Facts and Analysis Significant growth from 1997 to 2000 Nightmare for tourism entrepreneurs in 2002.

2. But what about 1990? 1990 can be among the first few beginning years of tourism business of Nepal. Although it has less number than other years, it can be counted as the first step towards a bigger market. Bad results for all other years mainly due to political instability in the country affecting tourism. Visit Pokhara 1998 (VP98) brought less tourists than the year 1999. VP 98 is often regarded as the failed tourism campaign of Nepal. Year 1999 brought nearly half a million tourists to the country; so the year 1999 is the the best year of the decade. In 1995, Nepals Communist Party Maoists was formed and it didnt affect the tourism business until 2001. In fact, even after insurgency in 1995, it actually contributed more tourists than the previous year which itself is an amazing fact. In 2001, Maoists started ruling many remote parts of Nepal and violence escalated all over the country showing the negative sign in tourism, this can be seen on this years tourist arrival data. The increase in 2003 is due to cease-fire by Maoists and Nepal Army. Thus, it simply proves, peace means more tourism business for Nepal. 2004 did better than 2003, but then Nepal King took over in 2005, to that response , insurgence spread throughout Nepal. So blame on the King for decline of tourist in 2005 as compared to 2004. What the HECK happened in 2002, Nearly 40% drop in tourist arrival ? Well, it was a Year with rotten eggs in our plate; Parliament dissolved, fresh elections called in, state of emergency imposed, weakest interim government made to run then another replaced by King. It was a year full of uncertainty but lots of action in it. Doctor, Lokendra Bahadur was chosen as a PM who only knew about Minds not Tourism (Laughing Out Loud!; LOL!) was replaced after kicking a guy named Sher Bahadur Deuba many did not digest the term PM for him too, he was called Puppet. In a nutshell, 2002 was a year of action and name calling for those who had the power and title and nothing more for the rest of the Nepalese. Sign of this ruthless and useless action shows in the above data.

The table shows the percentage of household consumer durables sold in the UK from 1972 to 1983. It can be divided into three groups. Firstly, a number of appliances were in a high percentage of homes for the entire period. These included TVs, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators and washing machines. TV ownership was the highest, growing from 93% to 98% over the eleven-year period, while washing machine ownership, the lowest of this group, increased from 66% to 80%.

The second group included central heating and the telephone and these showed the most dramatic rise with increases of 27% for central heating and 35% for telephones. At the beginning of the period these appliances had been present in 37% and 42% of homes respectively. The final group shows appliances that were only introduced onto the market during the period shown. The video recorder was quickly accepted into households, achieving 18% ownership by 1983. The dishwasher had less impact, with its ownership slowly rising from 3% to 5% between 1978 and 1983. In all it shows that British households enjoyed an ever-increasing ownership of consumer durables from 1972 to 1983.