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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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