Nepalese tourism aims to increase destination demand, bring together international and domestic travel industries, promote linkages within the tourism industry, and achieve higher spending, longer stays, and more year-round arrivals. Tourism contributes around 3% to Nepal's GDP and creates approximately 500,000 jobs. Nepal offers natural and cultural attractions including Mt. Everest, Lord Buddha sites, living goddess traditions, high altitude lakes and villages, deep gorges, and wildlife reserves supporting diverse plants and animals. Adventure tourism in Nepal includes trekking, mountaineering, rafting, kayaking, and other activities.

2. Goals of Nepalese Tourism
• Create Destination Demand
• Catalyst to bring Nepalese travel trade, Int’l travel trade
and consumers together
• Establish backward and forward linkages
• Promote a Perfect Product-Market Matrix
• Work towards achieving higher spends, longer stays
and year round arrivals.

3. Tourism in Nepalese Economy
• Tourism contributes around 3% of GDP.
• 526,705 tourists in 2007
• 374,661 in 2008 (by air only) – increase of 4.1%
• Travel & tourism in Nepal in 2006 generated USD
162.8 million
• Create approx 500,000 jobs

4. Nature

5. Mt. Everest, 8848 m

6. Culture

7. Adventure

8. Nepal
A living museum with intact Culture and
Tradition set in Natural landscape to offer the
Experience of a lifetime.

9. • Birth place of Lord Buddha
• Land of Living Goddess
• Tilicho lake at the highest altitude of 4919 mts
• Hotel Everest View at the highest altitude (3870m)
• Kaligandaki the deepest gorge (6967 m)
• The Gurkhas, the brave warriors
• Dolpo: Settlement found at one of the highest altitude (5000m)
• World class rivers for rafting and kayaking

10. Lord Buddha

11. Adventure
Mountaineering, Trekking, Rafting,
Kayaking, Sports, Golf, Ultra light
aircraft, Paragliding, Jungle Safari,
Bungee Jumping, Canyoning,
Mountain biking, Special interest tours

12. OTHERS
Spiritual, Pilgrimage, Sports, Spa &
wellness, Health & meditation, MICE, Agro
tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Community
Tourism, Village Tourism, Eco- Tourism,
Entertainment & Leisure Tourism

13. Wild Life and Jungle Safari18% of Total Area is Protected.
• Mammals:4% of world
• Birds: 8% 0f world
• Flowering plants:2.4% of world
• Butterflies:500+ species
• Orchids: 319 species

14. Adventure
Climbing High
Peak
8 peaks with 8,000+m high peak
Total of 1300 peaks and 319
under 6,500 are permitted to
climb

15. Trekking and Hiking

16. Jungle
Safari

17. As many Festivals as days in a year!

18. 92 Ethnic groups
101 spoken languages

19. Rafting &
Kayaking

20. Other
Adventures

21. Rafting &
Kayaking

22. Thank you !
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