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Holiday Dwelling Occupancy Survey

1Contact
- 1.1Contact organisation
  National Statistics Institute of Spain
- 1.5Contact mail address
  Paseo de la Castellana 183 - 28046 Madrid
2Metadata update
- 2.1Metadata last certified
  27/12/2018
- 2.2Metadata last posted
  02/01/2019
- 2.3Metadata last update
  27/12/2018
3Statistical presentation
- 3.1Data description
  
  The data from the Survey reflects the dual perspective considered in tourism research: from the demand perspective, information is offered regarding travellers, overnight stays and average stay, distributed by country of residence in the case of travellers who are not resident in Spain, and by Autonomous Community of origin in the case of Spanish travellers. From the supply perspective, data is provided regarding estimated bedplaces and holiday dwellings, occupancy rates, as well as information on employment in the sector.
  This information is offered monthly at the national level, by Autonomous Community, provinces with the highest number of overnight stays, as well as the most statistically significant tourist areas and sites.
- 3.2Classification system
  - Comunidades y Ciudades Autónomas
    01   Andalucía
    02   Aragón
    03   Asturias, Principado de
    04   Balears, Illes
    05   Canarias
    06   Cantabria
    07   Castilla y León
    08   Castilla - La Mancha
    09   Cataluña
    10   Comunitat Valenciana
    11   Extremadura
    12   Galicia
    13   Madrid, Comunidad de
    14   Murcia, Región de
    15   Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
    16   País Vasco
    17   Rioja, La
    18   Ceuta
    19   Melilla
  - Provincias
    02   Albacete
    03   Alicante/Alacant
    04   Almería
    01   Araba/Álava
    33   Asturias
    05   Ávila
    06   Badajoz
    07   Balears, Illes
    08   Barcelona
    48   Bizkaia
    09   Burgos
    10   Cáceres
    11   Cádiz
    39   Cantabria
    12   Castellón/Castelló
    13   Ciudad Real
    14   Córdoba
    15   Coruña, A
    16   Cuenca
    20   Gipuzkoa
    17   Girona
    18   Granada
    19   Guadalajara
    21   Huelva
    22   Huesca
    23   Jaén
    24   León
    25   Lleida
    27   Lugo
    28   Madrid
    29   Málaga
    30   Murcia
    31   Navarra
    32   Ourense
    34   Palencia
    35   Palmas, Las
    36   Pontevedra
    26   Rioja, La
    37   Salamanca
    38   Santa Cruz de Tenerife
    40   Segovia
    41   Sevilla
    42   Soria
    43   Tarragona
    44   Teruel
    45   Toledo
    46   Valencia/València
    47   Valladolid
    49   Zamora
    50   Zaragoza
    51   Ceuta
    52   Melilla
  - Puntos turísticos
    01059   Vitoria-Gasteiz
    02003   Albacete
    03011   Alfàs del Pi (l')
    03014   Alicante/Alacant
    03031   Benidorm
    03047   Calp
    03050   Campello (El)
    03063   Dénia
    03065   Elche/Elx
    03082   Jávea/Xàbia
    03128   Teulada
    03133   Torrevieja
    03139   Villajoyosa/Vila Joiosa (la)
    04013   Almería
    04064   Mojácar
    04066   Níjar
    04079   Roquetas de Mar
    05019   Ávila
    06015   Badajoz
    06083   Mérida
    07003   Alcúdia
    07011   Calvià
    07014   Capdepera
    07040   Palma de Mallorca
    07051   Sant Llorenç des Cardassar
    08019   Barcelona
    08056   Castelldefels
    08270   Sitges
    09059   Burgos
    10037   Cáceres
    10148   Plasencia
    10195   Trujillo
    11004   Algeciras
    11006   Arcos de la Frontera
    11012   Cádiz
    11014   Conil de la Frontera
    11020   Jerez de la Frontera
    11027   Puerto de Santa María (El)
    11035   Tarifa
    12028   Benicasim/Benicàssim
    12040   Castellón de la Plana/Castelló de la Plana
    12085   Oropesa del Mar/Orpesa
    12089   Peníscola/Peñíscola
    13034   Ciudad Real
    14021   Córdoba
    15030   Coruña, A
    15078   Santiago de Compostela
    16078   Cuenca
    17023   Blanes
    17047   Castelló d'Empúries
    17048   Castell-Platja d'Aro
    17095   Lloret de Mar
    17178   Sant Pere Pescador
    17199   Torroella de Montgrí
    18017   Almuñécar
    18042   Capileira
    18087   Granada
    18140   Motril
    18904   Alpujarra de la Sierra
    19257   Sigüenza
    20069   Donostia/San Sebastián
    21042   Isla Cristina
    22054   Benasque
    22130   Jaca
    22204   Sallent de Gállego
    23028   Cazorla
    23047   Iruela (La)
    23081   Segura de la Sierra
    23904   Santiago-Pontones
    24089   León
    24115   Ponferrada
    25025   Naut Aran
    25120   Lleida
    25243   Vielha e Mijaran
    26061   Ezcaray
    26089   Logroño
    27028   Lugo
    27051   Ribadeo
    27066   Viveiro
    28079   Madrid
    29015   Antequera
    29025   Benalmádena
    29051   Estepona
    29054   Fuengirola
    29067   Málaga
    29069   Marbella
    29070   Mijas
    29075   Nerja
    29084   Ronda
    29094   Vélez-Málaga
    29901   Torremolinos
    30003   Águilas
    30016   Cartagena
    30020   Fortuna
    30026   Mazarrón
    30030   Murcia
    30035   San Javier
    31201   Pamplona/Iruña
    32054   Ourense
    33012   Cangas de Onís
    33021   Cudillero
    33024   Gijón
    33036   Llanes
    33044   Oviedo
    33076   Villaviciosa
    34120   Palencia
    35003   Antigua
    35012   Mogán
    35014   Oliva (La)
    35015   Pájara
    35016   Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las
    35019   San Bartolomé de Tirajana
    35024   Teguise
    35028   Tías
    35034   Yaiza
    36022   Grove (O)
    36051   Sanxenxo
    36057   Vigo
    37274   Salamanca
    38001   Adeje
    38003   Alajeró
    38006   Arona
    38009   Breña Baja
    38013   Frontera
    38017   Granadilla de Abona
    38024   Llanos de Aridane (Los)
    38027   Paso (El)
    38028   Puerto de la Cruz
    38035   San Miguel de Abona
    38036   San Sebastián de la Gomera
    38037   Santa Cruz de la Palma
    38038   Santa Cruz de Tenerife
    38040   Santiago del Teide
    38045   Tazacorte
    38049   Valle Gran Rey
    39075   Santander
    40194   Segovia
    41091   Sevilla
    42173   Soria
    43038   Cambrils
    43092   Mont-roig del Camp
    43148   Tarragona
    43905   Salou
    44009   Albarracín
    44216   Teruel
    45168   Toledo
    46105   Cullera
    46131   Gandia
    46181   Oliva
    46250   Valencia/València
    47186   Valladolid
    48020   Bilbao
    49021   Benavente
    49275   Zamora
    50297   Zaragoza
- 3.3Sector coverage
  
