Description : A motorbike and rickshaw parked back to back in front of a dilapidated building, in Kathmandu, Nepal. 2010. Tourism, accounted for 3.8 percent of the GDP in 1995-96, although numbers have fluctuated depending on the political situation in the country. The city's rich history is nearly 2000 years old, with Hinduism being the dominant religion followed by Buddhism. It is known as the land of the ethnic Newar community. (Newar means citizen of Nepal).