The average length of stay of tourists in Nepal has increased to a six-year high of 12.67 days in 2010-11, according to the recently released Economic Survey 2011.According to industry sources, this is due to a shift in the purpose of visit from traditional cultural tours to adventure and pilgrimage. Besides, more visitors have started going to various destinations located outside the Kathmandu Valley with the start of the peace process in Nepal.With the increment in the stay of tourists, their daily spending has increased. The Economic Survey shows that daily spending of tourists has increased to US$ 46.73 in 2011 as compared to US$ 36.88 last year.The number of tourists visiting Nepal for pilgrimage tours has gone up considerably during the fiscal year 201/11. The country witnessed a rise of 16% in the number of visitors coming to the country for the purpose pilgrimage tours in the current fiscal year as compared to 10.4% in the last fiscal year.President of Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN) Sita Ram Sapkota conceded that the number of adventure lovers coming to Nepal from Europe and America has declined.”While Chinese and Indians come here for recreation and other leisure activities, Europeans and Americans are the true adventure lovers,” he said. According to him, higher airfares to Nepal from European and American destinations and increased cost of adventure tourism in Nepal have reduced the number of trekkers.
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