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Hotel Guests Survey 2008

West Bank and Gaza, 2008
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PSE-PCBS-HGS-2008-V1.0
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Inbound Tourism
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  • Study Description
  • Data Description
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Data Processing
  • Data Appraisal
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
PSE-PCBS-HGS-2008-V1.0
Title
Hotel Guests Survey 2008
Translated Title
مسح نزلاء الفنادق 2008
Country
Name Country code
Palestine PSE
Study type
1-2-3 Survey, phase 1 [hh/123-1]
Abstract
This report is one of a series of expected reports to be published by PCBS on tourism according to the sub-master plan for the Tourism Statistical Department, as one of the tools for describing the status of tourism in the Palestinian Territory. The main objective of this report is to provide reliable data on the situation of tourism in the Palestinian Territory.
World attention has increased concerning the need to provide statistical data regarding tourism within the household sector. Providing such data will assist policy making and legislation and reduce the pressure on tourism. As in the rest of the world, attention has greatly increased in Palestine to provide such data after many years of negligence regarding tourism marked by the absence of standards and regulations during the period of the Israeli occupation
This report is one of a series of expected reports to be published by PCBS on tourism according to the sub-master plan for the Tourism Statistical Department, as one of the tools for describing the status of tourism in the Palestinian Territory. The main objective of this report is to provide reliable data on the situation of tourism in the Palestinian Territory
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Hotel Guests

Version

Version Description
V1.0: Puplic Use File
Version Date
2012-06-03

Scope

Notes
Objectives of the Survey
The survey provided data on
The characteristics of hotel guests
The characteristics of the visit
The length of stay of the visit
The amount and mode of expenditure during the visit
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
leisure, tourism and sport [13.4] CESSDA Link
Keywords
Keyword Vocabulary URI
Inbound Guests Concepts and Definitions glosary Link
Resident Guests Concepts and Definitions glosary Link
Tourism Expenditure Concepts and Definitions glosary Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
West Bank
Universe
One resident entertainment in hotels

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Palestinian National Authority PNA Fund Survey
European Union EU Fund Survey
Core Funding Group CFG Fund Survey
Representative Office of Norway NOR Fund Survey
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Affiliation Role
Palestinian National Authority CFG Fund Survey
European Union CFG Fund Survey
Representative Office of Norway CFG Fund Survey
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation CFG Fund Survey
Core Funding Group CFG Fund Survey

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Target population

The target population for this study was all guests in hotels in the West Bank, whether resident or non resident in 2008

Sampling frame

The sampling frame was established from the frame of the Hotel Activity Survey 2007. Tthe frame is the 72 working hotels in the West Bank. Hotels were counted during the implementation of the survey (the first stage); the frame contains information on the number of guests in 2007, nationality, characteristics and other identifying data

Strata of design
The sample was distributed to tow strata that is
Actual strata the sample was distributed by visitor's nationality strata (resident, non resident)
Post strata the sample was distributed by Visitor's sex, and nationality

Sample size
The sample size was estimated to be about 2,233 visitors or guests distributed among West Bank hotels

Design a sample survey
The sample was a stratified random sample of a regular one stage
A selected randomly stratified sample of guests from the hotel which was visited. A different sample of guests at each hotel was selected depending on the size of the hotel (the number of guests in the hotel data 2007)

Distribution of the sample
The distribution sample of the guests on hotels in proportion to the size of each stratum of guests (nationality: resident, non resident)

Publish levels
First level West Bank
And according to the guest nationality (3 nationalities)
Second level (North, Central, Jerusalem, South) West Bank
Response Rate
Response rate: %93.6
Weighting
Primary weight is calculated for the visitor or the form of the class as a sample designing strata and arrivals, Local

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2008-06-22 2008-08-30
Time periods
Start date End date
2008-06-22 2008-09-30
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
The field team was provided with all the tools and supplies of field work, and the number of crew working on the project (11), including Coordinator of field work (1) and supervisors of the Jerusalem area within the barriers (1) and auditors as well as librarians (9) field researcher
Data Collection Notes
The forms were filled through personal interview of the hotel guests
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS Palestinian National Authority

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
Survey Questionnaire

The survey questionnaire was the main tool for gathering information, so it must conform to the technical specifications of the field work phase, and should meet the requirements of data processing and analysis. The questionnaire was designed after considering the methodologies and the recommendations of the United Nations on tourism statistics and taking into account the specificities of the Palestinian community in this aspect

Data Processing

Data Editing
Data Processing
The data processing stage consisted of the following operations
Editing and coding before data entry: All questionnaires were edited and coded in the office using the same instructions adopted for editing in the field
Data entry At this stage, data was entered into the computer using a data entered template written in Access. The data entry program was prepared to satisfy a number of requirements such as
Duplication of the questionnaires on the computer screen
Logical and consistency check of data entered
Possibility for internal editing of question answers
Maintaining a minimum of digital data entry and fieldwork errors
User friendly handling
Possibility of transferring data into another format to be used and analyzed using other statistical analytic systems such as SPSS

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error
Accuracy
This includes examination of the accuracy of the data in the survey and different aspects of the errors highlighted by the use of the statistical sample, as well as non-statistical errors due to the work crew surveying tools, in addition to response rates in the survey and the most important influences on the estimates. This section includes the following

Statistical errors
These are errors resulting from a study (sample) of the society and not all units of society. This survey was implemented on the basis of the sample and therefore data errors could affect the survey results due to the use of a statistical sample rather than a comprehensive inventory of units in the community study, and certainly the emergence of differences. The values that we expect to be real are obtained through censuses. Calculations can have differences in the related variables

Non-statistical errors
The data collection process is characterized with privacy, as a result of the nature of this subject, that the interrogation process is subjected to greater potential for errors, because the answers to many questions are objective and depends on the assessment of the person, and therefore affected by the researcher degree of consciousness at the interrogation and other affecting circumstances

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Division of user services Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps
Confidentiality
General Statistics Law No. (5) for Year 2000 Article 17 All individual information and data submitted to the Bureau for statistical purposes shall be treated as confidential and shall not be divulged, in whole or in part, to any individual or to a public or private body, or used for any purpose other than for preparing statistical tables The Bureau shall endeavor to issue official statistical publications in aggregate tables, which do not disclose individual data, in conformity with the confidentiality of statistical data
Access conditions
License Agreement for the Use of Micro Data in PCBS
items(10,11,12) as following:


1. pledges the utilization of "data" or any copies thereof shall be limited to the purposes agreed upon including not granting any third parties any access to these data. Restrictions applies to any data duplication or transformed setting for purposes other than meeting the requirements of the statistical programs used in data analysis.

2. Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .

3. pledges not to alter the value of any observation in the original "data"; nevertheless, this does not apply on subjecting data to any processes or procedures aiming to derive new variables. The first party does not bear any professional, administrative or financial responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of changes in the variables values.
Citation requirements
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2008. Hotel Guests Survey, Main Results, 2008. Executive Summary. Ramallah - Palestine.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) provide you with the data as is, without any warranty or responsibility implied PCBS accepts no responsibility for the results and/or implications of any analysis and/or other actions conducted with this data
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved.Hotel Guests Survey 2008

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-PSE-PCBS-HGS-2008-V1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS Palestinian National Authority Collection ,processing and dissemination of data
Date of Metadata Production
2012-06-03
DDI Document version
V1.0: Puplic use file
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