Trips of EU residents - annual data (tour_dem)

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Compiling agency: Czech Statistical Office


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1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
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Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Czech Statistical Office

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Tourism Statistics Section

1.5. Contact mail address

Na padesatem 81
100 82 Prague 10
Czech Republic


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 26/09/2023
2.2. Metadata last posted 26/09/2023
2.3. Metadata last update 26/09/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

The source of data on domestic and outbound tourism of residents of the Czech Republic is the Tourism Sample Survey. The survey is conducted every month in a randomly selected sample of households. Respondents are asked about trips they took during the reference period. In order to be considered travel / holidays included in tourism, it must take place outside the usual environment.

The results of the sample survey are recalculated for the whole population using weighting coefficients. The weighting is done by territory, sex and age groups.

3.2. Classification system

Not applicable.

3.3. Coverage - sector

National tourism: domestic and outbound tourism (trips made by residents of the reporting country)

3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
3.4.1 Statistical concepts and definitions

See Regulation 692/2011Delegated Regulation 2019/1681 and Methodological Manual for Tourism Statistics

3.4.2 Additional comments (e.g. country-specific deviations)
3.5. Statistical unit
3.5.1 Statistical unit 

Participation in tourism: the individual.
Tourism trips: the tourism trip with at least one overnight stay made by the individual.
Same-day visits: the SDV made by the individual.

3.5.2 Reporting unit Each person in the selected household (within the age scope)
3.5.3 If other or additional comments, please specify
3.6. Statistical population
3.6.1 Statistical population

Participation in tourism: all residents aged 15 or over

 

Tourism trips: all tourism trips of at least one overnight stay made outside the usual environment by the residents aged 15 or over

 

Same-day-visits: all outbound SDV made outside the usual environment by the residents aged 15 or over

3.6.2 Additional comments (e.g. deviating coverage in terms of age groups, multiple surveys with different subpopulation, inclusion of domestic same-day visits in years where this is not compulsory)

 

 

3.7. Reference area
All territories of the country are included.

3.8. Coverage - Time

Coverage - Time [data comparable since (YYYY)]

3.8.1 Participation in tourism (Year)

Series on participation in tourism are not published nationally, data are being sent to Eurostat since 2003.

3.8.2 Tourism trips (Year)

Time series on tourism trips are published nationally since 2003.

3.8.3 Same-day visits (outbound) (Year)

Data on same-day trips are sent to Eurostat since 2003.

3.8.4 Same-day visits (domestic) (Year)

Data on same-day trips are sent to Eurostat since 2003.

3.8.5 Additional comments (e.g. longer series for subgroups)
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Not applicable.


5. Reference Period Top
2022 - The reference period for trips and same-day visits is one month and is derived from the date of the interview - the reference period ends just the day before the date of the interview. This can help to get quality data not biased with the recal effect.


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
6.1.1 European level

Regulation 692/2011

Regulation 1051/2011

Delegated Regulation 2019/1681

6.1.2 National level

Generic statistical law: Act No. 89/1995 Coll., on the State Statistical Service, as amended; an overview of statistical surveys is published every year in the form of a Decree on the Programme of Statistical Surveys. 
Surveys without the reporting duty are carried out on a voluntary basis, these surveys are usually made by field workers directly in households..

6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not applicable.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

European: Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics
National: Act No. 89/1995 Coll., on the State Statistical Service
Internal: CZSO Regulation 1/2012 on principles of dissemination of statistical data

Link: https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/information-on-personal-data-processing

7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Available personal (confidential) data on respondents are protected and serve strictly to statistical purposes only. Aggregations are applied prior to data publication.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

The data for each quarter is released 3 months after the reference period.

8.2. Release calendar access

https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/catalogue-of-products

8.3. Release policy - user access

Not applicable


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Data on trips is released quarterly.


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

No News release

10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Time series from the year 2011 https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/cru_ts

Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/yearbooks

10.3. Dissemination format - online database

No data available in online database at the moment.

10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

None.

10.5. Dissemination format - other

No additional data are published at national level.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Methodology - time series tourism
https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/methodology_time_series_tourism

10.7. Quality management - documentation

None.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Not applicable.

