 6,387 7,086 6,670 9,330 7,452 11,019 102,540
1995 6,449 8,758 8,838 10,575 15,352 16,380 9,839 7,475 8,225 8,447 7,605 9,317 117,260
1996 10,208 6,047 7,598 10,873 15,686 16,972 8,960 7,247 8,980 9,175 8,429 12,337 122,512
1997 8,729 8,710 9,788 10,886 18,620 16,394 10,067 10,777 7,637 10,162 9,461 12,207 133,438
1998 8,698 10,101 8,241 12,090 20,167 17,986 12,171 9,787 10,423 12,700 8,816 12,049 143,229
1999 9,198 8,875 8,060 11,137 20,407 18,318 10,411 9,047 10,467 12,444 10,030 12,267 140,661
2000 4,215 5,020 5,985 7,205 9,705 14,897 7,638 7,465 8,880 8,095 7,675 9,135 95,915
2001 5,296 5,917 6,025 6,872 10,939 4,101 4,364 3,664 5,038 4,047 4,487 3,570 64,320
2002 3,996 3,708 3,713 4,376 8,136 8,880 6,659 5,578 4,984 5,021 4,679 7,047 66,777
2003 5,556 5,028 5,477 5,548 7,416 12,516 9,054 8,419 6,147 7,419 6,648 7,135 86,363
2004 8,041 6,888 8,822 7,235 11,221 10,017 7,790 5,505 3,667 5,269 7,051 8,820 90,326
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Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
2005 5,946 3,277 4,028 5,103 10,103 11,438 9,075 10,791 8,653 10,945 6,727 10,348 96,434
2006 7,643 4,408 6,704 3,548 9,353 14,369 10,117 8,184 7,035 6,644 6,717 9,000 93,722
2007 7,335 6,801 6,700 8,148 12,558 12,379 9,277 7,025 6,739 4,899 5,451 8,698 96,010
2008 6,440 6,341 7,371 6,523 10,791 11,427 7,330 7,927 7,752 5,483 4,932 8,860 91,177
2009 5,309 6,023 3,617 8,399 9,675 14,671 10,490 8,053 6,530 6,930 5,756 8,431 93,884
2010 5,569 5,975 6,426 8,301 11,489 15,296 14,718 11,500 10,198 9,148 10,233 12,045 120,898
2011 8,081 8,294 9,110 10,662 16,510 21,034 13,786 16,194 12,473 10,008 11,024 12,328 149,504
2012 10,446 11,158 16,26 16,051 20,177 23,546 15,158 14,374 11,729 6,843 8,570 11,494 165,815
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2013 7,550 9,069 15,26 12,073 19,539 26,092 16,345 10,836 14,843 22,263 15,855 11,247 180,974
3
2014 13,134 10,135 9,906 12,888 20,579 20,707 8,979 7,933 7,087 8,029 7,162 8,804 135,343
2015 5983 7272 7614 9515 3823 5194 5066 7035 6699 4901 5762 6260 75124
2016 5672 6549 7849 9383 12351 12420 10618 11417 10,527 7,575 10,686 13,202 118249
2017 10547 11196 1272 14595 20011 20118 10193 14,057 8,915 10,668 11,914 15,889 160,832
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85.9 71.0 62.2 55.5 62.0 62.0 -4.0 23.1 -15.3 40.8 11.5 20.4 36.0
Change*
*Figures in parenthesis represent percentage change over 2017. Source: Department of Immigration
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TABLE 2.5: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY YEAR, 1993-2017
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TABLE 2.6: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY SEX, 1993-2017
Sex
Year Male % Female % Total
1993 179,178 61.0 114,389 39.0 293,567
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CHART 2.4: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY SEX, 2008-2017
1,000,000
Female
900,000
Male
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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TABLE 2.7: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY AGE GROUPS, 1993-2017
Age Groups
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TABLE 2.7: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY AGE GROUP, 1993-2017 (contd.)
Age Groups
250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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TABLE 2.8: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2008-2017
Nationality 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Australia 13,846 15,461 16,243 19,824 22,030 20469 24516 14816 25507 33371
% 2.8 3 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.5 3.1 2.7 3.39 3.55
Bangladesh 22410 21851 14831 23440 29060
% 3.11 3.09
Canada 8,132 8,965 9,322 11,404 13,507 12132 11610 6495 12491 15105
% 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.67 1.6
China 35,166 32,272 46,360 61,917 71,861 113173 123805 64675 104005 104664
% 7 6.3 7.7 8.4 8.9 12.4 15.7 12.0 13.81 11.1
France 22,402 22,154 24,550 26,720 28,805 21842 24097 10885 20863 26140
% 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.0 2.0 2.27 2.8
Germany 18,552 19,246 22,583 27,472 30,409 22263 18028 12216 23812 29918
% 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 2.3 2.3 3.16 3.2
India 91,177 93,884 120,898 149,504 165,815 180974 135343 75124 118249 160832
% 18.2 18.4 20.1 20.3 20.6 23.2 17.1 13.9 15.7 17.1
Italy 7,914 7,982 10,226 12,621 14,614 9974 10347 3972 9911 11840
% 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.2 1.3 0.7 1.32 1.3
Japan 23,383 22,445 23,332 26,283 28,642 26694 25829 14465 22979 27326
% 4.7 4.4 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.3 2.7 3.05 2.9
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TABLE 2.8: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MAJOR NATIONALITIES, 2008-2017 (contd.)
Nationality 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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TABLE 2.9: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY MAJOR NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2016-2017
Month
Nationality Year Total
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2015 1,433 1,281 2,253 2,470 509 528 529 567 1,640 2,781 2,622 2,006 18,619
Australia 2016 1,660 1,648 354 2,416 1,233 1,037 983 1,038 3,253 4,603 4,034 3,248 25,507
2017 2735 2386 3141 3707 1692 1532 814 1,007 4,141 4,297 4,582 3,337 33,371
2015 1,108 1,866 2,551 1,996 445 445 652 961 1,196 1,038 1,344 1,229 14,831
Bangladesh 2016 1,187 1,418 1,721 1,567 2,000 1,175 2,686 1,728 2,789 2,079 2,101 2,989 23,440
2017 2028 2124 2901 2758 2349 3 1549 2,251 3,683 2,418 2,784 4,212 29,060
Bhutan 2017 1274 1019 2045 549 564 575 502 621 707 535 829 1,703 10923
2015 422 667 1,321 1,145 526 323 327 400 622 1,119 986 540 8,398
Canada
2016 676 961 1,283 1,173 895 528 640 647 1,134 2,017 1,587 950 12,491
670 1,245 2,333 1,714 1,135 15,105
2017 911 1305 1784 1693 1117 667 531
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TABLE 2.9: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2015-2017 (contd.)
Month
Nationality Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
2015 7,671 14,100 10,513 12,252 1,107 1,625 1,946 2,375 3,560 3,316 4,490 4,029 66,984
China 2016 6,896 7,980 8,588 8,622 6,998 6,644 7,573 7,890 10,066 9,374 12,301 11,073 104,005
2017 9727 9499 10458 8601 7309 6490 5823 7,349 8,351 9,735 10,312 11,010 104,664
2015 220 280 625 395 58 92 98 118 247 586 280 160 3159
Denmark 2016 267 289 645 435 202 155 210 156 435 754 365 169 4,082
2017 265 382 649 656 238 123 123 160 306 776 462 147 4,287
2015 689 1294 2641 2960 389 376 608 661 1152 3181 1732 722 16405
France 2016 748 1,122 1,905 2,432 889 591 1,226 1,162 1,907 5,049 2,776 1,056 20,863
2017 942 1566 2697 3451 1203 852 1025 1,073 1,991 6,332 3,695 1,313 26,140
2015 689 1,294 2,641 2,960 389 376 608 661 1,152 3,181 1,732 722 16,405
Germany
2016 808 1,660 3,250 2,038 1,318 599 797 1,158 2,552 5,712 2,752 1,168 23,812
2017 1014 2243 4192 3891 1380 779 711 1,192 2,883 6,548 3,869 1,216 29,918
2015 5,983 7,272 7,614 9,515 3,823 5,194 5,066 7,035 6,699 4,901 5,762 6,260 75,124
India 2016 5,672 6,549 7,849 9,383 12,351 12,420 10,618 11,417 10,527 7,575 10,686 13,202 118,249
2017 10547 11196 12729 14595 20011 20118 10193 14,057 8,915 10,668 11,914 15,889 160,832
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TABLE 2.9: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2015-2017 (contd.)
