- Total number of international tourists and total number of domestic tourists in 2005 and 2007 extracted from the 2008 statistical yearbook.
- The number of international tourists traveling on tours and self-organizing is calculated based on data on the structure of the number of tourists traveling on tours and self-organizing obtained from the results of the survey on spending of international tourists to Vietnam in 2005. Specifically:
+ The proportion of tourists traveling on tours in the total number of international tourists is 45.7%.
+ The proportion of self-organized tourists in the total number of international tourists is 54.3%.
- The number of domestic tourists traveling on tours and self-organizing is calculated based on data on the structure of domestic tourists traveling on tours and self-organizing obtained from the results of the survey on spending of domestic tourists in Vietnam in 2007. Specifically:
+ The proportion of tourists traveling on tours in the total number of domestic tourists is 7.5%.
+ The proportion of self-organized tourists in the total number of domestic tourists is 92.5%.
TSA 6.2 – Number of international arrivals by purpose and means of arrival
- Divide by destination
+ 2005
Purpose
Total number of visitors (Thousands of people) | Proportion (%) | |
1. Travel, rest | 2038.5 | 58.6 |
2. Visit relatives and friends | 508.2 | 14.6 |
3. Work exchange, conference | 495.6 | 14.3 |
4. Other purposes | 435.2 | 12.5 |
Total | 3477.5 | 100 |
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+ 2007
Purpose
Total number of visitors (Thousand people) | Proportion (%) | |
1. Travel, rest | 2605.7 | 61.7 |
2. Visit relatives and friends | 673.8 | 15.9 |
3. Work exchange, conference | 601.0 | 14.2 |
4. Other purposes | 348.8 | 8.2 |
Total | 4229.3 | 100.0 |
In which: The total number of visitors divided by purpose of arrival is extracted from the 2008 statistical yearbook.
- Divide by means of arrival
+ 2005
Means of arrival
Total number of visitors (Thousands of people) | Proportion (%) | |
1. Air | 2335.2 | 67.2 |
2. Waterway | 200.5 | 5.8 |
3. Road | 941.8 | 27.0 |
Total | 3477.5 | 100 |
+ 2007
Means of arrival
Total number of visitors (Thousands of people) | Proportion (%) | |
1. Air | 3300.8 | 78.0 |
2. Waterway | 225.0 | 5.3 |
3. Road | 703.5 | 16.7 |
Total | 4229.3 | 100.0 |
In which: The indicator "Total number of visitors divided by means of arrival" is extracted from the 2008 statistical yearbook.
Thus, through the experimental calculation of tourism satellite accounts in Vietnam, it is possible to assess the role and contribution of Vietnam's tourism activities in the economy in a clearer, more complete and comprehensive way. Specifically, tourism revenue has been fully assessed by approaching from tourist surveys, the level of consumption for tourism activities of tourists has been fully calculated, the contribution of tourism activities to the gross domestic product (GDP), in the added value of service activities... are issues that Vietnam's statistics have not calculated before.
