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Title: TOURISM AND EMPLOYMENT IN NEPAL
Authors: Men BahadurAdhikari
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Men BahadurAdhikari Lecturer, Department of Economics, Mahendra Multiple Campus, Nepalgunj, Nepal
MLA 8 Adhikari, Men Bahadur. "TOURISM AND EMPLOYMENT IN NEPAL." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 9, Sept. 2020, pp. 2573-2589, doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i09.012. Accessed Sept. 2020. APA 6 Adhikari, M. (2020, September). TOURISM AND EMPLOYMENT IN NEPAL. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(9), 2573-2589. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i09.012 Chicago Adhikari, Men Bahadur. "TOURISM AND EMPLOYMENT IN NEPAL." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 9 (September 2020), 2573-2589. Accessed September, 2020. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i09.012.
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Abstract: Tourism has become an engine of Nepalese economy for the generation of income and employment. The time series secondary data of periods 2008/09 to 2018/19, collected from different sources has been used for the study. The trend of tourist arrivals in Nepal has been increasing and 1173072 international tourists visited Nepal in 2019, which is an increment of 24.8 percent from 2018.Out of them, 82.63 percent of the tourists arrived using air services and rest of the 17.37 percent used land services. Among them, 60 percent tourists visitedfor the sake of entertainment, 16 percent for trekking/ mountaineering, 14.4 percent for pilgrimage, and 9.6 percent for other purposes. The average length of stay per touristin 2019, and average expenditure per tourist per day in 2017/18 in Nepal were 12.4 days and 54 USD respectively.India, China, America, Sri Lanka and UK were the top 5 countries in terms of tourist arrivals in Nepal in 2019. The foreign currency earning has slowly increased and reached to 67095 Million Rupees in the year 2017/18. This amount contributes to 5 percent of total foreign currency earning and 2.2 percent of GDP. According to Travel and Tourism Council Data, the travel and tourism sector provided direct employment to 453.9 thousand individuals in 2018, which is 2.9 percent of total employment. In general, the tourism activities in Nepal seemswell, but there is stagnation in the major tourism indicators in the view point of prosperous tourism, such as growth rate of tourist arrival, average length of stay, expenditure per tourist per day, etc. Therefore, in order to promote the travel and tourism sector, the Government of Nepal and related stakeholders ought to work to reform basic infrastructures and other facilities.

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