Month
Nationality
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Year Total
2015 295 423 670 841 193 149 221 553 405 803 599 457 5,609
Italy 2016 288 392 624 797 694 281 589 1,579 872 1,637 1,277 881 9,911
2017 511 694 821 1308 682 431 509 1,634 824 2,012 1,389 1,025 11,840
2015 1,367 2,127 2,848 1,614 653 658 733 1,263 1,336 1,532 1,874 1,608 17,613
Japan 2016 1,181 1,754 2,524 1,965 1,115 876 1,094 1,722 1,855 2,658 3,454 2,781 22,979
2017 2027 2935 3586 2252 1329 955 944 1,857 1,992 2,969 3,719 2,761 27,326
2015 537 1,227 1,537 1,288 497 391 408 378 664 744 954 1,230 9,855
Malaysia 2016 460 715 1,092 849 703 535 772 1,179 1,774 1,432 2,060 2,098 13,669
2017 1121 1333 1858 1833 1169 988 820 1,069 1,125 1,918 2,595 2,455 18,284
2016 2,398 4,108 4,371 1,768 213 69 154 71 172 2,965 5,117 4,363 25,769
Myanmar
2017 2748 5285 0 2483 122 51 63 9,674 167 2,457 3,856 3,946 30,852
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TABLE 2.9: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2015-2017 (contd.)
Month
Nationality Year Total
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2015 365 699 1,167 1,003 158 197 271 365 527 1,353 838 572 7,515
Netherlands 2016 433 684 972 1,171 560 383 941 804 1,109 2,255 1,282 859 11,453
2017 577 1100 1498 1732 655 388 866 826 1,025 2,411 1,504 811 13,393
2015 200 282 227 235 245 204 187 249 230 169 228 301 2,757
Pakistan 2016 230 281 314 302 344 260 347 403 482 248 0 340 3,551
2017 322 348 373 338 370 321 346 289 317 449 411 343 4,227
2015 4,097 1,054 2,381 1,659 708 619 870 885 886 1,364 1,931 1,658 18,112
South Korea 2016 4,053 2,058 1,798 1,498 977 948 1,796 2,169 1,924 2,617 2,538 2,795 25,171
2017 4579 3585 2810 2436 1746 1867 1981 2,321 2,195 3,348 3,556 3,877 34,301
2015 288 423 850 902 241 179 364 793 578 926 767 430 6,741
Spain 2016 412 454 818 630 499 404 1,347 2,092 1,555 2,013 1,285 746 12,255
2017 478 748 913 1397 706 607 1590 2,938 1,730 2,397 1,578 871 15,953
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TABLE 2.9: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY NATIONALITIES & MONTH, 2015-2017 (contd.)
Month
Nationality
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
2015 170 4,612 8,024 1,126 240 92 889 11,858 4,985 4,311 6,809 1,251 44,367
Sri Lanka 2016 185 7,065 8,709 868 467 121 1,048 17,019 7,875 5,965 6,787 1,412 57,521
2017 329 7069 10434 1070 404 301 949 9,674 5,605 5,291 3,475 760 45,361
2015 2,826 5,175 7,259 2,187 489 358 353 306 311 1,428 4,432 5,829 30,953
Thailand
2016 2,807 6,385 5,390 1,560 710 379 358 622 740 1,452 0 6,319 26,722
2017 3981 8388 6455 2206 562 345 270 477 696 4,825 5,144 5,805 39,154
2015 1,324 2,165 4,229 3,502 996 978 1,780 1,930 2,054 4,503 3,719 2,550 29,730
UK
2016 2,205 2,984 4,840 3,990 2,405 2,073 3,900 3,064 4,000 7,515 5,442 3,877 46,295
2017 3395 4363 6,434 6,558 3,052 2,593 3093 2,973 7,883 6,802 3,912 51,058
2015 2,240 2,949 4,928 4,099 2,706 2,532 2,484 2,576 3,582 6,154 4,858 3,579 42,687
USA 2016 3,627 4,144 5,545 5,821 4,990 4,549 4,356 3,433 6,035 5,981 0 5,164 53,645
2017 5626 5847 8294 7578 6499 6317 3874 4,024 7,123 10,022 8,446 5,496 79,146
2015 1,084 1,681 2,797 3,025 849 983 2,045 1,846 2,185 3,135 2,998 2,062 24,690
Others 2016 4,453 5,911 10,345 8,016 5,786 3,775 4,762 5,318 10,125 11,282 5,860 8,157 83,790
2017 7495 10646 22219 17499 9614 9653 5664 7642 13613 22868 17168 10942 155023
2015 38,616 58,523 79,187 65,729 17,569 18,368 22,967 38,606 39,050 56,584 58,304 45,467 538,970
Grand- 2016 42,235 60,821 76,444 60,214 46,683 38,852 48,115 66,341 74,670 89,281 72,990 76,356 753,002
Total 62,632 84,061 106,291 88,591 62,773 55,956 42,240 73,778 68,634 112,492 99,804 82,966 940,218
2017
Source: Department of Immigration
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TABLE 2.10: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY ENTRY POINTS (LAND), 2017
Entry Point Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
Bhairahawa 10276 26277 28453 6414 1388 956 1913 11686 8480 18277 20588 16133 150841
Dhangadhi 4 4 2 7 1 2 4 2 1 2 2 5 36
Kakadvitta 677 543 644 594 578 401 455 408 413 558 493 441 6205
Timure,
Rasuwagadi 342 515 784 1151 2953 2172 2463 2303 1955 1847 1065 714 18264
Mahendranag
ar,Kanchanpur 170 156 237 365 293 269 155 145 228 326 243 152 2739
Nepalgunj 31 30 28 43 45 43 34 24 30 72 34 42 456
Total Land 11702 27651 30305 8651 5317 3893 5062 14597 11170 21161 22543 17589 179641
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TABLE 2.11: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY COUNTRY AND MONTH (LAND), 2017
Country Jan. Feb. March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
Australia 276 246 194 139 62 52 44 61 112 182 218 179 1765
Bangladesh 147 126 196 165 169 166 203 92 211 188 167 220 2050
Canada 95 110 127 104 34 28 36 27 26 119 120 114 940
China 1028 1516 1985 1495 3277 2394 2632 2386 2040 2022 1519 1362 23656
Cambodia 4 314 306 1 0 4 0 0 1 134 769 12 1545
France 69 130 183 156 108 48 61 77 84 313 200 127 1556
Germany 88 163 304 187 136 61 60 70 145 272 207 91 1784
Japan 108 310 207 73 46 32 31 37 81 139 129 173 1366
Malaysia 18 131 158 14 17 11 10 15 9 100 251 529 1263
Myanmar 2766 5268 5586 2736 46 7 19 18 46 2782 4789 4119 28182
Netherland 61 134 189 188 62 27 120 291 121 238 246 69 1746
Singapore 11 137 24 13 18 2 6 1 15 22 151 305 705
South Korea 1362 1057 677 164 131 78 85 133 182 559 1256 1462 7146
Spain 44 76 107 90 50 40 66 128 64 134 88 42 929
Srilanka 150 6987 11171 899 114 58 892 10279 6458 7167 3647 588 48410
Thailand 3728 8320 6082 732 193 253 58 168 244 3603 5190 5219 33790
U.k 135 222 331 368 144 96 127 161 173 316 252 146 2471
U.S.A 390 428 360 248 209 153 174 126 164 543 390 376 3561
Vietnam 57 830 818 82 10 13 99 6 385 793 1230 1167 5490
Other 1509 979 2063 815 395 340 253 343 533 1372 1088 1596 11286
Total Foreigners 12046 27484 31068 8669 5221 3863 4976 14419 11094 20998 21907 17896 179641
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PART III
LENGTH OF STAY
Three year development plan (2017-2018) aimed to increase the length of stay to 14 days by
2017. It was ranging from 8 to 13.5 days in the past. The analysis of length of stay of 400,000
tourists estimated it as 12.6 days in the year 2017.
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TABLE 3.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL AND AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, 1975-2017
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PART IV
PURPOSE OF VISIT
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TABLE 4.1: TOURIST ARRIVAL BY PURPOSE OF VISIT, 1993-2017
Year Holiday Trekking & Business Pilgrimage Official Conv./ Others Not Total
Pleasure Mountai- Conf. Speci-
neering fied
170,279 69,619 19,495 10,429 15,812 5,367 2,566 - 293,567
1993
(58.0) (23.7) (6.6) (3.6) (5.4) (1.8) (0.9) (100.0)
168,155 76,865 23,522 5,475 20,431 5,361 26,722 - 326,531
1994
(51.5) (23.5) (7.2) (1.7) (6.3) (1.6) (8.2) (100.0)
183,207 84,787 21,829 5,257 20,090 5,272 42,953 - 363,395
1995
(50.4) (23.3) (6.0) (1.4) (5.5) (1.5) (11.8) (100.0)
209,377 88,945 25,079 4,802 20,191 6,054 39,165 - 393,613
1996
(53.2) (22.6) (6.4) (1.2) (5.1) (1.5) (10.0) (100.0)
249,360 91,525 27,409 4,068 24,106 5,824 19,565 - 421,857
1997
(59.1) (21.7) (6.5) (1.0) (5.7) (1.4) (4.6) (100.0)
261,347 112,644 24,954 16,164 22,123 5,181 21,271 - 463,684
1998
(56.4) (24.3) (5.4) (3.5) (4.8) (1.1) (4.6) (100.0)
290,862 107,960 23,813 19,198 24,132 5,965 19,574 - 491,504
1999
(59.2) (22.0) (4.8) (3.9) (4.9) (1.2) (4.0) (100.0)
255,889 118,780 29,454 15,801 20,832 5,599 17,291 - 463,646
2000
(55.2) (25.6) (6.4) (3.4) (4.5) (1.2) (3.7) (100.0)
187,022 100,828 18,528 13,816 18,727 0 22,316 - 361,237
2001
(51.8) (27.9) (5.1) (3.8) (5.2) (0.0) (6.2) (100.0)
110,143 59,279 16,990 12,366 17,783 0 58,907 - 275,468
2002
(40.0) (21.5) (6.2) (4.5) (6.5) (0.0) (21.4) (100.0)
97,904 65,721 19,387 21,395 21,967 0 111,758 - 338,132
2003
(29.0) (19.4) (5.7) (6.3) (6.5) (0.0) (33.1) (100.0)
167,262 69,442 13,948 45,664 17,088 0 71,893 - 385,297
2004
(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, 1993-2017 (contd.)
