Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
| Contact organisation unit | "Statistics of tourism and bussines surveys" Department |
| Contact name | Lidia Sandeva |
| Contact person function | State Expert |
| Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Contact email address | |
| Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 681 |
| Contact fax number | No |
| Metadata update | |
| Metadata last certified | 20 November 2013 |
| Metadata last posted | 20 November 2013 |
| Metadata last update | 30 March 2017 |
| Statistical presentation | |
| Data description | Arrivals of visitors, nights spent, revenues from nights spent, bed-places and available bed-nights, number of accommodation establishments. |
| Classification system | · Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS); · Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU). |
| Sector coverage | All accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places - hotels, camping sites, other accommodation establishments (holiday settlements, mountain chalets, pravite flats, rest houses, bungalows and other short-time accommodation). |
| Statistical concepts and definitions | Arrivals and nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents, bed-places and available bed-nights, revenues from nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents. |
| Statistical unit | Accommodation establishment |
| Statistical population | All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use. |
| Reference area | The territory of Republic of Bulgaria. |
| Time coverage | · Quarterly - from the first quarter of 2008 till the fourth quarter of 2011; · Monthly - from January 2012; · Annually - from 2008. |
| Base period | 2008 |
| Unit of measure | |
Number, BGN | |
| Reference period | |
· Quarter - till the end of 2011; · Month - since January 2012; · Year. | |
| Institutional mandate | |
| Legal acts and other agreements | Till the end of 2011 - Directive 95/57 EC; Since January 2012 - Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism and Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 implementing Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data. |
| Data sharing | Not applicable |
| Confidentiality | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Release policy | |
| 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 activity of the accommodation establishments is published monthly: a month after the reference period on the website of the NSI. |
| Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
| User access | The data are published on the NSI website, section Domain 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. |
| Frequency of dissemination | |
· Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012. | |
| Accessibility and clarity | |
| News release | · Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012. |
| Publications |
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| On-line database | Data on accommodation establishments are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Tourism - Accommodation Establishments: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7060 |
| Micro-data access | Micro data are not disseminated. |
| Other | Not applicable |
| Documentation on methodology | Methodology of the survey |
| Quality documentation | Not available. |
| Quality management | |
| Quality assurance | Not applicable |
| Quality assessment | Not applicable |
| Relevance | |
| 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. |
| User satisfaction | The users satisfaction survey is not carried out. |
| Completeness | All data according to Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism are provided. |
| Accuracy and reliability | |
| Overall accuracy | The statistical survey is exhaustively. |
| Sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Timeliness and punctuality | |
| Timeliness | The data are submitted to Eurostat 2 months after the reference months according to Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 implementing Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data. |
| Punctuality | The publication dates by point 15.1 are observed. |
| Coherence and comparability | |
All indicators are camparable by years, statistical regions, districts and municipalities. | |
| Comparability - geographical | The data are elaborated according to the administrative structure of the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31.12. of reference year. |
| Comparability - over time | The data are calculated by common methodology and are comparable by years. |
| Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
| Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
| Data revision | |
| Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
| Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
| Statistical processing | |
| Source data | All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use. |
| Frequency of data collection |
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| Data collection | Exhaustively. |
| Data validation | Not applicable. |
| Data compilation | The data are aggregated to the level of municipalities, districts and total for the country. |
| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
| Comment | |
ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)
| Contact | |
|---|---|
| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
| Contact organisation unit | "Statistics of tourism and bussines surveys" Department |
| Contact name | Lidia Sandeva |
| Contact person function | State Expert |
| Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str., 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Contact email address | |
| Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 681 |
| Contact fax number | No |
| Statistical presentation | |
| Data description | Arrivals of visitors, nights spent, revenues from nights spent, bed-places and available bed-nights, number of accommodation establishments. |
| Classification system | · Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS); · Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU). |
| Sector coverage | All accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places - hotels, camping sites, other accommodation establishments (holiday settlements, mountain chalets, pravite flats, rest houses, bungalows and other short-time accommodation). |
| Statistical concepts and definitions | Arrivals and nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents, bed-places and available bed-nights, revenues from nights spent by Bulgarian and foreign residents. |
| Statistical unit | Accommodation establishment |
| Statistical population | All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use. |
| Reference area | The territory of Republic of Bulgaria. |
| Time coverage | · Quarterly - from the first quarter of 2008 till the fourth quarter of 2011; · Monthly - from January 2012; · Annually - from 2008. |
| Base period | 2008 |
| Statistical processing | |
| Source data | All categorized accommodation establishments with 10 and more bed-places in use. |
| Frequency of data collection |
|
| Data collection | Exhaustively. |
| Data validation | Not applicable. |
| Data compilation | The data are aggregated to the level of municipalities, districts and total for the country. |
| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
| Quality management | |
| Quality assurance | Not applicable |
| Quality assessment | Not applicable |
| Relevance | |
| 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. |
