Tourist accommodations

Purpose and brief description The purpose of this survey is to measure the volume of domestic and inbound tourism, expressed in number of arrivals and overnight stays, by purpose of the trip and country of residence of the guest. Population Accommodation establishments Frequency Monthly. Timing of publication Results available 3 months after the reference period Definitions Country of residence of the tourist: the country of residence is the country where the traveller has lived for most of the past 12 months. Type of accommodation: the collective tourist accommodation establishments are divided according to the NACE code. Number of arrivals: an arrival is defined as a person who arrives at a collective accommodation establishment and stays there at least one night. Arrivals are registered by country of residence of the guest and by purpose of the trip. Number of overnight stays: An overnight stay is each night a guest spends or is registered in a collective accommodation establishment. Overnight stays are registered by country of residence of the guest and by purpose of the trip. Purpose of the trip: there is only one main purpose for a trip, in the absence of which the trip would not have taken place. The Directive distinguishes two main reasons to travel:(i) business and professional; (ii) holidays, recreation and leisure. Holidays due to 'Visits to friends and relatives' should be included in point (ii). Note The crisis caused by the COVID-19 has had a major impact on the horeca sector. Numerous measures have been taken to contain the spread of this virus. Holiday parks and camping sites had to close from 3 November 2020 to 7 February 2021. Hotels and B&B could remain open, but bars and restaurants had to close. Meals had to be taken in the room. As of 8 February, holiday parks and camping sites were allowed to reopen but their pools, common indoor areas and facilities such as restaurants and bars had to remain closed. On 8 May 2021, outdoor cafés were allowed to reopen, and from 9 June 2021 horeca inside was also allowed. Swimming pools were also allowed to reopen on 8 May 2021. In practice, this was not (yet) the case in holiday parks due to the 1.5 metre rule. Camps and school trips with overnight stays have not been allowed up to and including June 2021. Indoor playgrounds, subtropical swimming pools and recreational parts of swimming pools had to close from 26 December 2021 to 27 January 2022. This had an impact on holiday parks. During this same period, only sports camps without overnight stays were authorised. Metadata Tourism and hotel industry - Arrivals and overnight stays.pdf Tourism and hotel industry - Number of local units and capacity.pdf Survey on tourism and the hotel industry.pdf