Trekking
Not
Holiday & Pilgrimag Conv./
Year Business Official Others Speci Total
Pleasure Mountain e Conf.
fied
eering
160,259 61,488 21,992 47,621 16,859 0 67,179 - 375,398
2005
(42.7) (16.4) (5.9) (12.7) (4.5) (0.0) (17.9) 100.0
145,802 66,931 21,066 59,298 18,063 0 72,766 - 383,926
2006
(27.7) (12.7) (4.0) (11.3) (3.4) (0.0) (13.8) 100.0
217,815 101,320 24,487 52,594 21,670 8,019 78,644 22,156 526,705
2007
(41.4) (19.2) (4.6) (10.0) (4.1) (1.5) (14.9) (4.2) 100.0
148,180 104,822 23,039 45,091 43,044 6,938 99,634 29,529 500,277
2008
(29.6) (21.0) (4.6) (9.0) (8.6) (1.4) (19.9) (5.9) 100.
140,992 132,929 22,758 51,542 24,518 9,985 87,134 40,098 509,956
2009
(27.6) (26.1) (4.5) (10.1) (4.8) (2.0) (17.1) (7.9) 100.0
263,938 70,218 21,377 101,335 26,374 9,627 52,347 57,651 602,867
2010
(43.8) (11.6) (3.5) (16.8) (4.4) (1.6) (8.7) (9.6) 100.0
425,721 86,260 17,859 63,783 24,054 10,836 37,311 70,391 736,215
2011
(57.8) (11.7) (2.4) (8.7) (3.3) (1.5) (5.1) (9.6) 100.0
2012 379,627 105,015 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.
2013 437,891 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
2014 395,849 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
2015 3,86,065 9,162 20,876 14,996 21,479 9,038 77354 5,38,970
71.63 1.70 3.87 2.78 3.99 1.68 14.35 100.0
489,451 66,490 24,322 82,830 21,310 12,801 55,797 7,53,002
2016
65.0 8.83 3.23 11.0 2.83 1.7 7.41 100
658153 75217 na 141033 na na 65815 940218
2017
70.0 8.0 15.0 7 100
Note: estimated figure.
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CHART 4.1: PURPOSE OF VISIT 2017
7%
8%
15%
70%
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PART V
Nepal is renowned for adventure tourism due to its prominent peaks. The
number of expedition permitted teams has reached to 291 while 2277 in persons. Out
of them 1225 succeeded summit to various peaks composed by 692 foreign and 533
Nepalese.
The highest number of climbers comes from USA, Germany and United
Kingdom respectively.
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TABLE 5.1: NUMBER OF TREKKERS IN DIFFERENT TREKKING AREAS BY MONTH, 2017
TIMS Free Individual Trekkers Group Trekkers Total Trekkers
Non SAARC SAARC Non SAARC SAARC Non SAARC SAARC Total
Months Nationals Nationals Nationals Nationals Nationals Nationals Trekkers
January 1976 63 4600 0 6576 63 6639
February 2986 62 6900 400 9886 462 10348
March 7953 248 13800 1800 21753 2048 23801
April 4111 603 19900 3300 24011 3903 27914
May 2632 571 8326 6700 10958 7271 18229
June 569 1036 1700 2500 2269 3536 5805
July 1114 339 3400 500 4514 839 5353
August 664 29 3900 800 4564 829 5393
September 3321 770 13600 2100 16921 2870 19791
October 5286 424 22000 2000 27286 2424 29710
November 2941 80 12400 1500 15341 1580 16921
December 1054 37 5300 0 6354 37 6391
Total 34607 4262 115826 21600 150433 25862 176295
Controlled Area
Year Lower Upper Total
Mustang Humla Manaslu Kanchanjunga [Link] Narphu Others
Dolpa Dolpa
2001 922 488 119 337 798 690 3,354
2002 536 0 119 339 428 478 79 1,979
2003 572 0 369 223 645 402 154 2,365
2004 825 329 77 577 682 458 275 3,223
2005 661 200 81 782 544 167 279 2,714
2006 248 225 92 1,256 561 335 395 3,112
2007 1,282 419 198 1,542 895 404 587 5,327
2008 838 709 383 1,065 1,443 1,490 520 6,448
2009 1,659 739 313 1,177 1,635 508 948 6,979
2010 2,162 785 358 1,633 2,162 488 1,427 9,015
2011 2,950 808 397 1,758 2,813 591 1,398 10,715
2012 2,965 982 536 1,508 3,319 635 780 515 392 11,632
2013 2,862 585 338 1,603 4,439 837 1,179 862 232 12,937
2014 3883 1117 469 492 3764 777 1454 776 2333 15065
2015 2673 788 328 1346 2134 731 636 770 273 9679
2016 3984 1023 531 10105 4650 502 1219 903 356 23569
2017 5745 479
Source:
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TABLE 5.3: TREKKERS IN PROTECTED AREAS BY MONTH, 2017
SANKHUWASABHA
KANCHANJANGHA
UPPEER DOLPA
LOWER DOLPA
TSUM VALLEY
MANASALU
MUSTANG
DOLAKHA
NAR PHU
SIMIKOT
MUGU
Others
Month Total
January 16 20 0 19 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 63
February 24 78 6 41 12 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 172
March 133 698 66 204 99 26 2 0 12 0 21 6 1267
April 388 1061 127 296 227 175 12 8 96 34 12 59 2495
May 635 276 50 57 9 3306 4 3 84 54 0 3 4481
June 144 27 14 0 2 5430 0 0 28 23 0 0 5668
July 340 41 40 8 0 1326 4 0 38 29 0 8 1834
August 433 118 22 14 17 2461 4 0 42 25 0 30 3166
September 773 709 152 139 98 571 41 10 348 164 21 71 3097
October 1056 2454 518 628 428 61 9 38 225 92 64 91 5664
November 268 1056 116 255 109 22 0 4 39 4 13 11 1897
December 30 94 4 20 5 16 3 7 10 0 0 0 189
Total 4240 6632 1115 1681 1008 13398 81 70 924 425 136 283 29993
Source: Department of Immigration.