11.2. Quality management - assessment
11.2.1 Main strengths

CAPI method is applied with good system of quality control.

11.2.2 Main weaknesses

Data quality is acceptable at least as far as basic/aggregated variables are concerned. Detailed breakdowns or variables with lower frequency of occurance may be unreliable because of insufficient sample size due to financial limits.

11.2.3 Quality improvements compared with previous reference year

No improvements.


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
12.1.1 European level

See: Regulation 692/2011

12.1.2 Main users on a national level

The data is used by the government, national tourism agency, media, Balance of Payments etc., and therefore holds a significant relevance.

Main data users are:

  • Ministry of local development
  • National tourism board: CzechTourism
  • Academic sphere (mainly universities), researchers
  • Local authorities as destination managements
  • Business sphere (e.g. hotel associations)
  • Media and journalists
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

[Optional]

12.3. Completeness
12.3.1 Completeness

Compliant with the requirements of Regulation on tourism statistics 692/2011, Delegated Regulation 2019/1681, as well as recommendations laid down in the Methodological Manual for tourism statistics.

12.3.2 If not, please specify why and list deviations from Reg.


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

The number of trips and tourists seems to be underestimated because when respondent doesn't remember if he had a trip it is considered as no trip and the same situation is in proxy interview.

Questions on expenditure suffer from recall bias more than other variables, therefore accuracy of estimated expenditure can be also influenced. Coverage and nonresponse is not a big problem.

13.2. Sampling error

13.2.1 Sampling errors - indicators

Information on Sampling errors may also be provided in the attached file.  Estimated value Coefficient of variation
13.2.1.1 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 (all age groups)

6590667

1.1%

13.2.1.2 Participation in tourism for personal purposes: number of residents, aged 65 or over, having made at least 1 trip of at least 1 overnight stay

1355406

2.5%

13.2.1.3 Tourism trips - Total number of trips

32975441

1.7%

13.2.1.4 Domestic trips

26148999

1.9%

13.2.1.5 Outbound trips

6826442

2.5%

13.2.1.6 Private/Personal trips

32086393

1.6%

13.2.1.7 Professional/business trips

889048

7.5%

13.2.1.8 Domestic trips spent at rented accommodation

7237236

2.6%

13.2.1.9 Domestic trips spent at non-rented accommodation

18911763

2.4%

13.2.1.10 Tourism trips - Total expenditure excluding durables and valuable goods

161493547837

2.1%

13.2.1.11 Expenditure on accommodation

47895555934

2.5%


13.2.2 Additional comments on sampling error

13.2.1.1, 13.2.1.2 (participation)
cofficient of variation (CV) was computed in a way for simple random sample
CV = s / p
where
s = Sqrt((1-n)/N)*p*(1-p)/n.
p is Horvitz-Thomson Estimator for population proportion
(literature - S. K. Thompson: Sampling, 2002).
In Horvitz-Thompson Estimator (p) calculation was used the stratification, where these strata were considered: gender, age and region.





 

13.3. Non-sampling error

13.3.1 Coverage errors

13.3.1.1 Over-coverage

No.

13.3.1.2 Under-coverage

Households are selected once a year from the Register of Census Districts and Buildings. Small census areas are currently dropped from the sampling frame due to practical sampling reasons (approximately 1.21% of dwellings). Due to differences in time span is not the current information about addresses or flats.

The sampling frame contains only private households. Persons living in institutional households are not covered.


13.3.2 Unit non-response for TRIPS dataset

  Unit non-response
13.3.2.1 Number of ineligible units/ elements

6205 individuals

13.3.2.2 Number of eligible units/elements

37733 individuals

13.3.2.3 Number of non-contacts

1320 individuals

13.3.2.4 Number of refusals

10634 individuals

13.3.2.5 Number of rejected questionnaires

0

13.3.2.6 Number of other types of non-response

0

13.3.2.7 Total non-response (= sum of 13.3.2.3 to 13.3.2.6)

11954 individuals


13.3.3 Unit non-response rate

13.3.3.1 Unit non-response rate for TRIPS dataset (= 13.3.2.7 divided by 13.3.2.2)

32%

13.3.3.2 Unit non-response rate for PARTIC dataset

34%

13.3.3.3 Unit non-response rate for SDVOUT dataset

32%

13.3.3.4 Methods used for dealing with/minimising unit non-response

Advance notification in the form of phone calls is used.

