Survey of Hotels and Lodges 2003-2004
Nepal, 2003 - 2005
Identification
NPL_2003_SHLN_v01_M
Survey of Hotels and Lodges 2003-2004
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Nepal | NPL |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
The Establishment Census and Survey Section (ECSS) of Central Bureau of Statistics has been conducting censuses and surveys of establishments belonging to various sectors of economy. The Census of Manufacturing Establishments (CME) is the regular and a major activity of the section. This census covers all establishments engaging 10 or more persons involved in manufacturing activity. In line with the development that has taken place in most other countries of the world, the section is planning to undertake the economic census in the near future. Such a census is supposed to cover all establishments of a certain size involved in the non- agricultural sectors of the economy.
Lately owing to the growing importance and demand for data from sectors other than manufacturing, among the non-agricultural part, the ECSS has been expanding its survey activities in the service sector as well. The 'Survey of Hotels and Lodges Nepal 2003-04' is one of such activities of the ECSS. Such surveys, apart from preparing the Section to undertake larger economic censuses in the future they will also fill the data gaps pertaining to the sector. This survey covers the establishments providing hotel and lodging services in the country employing at least one hired labor. The hotel and lodging services is one of the important service sectors and its contribution to the economy is ever growing. The activities covered in the present survey pertains to major division H, division 55 group 551 of the ISIC rev 3 or NSIC (Nepal standard Industrial classification) which defines the service as hotels, camping sites and other provision of short stay accommodation. In other words, the survey covers establishments providing accommodation services in the name of hotels, lodges, resorts, camping sites etc. It does not include the establishments providing only fooding services like restaurants, bars, canteens which also belong to the same division. In case of establishments which provide accommodation services and also sell food to the clients, food and beverage services are also included in the survey data collection.
This is the first enterprise survey related to Hotels and Lodges in Nepal. It was conducted in the fiscal year 2003/04 by ECSS of CBS employing CBS staffs, as manpower, including BSO staffs. It is an ad-hoc survey. The Fiscal Year 2002/03 is the reference period of the survey. The survey was started in the fiscal year 2003/2004 but owing to late data collection and difficulties associated with it the process continued till the next fiscal year2004/05.The information generated from this survey has been basically used by CBS for rebasing National Account Statistics as a bench mark. Different countries have different practices of bench marking related to time duration. But, generally rebasing is done within ten years. Hope, it will also be done accordingly till 2013/14, though it is still unsure.
The 'Survey of Hotels and Lodges Nepal 2003-04' was conducted by the Establishment Census and Survey Section (ECSS) of Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). This survey provides data on hotel and lodging services including gross outputs (GO); internal consumption (IC); compensation of employees e.g. salary and wages (CE); capital formation (GCF) including GFCF and change in stock; and information on indirect taxes from enumeration of star hotels (1, 2, 3, 4,and 5) and sample survey of non-star hotels, resorts and lodges employing at least one hired labor. In other words, the survey covers establishments providing accommodation services in the name of hotels, lodges, resorts, camping sites etc. It does not include the establishments providing only fooding services like restaurants, bars, canteens which also belong to the same division. In case of establishments which provide accommodation services and also sell food to the clients, food and beverage services are also included in the survey data collection.
The main objectives of this survey were:
- To generate principal indicators of hotels and lodges such as number of hotels/lodges, number of persons engaged in hotel and lodges, value of fixed assets at national and regional levels.
- To prepare list of operating hotels which will provide a frame for future sample survey of the sector.
- To assess the value addition in the economy made by this sector
- To fill the gap of information about the changes and developments-taking place in the hotel industry of the country.
The survey reveals that there are 86 star hotels, 3548 non-star (3105 non-star hotels and 443 lodges) and 161 resorts in the country contributing gross value added (GVA) Rs.930,947,000 from star hotels, Rs. 932,119,000 from non-star hotels and Rs. 149,375,000 from resorts.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Establishment
Version
Version 01: Microdata is not available
Scope
The survey covers establishments providing accommodation services in the entire territory of Nepal. These include hotels, lodges and resorts. For the purpose of the survey, the establishments have been classified into three broad categories:
(i) Star hotels
(ii) Resorts
(iii) Non-star hotels
In the star hotel category, the establishments belonging to 5 categories (from 5 star to one star hotels) have been included. In Nepal, hotels are classified as per the internally followed norms which incorporate the facilities these establishments offer to the clients.The government has worked out norms to categorize the hotels. For the survey purposes, the hotels have been categorized as per their own reporting. The non star hotels are further sub classified as lodges with fooding services and lodges without food and beverage service (lodging only). The resorts included all three types of resorts: forest resorts and safari camps, tourist resorts and mountain resorts.