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Table 5.4: NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS VISITED AT NATIONAL PARKS AND CONSERVATION AREAS BY MONTH,
FY 2073/74
Protected Area Shrawan Bhadra Aswin Kartik Mansir Paush Magh Fagun Chaitra Baisakh Jesth Asar Total
Shivapuri Nagarjun
21299 18984 9585 18409 16022 15222 13415 18686 19211 18338 19906 16670 205747
National Park
Chitwan National
7442 6023 10108 15808 12259 12165 11562 13260 17451 15076 12201 5770 139125
Park
Sagarmatha
376 1408 7157 9063 3241 2068 1064 2708 7778 7993 1854 402 45112
National Park
Bardiya National
309 414 1767 2673 1507 1254 1744 2441 2227 2295 929 400 17959
Park
Langtang National
170 281 944 1572 658 329 303 569 1559 1194 352 323 8254
Park
Makalu Barun
0 19 218 702 166 4 4 34 165 199 16 0 1537
National Park
Rara National Park 82 27 38 13 34 7 201
Khaptad National
0 2 1 5 3 0 0 3 5 4 2 1 26
Park
Banke National Park 4 4
Shey Phoksundo
15 99 205 100 8 1 0 3 15 43 24 22 535
National Park
Shukla Phata
8 19 157 282 273 232 215 217 459 458 261 59 2640
Wildlife Reserve
Parsa Wildlife
2 37 12 163 73 51 23 37 9 34 29 7 417
Reserve
Koshi Tappu 653 931 704 1212 965 123 1023 419 811 1874 958 1579 11252
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Protected Area Shrawan Bhadra Aswin Kartik Mansir Paush Magh Fagun Chaitra Baisakh Jesth Asar Total
Wildlife Reserve
Dhorpatan Hunting
0 14 15 40 0 0 15 6 11 55 0 7 163
Reserve
Apinappa
0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 9 19
Consersation Area
Krishnasar
1002 982 1498 1394 2142 2040 1763 1752 1599 1840 892 793 17697
Conservation ARea
Kanchanjunga
0 14 133 237 7 0 0 7 72 9 0 0 479
Conservation Area
Annapurna
5131 7541 19517 19220 8533 6572 5833 10680 24222 19019 11695 6446 144409
Conservation Area
Manaslu
38 282 1555 1371 236 40 37 312 1219 543 84 28 5745
Conservation Area
Gaurishankar
12 49 283 709 457 128 64 128 363 400 151 36 2770
Conservation Area
Total 36457 37099 53869 72900 46553 40229 37147 51286 77218 69387 49388 32559 604091
Source: Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation
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TABLE 5.5: NUMBER OF FOREIGN VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS &
CONSERVATION AREAS, 2069/70- 073/74
Protected Area 2069/70 2070/71 2071/72 2072/73 2073/74
Chitwan National Park 153749 173425 178257 87391 139125
Bardiya National Park 12974 13207 13548 10638 17959
Langtang National Park 13370 12552 12265 5016 8254
Sagarmatha National Park 36550 35157 34412 27794 45112
Rara National Park 165 181 143 132 201
Shey Phoksundo National Park 620 417 383 431 535
Khaptad National Park 19 47 2 21 26
Makalu Barun National Park 1523 1083 1270 828 1537
Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park 165904 180464 138084 143352 205747
Banke National Park 0 0 0 0 4
Shukla Phata Wildlife Reserve 471 984 824 1920 2640
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve 4446 7349 8719 9247 11252
Parsa Wildlife Reserve 192 379 263 235 417
Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve 88 89 0 91 163
Krishnasar Conservation ARea 54 0 6028 14050 17697
Apinappa Consersation Area 0 0 3 29 19
Kanchanjunga Conservation Area 606 0 0 502 479
Annapurna Conservation Area 113213 124998 114418 83419 144409
Manaslu Conservation Area 4268 5331 5658 2287 5745
Gaurishanker Conservation Area 1993 2914 2818 1840 2770
508212 555663 514277 387383 604091
Total
Source: Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation
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TABLE 5.7: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAMS, MEMBERS & SUMMITEERS BY PEAK, 2017
Mountain permit Issue Nepali Summiteers Foreigner Summiteers Total summiteers
Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
SN
1 Aichyn (6055 m.) 1 10 11 0 4 4 1 5 6 1 9 10
2 Ama Dablam (6814 m.) 58 327 385 3 47 50 17 97 114 20 144 164
3 Annapurna 1 (8091 m.) 2 20 22 0 0 0 1 5 6 1 5 6
4 Annapurna 4 (7525 m.) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Arniko Chuli (6039 m.) 8 14 22 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3
Baden Powell Scout Peak
6 (Urkema Peak) # (5890 m.) 2 8 10 0 3 3 2 1 3 2 4 6
7 Barun Tse (7129 m.) 15 45 60 0 9 9 4 11 15 4 20 24
8 Bhrikuti # (6364 m.) 3 15 18 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2
9 Bhrikuti (6476 m.) 8 16 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Burke Khang (6942 m.) 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
11 Chamlang (7319 m.) 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Chhopa Bamare (6109 m.) 3 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Chukyima Go (6258 m.) 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2
14 Danfe Sail (6103 m.) 4 11 15 0 3 3 2 5 7 2 8 10
15 Dhaulagiri I (8167 m.) 10 118 128 0 25 25 8 28 36 8 53 61
16 Dolma Khang (6332 m.) 0 4 4 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 4 4
17 Gaugiri (6110 m.) 14 16 30 0 0 0 8 5 13 8 5 13
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Mountain permit Issue Nepali Summiteers Foreigner Summiteers Total summiteers
Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
SN
18 Gorakh khang (6254 m.) 2 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Gyaji Khang (7074 m.) 1 12 13 0 2 2 1 10 11 1 12 13
20 Himlung East (6932 m.) 2 20 22 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 4
21 Himlung Himal (7126 m.) 15 83 98 0 20 20 8 27 35 8 47 55
22 Jabou Ri (6166 m.) 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Jobo Rinjang (6666 m.) 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Kanchanjunga (Main) (8586 m.) 5 15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Kanchanjunga (South) (8476 m.) 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Khangchung/UIAA Peak (6063
26 m.) 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 3
27 Khumjung (6699 m.) 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Kyungya Ri 1 (6599 m.) 0 12 12 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 4 4
29 Langdak (6220 m.) 2 9 11 0 1 1 2 7 9 2 8 10
30 Langdung (6326 m.) 2 10 12 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 3 4
31 Langju (6426 m.) 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3
32 Lhotse (8516 m.) 16 162 178 0 23 23 8 42 50 8 65 73
33 Makalu I (8463 m.) 9 75 84 0 14 14 4 7 11 4 21 25
34 Malanphulan (6573 m.) 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Manaslu (8163 m.) 45 367 412 2 92 94 38 133 171 40 225 265
36 Mansail South (6251 m.) 7 6 13 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 1 4
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Mountain permit Issue Nepali Summiteers Foreigner Summiteers Total summiteers
Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
SN
37 Mukot Himal (6087 m.) 3 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Mustang Himal I (6195 m.) 72 73 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Nagpai Gosum II (7296 m.) 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
40 Norbu Kang (6005 m.) 3 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Nuptse (7855 m.) 5 35 40 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3
42 Panbari (6887 m.) 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 Pandra (6850 m.) 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Peri Himal (6296 m.) 3 10 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Phungi (6538 m.) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2
46 Pumori (7161 m.) 1 10 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Punchen Himal (6049 m.) 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 Putha Hiunchuli (7246 m.) 6 53 59 0 8 8 3 14 17 3 22 25
49 Ratna Chuli (7128 m.) 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 Raungsiyar (6224 m.) 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) (8848
51 m.) 60 989 1049 3 239 242 31 152 183 34 391 425
52 Saribung (6346 m.) 58 131 189 0 13 13 19 56 75 19 69 88
53 Sharphu IV (6433 m.) 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 Shey Shikhar (6139 m.) 6 15 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 Tare Khang (7069 m.) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Mountain permit Issue Nepali Summiteers Foreigner Summiteers Total summiteers
Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total Female Male Total
SN
56 Tawoche (6495 m.) 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 4 4
57 Tengi Ragi Tau (6948 m.) 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 Tengkangpoche (6500 m.) 1 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59 Thapa Peak(Dhampus) (6012 m.) 23 66 89 0 2 2 3 12 15 3 14 17
60 Tharke Khang (6710 m.) 3 10 13 0 4 4 2 1 3 2 5 7
61 Thorong Peak (6144 m.) 1 13 14 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 3
62 Tilicho Peak (7134 m.) 6 12 18 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3
63 Tobsar Peak (6100 m.) 2 11 13 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
64 Tsartse (6398 m.) 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 Tukuche Peak (6920 m.) 1 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 Yalung Kang (8505 m.) 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67 Yanme Kang (6206 m.) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2
68 Yaupa (6432 m.) 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grand Total 496 2953 3449 9 527 536 166 650 816 175 1177 1352
Source: Department of Tourism
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TABLE 5.9: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS BY COUNTRY, 2017
Permit issued summited
SN Country Female Male Total Female Male Total
1 Andorra 1 1 2 0 0 0
2 Argentina 0 9 9 0 1 1
3 Australia 21 52 73 8 18 26
4 Austria 16 56 72 3 16 19
5 Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Belgium 2 13 15 0 2 2
7 Bhutan 0 1 1 0 0 0
8 Brazil 1 2 3 1 1
9 Britain 3 10 13 1 3 4
10 Bulgaria 1 5 6 0 4 4
11 Canada 9 29 38 1 7 8
12 Chile 1 5 6 1 4 5
13 China 35 100 135 28 54 82
14 Czech Republic 2 39 41 1 17 18
15 Denmark 0 6 6 0 2 2
16 Dominican Republic 0 2 2 0 1 1
17 Ecuador 0 5 5 0 3 3
18 England 0 1 1 0 1 1
19 Estonia 4 1 5 0 0 0
20 Finland 2 2 4 0 1 1
21 France 98 183 281 24 61 85
22 Georgia 0 2 2 0 0 0
23 Germany 23 95 118 14 45 59
24 Greece 1 3 4 0 3 3
25 Guatemala 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 Hungary 4 6 10 3 1 4
27 Iceland 1 1 2 1 1 2
28 India 9 113 122 3 48 51
29 Indonesia 2 0 2 2 0 2
30 Iran 1 19 20 1 17 18
31 Ireland 2 21 23 2 9 11
32 Israel 1 5 6 2 2
33 Italy 15 56 71 3 24 27
61
Permit issued summited
SN Country Female Male Total Female Male Total
34 Japan 17 75 92 7 22 29
35 Kazakhstan 0 1 1 0 1 1
36 Korea 1 17 18 0 7 7
37 Kosovo 5 1 6 4 1 5
38 Kuwait 0 1 1 0 0 0
39 Latvia 1 0 1 1 0 1
40 Lithuania 0 2 2 0 1 1
41 Malaysia 2 7 9 0 2 2
42 Malta 1 2 3 0 0 0
43 Mexico 2 18 20 2 6 8
44 Morocco 2 0 2 2 0 2
45 Nepal 12 1224 1236 9 527 536
46 Netherlands (Holland) 4 17 21 4 12 16
47 New Zealand 6 21 27 3 6 9
48 Norway 18 23 41 10 14 24
49 Pakistan 4 4 1 1
50 Peru 1 2 3 1 1 2
51 Poland 13 52 65 3 22 25
52 Portugal 2 2 4 0 0 0
53 Romania 1 8 9 0 2 2
54 Russia 11 63 74 2 39 41
55 Serbia 0 2 2 0 1 1
56 Singapore 4 13 17 1 1 2
57 Slovakia 1 15 16 0 5 5
58 Slovenia 1 7 8 1 2 3
59 South Africa 2 4 6 1 0 1
60 South Korea 4 31 35 1 3 4
61 Spain 17 75 92 2 24 26
62 Sri Lanka 0 2 2 0 0 0
63 Swaziland 1 3 4 1 2 3
64 Sweden 5 8 13 1 2 3
65 Switzerland 37 71 108 3 12 15
66 Thailand 1 0 1 0 0 0
67 Turkey 0 1 1 0 0 0
62
Permit issued summited
SN Country Female Male Total Female Male Total
68 [Link] America 44 194 238 15 73 88
69 Ukraine 0 16 16 0 12 12
70 United Arab Emirates 0 1 1 0 0 0
71 United Kingdom 22 126 148 5 30 35
72 Venezuela 1 1 2 0 0 0
74 Grand Total 496 2953 3449 175 1177 1352
Source: Department of Tourism
63
TABLE 5.11: NUMBER OF SUMMITEERS BY COUNTRY AND MOUNTAIN, 2017
Mountain
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Britain
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Republic
Czech
Denmark
Republic
Dominican
Ecuador
England
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Aichyn (6055 m.)