3.2 Some recommendations to promote the implementation of tourism satellite account compilation in Vietnam.
Compiling tourism satellite accounts is an issue of great concern to many countries. However, this is a complicated process, to implement well, it is necessary to have a fund of time, human resources and financial investment. In particular, to have increasingly complete and rich statistical information with gradually improved quality to practically serve the requirements of management, research and direction of tourism development in general, the requirement to compile tables in the tourism satellite account in particular, requires agencies doing tourism statistics to review tourism statistical indicators, standardize basic concepts of tourism, tourism activities, tourism products, tourism services and other concepts related to tourism statistics as well as serve the measurement and calculation of tourism statistical indicators... In addition, it is also necessary to improve the method of data collection on the basis of strengthening the regular statistical reporting regime on tourism and improving tourism statistical surveys, enhancing the coordination between the General Statistics Office (a specialized agency on statistics) and the General Department of Tourism (a tourism management agency) in organizing the collection, synthesis, provision and dissemination of tourism statistical information more closely and effectively. Below are some specific solutions to promote the implementation of compiling tourism satellite accounts in Vietnam:
3.2.1 Recommendations on the system of concepts used in tourism satellite accounts
To meet the growing demand for information domestically and internationally, the system of concepts in Vietnam's tourism statistics in general and the tourism satellite account in particular need to be improved and perfected in a way that is consistent with the system of concepts of tourism-developed countries in the world. Although currently, some concepts related to Vietnam's tourism have been described and explained in the Tourism Law and Decrees, many concepts are still incomplete or inconsistent between documents. With concepts that are still lacking or not fully defined in Vietnam's tourism law and decrees, with different studies, researchers have come up with different concepts, for example, with the concept of "domestic tourists", according to the recommendations on tourism statistics issued by UNWTO, domestic tourists include domestic tourists and tourists from other countries coming to travel, and according to the document guiding the investigation of tourist spending and visitors entering through the border in 2009 by the General Statistics Office, this concept is only equivalent to the concept of "domestic tourists" by UNWTO. Therefore, the thesis recommends that the competent authority should issue a document that is like a dictionary of tourism statistics concepts in Vietnam so that agencies and individuals who need to use the concepts can look up in that document, this will help ensure consistency and accuracy in the concepts used, in accordance with international standards.
3.2.2 Recommendations on information sources for compiling tourism satellite accounts
Because the Tourism Satellite Account includes many tables with many different indicators. To provide information to calculate the indicators in this system, it is necessary to have rich information sources, fully reflecting all aspects of tourism activities, meeting the information requirements of the Tourism Satellite Account.
With the current source of information on tourism activities in our country, the provision of information as well as the complete and accurate calculation of indicators in the tourism satellite account do not meet the necessary requirements. Therefore, in order to compile a tourism satellite account in Vietnam, it is necessary to have a source of statistical information that provides information on tourism activities in a complete, synchronous, and quality manner, ensuring the ability to compare internationally. To do that, it is necessary to pay attention to some basic issues regarding the system of statistical indicators as well as the form and system of organization for collecting tourism activity information to serve the compilation of the tourism satellite account.
3.2.2.1 On the system of statistical indicators reflecting tourism activities
It is necessary to do a good job of calculating and publishing tourism statistical indicators that are already in the national statistical indicator system.
Of the 7 tourism statistical indicators in the national statistical indicator system collected and calculated by the General Statistics Office, only 4 indicators have data to be published in the General Statistics Office's annual Statistical Yearbook to serve a wide range of users. There are still three indicators missing, of which two indicators have data related to the calculation of the contents of Table 1 and Table 2 in the Tourism Satellite Account system, namely "1812 - International tourist expenditure" and "1813 - Domestic tourist expenditure". It is worth noting that these two indicators are not new in the decision to promulgate the National Statistical Indicator System in 2010, but have been in the National Statistical Indicator System issued since 2005. However, like many statistical indicators belonging to other groups of indicators of the National Statistical Indicator System, up to now, the General Statistics Office has not yet issued an official document guiding the content, calculation method and data collection for the two indicators on expenditure of international tourists and domestic tourists mentioned above. Therefore, the first requirement for completing the source of tourism statistical information in general, completing the calculation of tourism statistical indicators in particular, is to develop an official document guiding the implementation of the two indicators.
above, paying special attention to the data source, calculation process and detailed breakdowns related to the spending contents of tourists associated with tourism activities such as travel services, accommodation services, transportation services, food services, etc. At the same time, the statistical agency must have a specific plan and schedule to implement these two indicators according to the regulations in the national statistical indicator system (announced once a year). In the coming years, it is possible to calculate and announce the above two indicators once every two years (in the years when the statistical sector organizes a survey of tourist spending as prescribed by the National Statistical Survey Program).
