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1.1. Contact organisation | Central Statistics Office |
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1.2. Contact organisation unit | Tourism and Travel Section |
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1.5. Contact mail address | Skehard Road, Cork, Ireland |
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2.1. Metadata last certified | 12/09/2019 | ||
2.2. Metadata last posted | 12/09/2019 | ||
2.3. Metadata last update | 12/09/2019 |
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3.1. Data description | ||||||||
Capacity: Capacity data is derived from Failte Ireland's Register. Failte Ireland is the national tourism development authority. All capacity data is provided by Fáilte Ireland, our national tourism development authority. Registration for hotels, guesthouses, hostels, caravan and campsites and group self-catering schemes (group properties of more than 7 units) is mandatory for such accommodation to achieve minimum quality standards in order to comply with Irish law. Registration for bed and breakfasts and individual self-catering units is voluntary. As part of the registration process, hotels and guesthouses must provide information on bedrooms and bedplaces, hostels provide the number of bedplaces, group properties the number of units and caravan and campsites the number of pitches.
Occupancy data is derived from Failte Ireland's survey of the number of beds, rooms and/or units sold in tourist accommodation establishments in Ireland. Data from the Central Statistics Office's (CSO) Passenger Card Inquiry (PCI) survey is used to provide the detailed breakdown of non-resident nights by country of residence and to estimate the number of arrivals. Data from the CSO's Household Travel Survey (HTS) is used to estimate domestic arrivals. Occupancy data is provided by Failte Ireland based on the results of surveys of their registered population. These surveys are stratified by accommodation type and location. Data on bednights is collected for all of Nace 55.1 - 55.3. Failte Ireland does not collect any data on arrivals for any of the relevant Nace sectors. The breakdown of bednights between residents and non residents is collected by Failte Ireland, although the breakdown of non residents country of residence is limited. To provide the detailed breakdown of non resident bednights required by regulation, Failte Ireland use PCI non resident bed nights by country of residence results. To estimate the number of arrivals, Failte Ireland use PCI average length of stay by accommodation type and country of residence results. Failte Ireland also use HTS average length of stay for domestic trips by Nace code to estimate domestic arrivals. |
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3.2. Classification system | ||||||||
The classification of tourism accommodation establishments used is Nace Rev 2. The regional classification used is NUTS 2. |
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3.3. Coverage - sector | ||||||||
NACE Rev.2 - 55.1, 55.2 and 55.3 |
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3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | ||||||||
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3.5. Statistical unit | ||||||||
Local kind-of-activity unit (accommodation establishment) offering short-stay accommodation to tourists.
Occupancy: Failte Ireland: The statistical unit is the local kind of activity unit. CSO: The statistical unit for the PCI is the overseas trip made by non-residents to Ireland. |
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3.6. Statistical population | ||||||||
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3.7. Reference area | ||||||||
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3.8. Coverage - Time | ||||||||
Coverage - Time [data comparable since (YYYY)]
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3.9. Base period | ||||||||
Not applicable. |
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Not applicable. |
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6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | ||||
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6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | ||||
Not applicable. |
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7.1. Confidentiality - policy | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) |
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7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) Central Statistics Office: No personal details which would enable the identification of any individual is collect on the PCI. All forms are scanned and verified once received in the office and are then stored in a secure location until they are securely destroyed. Data is also published in aggregate format to ensure confidentiality. |
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8.1. Release calendar | |||
Central Statistics Office: A release calendar showing all upcoming publications is availabe at http://www.cso.ie/en/csolatestnews/releasecalendar/ |
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8.2. Release calendar access | |||
Central Statistics Office: The release calendar is available to all members of the public at http://www.cso.ie/en/csolatestnews/releasecalendar/ |
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8.3. Release policy - user access | |||
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Central Statistics Office: The PCI release is published quarterly under the title of 'Tourism and Travel' |
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10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) |