Ama Dablam (6814 m.) 4 8 4 1 4 1 1 1 8 1 1
Annapurna 1 (8091 m.) 2
Arniko Chuli (6039 m.) 1
Baden Powell Scout Peak
(Urkema Peak) # (5890 m.)
Barun Tse (7129 m.) 5 2 1
Bhrikuti # (6364 m.) 1
Burke Khang (6942 m.)
Chukyima Go (6258 m.)
Danfe Sail (6103 m.) 7
Dhaulagiri I (8167 m.) 1 1 2 2 1 1
Dolma Khang (6332 m.)
Gaugiri (6110 m.) 12
Gyaji Khang (7074 m.) 9
Himlung East (6932 m.) 2
Himlung Himal (7126 m.) 1 3 8 1 1 13 2
Khangchung/
UIAA Peak (6063 m.) 1
Kyungya Ri 1 (6599 m.)
Langdak (6220 m.)
64
Mountain
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Britain
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Republic
Czech
Denmark
Republic
Dominican
Ecuador
England
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Langdung (6326 m.)
Langju (6426 m.)
Lhotse (8516 m.) 2 1 1 1 8 1 1
Makalu I (8463 m.) 2 1 1 1 1
Manaslu (8163 m.) 1 5 1 1 43 4 9 1
Mansail South (6251 m.) 4
Nagpai Gosum II (7296 m.) 1
Nuptse (7855 m.) 3
Phungi (6538 m.)
Putha Hiunchuli (7246 m.) 2 4
Sagarmatha
(Mt. Everest) (8848 m.) 6 1 1 1 2 24 1 1 1 3 2
Saribung (6346 m.) 2 1 1 1 33 22
Tawoche (6495 m.)
Thapa Peak
(Dhampus) (6012 m.) 3 4
Tharke Khang (6710 m.)
Thorong Peak (6144 m.) 2
Tilicho Peak (7134 m.) 1
Tobsar Peak (6100 m.)
Yanme Kang (6206 m.) 2
Grand Total 1 26 19 2 1 4 4 8 5 82 18 2 1 3 1 1 85 59 3 4
65
Netherlands
Kazakhstan
Indonesia
Lithuania
Morocco
Malaysia
Zealand
Norway
Mexico
Kosovo
Iceland
Ireland
Latvia
Korea
Nepal
Japan
Israel
India
New
Italy
Iran
Mountain
Aichyn (6055 m.) 6 4
Ama Dablam (6814 m.) 3 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 50 1 7
Annapurna 1 (8091 m.) 2
Arniko Chuli (6039 m.)
Baden Powell Scout Peak 3
(Urkema Peak) # (5890 m.)
Barun Tse (7129 m.) 1 9 1
Bhrikuti # (6364 m.) 1
Burke Khang (6942 m.) 1
Chukyima Go (6258 m.)
Danfe Sail (6103 m.) 3
Dhaulagiri I (8167 m.) 10 2 1 3 25 3
Dolma Khang (6332 m.) 3 1
Gaugiri (6110 m.)
Gyaji Khang (7074 m.) 2 2
Himlung East (6932 m.) 2
Himlung Himal (7126 m.) 3 20
Khangchung/ 1
UIAA Peak (6063 m.)
Kyungya Ri 1 (6599 m.) 2 2
Langdak (6220 m.) 1 9
Langdung (6326 m.) 4
66
Netherlands
Kazakhstan
Indonesia
Lithuania
Morocco
Malaysia
Zealand
Norway
Mexico
Kosovo
Iceland
Ireland
Latvia
Korea
Nepal
Japan
Israel
India
New
Italy
Iran
Mountain
Langju (6426 m.) 3
Lhotse (8516 m.) 1 3 5 1 2 5 1 23 2
Makalu I (8463 m.) 1 14
Manaslu (8163 m.) 4 9 1 6 2 1 1 1 6 94 2 2 3
Mansail South (6251 m.)
Nagpai Gosum II (7296 m.)
Nuptse (7855 m.)
Phungi (6538 m.)
Putha Hiunchuli (7246 m.) 2 8
Sagarmatha
(Mt. Everest) (8848 m.) 1 31 2 4 2 8 1 3 1 2 2 242 4 11
Saribung (6346 m.) 2 13 3
Tawoche (6495 m.) 2 2
Thapa Peak 1 2 2
(Dhampus) (6012 m.)
Tharke Khang (6710 m.) 4
Thorong Peak (6144 m.) 1
Tilicho Peak (7134 m.)
Tobsar Peak (6100 m.) 3
Yanme Kang (6206 m.)
Grand Total 2 51 2 18 11 2 27 29 1 7 5 1 1 2 8 2 536 16 9 24
67
Singapore
Swaziland
Switzerla
Romania
Kingdom
Pakistan
Slovenia
Slovakia
Sweden
Ukraine
Poland
United
Russia
Serbia
Grand
U.S. A
Korea
South
South
Africa
Spain
Total
Peru
nd
Mountain
Aichyn (6055 m.) 10
Ama Dablam (6814 m.) 9 10 2 13 2 11 6 2 164
Annapurna 1 (8091 m.) 2 6
Arniko Chuli (6039 m.) 1 1 3
Baden Powell Scout Peak 3 6
(Urkema Peak) # (5890 m.)
Barun Tse (7129 m.) 1 1 3 24
Bhrikuti # (6364 m.) 2
Burke Khang (6942 m.) 1
Chukyima Go (6258 m.) 2 2
Danfe Sail (6103 m.) 10
Dhaulagiri I (8167 m.) 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 61
Dolma Khang (6332 m.) 4
Gaugiri (6110 m.) 1 13
Gyaji Khang (7074 m.) 13
Himlung East (6932 m.) 4
Himlung Himal (7126 m.) 1 2 55
Khangchung/ 1 3
UIAA Peak (6063 m.)
Kyungya Ri 1 (6599 m.) 4
Langdak (6220 m.) 10
68
Singapore
Swaziland
Switzerla
Romania
Kingdom
Pakistan
Slovenia
Slovakia
Sweden
Ukraine
Poland
United
Russia
Serbia
Grand
U.S. A
Korea
South
South
Africa
Spain
Total
Peru
nd
Mountain
Langdung (6326 m.) 4
Langju (6426 m.) 3
Lhotse (8516 m.) 4 1 1 2 4 3 73
Makalu I (8463 m.) 1 3 25
Manaslu (8163 m.) 1 7 1 26 3 8 1 7 6 6 2 265
Mansail South (6251 m.) 4
Nagpai Gosum II (7296 m.) 1
Nuptse (7855 m.) 3
Phungi (6538 m.) 2 2
Putha Hiunchuli (7246 m.) 9 25
Sagarmatha
(Mt. Everest) (8848 m.) 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 47 12 425
Saribung (6346 m.) 3 4 2 1 88
Tawoche (6495 m.) 4
Thapa Peak 2 2 1 17
(Dhampus) (6012 m.)
Tharke Khang (6710 m.) 3 7
Thorong Peak (6144 m.) 3
Tilicho Peak (7134 m.) 1 1 3
Tobsar Peak (6100 m.) 3
Yanme Kang (6206 m.) 2
Grand Total 1 2 25 2 41 1 2 5 3 1 4 26 3 3 15 88 12 35 1352
69
Source: Department of Tourism
TABLE 5.10: NUMBER OF EXPEDITION TEAM MEMBERS PAYING ROYALTY BY PEAKS, 2017
70
Mountain No. of Member Royalty ($) Royalty (Rs.)
