- The company presented this latest technological innovation during the Forum TurisTIC in Barcelona.
- Some of the most relevant data from EverData shows that Nepal received a total of 1,014,882 visitors in 2023—a 65% increase compared to 2022. It also shows that 60 tons of garbage were generated during Everest expeditions in 2023, of which only 8.9 tons were brought back to Base Camp, and an estimated 240,000 liters of urine are dumped on the Khumbu Glacier each expedition season.
- Frédéric Kauffmann, CEO and founder of The NeverRest Project: “EverData also enables, through advanced technology, analysis and five-year predictions, moving from estimation to real data.”
Barcelona, October 3, 2024. The environmental engineering and technology company The NeverRest Project has today presented EverData, a pioneering platform that for the first time collects, analyzes, and visualizes essential data on environmental impact, waste management, and tourism activity in the Everest region. It also conducts five-year forecasts on tourism and environmental trends.
The presentation took place this afternoon during the conference Towards a More Responsible and Efficient Model: The Superpower of Waste Management at the Forum TurisTIC in Barcelona, an event organized by the Eurecat Technological Center of Catalonia and promoted by the Government of Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council, and the Barcelona Provincial Council.
During his presentation, Frédéric Kauffmann, CEO and founder of The NeverRest Project, explained: “We are proud to introduce EverData, the first data center that digitally maps the environmental, tourism, and social impact of Mount Everest; a platform that, through advanced technology, allows for analysis and five-year forecasting, moving from estimation to real data.”
About EverData
EverData is open for public consultation and is available to everyone. Focused on the Nepalese side of the Everest region, it includes official data on annual visitors to Nepal, reasons for their visit, trends over recent years, as well as records of waste collected on the world’s highest mountain, and altitude-related fatalities since 1920, among other parameters.
The visualization of this data allows visitors to understand the true impact of tourism on Everest, making it extremely useful for the scientific, educational, institutional, sporting, and media communities.
Some of the most relevant data available on EverData include the fact that Nepal received a total of 1,014,882 visitors in 2023, marking a 65% increase compared to 2022. The amount of garbage generated by Everest expeditions in the spring of 2023 totaled 60 tons, of which only 8.9 tons were brought back to Base Camp. Alarmingly, an estimated 240,000 liters of urine are dumped onto the Khumbu Glacier during each expedition season.
With EverData, we aim to inform and empower all interested parties, ensuring that today’s decisions lead toward a future of regenerative tourism.
About The NeverRest Project
The NeverRest Project is an environmental innovation technology company that works to find the balance between tourism, the environment, and local communities, scaling its expertise in Everest to create solutions for implementing regenerative tourism in other parts of the world.
The NeverRest Project has launched the first proposal for a Sustainable Base Camp on Mount Everest, along with other solutions and campaigns from the Everest summit to raise awareness of the need for more balanced tourism that benefits both travelers and local communities and their ecosystems.