We also try to motivate respondents by giving them small presents and information leaflets.


13.3.4 Item non-response

13.3.4.1 Item non-response

Around 3.1% - 4%; it concerns expenditures, otherwise less than 0.1%

13.3.4.2 Methods used for dealing with/minimising item non-response

Imputation of expenditure categories
number of overnight * average expenditure per one night
where average is calculated from the trips with known expenditures in the group of the same kind of trips

Expenditures for package trips were reallocated into expenditures on transport, accomodation, food and drinks and other expenditures.


13.3.5 Additional comments on non-sampling error 

Imputation rate
Expenditure on transport: 4.7%
Expenditure on accomodation: 5.8%
Expenditure on food and drinks in cafés: 5.2%
Other expenditure: 4.9%


(in case of second survey please briefly describe 13.3.1-13.3.4 here)


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness
14.1.1 Participation in tourism

90

14.1.2 Tourism trips

90

14.1.3 Same-day visits (outbound)

90

14.2. Punctuality
14.2.1 Participation in tourism

-10

14.2.2 Tourism trips

-10

14.2.3 Same-day visits (outbound)

-10


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

There are no problems of comparability between geographical regions.

15.2. Comparability - over time
15.2.1 Participation in tourism

Until 2008, only one member of age 15 and over of a household was selected. From 2009, all members of age 15 and over of a household were interviewed. In 2010, reference period was changed from one month to 3 months, while PAPI interview was switched to CAPI. In 2011, reference period was changed back to one month; tourism survey was integrated in LFS survey; participation in tourism was based on different (smaller) sample than trips.

15.2.2 Tourism trips

Until 2008, only one member of age 15 and over of a household was selected. From 2009, all members of age 15 and over of a household were interviewed. In 2010, reference period was changed from one month to 3 months, while PAPI interview was switched to CAPI. In 2011, reference period was changed back to one month; tourism survey was integrated in LFS survey; repeated trips started to be collected more effectively.

15.2.3 Same-day visits (outbound)

Until 2008, only one member of age 15 and over of a household was selected. From 2009, all members of age 15 and over of a household were interviewed. In 2010, reference period was changed from one month to 3 months, while PAPI interview was switched to CAPI. In 2011, reference period was changed back to one month; tourism survey was integrated in LFS survey.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

We compared demand data with supply side data - domestic nights in collective accommodation establishments from household survey Domestic and outbound tourism versus nights spent by residents in Occupancy of collective accommodation establishments. Results are more or less comparable at least quarterly and annual indexes.

15.4. Coherence - internal

Not applicable.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Cost and burden are not systematically collected.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Data is usually not revised, only when an error or suspicious development is detected.

17.2. Data revision - practice
Data is usually not revised, only when an error or suspicious development is detected.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

18.1.1. Source data

18.1.1.1 Source data

Survey

18.1.1.2 Name of data collection in national language

Výběrové šetření cestovního ruchu

18.1.1.3 Name of data collection in English

Tourism Sample Survey

18.1.1.4 Survey vehicle Embedded in another survey
18.1.1.5 If "Embedded in another survey", please indicate which other survey. In case both options were ticked, please describe here separately the approach for PARTIC, TRIPS, SDVOUT

LFS


18.1.2. Population frame

18.1.2.1 Population frame Register of Census Districts and Buildings
18.1.2.2 Update of population frame Annually
18.1.2.3 If other frequency or additional comments, please specify

Register of Census Districts and Buildings.

Census enumeration districts (CEUs) constitute the first-stage sampling units. CEUs are small geographical areas covering the whole territory of the country. They are used as enumeration districts during the census, but their use is more general. Continuously updated geographical register is maintained by the Czech Statistical Office.

18.1.2.4 Coverage errors of population frame

Some overcoverage exists in the Register of Census Districts and Buildings in terms of recorded residential status (usually about 4% addresses of the samples are coded as "administrative waste" - non residential (recreational or commercial space, temporarily empty flats - no persons with usual residence, demolished buildings not yet deleted from the register)).


