Persons participating in tourism by destination, purpose, duration and sex of the tourist 1996-2011)
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DATA_DESCR This collection covers national tourism, i.e. domestic and outbound tourism, where "outbound tourism" means residents of a country travelling in another country. The information on tourism demand, concern trips (for the population aged 15 years and over) of which the main purpose is holidays or business and which involve at least one or more consecutive nights spent away from the usual place of residence (See annex at the bottom of the page).
CLASS_SYSTEM Not applicable
STAT_CONC_DEF The collection consists of harmonised data collected by the Member States in the frame of the Regulation (EU) 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Europea statistics on tourism. Available statistics include data on residents' (for the population aged 15 years and over) tourism demand : participation, trips, nights and expenditure Participation in tourism for personal purposes Number of residents, aged 15 or over, having made at least 1 trip of at least 1 overnight stay. Only trips for personal purpose are covered. A breakdown by duration and by destination of the trip is provided as well as by socio-demographic characteristics of the tourist. ╡ Concerning the breakdown by destination: - ádomestic trips cover tourists who made domestic trips only, -ááoutbound trips cover tourists who made outound trips only, - ádomestic and oubound cover tourists who have made both domestic and outbound trips. á Number of tourism trips All tourism trips made by residents, aged 15 or over, for personal or professional/business purpose, with at least 1 overnight stay. Concerning outbound trips with a world geographical breakdown, the destination can be understood in different ways. It may be: - The place the visitor considers as the most important place visited (motivating destination); - The place where the most amount of time is spent (time destination); or - The farthest place visited (distance destination). It is useful to know all these destinations as well as less important destinations in transit. The main destination (place, country) should be separated from other destinations. The main destination is related to the main purpose of trip and therefore the main destination should be defined as the place that the visitor considers as the main destination. If the respondent has difficulties for deciding what that is (e.g. for a touring trip), the main destination may secondarily be decided as the place, where most nights were spent or, if there are several such places, the farthest place. Number of tourism nights All tourism nights spent by residents, aged 15 or over, outside their usual environment for personal or professional/business purpose. A tourism night (or overnight stay) is each night that a guest actually spends (sleeps or stays) or is registered (his/her physical presence there being unnecessary) in a collective accommodation establishment or in private tourism accommodation. It is recommended to record all countries of overnight stays during the trips. Nights spent on board ship or in a train moving from one country to another are included in outbound overnight stays but they are not spent in any specific country. It is recommended to include them in "cruise" or "not specified" category. If the nights are spent on board ship, when the ship is in port, the passengers may or may not be formally free to enter the country. If the passengers are free to enter the country, the nights might be in principle recorded to that country, spent in a specialised establishment (public means of transport), but also in this case the 'cruise' category is recommended.
STAT_UNIT For collecting data on participation in tourism, the statistical unitáis the individual. For collecting data on tourism trips and visitors making the trips, the statistical unit is the trip made by the individual. Visitor Any person travelling to a place other than that of his/her usual environment for less than twelve months and whose main purpose of trip is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited.
STAT_POP The statistical population consists of all residents in the respective Member States. However, the Regulation indicates the age group 0-14 years old as optional, as a consequence the data in general refers to the population aged 15 or over.
REF_AREA Data are collected at national level, from all Member States, as well as EFTA and candidate countries. European aggregates (EU-28, EU-27 and Euro area) are calculated when sufficient data is available.
BASE_PER Not applicable
UNIT_MEASURE Data is expressed in absolute values. Data for expenditure on tourism trips is expressed in thousands of euro (from 1.1.1999) / ECU (up to 31.12.1998) and in thousands of national currency.
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