A outbound is when someone goes out of their own country for a holiday, business trip etc.

An
inbound is when someone/non resident comes to your country for example someone from usa
spend their summer holidays.
Domestic- Domestic tourism is when people travel within their own country. For example it
could be someone going from Newcastle to London.

More Nepalis Holidaying Abroad

KATHMANDU, May 12 - So what if not many tourists are coming to
Nepal - more and more Nepalis are traveling abroad as holidaymakers!
Nepal is already sending far many more tourists to Malaysia and Thailand
than it receives from those two East Asian countries.
According to data at Tourism Malaysia, around 12,000 Nepali tourists
visited Malaysia in 2006. During that year, Nepal welcomed only 3,141
Malaysian tourists. Likewise, data with Thailand Tourism Authority shows
that 21,180 Nepalis visited Thailand as tourists in 2006. Only 3,632 Thai
tourists came to Nepal in the same period.
Besides Thailand and Malaysia, China and Singapore are also emerging as
popular destinations for Nepali tourists. Sensing the outbound tourism
potential in Nepal, several countries are increasingly trying to tap this
opportunity.

"We are aggressively working to woo Nepali tourists, offering attractive

packages at reasonable prices. We are expecting at least 10 percent growth
in the flow of Nepali tourists this year," said Mohd. Roslan Abdullah,
director of Tourism Malaysia, talking to the Post. He said the Nepali
market is showing phenomenal growth.
Increasing wealth of people in the high-income bracket and the changing
life-style of the young generation are generating more outbound tourism in
Nepal. The relative expansion of the middle class may also have
contributed to the phenomenon.
Liberalization on the foreign exchange regime, simplified visa procedures

and easy availability of tour packages have provided a boost to foreign

travel.
Subodh Rana, managing director of Marco Polo Travels, said they, in
association with Tourism Malaysia, have been sending around 50 tourists
every month to Malaysia. "The six-day package that costs around Rs
40,000 is among the most popular," he said.
Ajay Sharma, business development manager of Genting Interna-tional
that operates Malaysia's First World Hotel, the world's largest hotel, said
Nepal has become an important market as Nepalis are increasingly
spending quality time abroad with their families.

Cruises are also fast gaining popularity among Nepalis. "This April 22
people went to Singapore for the Star Cruise," said Rana. "The package
price of the cruise is US$ 2,000."
Rana said in order to meet the diversified choices of Nepali tourists his
company has recently introduced seven-day packages for China, costing
US$ 1,000.
Even a far away country on the African continent is eyeing Nepali tourists.
Sensing the potential, Egypt has just entered the Nepali market.
"We are for the first time coming to Nepali market. Though presently, the
tourist volume is not encouraging, there are bright prospects. We are
embracing a plan to promote tourism products here to tap potentiality,"
said Samy Mahmoud, tourism counselor of the Egyptian Tourism
Authority (ETA).
Rana of Marco Polo said working together with ETA, they have now
launched seven-day packages for Egypt, with prices starting from US$
470. Apart from these markets, Nepalis have also begun to travel to
Europe, the US and Australia. "A number of Nepalis are buying travel
packages to those countries. We have offered 20-day packages, which cost
in the range of Rs 400,000 to Rs 500,000," said Rabin Bajracharya, sales
and marketing director of Lalit Mandap Travels.
He said around 400 Nepalis have been going abroad through his company
annually.

Outgoing tourists
Nepal is not just a tourist destination, it is also a source of tourism.
It all started during the war, when Nepal was perceived to be unsafe for inbound tourists. So
Nepalis who could afford it started going out of the country, especially in winter.
In the past decade, the number of Nepalis going to Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore or India for
leisure and shopping has increased ten fold, according to travel agents. Nepal is now sending
more tourists to Thailand and Malaysia than it receives from these countries.
A more cosmopolitan and savvy young generation, and a burgeoning middle class with
disposable income, have been the push factors. "Liberalisation in the foreign exchange regime,
simplified visa procedures and easy availability of tour packages have boosted foreign travel,"
says Subodh Rana of Malla Travels and Treks.
Bhola Bikram Thapa of President Group sends more than 1000 Nepali tourists out every month.
He offers package tours to Asian as well as European countries to meet the diversified choices of
Nepali tourists. "The dramatic increase of outbound tourism is affordable price. A Bangkok tour
is cheaper than India," he says. Thapa is now eyeing Mauritius as the next big destination for
Nepalis.
Supriya Shakya, tour manager of Marco Polo Travels, says Nepalis are travelling at all times of
the year. There is no season, although winter sees heavier bookings. "Shopping, beaches, night
life and parks, you name it and Nepalis are interested," she says.
Sensing the outbound tourism potential in Nepal, several countries are trying to tap the market by
offering budget tour packages and seasonal discounts. Surprisingly, even faraway Egypt is trying
woo Nepalis. "Cairo is an open museum of history," says Shakya, who is selling an eight-night
package including a Nile cruise.
Nepalis from diverse walks of life have taken to tourism as the opportunities have expanded.
Ravin Man Bajracharya, chief operating officer at Lalit Mandap, says his company started out
with pilgrim tourism to Thailand. Starting with just 40 pilgrims a year, Lalit Mandap now takes
more than 1000 Nepali pilgrims and tourists to Thailand every year. "Our role is to make it easier
for people to travel to places they have never been to," he explains. Honeymooners and
conference tourists are also important segments of Nepal's outbound tourism, but Bishnu Prasai
of Natraj Travels and Tours says one should not discount government officials, who often take a
few days off when they go abroad for professional reasons. Of late, however, greater public
scrutiny of the misuse of state money has put a damper on this form of tourism.
Milhika Dhakhwa of Zenith Experiences Travel Services is clear about why outbound tourism
has emerged to complement inbound tourism. When the latter dried up during the conflict, the
former bloomed. "We thought, if they're not coming here, we'll go there," she recalls. Such a
transition, of course, may not be enough to make up the numbers. Deepak Tuladhar of Yeti

