Some
examples:
Statistics:
Local, regional, national
statistics offices
UK National Statistics
Office: Travel &
Tourism: Overseas visitors to the UK up by 3%
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Overseas residents' visits to the UK and UK
residents' visits abroad (seasonally
adjusted) |
During the 12 months ending August 2007,
visits by overseas residents to the UK rose by 3 per cent, from 31.7 million to
32.7 million. Visits from residents of Europe increased 3 per cent (to 23.5
million); North America increased by 1 per cent (to 4.6 million) and visits from
other parts of the world rose 5 per cent (to 4.6 million). In the same
period, visits abroad by UK residents increased by 1 per cent during the 12
months ending August 2007, from 68.6 million to 69.6 million. Over this period,
visits to North America increased 1 per cent (to 4.8 million), visits to Europe
increased by 1 per cent (to 54.8million) and visits to other parts of the world
rose by 7 per cent (to 10.0 million). During June to August 2007, the
number of visits overseas by UK residents decreased by 2 per cent to 17.2
million when compared with the previous three months, while the associated
spending decreased by 2 per cent to £8.9 billion. Over the same period,
there were 7.8 million visits to the UK by overseas residents, a decrease of 7
per cent when compared with the previous three months, while the associated
spending decreased by 2 per cent to £4.0 billion.
Notes: Provisional statistics are published on 17
October 2007 in the Overseas Travel and Tourism First Release. Figures
showing three-month changes are seasonally adjusted. Figures showing 12-month
changes are not seasonally adjusted. In January 2007 some changes were
made to the way IPS data are collected or calculated. The changes made are: a)
to the way the sample is drawn, b) to the method of estimating fares, c) the
method of imputing spending for cases where expenditure information has not been
given by the respondent. These changes mean that results in 2007 may not be
entirely consistent with those of previous years and so care should be taken
when making comparison with estimates from earlier years.
Published on 17 October 2007 at 9:30 am
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International
statistics from two most important global tourism organisations:
www.UNWTO.org
www.wttc.org
Secondary data: -
Articles in Scientific Journals
Examples:
Annals
of Tourism Research http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/689/description#description
Oldest, most important journal in tourism science
Other important scientific magazines: Tourism Management, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02615177
Tourism Review,
International
Journal of Tourism Research, etc.
Many special magazines for
regions (Islamic Tourism Magazine, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism
Research, Journal of China Tourism Research...)
or topics (Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal
of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism...)
- Scientific books:
Monographies (whole
book by one author) or edited books (book with chapters from different
authors) - most authorative source, gone through lectorate and
reviewed, extensive bibliography, but slow (2-3 years between
writing and publication)
Proceedings from Scientific
conferences - mostly intermediate results, quick but "work
in progress"
Textbooks - aimed
at students, overview, less sources named, sometimes one-sided views
presented
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Tertiary (non-scientific)
data:
- Customer communication (for instance blogs)
- new source for information, peer reviews, private websites/-logs,
"authentic" voice of customers
- Articles in Newspapers (for instance Financial
Times)
- Articles in general magazines (for instance
The Economist)
- Articles in Trade magazines (for instance
fvw Fremdenverkehrswirtschaft)
- Articles in email newsletter (for instance
eTurboNews)
- Dictionaries
- Wiki's
- Webpages of companies, destinations etc.
- Transcripts of university lectures
- etc.
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