1. All Island Tourism Statistics Liaison Group
June 2018

2. Update on CSO Tourism Releases

3. Update on Releases PCI:
Q Tourism & Travel published on 13th June
Overseas Travel
May to be published 27th June
Publishing monthly data from January 2018 onwards
Seasonally adjusted monthly data also published
HTS
Q – to be published 4th July
Same-day visits- data collection started January 2018.

4. Overseas Travel – publishing monthly data
Published in January 2018 release (monthly series from January 2016)
Previously – three month rolling series
Monthly data published for:
All trips
Irish residents’ trips overseas
Trips to Ireland (total) – and broken down to Great Britain, Other Europe, USA/Canada and Other Areas.
Both unadjusted and seasonally adjusted monthly series

5. Overseas Travel – More detailed monthly data
Trips to Ireland from
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Other Europe
USA and Canada
Australia, New Zealand and Other Oceania
Other areas
Unadjusted data only (i.e. not compiling a seasonally series)

6. HTS – Same-day visits Started collecting SDV data in January 2018
Extra questions on HTS form - Took guidance from Eurostat on what questions to ask
Main destination of SDV- ask county / country visited
Reason for SDV – personal / professional
Hours at destination (Eurostat suggest 3+ hours at destination for it to be a SDV)
How much was spent on SDV
Who went on trip
Collecting and processing of data going well
Some missing data – for all SDV questions – estimation & imputation
First results – probably towards end of 2018

7. Tourism Transformation Project

8. Update on Tourism Transformation
Recap on objectives of the project: To replace paper collection system with mobile app To meet new data requirements – frequency/detail To provide flexible response to changing data needs

9. Update on Tourism Transformation (2)
Current status:
Mobile app for interviewers developed
Took considerably longer than expected
New questionnaire developed
Ready for field testing
Preparing for roll-out of new collection system
Review before we take the next steps

10. Review of Tourism Transformation Project
Time elapsed since original planning means we need to:
Review changes in context, drivers and opportunities
Reset how the project will go forward
Heavy project emphasis on mobile app and questionnaire
Deployment of the app / questionnaire is multi-facetted:
Statistical; Workforce; Field testing; Live environment

11. Elements of the review
Purpose and objectives of Tourism Transformation Project
Statistical output needs – have they changed?
Opportunities – have they changed? e.g. auxiliary data sources, big data etc.
Evaluate the options and alternatives
Make recommendations on way forward
CSO Management Board – by September

12. Planned outputs from the review
Confirmation of the planned statistical outputs (user needs)
Plan comprising short-term, medium-term and long-term actions:
Sample design – flights & passengers
Cluster sample
Grossing plan for aggregate results
Auxiliary data sources for calibration (some may be medium term)

13. Planned outputs from the review (2)
Plan for field testing in airports:
Establish how questionnaire works in live situation
Identify cognitive, language and practical issues
Get greater certainty about capacity needs
Plan for moving to live survey collection:
Timetable of new collection and parallel run with old system
Parallel workforce plan
Analysis of the newly-collected data
Iterative adjustment of the sample design
Precision estimation under new collection system

14. Planned outputs from the review (3)
Plan for introduction of outputs from new system:
Timetable for new outputs
Managing the change from old to new system (likely break in series)
Alternative data sources (medium to long-term):
Identification of potential new data sources
How can they contribute to Tourism Statistics?
Replace or complement existing series? Calibration?
Medium to long-term timetable

15. Planned outputs from the review (4)
Household Travel Survey:
Examine potential to meet some data needs (e.g. expenditure abroad by Irish residents) via the HTS
Sample design; Questionnaire; collection mode
Online collection:
Potential for online collection of visitor data as alternative to airport surveys? Medium term.
Potential for HTS to be collected online? Also medium term.
IT and statistical design issues need to be considered.
Plan must be costed

16. Any Questions?