Every six Tourists create one job in Nepal study
Every six tourist
create one job in Nepal and the tourism industry provides poor communities
better access to revenues generated by the tourism market said the tourism
employment survey 2014 unveiled by the tourism ministry on Thursday. This is
the first ever survey of the tourism industry conducted in Nepal. The study
based on 192 tourism establishments in 10 districts showed that 797616 tourist
arrivals in Nepal led to jobs for 138148 persons .the survey was conducted
between may and june. The ratio of tourist visits and employment generated
suggests that one jobwas generated from every sixtourist visits overa a year’s
period the survey said. However Nepal’s tourism employment trend is much lower
than the estimate of the UN World Tourist Organization (UNWTO)which states that
the entry of one tourist into a particular country provides employment to 12
people .The survey has not taken into account the informal sector and is purely
linked with the total arrivals and their outcome in the industry, siad sharad
kumar sharma chief statistician at the ministry.
The
figure revealed by the survey is also lower than the employment figure
estimated by the employment figure estimated by the Economic survey 2013
which states that the tourism industry
has generated 17800direct jobs. The tourism survey conducted for the first time
in Nepal has given a real picture of the jobs created by the industry as the
jobs created by the industry as there was no scientific basis to calculate the
employment scenario said ourna chandra Bhattarai joint secretary at the
ministry. It will indeed help planners and policymakers to find out the real
contribution of the tourism indusry and take the necessary initiatives to make
the industry more vibrant.Women engagement in the tourism industry was nominal
.Around 20 percent of the employees were female while 78percent had secondary
or a higher level of education.
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