In addition, it is necessary to fully calculate the tourism statistical indicators in the list of statistical indicators reflecting tourism activities, with special attention paid to the indicator "Added value of tourism". Only by calculating the added value created by tourism activities can we calculate the proportion and results of tourism activities in the gross domestic product (GDP) indicator, and from there, we will have a basis to determine the contribution of tourism activities to the production and business results of the entire national economy. Calculating the added value indicator of tourism is both a goal, a requirement, and a condition for implementing the compilation of a tourism satellite account in Vietnam. The added value indicator of tourism will be calculated every two years in the immediate future, along with the years when a survey of tourist spending is organized.
3.2.2.2 About the form of information collection
Continue to maintain two forms of information collection through periodic statistical reporting and professional investigation.
a. For periodic statistical reporting mode:
Continue to strengthen the periodic statistical reporting regime applicable to accommodation and tourism service units to collect full information on volume indicators, physical indicators, indicators reflecting labor and material facilities of tourism activities of tourism service providers. This is
These are very important and indispensable indicators in the system of tourism statistical indicators and require the General Statistics Office and the General Department of Tourism to synthesize and publish them periodically every year according to the system of national statistical indicators and the system of statistics of the tourism industry. At the same time, the data of the periodic statistical report on tourism activities is also the basis for combining with the results of statistical surveys to calculate the indicators in the tourism satellite account. For example, when obtaining data on the average domestic tourist expenditure per visitor according to each expenditure content through the results of a sample survey on visitor expenditure, it is necessary to obtain data on the number of domestic tourists at the scope of collection in total through the implementation of the periodic statistical reporting regime of service providers in order to calculate the total expenditure of domestic tourists. In addition, tourism statistics collected from the periodic statistical reporting system of service providers are also a priori information, serving as a basis for approaching, preparing and establishing sampling frames for many tourism statistical surveys when necessary.
b. For professional investigation
As we know, in the past, the General Statistics Office and the General Department of Tourism collected and synthesized tourism statistics mainly through channels from tourism service providers and focused on the form of periodic statistical reporting. Since 2003, the General Department of Tourism and the General Statistics Office have coordinated with relevant ministries and branches to carry out a number of specialized surveys on tourism such as the International Tourist Spending Survey, the Domestic Tourist Spending Survey, the Tourist Accommodation Survey, etc. The data collected through these surveys are valuable sources of information, serving tourism statistics and can be used to some extent for research information requirements, calculating a number of key indicators in tourism satellite account tables.
Specifically, surveys on international and domestic tourist spending have calculated the following indicators: average spending per visitor, average spending per visitor day according to each spending content corresponding to each content.
in tourism services and the average number of days of overnight stay for visitors. The above indicators are calculated for each type of international and domestic tourists. The limitation of the data is that it has not been able to calculate the above indicators in detail for each type of tourist such as the average spending per visitor, per day for tourists traveling on a tour or self-organized, the average spending per visitor, per day for tourists organizing overnight stays or day trips. This is because the reported data on tourist arrivals only has data on the total number of international tourists in Vietnam as well as the total number of domestic tourists in general, not separated by the detailed subjects as above, so it has forced the data collected from the survey to calculate the average spending per visitor, per day at the general average range. On the other hand, the data on the total number of domestic tourists also has limitations in reliability that need to be further studied to improve.
The thesis recommends continuing to maintain and improve surveys on the spending of international tourists to Vietnam and domestic tourists as the General Statistics Office and the General Department of Tourism have done with the detailed information content of the questionnaire as designed. However, when synthesizing, it is necessary to calculate the indicators of "average spending per visitor, per visitor day" according to the detailed content for each type of tourist group on tour and self-organized tourists, in which self-organized tourists are divided into overnight tourists and day-trip tourists. In addition, it is necessary to calculate and synthesize additional indicators of the number and structure of tourists traveling by form of tourism (tour and self-organized) and the nature of accommodation (overnight and day-trip) in the sample survey data. The data on the number and structure of tourists according to the above subjects will be the basis for estimating the total number of tourists according to each subject when there is data on the number of tourists only in general aggregate numbers as in the current report. And of course, when having such detailed data on the number of tourists, it is possible to calculate the total spending of tourists in a more convenient and reasonable way.