This document discusses different forms and measurements of tourism. It outlines domestic, inbound, and outbound tourism. It also defines internal, national, and international tourism. The document then discusses different methods for measuring inbound, domestic, and outbound tourism such as administrative records, surveys, and household surveys. It notes that identifying differences in coverage between tourism statistics and Balance of Payments data requires identifying different categories of travelers and sources of information. The document concludes by proposing more colloquial wording and explicitly relating tourism statistics to the "travel" item in the Balance of Payments.

1. United Nations Nations Unies
UNSD/UNWTO Workshop
Madrid 17/20 July 2006
Forms of tourism

2. Update of the formulation
REC93
• Domestic tourism, involving
residents of the given country
traveling only within this
country;
• Inbound tourism, involving
non- resident traveling in the
given country;
• Outbound tourism, involving
residents traveling in another
country.
• Internal tourism, which
comprises domestic tourism
and inbound tourism;
• National tourism, which
comprises domestic tourism
and outbound tourism;
• International tourism, which
consists of inbound tourism
and outbound tourism.
REC’00
• Domestic tourism: is the tourism
of resident visitors within the
economic territory of the country
of reference.
• Inbound tourism: is the tourism
of non-resident visitors within the
economic territory of the country
of reference.
• Outbound tourism: is the tourism
of resident visitors outside the
economic territory of the country
of reference.
• Internal tourism: is the tourism of
visitors, both resident and non-
resident, within the economic
territory of the country of
reference.
• National tourism: is the tourism
of resident visitors, within and
outside the economic territory of
the country of reference.

3. Measurement of inbound tourism
• When crossing national borders:
– Administrative registers (Immigration data,
E/D cards)
– Surveys
• When staying in accommodation
establishments:
– Surveys
• Combination of sources

4. Measurement of domestic tourism
• Specific survey to resident households
• Modules to be included in general
households surveys

5. Measurement of outbound tourism
• When crossing national borders:
– Administrative registers (E/D cards)
– Surveys
• Surveys to resident households
• Mirror statistics

6. Identifying the difference in coverage
between those travellers which
consumption is included in BoP and those
subject of tourism statistics
• Only possible if different categories of
travelers are identified
• For most countries, due mainly to
difference in coverage of expenditure
• For other, difference is mainly of
sources of information

7. New proposals
• More colloquial wording is required
• Make more explicit the relationship
of tourism statistics (scope of
visitors and scope of their
consumption) to the “travel” item of
the Balance of Payments