From this we can get information of indicators including number of Establishments, ownership, legal status, number of beds and rooms, employment number of persons engaged/employees(Domestic/ROW, male/female), internal consumption, room/bed rate, income generated, gross output, fix assets and indirect taxes so that indicators on Gross Value added,Salaries per person per month,Value added/gross output, Intermediate Consumption/Gross output, capital formation can be derived and be applicable in estimating GVA of Hotel and Lodge industry as classified by ISIC (NSIC, Nepalese context).
Coverage
National Regional Urban and rural areas Ecological belt
All hotels and Lodges in Nepal having at least one paid employee.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | His Majesty's Government |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| His Majesty's Government | Providing regular budget on time |
Sampling
Listing operation of hotels and lodges was undertaken throughout the kingdom. The list thus obtained was used as the sampling frame to select the sample of resort and non-star hotel for survey. In the case of star hotel, complete enumeration was conducted as they are not very many in number. For resorts and non-star hotels complete enumeration was undertaken in those domains having less than three establishments. In other domains, samples were allocated in proportion to their number. The domains of study are as follows:
- Urban/Rural by class
- Five Eco-development regions by class
- Three Ecological Belts by class
- Resort and non-star and their classification
The stratified sample design was used. The stratification of hotel and lodge was done by class and classification of eco-development regions and their rural/urban.
The following condition was satisfied in this design.
· Confidence level was at 95%
· Total number of room of establishment was considered as a variable. Variance was estimated from these variables for each domain.
· Permissible error between and = 0.5, which is around 5 % of the population mean
· The maximum variability of domain was taken to estimate the sample size, which gives optimum sample size.
By using finite population correction, the sample size was determined to be 662, which is around 18% of total population. In each stratum the required no of sample was drawn by arranging establishments according to their number of rooms in descending order then systematic scheme was adopted to select the sample. The selected establishments in the sample were then identified by their district. In this manner the total number of district are 39.
Please refer to Annex 2 of the report for details.
Survey instrument
The questionnaire was finalized through four stages.
- Preliminary preparation and discussion among in-house staffs of ECSS.
- Discussion and incorporating suggestions in technical committee of concern personnel.
- Testing the questionnaire through Field (pilot) visit in Kathmandu valley.
- Finalized the final questionnaire Hotel and Lodge Survey-2060 BS.
Contents of the questionnaire are as follows:
- Introductory information on Hotel/Lodge
1.1 Name of Hotel/Lodge
1.2 Date of operation
1.3 District
1.4 municipality/VDC
1.5 Tole/Village
1.6 Ward number
1.7 Registered number
1.8 Phone
1.9 Email
1.10 fax
1.11 name of proprietor - Legal Status
2.1 Personal
2.2 Partnership
2.3 Private Limited
2.4 Public Limited
2.5 Others
3.Ownership
3.1 Private
3.2 Foreign
3.3 Foreign and Private
3.4 others
4.Standard
4.1 Star
4.1.1 one star
4.1.2 two star
4.1.3 three star
4.1.4 four star
4.1.5 five star
4.2 Resort
4.2.1 Jungle resort/safari
4.2.2 tourist resort
4.2.3 mountain resort
4.3 Non-star
4.3.1 Hotel and lodge
4.3.2 Lodge only - Number of rooms and beds
5.1 total room number
5.2 total bed number - Employment
6.1 proprietor/family member/other (Nepali: male/female, foreigner: male /female:: number and salary including other facilities)
6.2 administrate and technical (Nepali: male/female, foreigner: male /female:: number and salary including other facilities)
6.3 other workers (Nepali: male/female, foreigner: male /female:: number and salary including other facilities) - Months (seasonal and off-seasonal)
- Expenses on non-durable goods for operation (one week)
8.1 fish/meat
8.2 milk
8.3 green vegetable
8.4 others - Expenses on durable goods for operation (one week)
9.1 food products
9.2 soft drinks
9.3 Beer/hard drinks
9.4 others - other expenses (yearly)