| User satisfaction | The users satisfaction survey is not carried out. |
| Completeness | All data according to Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism are provided. |
| Data completeness - rate | Not applicable. |
| Accuracy and reliability | |
| Overall accuracy | The statistical survey is exhaustively. |
| Sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Sampling errors - indicators | Not applicable. |
| Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Coverage error | Not applicable. |
| Over-coverage - rate | Not applicable. |
| Common units - proportion | Not applicable. |
| Measurement error | Not applicable. |
| Non response error | Not applicable. |
| Unit non-response - rate | Not applicable. |
| Item non-response - rate | Not applicable. |
| Processing error | Not applicable. |
| Imputation - rate | Not applicable. |
| Model assumption error | Not applicable. |
| Seasonal adjustment | Not applicable. |
| Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
| Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
| Data revision - average size | Not applicable. |
| Timeliness and punctuality | |
| Timeliness | The data are submitted to Eurostat 2 months after the reference months according to Commission implementing Regulation 1051/2011 implementing Regulation 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data. |
| Time lag - first results | Not applicable. |
| Time lag - final results | 40 days after the reference period. |
| Punctuality | The publication dates by point 15.1 are observed. |
| Punctuality - delivery and publication | Monthly and annualy data are presented according to the Calendar of data dissemination. |
| Coherence and comparability | |
All indicators are camparable by years, statistical regions, districts and municipalities. | |
| Comparability - geographical | The data are elaborated according to the administrative structure of the Republic of Bulgaria as of 31.12. of reference year. |
| Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | Not applicable. |
| Comparability - over time | The data are calculated by common methodology and are comparable by years. |
| Length of comparable time series | Monthly data are comperable from January 2012. Annual data are comperable from 2007. |
| Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | Annual data on nights spent, arrivals and revenues at accommodation establishments are the sum of monthly data. |
| Coherence - National Accounts | Monthly and annualy data are consistent with national accounts. |
| Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
| Accessibility and clarity | |
| News release | · Quarterly -till the end of 2011; · Monthly - from the January 2012. |
| Publications |
|
| On-line database | Data on accommodation establishments are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Domain statistics - Tourism - Accommodation Establishments: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/7060 |
| Data tables - consultations | No information. |
| Micro-data access | Micro data are not disseminated. |
| Other | Not applicable |
| Metadata - consultations | No information. |
| Documentation on methodology | Methodology of the survey |
| Metadata completeness – rate | Not applicable. |
| Quality documentation | Not available. |
| Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
| Confidentiality | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Comment | |
In September 2020, during the continuing epidemic situation in the country, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 555.6 thousand, or by 15.0% under the registered in September 2019.
In September 2020, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 563.7 thousand or by 56.2% less in comparison with September 2019.
In October 2020, the National Statistical Institute conducted the monthly inquiry survey of the managers of accommodation establishments to gather accurate and timely information on the state and development of their businesses during the ensuing epidemic situation in the country.
In August 2020, during the continuing epidemic situation, 2 896 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 115.8 thousand and the bed-places were 258.2 thousand. In comparison with August 2019, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) decreased by 14.6%, and the bed-places in them - by 20.7%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in August 2020 was 3 545.9 thousand, or by 44.7% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.
The total revenues from nights spent in August 2020 reached 198.7 million BGN or by 47.4% less compared to August 2019.
In August 2020, during the continuing epidemic situation in the country, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 470.9 thousand, or by 37.7% under the registered in August 2019.
In August 2020, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 747.1 thousand or by 67.9% less in comparison with August 2019.
In September 2020, the National Statistical Institute conducted the monthly inquiry survey of the managers of accommodation establishments to gather accurate and timely information on the state and development of their businesses during the ensuing epidemic situation in the country.
In July 2020, during the continuing epidemic situation, 2 768 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 112.9 thousand and the bed-places were 251.4 thousand. In comparison with July 2019, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) decreased by 18.4%, and the bed-places in them - by 22.5%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in July 2020 was 2 265.9 thousand, or by 61.9% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.
The total revenues from nights spent in July 2020 reached 122.4 million BGN or by 64.6% less compared to July 2019.
In July 2020, during the continuing epidemic situation in the country, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 316.6 thousand, or by 59.4% under the registered in July 2019.
In July 2020, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 705.6 thousand or by 66.1% less in comparison with July 2019.
In August 2020, the National Statistical Institute conducted the monthly inquiry survey of the managers of accommodation establishments to gather accurate and timely information on the state and development of their businesses during the ensuing epidemic situation in the country.
In the second quarter of 2020, in a state of emergency and the ensuing epidemic situation in the country, 447.2 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (92.7%) of them travelled only within the country, 6.8% - only abroad and 0.5% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2019 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over decreased by 63.3%.
In June 2020, during the continuing epidemic situation, 2 030 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed-places were functioned in the country. The total number of the rooms in them was 79.2 thousand and the bed-places were 171.4 thousand. In comparison with June 2019, the total number of accommodation establishments (functioned during the period) decreased by 32.7%, and the bed-places in them - by 43.6%.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments registered in June 2020 was 495.1 thousand, or by 87.7% less in comparison with the same month of the previous year.
The total revenues from nights spent in June 2020 reached 23.1 million BGN or by 88.8% less compared to June 2019.
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