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The Nepal Tourism Board has started a study to obtain accurate data on the average expenditure of foreign tourists visiting Nepal. The board has started a survey with the aim of finding out the average spending rate of foreign tourists.
Two thousand samples will be collected. Five employees appointed by the board will complete this work within 40 days by filling out 10 question forms every day. Students of Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management Academy (Nathm) are involved in this study in coordination with the board.
This study will help to get accurate data about how much foreign tourists spend in Nepal. According to him, in 2021, a foreign tourist spent an average of 48 US dollars per day. In the year 2022, tourists are spending around the same amount. This rate will increase from 70 to 75 dollars in 2023.
The study has been started today as the main tool of 'Tourism Satellite Account'. A study on the expenditure of tourists has been started in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Nepal Rashtra Bank, National Statistics Office, and Nathm.
In recent days, the number of foreign tourists has increased. According to the statistics of the board, in the month of January 2023, 55,074 foreign tourists entered Nepal, while last year, 6, 14,148 foreign tourists entered Nepal. Before the covid-19 epidemic, 11 lakh 97 thousand 91 foreign tourists came in 2019, but in 2020, due to the corona epidemic, the number of foreign tourists decreased by 81 percent to 230 thousand 85 people. Similarly, in 2021, 150,962 tourists came to Nepal.
“The study has been started with the aim of obtaining accurate statistics on how much foreign tourists spend in Nepal,” said Maniraj Lamichhane, director of the board._Rss
photo credit: Travel Agency Nepal
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