International recommendations for tourism statistics 2008 : compilation guide

The International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 Compilation Guide is a companion document to the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics (IRTS 2008) (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/83/Rev.1). The primary purpose of this Compilation Guide is to provide further clarifications and practical guidance for using sources and methods to compile statistics on tourism. It is designed to support the production of a high quality set of basic data and indicators in each country, and to strengthen the international comparability of tourism statistics.
Chapter 1. Role of the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 -- Chapter 2. The demand perspective: conceptual background and related observation issues -- Chapter 3. Measuring flows and characteristics of tourism trips and visitors -- Chapter 4. Measuring tourism expenditure -- Chapter 5. Classifications relevant for tourism statistics -- Chapter 6. Measuring the supply of tourism industries -- Chapter 7. Measuring employment in the tourism industries -- Chapter 8. Supplementary and cross-cutting topics -- Annex 1. Proposed basic questions for measuring flows and expenditure associated to inbound tourism -- Annex 2. Tourism expenditure versus tourism consumption -- Annex 3. Labour Force Survey questionnaire of Lithuania -- Annex 4. Australia: Survey of Employees Earnings and Hours, 2012.

vi, 277 p. : charts, graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235).

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