Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments
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DATA_DESCR National data Monthly and annual data on arrivals, nights spent and occupancy rates at tourist accommodation establishments. Regional data Annualáarrivals, nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments at NUTS 2 level. Please note that for paragraphs where no metadata for regional data has been specified, the regional metadata is identical to the metadata provided for the national data.
CLASS_SYSTEM For data up to 2011 (reference year), the classification system applicable (underáDirective 95/57/EC)áis described in the document: "Community methodology on Tourism statistics", which is available from OPOCE, under the reference: ISBN 92-828-1921-3áas well as on the tourism statistics section of Eurostat's website (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/tourism/methodology). Data as of reference periods for 2012 (underáRegulation (EU)á692/2011),á'tourist accommodation establishments' are described according to the NACE Rev. 2 classification (groups 55.1, 55.2 and 55.3). The Regulation also introduces two new breakdowns in accommodation statistics at the regional level, namely the degree of urbanisation (thinly populated area, intermediate density areaá, densely populated area)áand the coastal or non-coastal character of the locality where the establishments are located. Regional data The territorial classification of regional data is broken down according to the NUTS classification . The regional data is available at NUTS 2 level.
STAT_CONC_DEF Up to reference period 2011, tourism occupancy statistics consist of harmonised data collected by the Member States in the frame of the Council Directive on tourism statistics 95/57/EC . From reference period 2012 onwards, tourism occupancy statistics consist 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. Available statistics include variables on occupancy in tourist accommodation establishments:á nights spent, arrivals and occupancy rate of bed places and - as of 2012 - occupancy rates of bedrooms. Nights spent by residents and non-residents A night spent (or overnight stay) is each night a guest / tourist (resident or non-resident) actually spends (sleeps or stays) in a tourist accommodation establishment or non-rented accommodation. Overnight stays are calculated by country of residence of the guest and by month. Normally the date of arrival is different from the date of departure but persons arriving after midnight and leaving on the same day are included in overnight stays. A person should not be registered in two or more accommodation establishments at the same time. á Arrivals of residents and non-residents An arrivaláis defined as a person (tourist) who arrives at a tourist accommodation establishment and checks in or arrives at non-rented accommodation. But in the scope of the Regulation concerning European statistics on tourism, this variable is not collected for the latter type of accommodation. Statistically there is not much difference if, instead of arrivals, departures are counted. No age limit is applied: children are counted as well as adults, even in the case when the overnight stays of children might be free of charge. Arrivals are registered by country of residence of the guest and by month. The arrivals of same-day visitors spending only a few hours during the day (no overnight stay, the date of arrival and departure are the same) at the establishment are excluded from accommodation statistics. Net occupancy of bed places The occupancy rate of bed places in reference period is obtained by dividing the total number of overnight stays by the number of the bed places on offer (excluding extra beds) and the number of days when the bed places are actually available for use (net of seasonal closures and other temporary closures for decoration, by police order, etc.). The result is multiplied by 100 to express the occupancy rate as a percentage. Gross occupancy of bed places The gross occupancy rate of bed places in one month is obtained by dividing total overnight stays by the product of the bed places and the number of days in the corresponding month (sometimes termed bed-nights) for the same group of establishments, multiplying the quotient by 100 to express the result as a percentage. This indicator is available up to the reference periods for 2011. Net occupancy of bedrooms The net occupancy rate of bedrooms in reference period is obtained by dividing the total number of bedrooms used during the reference period (i.e. the sum of the bedrooms in use per day) by the total number of bedrooms available for the reference period (i.e. the sum of bedrooms available per day). The result is multiplied by 100 to express the occupancy rate as a percentage. Country of residence A person is considered to be a resident in a country (place) if the person: - has lived for most of the past year or 12 months in that country (place), or - has lived in that country (place) for a shorter period and intends to return within 12 months to live in that country (place). International tourists should be classified according to their country of residence, not according to their citizenship. From a tourism standpoint any person who moves to another country (place) and intends to stay there for more than one year is immediately assimilated with other residents of that country (place). Citizens residing abroad who return to their country of citizenship on a temporary visit are included with non-resident visitors. Citizenship is indicated in the person's passport (or other identification document), while country of residence has to be determined by means of question or inferred e.g. from the person's address. Regional data Not all national tables are necessarily available at regional level. To consult the list of available national and regional datasets, please consult annex/footnote.
STAT_POP The statistical population for data up to 2011 consists of all collective accommodation establishments (as defined in º3.5) in the respective Member States. In the Directive, limitations are not clearly defined, and consequently different thresholds are applied by Member States (see attached footnotes under section 21.3). To reduce the burden on administrations and reporting units, the Regulation (data as of 2012) allows certain limitations in the scope. These limitations are clearly defined. An estimate of the total number of nights spent during the reference year by residents and non-residents in the tourist accommodation establishments excluded from the scope of observation shall be transmitted annually.
REF_AREA Data are transmitted byáall Member States, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. European aggregates (EU-27, EU-25 and Euro area) are calculated when sufficient data is available.
BASE_PER Not applicable
UNIT_MEASURE Data is expressed in absolute values, in thousands and in percentage change compared to corresponding period of the previous year. Data concerning the occupancy rates is expressed in percentages.
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