Travels used to bring in 43,000 tourists in 1996, now it has gone down to 6000. "India and China
have fast expanded overseas tourism but we have not been able to cash in this opportunity," says
Tuladhar.
Perhaps Nepal Tourism Year 2011 will help redress the balance. Bhola Thapa of President Group
is on the National Executive Committee, and is optimistic Nepal will be able to attract a million
tourists. But it won't be easy. "Things will streamline in five to ten years," he says, "but we will
have to do it the hard way. We don't have much time."

Nepali outbound tourists increase by 22.4%

The Tourism Ministry has reported that the Nepali outbound tourists increased by 22.4% to
39,269 in 2012. The number of Nepali citizens travelling abroad for holiday has increased by
80% in the past five years. 861,518 Nepalis went abroad in 2012 but vacationers only made up
of 4.55%.
Travel trade entrepreneurs attributed the increase in outbound visitors to affordable tour packages
and rising disposable income among middle-class families. Thailand is the most preferred
destination as 67% of the total vacationers went there. 26,277 visited Thailand last year and
8,391 had gone on package tours.
The length of stay for Nepali tourists in Thailand was around 8.6 days and they spent US$ 133.1
per day. Nepali outbound tourists spent US$ 30.17 million in holidays overseas. Nepalis also
visit China, Dubai and Bali and the preferred time to travel is from September to November.

Outbound Tourism increased by 8%

KATHMANDU, AUG 09 - Nepali fun seekers have been travelling abroad in greater numbers
thanks to affordable tour packages and rising disposable incomes. According to the Ministry of
Tourism and Civil Aviation, the number of Nepali holidaymakers visiting foreign destinations
rose 8 percent to 29,904 in 2010.
There were 27,679 Nepali vacationers going abroad in 2009 and 21,899 in 2008.

Travel trade entrepreneurs said that changing lifestyles combined with simplified visa procedures
and easy availability of tour packages have spurred Nepalis to travel and see the world. Apart
from simplified visa procedures, tour packages are also affordable to Nepalis, said Bhola
Bikram Thapa, managing director of President Travel & Tours. A three-night, four-day trip to
Bangkok including airfare costs around Rs 40,000. Embassy staff, businessmen, bankers and
NGO/INGO people are the major clients opting for holidays abroad, he added.
Similarly, the trend of Nepali companies sending their staff on holidays abroad has been
increasing of late. According to Thapa, the governments increasing the upper limit of the foreign
exchange facility to US$ 2,500 from US$ 2,000 has also encouraged foreign travel.
Simplification of visa procedures by European countries has also encouraged Nepali travellers to
spend their holidays on the Continent. Tour operators said that the most popular destinations for
Nepali fun seekers was Thailand followed by Malaysia and Singapore. More Nepali travellers
are making trips to European destinations, China and Japan too. According to Nepali tour
operators, Egypt has also become a destination for Nepali travellers.
An expanding middle class in Nepal is another reason for the growth in outbound. A report
published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) entitled The Rise of Asias Middle Class said
that there were 1.41 million people in Nepal earning US$ 4-10 per day. Similarly, 230,000
Nepalis earn US$ 10-20 per day and 100,000 people make more than US$ 20 per day.
With the Dashain festival approaching, travel agents said that bookings were picking up. The
holidays start from mid-September. Most of the bookings are for tour packages to Bangkok and
Malaysia. Outbound figures could double this year considering present booking trends, Thapa
added.
Marco Polo Travels is also hopeful that it would receive more outbound this year following
overwhelming inquiries from potential travellers. We have sold almost 15-20 individual
packages for August and traveller inquiries for September have been overwhelming, said Prajita
Satyal, sales executive of Marco Polo Travels.
According to her, most of the clients are couples while the number of free individual travellers
has also increased recently.
Number of Nepalis going abroad and purpose of visit
Year

2009

Employment
Entertainment

2010

Changes (in %)

255,742

441,659

72.69

27,679

29,904

8.03

Study/Training
Business

19,532

Conference
Official

40,205

21,758

11,436

12,262

Health check-up

28,842
11.39

13,629

10,382
8,774

-28.26

19.17

-15.33
9,654

10.02

(Source: Nepal Tourism Statistics 2010)

Posted on: 2011-08-10 08:53