Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria - trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria| Contact |
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| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
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| Contact organisation unit | "Statistics of Tourism and Business Surveys" Department |
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| Contact name | Lidia Sandeva |
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| Contact person function | State Expert |
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| Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Contact email address | [email protected] |
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| Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 681 |
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| Metadata update |
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| Metadata last certified | 24 October 2017 |
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| Metadata last posted | 24 October 2017 |
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| Metadata last update | 24 October 2017 |
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| Statistical presentation |
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| Data description | Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad by purpose of visit and by country of destination; Arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria by purpose of visit and by country of origin. |
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| Classification system | Nomenclature of the countries and territories by statistical purposes. |
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| Sector coverage | All foreigners, visiting Bulgaria by country of residents, by months and by purposes of visiting; All Bulgarian residents travelling abroad by months and by purposes of trips. |
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| Statistical concepts and definitions | An international tourist is any person who travels to a country other than his/her permanent residence but no more than one year and whose main purpose is not doing any activity for payment in place visited. The purposes of visiting a country are the following: · Excursion, holiday or entertainment (visits to cultural or historical sightseeing, sports events and other); · Visiting friends and relatives; · Professional purposes (business trips, participation in conferences, congresses, concluding deals, etc.); · Other purposes. |
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| Statistical unit | Every tourist - Bulgarian or foreign citizen. |
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| Statistical population | All foreign and Bulgarian residents passing the border. |
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| Reference area | For the Trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - definite countries, for the foreigners - territory of Republic of Bulgaria. |
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| Time coverage | From January 2008 to the last reference month of the current year. |
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| Base period | 2008 |
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| Unit of measure |
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Number |
| Reference period |
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Monthly, Annually |
| Institutional mandate |
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| Legal acts and other agreements | A gentleman's agreement with the World Tourism Organization. |
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| Data sharing | Not applicable. |
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| Confidentiality |
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| Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
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| Confidentiality - data treatment | Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law. |
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| Release policy |
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| Release calendar | The date for publishing of statistical information is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. The statistical information on the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria is published monthly: a month after the reference period on the website of the NSI. |
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| Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
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| User access | The data are published on the NSI website, section Business statistics - Tourism in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers. |
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| Frequency of dissemination |
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Monthly |
| Accessibility and clarity |
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| News release | Monthly |
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| Publications | - Reference Book;
- Statistical Yearbook.
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| On-line database | Data on the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Business statistics Tourism - Trips of Bulgarian residents in abroad and arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7050 |
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| Micro-data access | Micro data are not disseminated. |
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| Other | Not applicable. |
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| Documentation on methodology | Methodology of the survey. |
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| Quality documentation | Not available. |
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| Quality management |
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| Quality assurance | Not applicable. |
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| Quality assessment | Not applicable. |
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| Relevance |
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| User needs | The users are the Council of Ministers, Ministry of tourism, the districts and municipalities authorities, tourist organizations, science organizations, international organizations and others. |
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| User satisfaction | The users satisfaction survey is not carried out. |
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| Completeness | The data cover the requirements for completeness as regards the recommendations of the World Tourism Organization. |
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| Accuracy and reliability |
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| Overall accuracy | The statistical data are with high degree of accuracy as regards the recommendations of the World Tourism Organization. |
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| Sampling error | Not applicable. |
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| Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
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| Timeliness and punctuality |
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| Timeliness | The data are published 27 days after the reference month. |
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| Punctuality | The publication dates by point 15.1 are observed. |
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| Coherence and comparability |
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| Comparability - geographical | Not applicable. |
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| Comparability - over time | The data are calculated by common methodology and are comparable by years. |
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| Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
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| Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
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| Cost and burden |
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Not applicable. |
| Data revision |
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| Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
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| Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
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| Statistical processing |
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| Source data | · Ministry of Interior; · NSI?s regular monthly sample survey of passing Bulgarian and foreign citizens on the border check points. |
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| Frequency of data collection | Monthly |
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| Data collection | Data on the number of the trips of the citizens of the European Union are estimated on the basis of the information obtained from the Ministry of Interior and the airport authorities. Data on the number of citizens of ?third countries? are obtained directly from the Ministry of Interior. |
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| Data validation | Not applicable. |
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| Data compilation | The data are aggregated to total for the country. |
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| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
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