Langdak (6220 m.) 10 1250 130375
Langdung (6326 m.) 12 1000 107031.25
Langju (6426 m.) 3 375 38306.25
Lhotse (8516 m.) 120 162178 16773022.5
Makalu I (8463 m.) 51 72000 7462280
Malanphulan (6573 m.) 2 800 82920
Manaslu (8163 m.) 267 245700 35966825
Mansail South (6251 m.) 11 2000 205562.5
Mukot Himal (6087 m.) 9 1125 116425
Mustang Himal I (6195 m.) 118 12935 1209277.5
Nagpai Gosum II (7296 m.) 6 1500 153850
Norbu Kang (6005 m.) 9 0 0
Nuptse (7855 m.) 37 20150 2082022.5
Panbari (6887 m.) 6 1200 122520
Pandra (6850 m.) 3 600 611620
Peri Himal (6296 m.) 14 1775 181212.5
Phungi (6538 m.) 2 400 41660
Pumori (7161 m.) 9 3750 394050
Punchen Himal (6049 m.) 2 500 51400
Putha Hiunchuli (7246 m.) 45 14250 1461231
Ratna Chuli (7128 m.) 2 1000 103000
Raungsiyar (6224 m.) 7 875 90612
Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) (8848 m.) 377 2923500 303496660
Saribung (6346 m.) 175 22405 2270265.75
Sharphu IV (6433 m.) 3 750 77362.5
Shey Shikhar (6139 m.) 19 0 0
Tare Khang (7069 m.) 2 500 16712
Tawoche (6495 m.) 2 400 41360
Tengi Ragi Tau (6948 m.) 3 600 61260
Tengkangpoche (6500 m.) 5 1250 130537.5
71
Mountain No. of Member Royalty ($) Royalty (Rs.)
Thapa Peak(Dhampus) (6012 m.) 79 10590 1084136.5
Tharke Khang (6710 m.) 9 1800 186570
Thorong Peak (6144 m.) 11 2000 205812.5
Tilicho Peak (7134 m.) 18 5500 569925
Tobsar Peak (6100 m.) 12 1000 112300
Tsartse (6398 m.) 3 375 38125
Tukuche Peak (6920 m.) 3 1200 123300
Yalung Kang (8505 m.) 2 3600 373140
Yanme Kang (6206 m.) 2 250 26037.5
Yaupa (6432 m.) 6 1500 154800
Grand Total 2240 3894158 415859610.3
Source: Department of Tourism
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TABLE 5.11: NUMBER OF CLIMBERS BY PEAK, 2017 (Permit Issued By Nepal Mountaineering Association)
Mt. Ombigaichen
Kusum Kangru
Ganja-la Chuli
(Mehara Peak)
Mt. Cholatse
Kongma Tse
Mt. Chekigo
Mt. Nirekha
Paldor Peak
(Naya Kanga)
Chulu West
Pharchamo
(Island Peak)
Singu Chuli
Mera Peak
(Flulted Peak)
Chulu East
Mt. Bokta
Ramdung
Hiunchuli
Kwangde
Kyazo Ri
Mt. ABI
Imja Tse
Lobuje
Pisang
Country Total
Albania 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29
10 4
Australia 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 2 180 0 4 9 6 0 4 0 376
2
Austria 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 7 81 0 0 1 3 39 24 0 0 4 0 1 0 198
Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bulgeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15
Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Belgium 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 3 0 23 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 50
3
Canada 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 40 0 0 2 1 60 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 144
2
China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 169 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 200
Colombia 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
73
Mt. Ombigaichen
Kusum Kangru
Ganja-la Chuli
(Mehara Peak)
Mt. Cholatse
Kongma Tse
Mt. Chekigo
Mt. Nirekha
Paldor Peak
(Naya Kanga)
Chulu West
Pharchamo
(Island Peak)
Singu Chuli
Mera Peak
(Flulted Peak)
Chulu East
Mt. Bokta
Ramdung
Hiunchuli
Kwangde
Kyazo Ri
Mt. ABI
Imja Tse
Lobuje
Pisang
Country Total
Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
Czech
Republic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 4 3 35 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 79
Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Denmark 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 1 34 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 72
Dominican
Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Estonia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1
Finland 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 22 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 47
3 3 1
France 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 75 0 0 9 4 119 9 5 0 2 0 0 0 309
Gambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1 15 1 1 4
Germany 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 229 46 3 0 2 0 1 0 551
Greece 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17
Guatema 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
74
Mt. Ombigaichen
Kusum Kangru
Ganja-la Chuli
(Mehara Peak)
Mt. Cholatse
Kongma Tse
Mt. Chekigo
Mt. Nirekha
Paldor Peak
(Naya Kanga)
Chulu West
Pharchamo
(Island Peak)
Singu Chuli
Mera Peak
(Flulted Peak)
Chulu East
Mt. Bokta
Ramdung
Hiunchuli
Kwangde
Kyazo Ri
Mt. ABI
Imja Tse
Lobuje
Pisang
Country Total
la
Haiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hongkong 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
Hungery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21
Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
2
India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 59 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 125
Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 15
Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 3 0 42 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 60
Ireland 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 45 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 67
Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 35
2
Italy 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 3 0 0 1 89 0 0 1 6 105 19 2 0 4 0 4 0 272
3
Japan 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1 3 1 6 42 6 8 0 4 0 1 0 145
Jordan 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10
Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5
Latvia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6
75
Mt. Ombigaichen
Kusum Kangru
Ganja-la Chuli
(Mehara Peak)
Mt. Cholatse
Kongma Tse
Mt. Chekigo
Mt. Nirekha
Paldor Peak
(Naya Kanga)
Chulu West
Pharchamo
(Island Peak)
Singu Chuli
Mera Peak
(Flulted Peak)
Chulu East
Mt. Bokta
Ramdung
Hiunchuli
Kwangde
Kyazo Ri
Mt. ABI
Imja Tse
Lobuje
Pisang
Country Total
Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 1 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 31
Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
1
Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 19 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 46
Netherla 1
nds 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 3 1 24 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 95
New 1
Zealand 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 1 18 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 51
3
Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 77 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 116
Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
76
Mt. Ombigaichen
Kusum Kangru
Ganja-la Chuli
(Mehara Peak)
Mt. Cholatse
Kongma Tse
Mt. Chekigo
Mt. Nirekha
Paldor Peak
(Naya Kanga)
Chulu West
Pharchamo
(Island Peak)
Singu Chuli
Mera Peak
(Flulted Peak)
Chulu East
Mt. Bokta
Ramdung
Hiunchuli
Kwangde
Kyazo Ri
Mt. ABI
Imja Tse
Lobuje
Pisang
Country Total
Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1
Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 2 7 141 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 186
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Romania 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
1
Russia 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 78 0 0 8 6 87 2 6 1 1 0 3 0 208
Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Singapore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 0 35 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 64
Slovakia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 2 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 42
