Tourism Statistics - Government of Botswana
Tourism Statistics - Government of Botswana
Tourism Statistics - Government of Botswana
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ANNEX 8: DEFINITIONS IN TOURISM<br />
Definitions: Basic <strong>Tourism</strong> Units<br />
Visitor: refers to any person travelling to a place other than that <strong>of</strong> his/her usual environment for<br />
less than 12 consecutive months and whose main purpose <strong>of</strong> trip is other than the exercise <strong>of</strong> an<br />
activity remunerated from within the place visited.<br />
International visitor: refers to any person travelling to a country other than the one in which s/he<br />
has his/her usual residence, but outside his/her usual environment, for less than 12 consecutive<br />
months and whose main purpose <strong>of</strong> trip is other than the exercise <strong>of</strong> an activity remunerated from<br />
within the country visited.<br />
Domestic visitor: refers to any person residing in a country, who travels to a place within the<br />
country, other than that <strong>of</strong> his/her usual environment for less than 12 consecutive months and<br />
whose main purpose <strong>of</strong> trip is other than the exercise <strong>of</strong> an activity remunerated from within the<br />
place visited.<br />
Tourists (overnight visitors): is a visitor who stays at least one night in a collective or private<br />
accommodation in the place visited.<br />
An international tourist is an international visitor who stays at least one night in a collective or<br />
private accommodation in the country visited. Domestic tourist refers to a domestic visitor who<br />
stays at least one night in a collective <strong>of</strong> private accommodation in the place visited.<br />
Same Day Visitor: a visitor who does not spend the night in a collective or private accommodation<br />
in the place visited. An international same-day visitor is an international visitor who does not spend<br />
the night in a collective or private accommodation in the country visited. This definition includes<br />
cruise passengers (see below). A domestic same-day visitor is a domestic visitor who does not<br />
spend the night in a collective or private accommodation in the place visited.<br />
Cruise passengers: who arrive in a country on a cruise ship and return to the ship each night to<br />
sleep on board even though the ship remains in port for several days. Also included in this group<br />
are, by extension, owners or passengers <strong>of</strong> yachts and passengers on a group tour<br />
accommodated in a train.<br />
Direct Transit passengers: (who do not formally enter the country) who do not leave the transit<br />
area <strong>of</strong> the airport or the port, including transfer between airports and ports.<br />
(See UNWTO‟s Recommendations on <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> and Concepts, Definitions and<br />
Classifications for <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>Statistics</strong> for further information).<br />
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