  Tourism
- 3.4Statistical concepts and definitions
  - Holiday dwelling
    A holiday (unit) is defined as a real estate property whose use is regularly granted for occasional guest lodging.
  - Categoría de alojamiento turístico
    Divisiones establecidas al clasificar los alojamientos turísticos en función de las instalaciones, equipamientos y servicios que proporcionan.
  - Estimated open rural tourism housing accomodations
    Seasonally opened rural tourism accomodation are those where the month of reference is included within their opening period.
  - Average stay in tourism accommodation
    Average number of nights that a traveller stays.
  - Weekend occupancy rate in dwellings
    The relationship, as a percentage, between the overnight stays from Friday and Saturday during the reference week, and the product of the holiday dwellings and the days to which the overnight stays refer, in this case, two.
  - Level of occupancy by holiday dwellings
    The ratio, as a percentage, between the total for holiday dwellings occupied during the month and holiday dwellings available during the same period and the days of the reference month.
  - Occupancy rate by bedplaces in holiday dwellings
    Percentage-based ratio between the number of overnight stays and the number of vacancies by the days the overnight stays refer to plus the number of supplementary beds used. Supplementary beds are those that do not have a fixed nature and are not included in the vacancies declared officially by the establishment but do appear in the directory.
  - Weekend occupancy rate by bedplaces
    The relationship, as a percentage, between the overnight stays from Friday and Saturday during the reference week, and the product of the bedplaces, including extra beds for those two days, and the days to which the overnight stays refer, in this case, two.
  - Overnight stays or occupied bedplaces in tourism accommodation
    An overnight stay is understood to be every night that a guest stays in the establishment. As occurs with the checking in of guests, occupied bedplaces are broken down according to place of residence.
  - Personal no remunerado
    El personal ocupado no remunerado está constituido por las personas que trabajan con regularidad en la unidad de observación y no perciben una remuneración en forma de sueldo, salario, comisión, gratificación, destajo o en especie.
  - Personal ocupado
    Se corresponde con el número total de personas que trabajan en la unidad de observación (incluidos los propietarios que trabajan, los socios que trabajan con regularidad en la unidad y los familiares no retribuidos que trabajan con regularidad en la unidad) y el de personas que, aunque trabajan fuera de la unidad, pertenecen a ella y son retribuidas por ella (por ejemplo, los representantes de comercio, el personal de mensajería y los equipos de reparación y mantenimiento que trabajan por cuenta de la unidad de observación). Incluye tanto al personal remunerado como al no remunerado.
  - Personal remunerado
    Son las personas que trabajan para un empresario, tienen un contrato de trabajo y perciben una remuneración en forma de sueldo, salario, comisión, gratificación, destajo o en especie (deben incluirse todas las personas cuyos pagos se registran en el epígrafe "Costes de personal" en la cuenta de pérdidas y ganancias de la empresa, incluso cuando, en algunos casos, no exista contrato de trabajo).
  - Estimated number of bedplaces in an establishment or company providing holiday dwellings
    The number of bedplaces estimated by the survey in establishments or companies operating holiday dwellings open for the season. The number of bedplaces is equal to the number of fixed beds in the establishment. Extra beds therefore are not included and double beds equal two bedplaces.
  - Province ( Article 141.1 of the Spanish Constitution)
    The province is a local institution with its own legal status, determined by grouping municipalities and dividing territories in order to fulfil State activities. Any alteration in the provincial limits is to be approved by the General Courts by means of constitutional law.
  - Tourist site
    Municipality where the concentration of tourist amenities is significant.
  - Travellers entering campsites
    All persons who stay one or more consecutive nights in the same accommodation.
    Guests are classified by their country of residence, and people residing in Spain are classified by the Autonomous Community they usually live in
  - Tourist area
    Set of municipalities where tourist inflow is specifically located. Information is offered on the main areas of tourist interest.
- 3.5Statistical unit
  
