Tea in Nepal

Old Sep 22nd 2017, 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by Yorkiechef
Have you ever been to Nepal?
To get a comparison, it would be like charging a Saudi in London £150 for a cup of tea.
Just because the tourist can afford it doesn't mean it is right. For reference, I served with a Gurkha Regiment for 3 years.
That's irrelevant. The locals can charge tourists whatever they like, the tourists have the option of not visiting. It's one thing being ripped off in the middle of Rome and quite another up some remote mountain. The money those small businesses earn help to lift families out of poverty, so tourists should consider the big picture instead of unnecessary penny pinching. And no I haven't been to Nepal, but would like to go.
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Default Re: Tea in Nepal

Originally Posted by Yorkiechef
Have you ever been to Nepal?
To get a comparison, it would be like charging a Saudi in London £150 for a cup of tea.
Just because the tourist can afford it doesn't mean it is right. For reference, I served with a Gurkha Regiment for 3 years.
Nonsense. Market forces apply everywhere. If you buy a single bottle of water from the lunch section of a supermarket (convenient,near the front) you'll pay as much as for a multi-pack further back in the same store. Don't want to, then don't buy it. Same applies to this woman. And I'm pretty sure Claridges charge their Saudi, and other, customers a pretty penny for a cup of tea.

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That's irrelevant. The locals can charge tourists whatever they like, the tourists have the option of not visiting. It's one thing being ripped off in the middle of Rome and quite another up some remote mountain. The money those small businesses earn help to lift families out of poverty, so tourists should consider the big picture instead of unnecessary penny pinching. And no I haven't been to Nepal, but would like to go.
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Very relevant. Just looked at Nepal GDP, $2500 or about £5 or so a day. She sells 5 cups and she has met this. This is a poor country, things are less expensive. Few overheads...

U.K. GDP, $40k or about £85 a day....I don't know about you, but in my local cafe in uk, a tea costs £1. Things are much more expensive in uk so 80 cups need to be sold to get to the GDP, but the overheads are ridiculous.

Simplistic I know, but does the local pay £1 IN NEPAL for tea? I don't think so, why should anyone pay more for tea in a country because he is rich by comparison?

In uk, we would not charge more to the rich tourist in the same establishment. Period.
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Old Sep 23rd 2017, 1:13 am
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Originally Posted by Yorkiechef
Very relevant. Just looked at Nepal GDP, $2500 or about £5 or so a day. She sells 5 cups and she has met this. This is a poor country, things are less expensive. Few overheads...

U.K. GDP, $40k or about £85 a day....I don't know about you, but in my local cafe in uk, a tea costs £1. Things are much more expensive in uk so 80 cups need to be sold to get to the GDP, but the overheads are ridiculous.

Simplistic I know, but does the local pay £1 IN NEPAL for tea? I don't think so, why should anyone pay more for tea in a country because he is rich by comparison?

In uk, we would not charge more to the rich tourist in the same establishment. Period.
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Originally Posted by Yorkiechef
In uk, we would not charge more to the rich tourist in the same establishment. Period.
Do the locals have a cuppa at this place then?
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Ditto Mexico City I do not speak from recent experience.
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Do the locals have a cuppa at this place then?
Dunno? Not at them prices I guess.
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Simplistic I know, but does the local pay £1 IN NEPAL for tea? I don't think so, why should anyone pay more for tea in a country because he is rich by comparison?

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Kindness? Gratitude? Because it's a way of supporting a poor community, a kind of win win. Because £1 goes a long way in rural Nepal compared to £3 at a Starbucks at Heathrow.
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Q. Why travel to Nepal?

A. As a tourist you visit Nepal to view the scenery, have your adventure, soak up the atmosphere, experience the culture, wander the countyside, climb the mountains, etc etc. What you don't do is stay there. The average tourist stays a little under 12 days. At the end of your visit you pack your bags, climb aboard your plane and return to what you know.. having taken much and left little.

Tourism is a form of exploitation and in the case of Nepal it has developed at the largest industry and largest source of foreign currency which goes a long way to show by how much the country depends on tourist dollars. The tourist should realise that their wealth pays not only for their visit but for the country itself that provides the experience.

A cup of tea is just that, a cup of tea. If it's worth a pound in London then it's worth a pound in Nepal and you're not simply buying the tea, you're also buying the experience which is more than you'll get at home.

Of course the tourist is exploited.. but so are the locals.. and if you don't understand this then don't go in the first place.
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LOL

Almost as bad as those girl guide cookies you see people selling outside Walmart.
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