• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.207-215
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• 2021

The number of tourists visiting Nepal has shown rapid growth in recent years, and Nepal is expecting more tourist arrivals in the future. This paper, thus, attempts to analyze the tourist arrivals in Nepal and predict the number of visitors until 2025. This paper has examined the international tourist arrival trend in Nepal using the Gompertz and Logistic growth model. The international tourist arrival data from 1991 to 2018 is used to investigate international tourist arrival trends. The result of the analysis found that the Gompertz model performs a better fit than the Logistic model. The study further forecast the expected tourist arrival below one million (844,319) by 2025. Nevertheless, the government of Nepal has the goal of two million tourists in a year. The present study also discusses system dynamics scenarios for the two million potential visitors within a year. Scenario analysis shows that proper advertisement and positive word-of-mouth will be key factors in achieving a higher number of tourists. The current study could fill the gap of theoretical and empirical forecasting of tourist arrivals in the Nepalese tourism industry. Also, the study findings would be beneficial for government officers, planners and investors, and policy-makers in the Nepalese tourism industry.

• Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 ARIMA(Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) 모델을 이용하여 농촌관광마을의 월별 관광객을 추정하였다. 단일 마을에 대한 시계열 자료를 경상북도 안동시에 위치한 하회마을을 대상으로 구축하였다. 월별 시계열 자료는 2000년부터 2010년까지 구성되었는데(2008년도 누락), 2000년에서 2007년까지 자료는 최적 모델의 도출에 나머지는 예측치의 검정에 사용되었다. 연구 결과 최적모델에 필요한 시계열 자료의 길이는 6년으로 나타났으며, 최적모델은 계절성을 고려한 SARIMA(2,1,1)(1,1,2)12로 나타났다. 최적 시계열 년수로 나타난 6년을 사용하여 2000-2005, 2001-2006, 그리고 2002-2007의 자료로부터 각각 SARIMA(2,1,1)(1,1,2)12를 도출하여, 차기년도들에 대한 예측결과를 비교한 결과, 높은 $R^2$값을 보였다.