ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION STATISTICSSTATISTICS

Erdem Acır, ExpertErdem Acır, Expert

Republic of TurkeyRepublic of TurkeyMinistry of Culture and TourismMinistry of Culture and Tourism

PURPOSEPURPOSE

Accommodation type popularityAccommodation type popularity

Calculating arrivals &nights spentCalculating arrivals &nights spent

Popular destinations (geographical Popular destinations (geographical distribution)distribution)

Nationality breakdownNationality breakdown

CONCEPTS & DEFINITIONSCONCEPTS & DEFINITIONS

Tourist Tourist

Number of arrivals (to establishments)Number of arrivals (to establishments)

Nights spentNights spent

Average length of stayAverage length of stay

Bed occupany rateBed occupany rate

COVERAGECOVERAGE

The visitors who spend at least The visitors who spend at least one night in Turkey one night in Turkey

&&Stay at an accommodation Stay at an accommodation

establishmentestablishment

within given yearwithin given year

DATA COLLECTIONDATA COLLECTION

Forms are published on the Internet or Forms are published on the Internet or sent to the establishments by the MoCTsent to the establishments by the MoCT

Forms are filled by the establishmentsForms are filled by the establishments

The data on the forms are processed to The data on the forms are processed to the database by the MoCT officialsthe database by the MoCT officials

DATA COLLECTIONDATA COLLECTION

Establishments Ministry

Database

Forms sent

Forms acquired

Data processed

Reports prepared

DATA CONSISTENCYDATA CONSISTENCY

The data gathered from the The data gathered from the establishments are checked with establishments are checked with

the data acquired from the the data acquired from the Foreign Visitors and Citizens Foreign Visitors and Citizens

SurveySurvey

COUNTRY EXPERIENCESCOUNTRY EXPERIENCES

Creating enthusiasm for the Creating enthusiasm for the establishments establishments

Feedback problemsFeedback problems

Municipality licenced establishmentsMunicipality licenced establishments (Seperate authority)(Seperate authority)

Difficulty of creating monthly statisticsDifficulty of creating monthly statistics

A FEASABLE OPTION:A FEASABLE OPTION:ON-LINE DATA COLLECTION ON-LINE DATA COLLECTION

Establishments Ministry

Database

Online forms published

Reports preparedData sent

FUTURE PLANSFUTURE PLANS

Public Security(filtered data)

MoCT Database

Raw data sent

Complete automation, no workloadComplete automation, no workload

Security data can be hard to obtainSecurity data can be hard to obtain Monthly data dissemmination is Monthly data dissemmination is possiblepossible Increased coverage: Almost a censusIncreased coverage: Almost a census

Through web service

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