Tea in Nepal
#16
Re: Tea in Nepal
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.
#17
Re: Tea in Nepal
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.
#18
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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.
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.
#19
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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.
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.
#23
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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.
#24
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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.
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.
#26
Re: Tea in Nepal
Almost as bad as those girl guide cookies you see people selling outside Walmart.