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Estimates of internal tourism consumption have been put together based upon: Inbound International Visitors; Domestic Tourists; and The domestic component of an outbound trip by Botswana residents. Each of these components is discussed in the following sub-sections. 2.2 Inbound International Tourists The expenditure by Inbound International Tourists can be divided into: Expenditure by tourists themselves in Botswana, on which they can report; Acquisition of tourism and other services by Tour Operators spending in Botswana on behalf of tourists, from the money already paid to the tour operator (or travel agency, or ground operator) by the tourist as part of the package tour price; and Expenditure by Same-day visitors who are coming across the border and not staying the night. Each of these is reported upon in the next sub-sections. There are other expenditures that need to be estimated from other sources but these are not included for the time being. 2.2.1 Direct Spending by Tourists themselves The Visitor Arrival Statistics, from CSO/DOT, based upon the entry/departure cards (E/D Cards) collected by the Department of Immigration at the border posts indicate the numbers of people entering and leaving Botswana. From this information tourist arrivals have to be derived, taking out returning residents and various other categories of border entrants that are not included in the Inbound Tourist statistics. Definitions of Basic Tourism Units (from UNWTO) are shown in Annex 8. Details of some of these definitions are given in Annex 9. This gives an indication of the complexities in deriving information on tourist arrivals. Since Botswana has a large number of road border posts (24) as well as several airports (4), the collection of such statistics is a major operation requiring considerable cooperation between several Government Departments. Cooperation has been good both, inter alia, for the collection of tourist arrival statistics and for the visitor sample surveys carried out by DOT. The DOT published the tourism statistics for the period 2001 to 2005 in a publicly available document as shown in Figure 2.2. Figure 2.2 – Tourism Statistics Publication The tourist arrivals for 2001 – 2004 are shown in Table 2.1. A substantial increase in tourist arrivals in 2005 and in 2006 is anticipated. Provisional Figures for 2005 are 1.675 million. One cannot understate the significance of the two neighbouring countries of South Africa and Zimbabwe. An exceptional situation exists with Zimbabwe, generating travel that has a complex mix of motives. Numbers are large and most travel is through the border post of Ramokgwebana. The proximity of the major towns/ cities in South Africa such as Mafeking, and also Pretoria and Johannesburg, together with family ties and commercial ties across the borders, inevitably results in substantial international travel. This includes cross-border travel, some of which will be within the „usual environment‟ and thus should not be counted as tourism. 12
Table 2.1: Tourist Arrivals by Country of Residence (Overnight Visitors) Residence 2001 2002 2003 2004 Africa South Africa 557,747 527,505 514,708 626,207 Zimbabwe 354,230 454,847 550,994 576,328 Namibia 50,251 64,001 69,587 57,542 Zambia 41,430 25,637 83,588 72,492 Americas USA 21,619 16,322 15,087 17,670 Canada 2,632 1,932 2,065 2,811 Far East Australia 5,669 5,728 5,708 5,595 Japan 3,144 2,281 2,492 2,518 Europe UK 18,486 20,548 18,518 24,069 Germany 9,170 9,985 10,444 9,685 Netherlands 6,342 6,377 6,146 4,929 France 4,381 3,596 3,732 3,989 Italy 3,087 2,323 2,782 3,196 Total 1,193,399 1,273,814 1,405,985 1,522,847 Source: Tourism Statistics 2001-2005, Department of Tourism Tourist arrivals give an indication of numbers coming into Botswana but these numbers have to be converted into tourist expenditure. This requires information on how long visitors are staying in Botswana and how much they are spending in Botswana, as well as a breakdown of what products they are spending on. Visitor Surveys play the key role in estimating this information (See Annex 3 – Visitor Surveys). Key information from the Visitor Surveys on these three variables is set out below. Average Length of Stay Because a total figure for tourist arrivals embraces such a wide range of different types of visitor, many of them undertaking different activities and staying for varying periods, it is best to try to segment this total in various ways. „Country of residence‟ and the „purpose of visit‟ have been looked at in particular. Average length of stay varies according to the purpose of visit. Examples include some transit visitors who are staying for only a night whilst holiday visitors can be staying for nearly six nights on average. For our reference year of 2005/2006 an average for the length of stay between the sample survey data for the Year 2005 and the Year 2006, as shown in Annex 3 - Table A3.1, has been adopted. In order to use figures with a lower relative sampling error, the sample data has often been brought together into larger groupings. The relative sampling error (the standard error times 1.96 – 95% confidence level) has been calculated as a percentage of the arithmetic mean. Photo 3: Interviewing at Tlokweng Gate Average Direct Expenditure per Day Expenditure data has been gleaned from the DOT visitor surveys for 2005 and 2006. In a similar manner to the „length of stay‟, for our reference year of 2005/2006, An average for the „expenditure per day‟ between the sample survey data for the Year 2005 and the Year 2006 has been adopted. Using the „country of residence‟ and the „purpose of visit‟ as a way of segmenting the total figures allows one to take into account the considerable disparity in „length of stay‟ and „expenditure per day‟ between individual tourist arrivals. The base figures for expenditure per day are shown in Annex 3 - Table A3.2. Ideally it is „good practice‟ to focus upon expenditure with relative sampling errors below 25%, but this has not always been possible in this process. 13
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