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10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) Occupancy (Annex I, Section 2) Failte Ireland - 'Accommodation Occupancy Survey Preliminary Findings January-June 2018'; http://www.failteireland.ie/FailteIreland/media/WebsiteStructure/Documents/3_Research_Insights/1_Sectoral_SurveysReports/Accommodation-Occupancy-Survey-Preliminary-Findings-January-June-2018.pdf?ext=.pdf CSO: 'Tourism and Travel Quarter 4 2018'; https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/tt/tourismandtravelquarter42018/ Note that this CSO release contains 2018 annual data on average length of stay (but no breakdown by accommodation type is released). It also contains data on total bednights by accommodation type. However, it is bednight/arrivals calculated by Failte Ireland that are transmitted to Eurostat, not those in this release. |
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10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) CSO's tourism data is available on Statbank at http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Database/eirestat/Tourism%20and%20Travel%20Annual%20Series/Tourism%20and%20Travel%20Annual%20Series_statbank.asp?SP=Tourism |
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10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1)
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1)
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10.6. Documentation on methodology | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1)
Occupancy (Annex I, Section 2) Failte Ireland uses RIBOS software to collect data directly from accommodation providers. The online methodology is topped up by telephone interviews to ensure adequate coverage. CSO: See attached document, 'Standard Report on Methods and Quality for Passenger Card Inquiry' for further details on the PCI methodology Annexes: Standard Report on Methods and Quality for Passenger CArd Inquiry |
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10.7. Quality management - documentation | |||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) CSO: See attached document, 'Standard Report on Methods and Quality for Passenger Card Inquiry' for further details on PCI quality management. Annexes: Standard Report on Methods and Quality for Passenger Card Inquiry |
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11.1. Quality assurance | ||||||
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | ||||||
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12.1. Relevance - User Needs | ||||||||||
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12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction | ||||||||||
The All Ireland Tourism Statistics Liasin Group (AITSLG) meet annually to discuss all aspects of Tourism Statistics in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The objective of these meetings is to ensure key user satisfaction with the quality, quantity and timeliness of the Tourism statistics, as well as to inform of trends and developments in the area. |
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12.3. Completeness | ||||||||||
12.3.1 Completeness
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13.1. Accuracy - overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) |
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13.2.1 Sampling errors - indicators (Occupancy only)
Annexes: 13.2 Sampling error |
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13.3.1 Coverage-errors
Annexes: 13.3.2 Unit non-response |
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14.1. Timeliness | ||||||
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14.2. Punctuality | ||||||
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15.1. Comparability - geographical | ||||||
Capacity: There are no known issues with geographical comparibility Occupancy: There are no known issues with geographical comparibility |
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15.2. Comparability - over time | ||||||
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15.3. Coherence - cross domain | ||||||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) |
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15.4. Coherence - internal | ||||||
Capacity: There is full coherence between inter-annual statistics as all establishments must register with Failte Ireland prior to the commencement of the reference year. Occupancy: There is full coherence between quarterly and annual statistics regarding the total number of bednights across all accommodation types as the annual statistics are the sum of the component quarters. In 2012, to ensure consistency between the capacity and occupancy data, responsibility for providing occupancy data to Eurostat was transferred to Failte Ireland from the CSO. This has led to a major break in the series from 2012 onwards as different data sources and estimation techniques are now used. |
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Cost and burden are not systematically collected |
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17.1. Data revision - policy | ||||
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17.2. Data revision - practice | ||||
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18.1. Source data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18.1.1 Source data
Annexes: Copy of PCI Departures Form for Air Passengers Copy of PCI Departures form for Sea Passengers |
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18.3.1 Type of survey
Annexes: Methodology and questionnaire screenshots of Fáilte Ireland's Accommodation Survey PCI Departures Form - Air Passengers PCI Departures Form - Sea Passengers |
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18.5. Data compilation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capacity (Annex I, Section 1) |
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18.6. Adjustment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Not applicable. |
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