10.1 Fuel
10.2 House rent
10.3 water
10.4 communication
10.5 repair and maintenance
10.6 electricity
10.7 others - Income
11.1 Hotel (weekly)
11.1.1 seasonal
11.1.2 off seasonal
11.2 Lodge (weekly)
11.2.1 seasonal
11.2.2 off seasonal
11.3 other income (yearly) l
11.3.1 hall rent
11.3.2 Curio
11.3.3 catering
11.3.4 beauty parlour
11.3.5 Telephone, fax, email,...
11.3.6 others - Fix assets (value)
12.1 land
12.2 building
12.3 equipment
12.4 vehicle (transport)
12.5 furniture
13.Indirect tax paid
13.1 Vat
13.2 local tax
13.3 other indirect tax
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2005 | first survey |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 2005 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics staffs | His majesty's Government |
| Branch Statistical Office staffs | Central Bureau of Statistics |
Two tiered supervision scheme was implemented. 1.BSO level: chief of the BSO supervised the field work in the districts. 2.Central level: Officers from the central office visited as many districts as possible for supervision while the field work was underway.
Survey Process
In case of star hotels, the complete enumeration was carried out and in case of resorts and non-star hotels, the sample was drawn and the data was collected only from the sampled unit. The survey was carried out in two phases. In the first phase the list of all hotels and lodges operating in the kingdom was prepared. For this purpose the personnel from the bureau visited various towns, district headquarters, bazaars and other centers where such establishments were likely to exist. The following information was collected during the listing operation:
(i) Name of establishment
(ii) Address of establishment
(iii) Category of establishment
(iv) Number of rooms
(v) Name of owner
(vi) Number of employees
In the second phase, a detail economic survey of selected establishments was undertaken. The list obtained from the first phase operation served as the sampling frame. The data collected from the second phase operation was processed in the ECSS itself.
Personnel involved in the survey operation
The entire survey operation was undertaken by staffs from the central office and the Branch Statistical Office in 33 districts. Officers from the ECSS supervised the field operation in order to improve the data quality. The staffs from the center supported in field operation in those districts where there was shortage of manpower.
Quality Control
In order to ascertain the quality of data from the survey, strict statistical norms were followed. Pilot test was undertaken prior to finalization of questionnaire. Training was imparted to supervisors as well as the enumerators. The chief of the BSO supervised the field work in the district. Officers from the central office visited as many districts as possible for supervision while the field work was underway.
Data processing
Data editing was done at central level. Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including:
a) Office editing and coding by ECSS staffs including computer operator.
b) Data entry by staffs of ECSS including some computer personnels of CBS; other sections.
c) Structure checking and completeness by staffs of ECSS including computer operators.
d) MS acces package was used
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | Central Bureau of Statistics | http://cbs.gov.np/?page_id=17 | archive @cbs.gov.np |
| Director, Establishment Census and Survey Section | Central Bureau of Statistics | http://cbs.gov.np/?page_id=17 | archive @cbs.gov.np |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Confidentiality of the respondents is guaranteed by Article 8 of Statistics Act 1958. Restriction on publication of information and details Any information or details relating to any person, family, firm or company, which have been supplied, obtained or prepared pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 or Section 5 or Section 6 or Section 7 or any part of such information or details, shall not be disclosed or published directly except to the Director General or to any other officer of the Bureau without the written permission of the person or of his or her authorized representative supplying such information or details. For the purpose of institution of any suit under this Act, nothing mentioned in Sub-section (1) shall be deemed to bar the production of such information before any court. |
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal. Survey of Hotel and Lodge Nepal 2003/04. Ref. NPL_2003_SHLN_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [source] on [date].
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director: Publication, Distribution and Library Section | Central Bureau of Statistics | archive@cbs.gov.np | http://cbs.gov.np/?page_id=17 |
Metadata production
DDI_NPL_2003_SHLN_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Shiv Lal Sharma | Central Bureau of Statistics | Documentor |
| Accelerated Data Program | International Household Survey Network | Editing for IHSN Survey Catalog |
2012-03-12
Metadata version
Version 1.0 - Central Bureau of Statistics - Original documentation of the study.
Version 2.0 - Edited version by ADP based on Version 1.0 of CBS downloaded from http://cbs.gov.np/nada/index.php/catalog on 2 May 2013.