Outbound Tourism Statistics in Turkey (Arriving Citizens Survey)

1. Outbound Tourism Statistics in Turkey (Arriving Citizens Survey) Regional Workshop On “Tourism Statistics And Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA)” 2–4 December 2014 SESRIC Headquarters, Ankara – Republic of Turkey

2. Contents • Legal basis • History • Purposes • Frame • Geographic Scope • Population Scope • Data Collection

3. Contents • Sample Size • Reference Period • Variables Collected • Survey Application Processes • Dissemination

4. Arriving Citizens Survey Legal Basis In accordance with the 5429 numbered and 10.11.2005 dated law History • conducted since 2003 • joint work of Turkish Statistical Institute with Central Bank and Ministry of Culture and Tourism

5. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Purposes • to collect the data on arriving citizen visitors resident in Turkey; • profiles (province resident in, age, gender, educational status, working status, income level),

6. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Purposes • travel characteristics (purpose of the travel, place visited, types of accommodation, number of overnights), • amount of expenditure, • and to estimate tourism expenditure.

7. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Frame Monthly border figures of General Directorate of Security – arriving citizens Geographic Scope 22 active border gates; 5 airports, 1 international railway, 9 ports, 7 land border gates

8. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Population Scope Citizen visitors (residents in Turkey) arrived to Turkey who made an overnigth stay in abroad

9. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Data collection Arriving citizens survey conducted by face to face interview Sample Size Annually 14 000 personal interviews

10. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Reference Period Applied Quarter I: January-February-March February Quarter II: April-May-June May Quarter III: July-August-September August Quarter IV: October-November-December November Data analysing and evaluation is done by using SAS statistical software

11. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Variables collected • Place of residence • Gender • Age • Educational level

12. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Variables collected • Working status • Level of income • Main purpose of the trip • Overnight or same day visit

13. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Variables collected • Types of accommodation • Number of persons whose expenses are paid • Total duration of the visit • The trip covers other countries or not

14. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Variables collected • Type of organization of the trip • Package tour prices • Individual expenditures by type of expenditures during the trip abroad.

15. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Survey application processes • Sample interviews with arriving citizen tourists using various routes of arrival • Regional offices of TurkStat operate in the border gates • Field operation months February, May, August, November

17. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Survey application processes • Data entry of questionnaires by regional offices web web based data entry programme • Consistency checks and controls during data entry in web based program • Data analysis by SAS quaries both by regional offices and tourism statistics group

19. Arriving Citizens Survey (continued) Dissemination Press releases t+28 days (quarterly) Publication CD t+7 months (annually) Web t+28 days (quarterly) SURVEY SHEET FOR THE CITIZEN ARRIVING

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