Recreational and business trips of Latvian residents

Main aim of the Population survey on recreational and business trips is to obtain information on same-day or overnight trips of Latvian population, other personal trips and business trips outside the usual environment in Latvia (domestic tourism) and abroad (outbound tourism).

During the survey, the following information is obtained: number of travellers, age and gender of travellers, number of trips, purpose of the trip, duration of the trip, destination of the trip, expenditures made during the trip, mode of transport and kind of accommodation used.

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1681 of 1 August 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of 6 July 2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on compilation of tourism statistics information, as regards the transmission deadlines and adaptation of Annexes I and II, making it possible to compare the travelling habits of Latvian residents with those of the residents of Estonia, Germany, Italy and other EU countries.

Private dwellings.

The survey covers Latvian residents, who at the beginning of survey period (month) were over the age of 15 and were living in private households.

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Statistics database

EU data on tourism

Section - Tourism.

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Data are obtained and collected from CSB statistical report 1-C "Survey on personal and business trips of Latvian residents".

Information on domestic trips made by Latvian residents was obtained by surveying 12 thsd private households per year or a thousand each month.

The number of travellers, non-travellers and reasons for not travelling published in the TUL090, TUL110 and TUL120 tables are obtained from three thousand respondents who at the beginning of the year are asked additional questions about their participation in leisure and other personal trips made during the previous calendar year.

Two-stage sampling design is applied for survey. 

First stage sampling design is a stratified systematic pps sample (probabilities proportional to size, probability for inclusion of a unit in the sample is proportional to the size of the unit). Sample strata formed according to the type of territories: Riga, eight cities under state jurisdiction (excluding Riga and Ogre), Ogre and other cities and rural territories. The sample unit is territory (a polygon shaped area).

Second stage sampling design is the simple random sampling. Sample units are private dwellings.

Data on the number of travellers, number of trips, overnight stays and expenditure during the trip are obtained generalizing information received in the survey over the average number of residents in a quarter or year.