Slovenia 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 3 0 0 0 5 0 22
South
Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 27 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 39
South 1
Korea 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 32 0 0 0 0 75 1 9 0 0 0 10 0 148
3
Spain 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 9 15 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 5 3 127 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 250
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sudan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sweden 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 31 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 66
77
Mt. Ombigaichen
Kusum Kangru
Ganja-la Chuli
(Mehara Peak)
Mt. Cholatse
Kongma Tse
Mt. Chekigo
Mt. Nirekha
Paldor Peak
(Naya Kanga)
Chulu West
Pharchamo
(Island Peak)
Singu Chuli
Mera Peak
(Flulted Peak)
Chulu East
Mt. Bokta
Ramdung
Hiunchuli
Kwangde
Kyazo Ri
Mt. ABI
Imja Tse
Lobuje
Pisang
Country Total
1
Switzerland 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 2 0 93 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 195
Taiwan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 32
Tanzania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 0 1 30 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 75
Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
U.A.E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ukraine 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 1 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 83
United 2 2 19 1 6
Kingdom 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 271 2 9 0 1 0 6 0 619
1
United 1 0
States 4 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 99 0 0 2 6 236 6 4 1 1 0 5 0 494
Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1502
2817
5929
106
153
706
38
75
21
13
10
90
94
13
30
90
45
43
59
7
6
4
1
1
5
0
Total
Source: Nepal Mountaineering Assisociation(NMA)
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TABLE 5.12: ROYALTY REVIVED BY PEAK, 2017
S.N Peak Group Pax Royalty (US$)
1 Mt. Cholatse 13 38 5,000.00
2 Kyazo Ri 22 75 12,750.00
3 Mt. Nirekha 6 21 3,375.00
4 Mt. Langsisa Ri 3 13 1,625.00
5 Mt. Ombigaichen 1 7 1,750.00
6 Mt. Bokta 2 6 1,000.00
7 Mt. Chekigo 2 10 1,140.00
8 Mt. Phari Lapcha 0 0 -
9 Mt. Lobuje West 26 90 15,320.00
10 Mt. Larkya Peak 26 94 13,545.00
11 Mt. ABI 4 13 1,875.00
12 Mt. Yubra Himal 1 4 500.00
13 Hiunchuli 1 1 125.00
14 Singu Chuli (Flulted Peak) 8 30 10,000.00
15 Mera Peak 347 1502 240,158.00
16 Kusum Kangru 1 1 125.00
17 Kwangde 2 5 890.00
18 Chulu West 33 90 14,210.00
19 Chulu East 46 106 25,712.00
20 Imja Tse (Island Peak) 685 2817 472,897.00
21 Pharchamo 40 153 24,144.00
22 Lobuje 186 706 128,992.00
23 Ramdung 9 45 4,495.00
24 Pisang 23 43 7,375.00
25 Kongma Tse (Mehara Peak) 0 0 -
26 Ganja-la Chuli (Naya Kanga) 20 59 10,820.00
27 Paldor Peak 0 0 -
Total 1507 5929 997,823.00
Source: Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA)
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PART VI
PILGRIMAGE
80
TABLE 6.1: VISITORS (EXCLUDING INDIANS CITIZEN) TO PASHUPATI AREA
BY MONTH, 2011-2017
6463 11067
March 13,499 14,753 14369 15066 14652
5604 4752
July 11,264 7,887 5043 8444 3476
12918 18814
November 13,562 14,494 24881 21997 4197
95411 124180
Total 143,887 139,885 156,858 166173 78680
Source: Pashupati Area Development Trust
81
TABLE 6.2: INDIANS CITIZEN VISITORS TO LUMBINI BY MONTH,
2011-2017
82
TABLE 6.3: COUNTRY-WISE VISIT TO BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA,
LUMBINI (except Indian citizens) BY MONTH, 2017
Country Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
Argentina 10 9 25 7 4 4 6 2 67
Armenia 2 2
Austria 3 5 1 9
Australia 229 206 154 101 59 38 61 48 138 183 185 223 1625
Algeria 2 2
Azerbaizan 2 1 3
Bangladesh 29 1 2 2 3 9 6 1 53
Belarush 4 1 5
Belgium 30 11 34 37 8 17 14 20 42 55 8 276
Bhutan 451 243 1351 19 1 18 6 7 13 169 2278
Bolivia 1 3 4
Brazil 35 2 4 5 12 14 2 2 1 7 5 2 91
Brunei 6 6
Canada 15 45 73 36 34 7 33 9 21 112 82 37 504
Cheq. Rep. 1 5 6 8 1 2 52 24 1 100
Chile 4 3 5 19 3 8 1 8 1 52
China 1823 2275 2031 883 1484 470 757 800 572 1402 1610 1663 15770
Colombia 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 17
Combodia 16 206 219 11 1 1 1 119 721 1295
Cosovo 1 1
Costarica 1 4 5 2 12
Crotia 22 1 1 24
Denmark 11 7 26 2 1 6 24 24 3 104
83
Country Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
Ecuador 3 3
Egypt 1 1
El Salvador 3 3
Ethiopia 23 2 25
Finland 4 6 2 4 2 18
France 78 117 176 145 77 31 57 27 209 329 95 1341
Georgia 1 1
Germany 54 66 254 182 84 22 37 52 160 279 354 92 1636
Greece 1 1 1 3 1 1 8
Gautemala 3 3
Honduras 2 2
Hong Kong 7 28 26 2 6 2 13 9 32 3 11 21 160
Hungary 21 28 4 3 2 3 61
Iceland 1 1
Indonesia 20 12 26 9 5 35 4 12 1 119 41 151 435
Iran 1 2 1 1 4 9
Iraq 1 1
Israel 2 6 1 6 13 8 1 37
Italy 33 47 27 49 11 14 37 23 48 93 26 408
Japan 154 227 240 48 9 40 21 76 115 141 138 204 1413
Kazakistan 2 60 2 1 65
Labnan 1 1
Latvia 1 4 2 2 9
Lithuania 2 1 1 4
84
Country Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
Luxumberg 1 1
Malaysia 1 70 94 28 80 48 60 32 68 417 373 1271
Malta 1 36 6 43
Mexico
29 30 3 4 5 1 2 5 2 81
Mongolia 239 4 7 1 2 4 257
Myanmar 1678 3698 5178 2355 26 22 1 103 2051 3446 2973 21531
Namibia 10 45 12 67
Netherlands 92 85 145 111 4 141 66 205 154 46 1049
Newzeland 19 99 5 30 1 10 2 14 180
Nigeria 1 1
Norway 5 1 7 5 6 12 1 37
Oman 2 2 4
Pakistan 6 1 2 3 12
Palestine 1 1
Peru 1 2 2 5
Philipins 3 2 2 4 11 4 1 27
Poland 28 5 10 8 2 1 13 8 17 68 91 251
Portugal 1 4 2 1 2 28 9 47
Romania 1 21 17 9 1 1 1 51
Russia 68 23 71 8 5 2 26 6 2 66 35 312
S. Africa 7 17 36 7 1 1 4 2 75
S. Korea 1409 803 656 42 64 50 132 168 180 619 980 5103
Saudi A. 2 70 2 74
85
Country Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
Sierraleone
1 1
Singapore 40 107 57 24 11 21 36 38 141 232 707
Slovakia 17 19 1 28 65
Slovenia 38 26 5 16 85
Spain 38 48 26 31 5 66 110 65 61 49 33 532
Sri Lanka 155 6906 11500 924 14 46 931 10973 6270 6552 3793 464 48528
Sudan 122 1 4 1 128
Surinam 1 3 4
Sweden 4 3 10 13 15 3 48
Switzerland 8 13 26 34 2 5 3 39 30 24 184
Syria 13 13
Taiwan 76 151 28 26 2 12 16 27 212 586 480 1616
Tanzania 14 2
Thailand 1596 6557 4658 523 294 57 130 127 3278 4536 5847 27603
Turkey 3 2 3 4 140 1 3 2 2 3 163
U.K. 84 197 209 186 2 24 153 122 267 273 160 1677
Ukrain 3 2 85 2 2 27 121
U.S.A. 93 131 102 61 50 68 75 81 106 26 70 863
Vietman 92 735 805 69 130 52 171 22 446 651 1038 823 5034
Total 8846 23118 28511 6092 6 1392 2457 13032 8701 16596 19041 15389 145796
Source: Lumbini Development Trust.
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TABLE6.4: SUMMARY OF VISITORS BY BROAD ORIGIN IN LUMBINI BY MONTH, 2017
S.N. Country Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept Oct. Nov. Dec. Total
1 Nepal 181780 130930 68412 313948 98963 40021 26032 17017 16579 96269 137757 123638 1251346
2 India 18354 10577 9721 13497 16677 10693 7055 3913 6641 15985 23233 19098 155444
3 Third Countries 8846 23118 28511 6092 6 1392 2457 13032 8701 16596 19041 15389 145796
Total 208980 164625 106644 333537 115646 52106 35544 33962 31921 128850 180031 158125 1552586
Source: Lumbini Development Trust.
9%
10%
81%
87
88
PART VII
INCOME GENERATION
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
2016/017 stood at Nrs. 58,526,918 thousand, (Arround 551,000 thousand US$). This is almost
40% higher than previous year 2015/016. This increase in currency income due to increase in
tourist arrival brings per tourist per day expenditure at 54 USD.