18.1.3. Gross sample size (year, individuals)

18.1.3.1 Gross sample size for trips (= 13.3.2.1 + 13.3.2.2)

43938 individuals (age 15+)

18.1.3.2 Gross sample size for participation in tourism

7866 individuals (age 15+)

18.1.3.3 Gross sample size for (outbound) same-day visits

43938 individuals (age 15+)

18.1.3.4 Additional comments

No


18.1.4. Net sample size (year, individuals)

18.1.4.1 Net sample size for trips (= 13.3.2.2 – 13.3.2.7)

25779 individuals (age 15+)

18.1.4.2 Net sample size for participation in tourism

2645 individuals

18.1.4.3 Net sample size for (outbound) same-day visits

25779 individuals (age 15+)

18.1.4.4 Additional comments

No


18.1.5. Sampling design

18.1.5.1 Sampling design Random sampling
18.1.5.2 If other or additional comments (also when more than one options is chosen in 18.1.5.1), please specify. Links to national methodology documentation can also be inserted here.

Dwellings were selected using stratified two-stage probability sampling design.


The strata consist of 77 districts, including Prague considered as one district.

The primary sampling units are census (enumeration) areas (CEU) that are sampled (by randomised systematic sampling) with probability proportional to size, i.e. a number of dwellings per census area.

In the second stage, 6 dwellings were sampled in each sampled CEU (simple random sampling without replacement).

All individuals aged 15+ in households living in selected dwellings are interviewed.

Each quarterly sample consists of a panel interviewed for four quarters consecutively.


18.1.6. Second survey or source

18.2. Frequency of data collection
18.2.1 Frequency of data collection Quarterly
18.2.2 Other frequency or additional comments

The reference period for the household is only one month from the quarter.

18.3. Data collection

18.3.1. Type of survey

Household survey


18.3.2. Data collection methods

18.3.2.1 Data collection methods PAPI face-to-face (pen-and-paper interview)
CAPI face-to-face (computer-assisted personal interview)
CATI (computer-assisted telephone interview)
Other
18.3.2.2 If other or additional comments, please specify. In case a combination of data collection methods is used, please give an indication of the importance of the different methods (in terms of number of respondents) 

Data are collected with face-to-face interview (50%) and by telephone (50%, usually with repeated interviews).

27% of interviews were conducted with the assistance of electronic equipment (notebook, tablet), the other ones with pen-and-paper (73%).

18.3.2.3 Questionnaire in national language (Annex/Link)

See in Annexes below

18.3.2.4 Questionnaire in English (Annex/Link)

English version of questionnaire is not available.

18.3.2.5 Interviewer instructions in English (Annex/Link)

Not available.


18.3.3. Proxy interviews

18.3.3.1 Proxy interviews Allowed
18.3.3.2 If "Allowed" or "Only in exceptional cases", please indicate for which variables in particular proxy interviews were used (it not all questions); If 4. "Not applicable", please explain why.

Proxy interviews are accepted.
43% of respondents (persons) and 41% of trips were inquired via proxy.


18.3.4. Average interview time (The average interview time is X minutes.)

18.3.4.1 Average interview time

approximately 9.8 minutes

18.3.4.2 Average interview time for respondents that reported trips

approximately 15.7 minutes


18.3.5 Second survey or source



Annexes:
Questionnaire in national language
18.4. Data validation
18.4.1 Data validation

Electronic questionnaire reduces the volume of errors in data. Validation rules version 1.0 level 1 on single position and on multiple positions are implemented.

18.4.2 Second survey or source (In case a second survey or source is used for collecting data on participation, trips or same-day visits, please briefly describe 18.4.1 here in relation to those surveys/sources)

No

18.5. Data compilation
18.5.1 Data compilation

Data of the net sample of persons are grossed up to the target population by weighting. The weights are based on the post-stratification into six age groups (15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65+), sex and regions (NUTS 3). Demographics figures for each quarter 2022 were forecasted from the definite demographic data for end of year 2021 with assuming a migration and natural increase.

18.5.2 Second survey or source (In case a second survey or source is used for collecting data on participation, trips or same-day visits, please briefly describe 18.5.1 here in relation to those surveys/sources)

No

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.


19. Comment Top

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