WHAT IS HOSPITALITY?

To better understand hospitality, look no further than the word itself. The term "hospitality" comes from the Latin word "hospes," which means "host." This is the basis on which the term is founded. Hospitality is essentially the relationship between a host and a guest. While this can occur in a variety of scenarios, it's often used by businesses to provide customers and clients with better services.

BREAKING DOWN HOSPITALITY

S.S. HOSPITALITY SOLUTION  

defines the term "hospitality" as being the "reception and treatment of guests or strangers." From a business's perspective, a business is viewed as the host, whereas its customers or clients are the guests. Hospitality involves treating and caring for customers and clients so that they'll continue using the business's services. If a business fails to treat its customers or clients with respect, it may struggle to generate sales. While all businesses can benefit from hospitality, it's particularly important for certain types of businesses.

HISTORY OF HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN NEPAL:

Nepal country located between two heavy-weight countries China and India was still in the late-first phase of tourism where people who did not travel once in a lifetime were neglected in society. This was mainly due to the century-long Rana regime that seized the independence of people and limited travel. People mostly traveled for trade and educational purposes. Only after the end of the Rana regime did the hospitality industry started to take form what we know today.

The end of Rana dynsaty opened the door for tourism and helped blossom the hospitality industry. The first hotel was established in Nepal “Nepal Hotel” in 1951 located in Patan. After 2 years in 1953, for the first time, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary climbed the world’s tallest mountain which gave a boost to the growing hospitality industry, letting people know about the country Nepal.

If we looked back, the first international hotel to be established in Nepal was the “Royal Hotel” in 1952. Shah and Rai was Nepal’s earliest and oldest travel agency, but it only lasted a year. It was established in 1965 A.D. Bill Tillman was Nepal’s first tourist (trekking,1949 A.D).

HOW IS HOSPITALITY GROWING IN NEPAL?

The employment rate is increasing every year, low unemployment rates imply that more consumers have jobs and can afford the luxuries of travel and other leisure activities, which is contributing to the hospitality industry.

The unemployment rate touched 4.4% in 2020 due to the pandemic. According to projections, the unemployment rate will be about 3.00 percent in 2022 and 2.60 percent in 2023.

Nepal also has many things to offer, from religious tourism to ethnic tourism in our country we have more than 50 tourist destinations, possessing 8 of the 10 highest mountains in the world, and various cultures of Nepal’s 125 distinct ethnic groups.

These elasticities many options for people around the world to visit Nepal. People interested only to learn new culture can travel to Nepal or individuals who love nature can also visit Nepal. In 2019, approximately 1.2 million international tourists from different parts of world visited Nepal.