A single restaurant annually spends NRs 2,67,177 on non-food items. Of this amount, 82% stays in Bhaktapur, 14% is drawn to Kathmandu, and 4% to rest of Nepal. The local share of nonfood items is 91% in smaller restaurants, and in case of the bigger it is 84%. Restaurants contribute NRs 15, 70,174 (per restaurant) to the local economy. The major share (65%) of that amount is generated through purchase of food items, whereas 21% of the amount comes as the wages of local staffs. Only 14% is contributed by the purchase of non-food items.