ACCOMMODATION STATISTICS Erdem Acır, Expert Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism

PURPOSE Accommodation type popularity Accommodation type popularity Calculating arrivals &nights spent Calculating arrivals &nights spent Popular destinations (geographical distribution) Popular destinations (geographical distribution) Nationality breakdown Nationality breakdown

CONCEPTS & DEFINITIONS Tourist Tourist Number of arrivals (to establishments) Number of arrivals (to establishments) Nights spent Nights spent Average length of stay Average length of stay Bed occupany rate Bed occupany rate

COVERAGE The visitors who spend at least one night in Turkey & Stay at an accommodation establishment within given year

DATA COLLECTION Forms are published on the Internet or sent to the establishments by the MoCT Forms are published on the Internet or sent to the establishments by the MoCT Forms are filled by the establishments Forms are filled by the establishments The data on the forms are processed to the database by the MoCT officials The data on the forms are processed to the database by the MoCT officials

DATA COLLECTION EstablishmentsMinistry Database Forms sent Forms acquired Data processed Reports prepared

DATA CONSISTENCY The data gathered from the establishments are checked with the data acquired from the Foreign Visitors and Citizens Survey

COUNTRY EXPERIENCES Creating enthusiasm for the establishments Creating enthusiasm for the establishments Feedback problems Feedback problems Municipality licenced establishments Municipality licenced establishments (Seperate authority) (Seperate authority) Difficulty of creating monthly statistics Difficulty of creating monthly statistics

A FEASABLE OPTION: ON-LINE DATA COLLECTION EstablishmentsMinistry Database Online forms published Reports prepared Data sent

FUTURE PLANS Public Security (filtered data) MoCT Database Raw data sent Complete automation, no workload Complete automation, no workload Security data can be hard to obtain Security data can be hard to obtain Monthly data dissemmination is possible Monthly data dissemmination is possible Increased coverage: Almost a census Increased coverage: Almost a census Through web service

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