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\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Tourism is one of the areas of comparative advantage of Nepal due to its unique nature and rich cultural heritage. <\/span><\/p>\n With a long-term vision of developing Nepal as an attractive, scenic and safe destination on the world map<\/span><\/p>\n Tourism industry is conserving and promoting Nepal’s natural, cultural, biological and man-made heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n It is aimed to attract more than 2.5 million tourists and create 898,000 jobs by 2025. <\/span><\/p>\n Nepal tourisms Board is the central authority to supervision the tourisms industry. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Tourism industry provides different kinds of facilities to the tourists. <\/span><\/p>\n Tourism includes business activities of hotel, lodge, travel agency, trekking agency etc. <\/span><\/p>\n The tourism industry is established to provide various services to the tourist; so, it is classified as service industry. <\/span><\/p>\n This industry contributed 2% in the GDP of national economy.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Brief data are taken from the Economy Survey 2019\/20:<\/span><\/p>\n Star ranking hotels and resorts 138 <\/span><\/p>\n Non-star hotels, lodges and resorts 1,151<\/span><\/p>\n Total beds providing 30,799 <\/span><\/p>\n Registered tour guides 4,200<\/span><\/p>\n Registered trekking guides 17,625 <\/span><\/p>\n Registered travel agencies 3,680<\/span><\/p>\n Registered trekking agency 2,764<\/span><\/p>\n Registered rafting agency 81<\/span><\/p>\n Registered tourist transportation services 82<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nepal has run various programmers to rise of the tourism industry in different years:<\/span><\/p>\n Visit Nepal 1998, <\/span><\/p>\n Destination Nepal 2002, <\/span><\/p>\n Visit Pokhara Year 2007, <\/span><\/p>\n Nepal tourisms year 2011 <\/span><\/p>\n Visit Lumbini Year 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n Visit Nepal 2020 was postponed or failed due to Covid-19.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Nepal has the high prospects of tourisms.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n It has the beautiful Himalayan ranges and green hilly ranges and flat Terai regions. <\/span><\/p>\n This country is full of climatic verity and bio-diversity. <\/span><\/p>\n Nepal is a tourism center due to its natural beauty, unique culture and cultural heritage. <\/span><\/p>\n Thus, tourism industry occupies central position in Nepalese economy. <\/span><\/p>\n This industry helps to earn foreign currency.<\/span><\/p>\n It provides employment opportunities to the people.<\/span><\/p>\n This sector contributed about 2% in GDP of Nepalese economy. <\/span><\/p>\n The major importance of tourism industry in Nepal is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Foreign currency<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Tourism industry is regarded as one of the major source of foreign exchange earnings. <\/span><\/p>\n Rs 41,765 billion were obtaining from this sector in 2015\/16. <\/span><\/p>\n It contributed about 55.8% of total foreign currency earning.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Employment <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Tourism helps to create employment opportunities. <\/span><\/p>\n It provides direct as well as indirect employment opportunities to Nepalese people. <\/span><\/p>\n Near about 1.5 lakh people are directly getting employment in Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Development of handicraft industries<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n The development of tourism industry helps to develop handicraft industries in the country.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n The tourist likes to buy the handicrafts goods like dolls, Nepali cap, woolen carpet, ornaments etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Thus, tourism helps small industries and handicraft industries.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Publicity of nation:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Mobility of tourist advertised the name and fame of the country. <\/span><\/p>\n Tourism helps to publicize the country in different parts of the world. <\/span><\/p>\n It helps to publicize Nepalese art, skills, culture, tradition etc to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source of government revenue<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Tourism is also a source of government revenue. <\/span><\/p>\n The government earns revenue in the form of taxes, visa fee, airport tax, royalty etc from tourism industry.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cultural exchange<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Tourism industry facilitates cultural exchange. <\/span><\/p>\n People get opportunity to learn each other’s art, culture, custom and language. <\/span><\/p>\n This cultural exchange helps to change the lifestyle of the people.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ###########<\/span><\/p>\nTourism Industry<\/span><\/b> | Tourism Industry in Nepal<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n
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