Table: 9 Tourism Income in Convertible Currency – split by Sectors in 2006

(US$ in 000)
Sector Total
Hotels 9.650
Travel Agencies 45.962
Airlines 22.038
Trekking & Rafting 11.241
Tourists 55.366
Others 18.533
Total Tourism Income 162.790
Source: Nepal Rastra Bank, 2008

Table: 10 Tourism Income in Convertible Currency by Sectors

(July 2005–July 2006)
Sectors Total (000) Equivalent US$ (000)
Hotels 694,854 _____
Travel Agencies 3,309,307 _____
Airlines 1,586,774 _____
Trekking & Rafting 809,406 _____
Tourists 3,986,414 _____
Others 1,324,138 _____
Total Tourism Income 11,710,893 162,086
Source: Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, 2006

Accuracy is particularly important when forecasting tourism demand on account of the

perishable nature of the
Table: 11 A Macroeconomic Glimpse of Nepal

Particulars 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08

Per capita GDP current prices ( NRs) 25289 27497 30361
Per capita GDP constant prices ( NRs) 20042 20289 20816
Annual change in real per capita GDP(%) 1.82 1.24 2.59
Per capita GDP (US $) 350 390 470
Gross domestic saving/ GDP, % 8.98 9.74 11.47
Gross national saving/ GDP, % 29.06 28.50 32.0
Gross fixed capital formation/ GDP, % 20.72 20.41 21.05
Export of good and services/ GDP, % 13.45 13.06 12.04
Import of good and services/ GDP, % 31.32 31.35 32.56
Exchange rate (USD:NRs) 72.32 70.49 64.64
Population (million) 28.86 26.44 27.03
Source: Nepal Government

Ministry of Finance

Table: 13 GDP BY SECTOR (2002)

AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY SERVICE
40% 20% 40%
Source: Central Bureau of statistic