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Item 4fii1
The Travel flash Survey
Background and summary results
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Background for the flash survey on
Travel
• Following a request by WPTGS delegates, OECD has
asked country delegates to check travel metadata and, if
necessary, describe in one page the current and any
alternative methods being considered for estimating in
the balance of payments
• (i) inward and outward travel spending estimates;
and,
• (ii) inward and outward travelers transportation costs
(included in passenger transportation).
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Travel and passenger
transportation services
1. Definitions and relation to tourism statistics.
2. A substantial share of total trade in services is still
covered by Travel (even if declining).
3. Most Travel services fall under GATS mode 2
“consumption abroad”
4. In a general context of resource constraints, a large
number of sources is used which are increasingly
innovative. (i.e., credit card info, mobile phone
localisation of foreigners)
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Definition and relation to tourism
statistics.
• In MSITS 2010 and BPM6, the travel component covers
on the credit side, goods and services for own use or to
give away acquired from an economy by non-residents
during visits to that economy, and on the debit side
goods and services, for own use or to give away
acquired from other economies by residents during visits
to other economies. Travel covers any length of stay
provided there is no change of residence
• Other transactions related to these visits are included in
passenger transport services.
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Passenger transport services
• Passenger transportation services cover the
transport of people. It covers all services in the
international transport of non resident by
resident carriers (credit) and that of residents by
non residents carriers (debit). Also included are
passenger services performed within a territory
by non resident carriers.
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MSITS 2010 and International
Recommendations for Tourism
Statistics (IRTS 2008)
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• The annex V of MSITS describes the relation of the
travel component (and transportation passenger
services) of EBOPS as defined in MSITS 2010 and the
concept of tourism expenditure as defined in ITRS 2008.
• Bridge table that separate two basic issues (i) the scope
of individuals to which BoP relates and visitors (ii) the
scope of expenditures considered within travel and
tourism consumption.
• Also BPM6 proposes a supplementary item, Tourismrelated services in travel and passenger transport, as an
estimate of tourism as an international traded service.
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Substantial share of trade in services still
covered by travel in OECD total…
Travel as % of total services
OECD total (33)
35%
30%
25%
20%
Travel debit
15%
Travel credit
10%
5%
0%
Sources: IMF; OECD; Eurostat
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…but slightly declining both in imports…
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…and exports where other business Services and
transportation are slowly growing.
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Most services under travel fall under
GATS mode 2 (consumption abroad)
• However, the travel component of the balance of
payments classifications also includes the
purchase of goods, for own use or to give
away… This good portion should not be
allocated to any mode of supply.
• Supporting and auxiliary services (provided
by non-residents port to domestic carriers..),
maintenance and repairs and manufacturing
services are also covered by mode 2 as the
property of the consumer is moving for the
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service to be supplied.
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Breakdown of Travel in EBOPS
2010
• Travel
– Business
• Acquisition of goods and services by
border, seasonal, and other short-term
workers
• Other
– Personal
• Health-related
• Education-related
• Other
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EBOPS 2010 alternative
breakdown of travel.
Goods
Local transport services
Accommodation services
Food-serving services
Other services
Of which
– Health services
– Education services
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Diverse and Innovative data
collection methods.
• Reference Room Document 3
• Very diverse methodologies across
countries
• Collection Methods can slightly differ for
debit and credit.
• Increasingly innovative
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Travel credits
• Administrative data on number of non residents entering the country
• Border Surveys on tourist/business visitor expenditures
• Surveys on supply side
- accommodation (number of nights by nationality), travel
agencies…
• Currency exchange offices for transactions in cash
• Credit card information
• Use of Models
• Use of international sources (UNWTO, European Travel Monitor)
• Mobile phone localisation of non residents in the country
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Travel debit
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Administrative data on resident entering the country
International Transaction Reporting System (ITRS)
Household surveys
Border Surveys on residents entering the country
Mirror data
Currency exchange offices for transactions in cash
Credit card information
Use of Models
Telephone localisation of resident abroad
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Transportation cost credits/debits
• Surveys
• Credit card information with airline
merchants
• Direct reporting from main transportation
operators
• Administrative data
• Settlement statistics reported by Banks.
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• Thank you for your attention
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