А.Mamanova Division of environmental statistics and ICT, Main specialist 2-4 December 2014, Ankara - Turkey Tourism statistics in the Kyrgyz Republic National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic

N ATIONAL TOURISM STATISTICS Statistics of tourism in the Kyrgyz Republic is based on : Recommendations of the UNSD and UNWTO on two sides: demand; supply

P OLITICAL FRAMEWORKS National Strategy for Sustainable Development for (approved by the Presidential Decree of January 21, 2014 #11); Program on Transition of the Kyrgyz Republic to Sustainable Development (approved by the Decree of Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of December 26, 2013 #3694-V); Tourism development program until 2017 (draft); Strategy development of statistical of the Kyrgyz Republic for (approved by the Resolution of the Board of National Statistical Committee of July 30, 2013 #22); Program for improvement and development of the state statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic for (draft).

Methodological background for statistics of tourism International: System of National Accounts 1993; Recommendations on Tourism Statistics, WTO / UN, 1994; WTO technical manuals on the collection and processing of statistical data on the internal and external tourism, WTO, 1995; Unified system of indicators for the tourism industry in the Commonwealth countries, CIS Statistical Committee, 2000; International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 (United Nations).

Methodological background for statistics of tourism National: Methodological Guidelines on tourism statistics; Methodological instructions for the survey of subjects of collective accommodation facilities, guest houses and households engaged in economic activity in the tourism sector (approved by the Board of the National Statistical Committee on July 21, 2014 #16).

Classifiers OKPO- General identification code of enterprises, organizations and individual entrepreneurs; SOATE - State classifier of administrative-territorial and territorial units; GKED - National Classification of Economic Activities; GKFS - State classifier by ownership; SICTA (WTO) - Standard International Classification of Tourism Activities.

Statistical monitoring tools state level National Statistical Committee: Form №1 - Tourism “Tourism activities report " (quarterly); Selected survey of households receiving individual tourists (once a year). State Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic: Form №1 - Border “Passing of the citizens through the border of the Kyrgyz Republic" (quarterly).

Within the system of state statistics it is exists more than 46 state statistical reporting forms that participate in formation of statistical data on tourisms sector through the country: International and national tourism: 3 forms Domestic tourism: 2 forms Transport: 6 forms Production of goods for tourism: 4 forms Construction: 2 forms

Market services: 3 forms Trade, hotels and restaurants: 4 forms Financial services: 1 form Public administration: 1 form Organization of leisure, entertainment and culture: 6 forms Employment in the tourism sector: 3 forms Financial activity of the enterprises of tourist areas: 5 forms Survey questionnaires: 8 questionnaires (including households)

E XAMPLE : F ORM №1 - T OURISM “T OURISM ACTIVITIES REPORT " ( MONTHLY, QUARTERLY ) Key indicators: General information on businesses related to tourism or accommodation facilities; Number of served users; Distribution of visitors for the duration of stay; Number of rooms and bed space; Financial indicators

S ELECTIVE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE FOR HOUSEHOLDS SERVICING INDIVIDUAL TOURISTS Availability of beds; Number of visitors; Length of stay in the journey; Cost of a single location.

N UMBER OF VISITORS ( TOURISTS ) IN THE K YRGYZ R EPUBLIC BY REGION IN ( PERCENTAGE TO THE TOTAL )

C ENSUS OF THE SUBJECT OPERATING IN TOURISM SECTOR Purpose : obtaining of reliable and objective statistical information on the number of tourists in the area of formal and informal sector of tourism and the volume of services rendered to the population in the tourism sector. Objects : accommodation facilities; guest houses: located in the institution of rest located out of the institution of rest Households servicing individual tourists

Period : August 1-10, 2014 Place : Issyk-Kul region Coverage: 139 accommodation facilities; 970 guest houses; 4114 households. C ENSUS OF THE SUBJECT OPERATING IN TOURISM SECTOR

Results of Issyk-Kul region census (June-August 2014) Number of visitors (tourists) - total (thousand people) including Formal sector Informal sector Issyk-Kul region740,1193,1547,0 including: Issyk-Kul district719,8172,8547,0 Another districts20,3 -

Key indicators on tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic Gross output in the area of tourist activity, million dollar 450,4682,0708,1752,7 Gross added value in the area of tourist activity, million dollar 179,3279,1302,2323,4 Share of tourist activity in GDP, percent 3,74,54,64,5

Number of foreign citizens crossed the border of the Kyrgyz Republic, (thousand people) 854,92277,62406,03065,7 Number of Kyrgyz citizens crossed the border to another countries, (thousand people) 597,1931,21326,31401,5 Number of tourists – total, thousand people 584,3816,91199,41132,2

Cooperation with users Statistical publication «Tourism in Kyrgyzstan»; Statistical year-book of the Kyrgyz Republic; Statistical publication «Kyrgyzstan in figures» Internet link Working on users inquiries.

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