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TABLE 7.1: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM BY FISCAL YEAR,
2057/58 TO 2073/74
90
2073/74
(2016/17)
2072/73
CHART 7.1: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS FROM TOURISM
(2015/16)
2071/72
(2014/15)
2070/71
(2013/14)
2069/70
(2012/13)
2068/69
(2011/12)
91
2067/68
(2010/11)
2066/67
(2009/10)
2065/66
(2008/09)
2064/65
60,000,000 (2007/08)
50,000,000
40,000,000
30,000,000
20,000,000
10,000,000
0
TABLE 7.2: GROSS FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS, 2000-2017
Total Earning
Average Average
Annual % Change Expenditure Expenditure Per
Year Average US $
in Rs Million in US$ Per Visitor Visitor Per Day
Exchange (Million) US$ US$
Rate
2000/01 11,717.0 158.7 472.4 39.6
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TABLE 7.4: SOME ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT (NSIC CATEGORY)
BY FY 2067/68 to 2074/75P
Intermediate Consumption at
47319 57327 65194 73634 79928 88175 98462 119557
current price (Rs in millions)
Gross Domestic Product Deflator 205.55 230.05 257.53 284.96 316.16 358.52 384.53 408.68
P: Preliminary
Source: GoN, Central Bureau of Statistics
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PART VIII
95
96
97
TABLE 8.1: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND PASSENGER MOVEMENT BY MONTH, 2017
98
TABLE 8.2: NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT,
2011-2017
FLIGHT MOVEMENT
S.N AIRLINES PASSENGER MOVEMENT
99
FLIGHT MOVEMENT
S.N AIRLINES PASSENGER MOVEMENT
100
TABLE 8.4: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT,
2011-2017
FLIGHT MOVEMENT PASSENGER MOVEMENT
MONTH 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
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TABLE 8.6: NUMBER OF DOMESTIC FLIGHT & PASSENGER MOVEMENT
BY DOMESTIC AIRLINES, 2017
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TABLE 8.7: NUMBER OF PARAGLIDING IN POKHARA BY MONTHS, 2015-2017
Foreigner
Foreigner
Foreigner
Nepali
Nepali
Nepali
Total
Total
Total
Month
January 366 935 1301 530 870 1400 630 860 1490
February 465 822 1287 1040 1040 1370 432 1050 1482
March 411 911 1322 1020 1020 1420 405 1020 1425
April 468 913 1581 1040 1040 1360 310 1045 1355
August 187 152 239 1360 1360 1720 380 1330 1710
September 236 210 446 1509 1509 1874 355 1517 1872
October 243 495 1238 1640 1640 2120 510 1647 2157
November 307 534 841 1340 1340 1940 605 1380 1985
December 162 556 718 1130 1130 1430 310 1030 1340
Total 3307 5692 8999 4675 14666 19341 4887 14384 19271
Source: Nepal Air Sports Association, Pokhara
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PART IX
TOURISM INDUSTRY
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TABLE 9.1: TOURIST STANDARD HOTEL REGISTERED IN NEPAL
105
TABLE 9.2: TOURIST INDUSTRIES AND GUIDE IN NEPAL
Tourist
Travel Trekking Rafting Tour Trekking River
Year Transportation
Agency Agency Agency Guide Guide Guide
Service
106
107
TABLE 9.3: REGISTERED HOME STAY, 2015-2017
2015 2016 2017
No. of No. of No. of
Affiliated No. of No. of Affiliated No. of No. of Affiliated No. of No. of
District Type House Room Bed House Room Bed House Room Bed
Community 52 80 148 63 99 214 63 99 214
Private 34 114 198 42 126 176 49 150 206
Kathmandu Total 86 194 346 105 225 390 112 249 420
Community 43 17 32 49 83 107 49 83 107
Private 2 5 10 2 5 10 5 16 30
Kavre Total 45 22 42 51 88 117 54 99 137
Community 7 13 25 12 24 47 12 24 47
Private 4 10 20 6 15 30 6 15 30
Lalitpur Total 11 23 45 18 39 77 18 39 77
Community 5 5 10 5 5 10 5 5 10
Private 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mugu Total 5 5 10 5 5 10 5 5 10
Community 25 33 66 25 33 66 25 33 66
Private 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuwakot Total 25 33 66 25 33 66 25 33 66
Community 6 15 30 29 54 96 29 54 96
Ramechhap Private 1 3 6 1 3 6 2 11 20
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2015 2016 2017
No. of No. of No. of
Affiliated No. of No. of Affiliated No. of No. of Affiliated No. of No. of
District Type House Room Bed House Room Bed House Room Bed
Total 7 15 36 30 57 102 31 65 116
Community 7 14 28 7 14 28 7 14 28
Private 2 4 6 2 4 6 2 4 6
Chitwan Total 9 18 34 9 18 34 9 18 34
Community 7 16 30 7 16 30 7 16 30
Private 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Makwanpur Total 7 16 30 7 16 30 7 16 30
Community 5 9 18 5 9 18 5 9 18
Private 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6
Dhading Total 5 9 18 5 9 18 6 13 24
Community 17 32 64 16 17 34 16 17 34
Private 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pyuthan Total 17 32 64 16 17 34 16 17 34
Community 174 234 451 218 354 650 218 354 650
Total Private 43 136 240 53 153 228 65 200 298
Total 217 370 691 271 507 878 283 554 948
Source: Department of Tourism
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TABLE 9.4: MAJOR CIVIL AVIATION INDICATORS, NEPAL
10 10
Number of Fixed Wings Operation
7 9 10
Number of Helicopters operation
77 75 74
Number of Aviation Recreation companies
22 26 29
Number of Airport operation in all seasons
32 32 32
Number of Airport operation
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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PART X
TOURISM EDUCATION
5 Beverage Service 60 21 24 10 15 33 17 0 9 0
6 House keeping 21 17 21 0 0 0 0 0 84 0
7 Front Office 24 18 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
136 205 181 0 163 312 227 0
8 Tourist route guide 0
9 Local guide by region 0 68 113 35 21 18 11 14 41 115
10 Trekking route guide 512 673 953 698 968 1551 1772 38 375 672
11 68 77 72 0 34 44 66 47
Rafting route guide 85 51
In service training/seminar/public
12 281 252 286 315 246 302 105 77
relations and hospitality 100 60
13 Outreach training 144 249 129 0 87 67 133 175 0 261
14 Homestay management 0 108 142 377 0 66 108 0 171 0
25 Agri-tourism 26 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Hospitality and food safety standards 26 0 0 0 0 0 418 27 0 0
27 Porter guide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 187
Total 1601 2007 2216 1700 1832 2784 3272 719 1271 1719
Source: NATHAM
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113
PART XI
MISCELLANEOUS
114
115
TABLE 11.1: TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY MONTH,
2073/74
Mangsir
Shrawan
Baisakh
Chaitra
Bhadra
Jestha
Ashad
Margh
Falgun
Paush
Kartik
Ashoj
Total
INCIDENT
Lost/Missing 32 31 34 44 47 39 27 32 43 42 44 23 438
Stolen/theft 15 14 10 23 32 28 6 11 17 26 10 9 201
Fraud/Cheating 0 2 2 2 3 1 0 2 4 2 3 0 21
Robbery 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 7
Pickpockt 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 6
Harrastment/dispute 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Accident 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Damage 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Attack/ Assault 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Snatched 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Threaten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Missing Person 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rape 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MISBEEHAVIOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
kidnap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 48 51 47 71 86 71 34 46 69 73 59 32 687
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TABLE: 11.2 TOURIST RELATED ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORTED BY NATIONALITY,
Nationalit
2073/74
Shrawan
Mangsir
Baisakh
Bhadra
Chaitra
Falgun
Margh
Paush
Jestha
Ashad
Kartik
y
Ashoj
Total
AMERICAN 2 6 3 6 4 3 3 2 8 7 9 4 57
AUSTRIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
ARGENTINA 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
AUSTRALIAN 6 0 6 7 10 11 7 3 4 10 2 2 68
BARBADOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
BANGALADESHI 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 10
BELGIUM 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5
BHUTAN 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 6
BULGARIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRAZILIAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BRITISH 3 4 3 5 7 5 3 2 5 7 9 3 56
CANADIAN 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 10
CHINESE 12 9 7 6 9 6 11 7 3 8 4 8 90
CHILI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Colambia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CROATIAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CZEH REPUBLIC
DENISH 0 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 12
DUTCH/Netherland 6 3 3 12 4 4 0 3 4 5 7 2 53
ESTONIA 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
FRENCH 3 4 3 5 4 5 0 3 3 2 7 3 42
FINNISH 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
GERMAN 1 2 0 4 5 2 3 2 4 1 2 0 26
GUINEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUNGARIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INDIAN 3 2 3 1 4 14 1 2 10 0 3 4 47
INDONESIYAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
IRELAND 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 9
IRANIAN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 6
ISREALI 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 13
ITALIAN 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 9
117
Nationalit
Shrawan
Mangsir
Baisakh
Bhadra
Chaitra
Falgun
Margh
Paush
Jestha
Ashad
Kartik
y
Ashoj
Total
IVORY COAST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAPANESE 3 2 4 4 3 4 1 3 3 5 3 0 35
JORDEN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
KOREAN 0 3 3 0 2 2 1 3 3 5 0 0 22
KAZAKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
LEBNAN 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
HONKONG 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MALAYSIAN 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5
MaLI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MEXICO 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
OMANI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MYANMAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEWZERLAND 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 10
NORWEGIAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Pakistan 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PHILIPINES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
POLISH 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
PORTUGUESE 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ROMANI 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RUSSIAN 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 14
SAUDI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
SERESS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHRELANKA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
SINGAPOREAN 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7
SPANISH 2 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13
SOUTH AFRICAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
SWEDEN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
SWISS 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
TAIWAN 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
TANZANIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
THAILAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TRUKEY 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
UZBEKISTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
118
Nationalit
Shrawan
Mangsir
Baisakh
Bhadra
Chaitra
Falgun
Margh
Paush
Jestha
Ashad
Kartik
y
Ashoj
Total
UKRAINIAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VIETHANAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ECUADOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
YEMAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ZIMBAMBE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COMORES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 48 51 47 71 86 71 34 46 69 73 59 32 687
SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, TOURIST POLICE
Shrawan
Mangsir
Baisakh
Chaitra
Bhadra
Falgun
Margh
Jestha
Ashad
Paush
Kartik
Ashoj
Total
Female 29 32 23 30 38 45 25 29 43 30 27 17 368
Male 19 19 24 41 48 26 9 17 26 43 32 15 319
TOTAL 48 51 47 71 86 71 34 46 69 73 59 32 687
SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, TOURIST POLICE
Shrawan
TOTAL
Mangsir
Baisakh
Bhadra
Chaitra
Falgun
Paush
Jestha
Ashad
Kartik
Ashoj
Magh
CASE SOLVE IN
3 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 12
OFFICE
MAJOR CASE
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 10
FORWARDED
FORWARDED FOR
INVESIGATION ( 44 49 46 70 85 69 32 45 66 72 57 24 659
DOCUMENTATION )
TOTAL 48 51 47 71 86 71 34 46 69 73 59 32 687
SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, TOURIST POLICE
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