  These are the holiday dwellings and companies operating holiday dwellings, registered as such in the corresponding Tourism Boards of each Autonomous Community.
- 3.6Statistical population
  
  This studies the establishments and/or operating companies within the national territory.
- 3.7Reference area
  
  The geographical scope includes the entire national territory, except for Ceuta and Melilla, where there are no establishments of this type.
  
  The information is presented on different levels of geographical breakdown: national, Autonomous Community, provincial, tourist areas (group of municipalities) and tourist sites (municipalities).
- 3.8Time coverage
  
  Since 2000.
- 3.9Base period
  
  The Holiday Dwelling Occupancy Survey was carried out for the first time in 2000, and therefore, the year 2000 is the base year
4Unit of measure
- 4.1Unit of measure
  
  Guests, Overnight stays, Days, Persons, Expressed as a percentage, Apartments, Bedplaces, Rates
5Reference period
- 5.1Reference period
  
  Month
  Data referred to the period: Mensual A: 2018 MES: 11
6Institutional mandate
- 6.1Legal acts and other agreements
  
  The compilation and dissemination of the data are governed by the Statistical Law No. 12/1989 "Public Statistical Function" of May 9, 1989, and Law No. 4/1990 of June 29 on “National Budget of State for the year 1990" amended by Law No. 13/1996 "Fiscal, administrative and social measures" of December 30, 1996, makes compulsory all statistics included in the National Statistics Plan. The National Statistical Plan 2009-2012 was approved by the Royal Decree 1663/2008. It contains the statistics that must be developed in the four year period by the State General Administration's services or any other entity dependent on it. All statistics included in the National Statistics Plan are statistics for state purposes and are obligatory. The National Statistics Plan 2017-2020, approved by Royal Decree 410/2016, of 31 October, is the Plan currently implemented. This statistical operation has governmental purposes, and it is included in the National Statistics Plan 2017-2020. (Statistics of the State Administration).
  
  These statistics comply with European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) no. 692/2011, of 6 July 2011, regarding tourism statistics. The Spanish version of the European Union regulations affecting this operation is available at: http://www.ine.es/normativa/leyes/UE/minine.htm#30236
- 6.2Data sharing
  The exchanges of information needed to elaborate statistics between the INE and the rest of the State statistical offices (Ministerial Departments, independent bodies and administrative bodies depending on the State General Administration), or between these offices and the Autonomic statistical offices, are regulated in the LFEP (Law of the Public Statistic Function). This law also regulates the mechanisms of statistical coordination, and concludes cooperation agreements between the different offices when necessary.
7Confidentiality
- 7.1Confidentiality - policy
  The Statistical Law No. 12/1989 specifies that the INE cannot publish, or make otherwise available, individual data or statistics that would enable the identification of data for any individual person or entity. Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics 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
- 7.2Confidentiality - data treatment
  INE provides information on the protection of confidentiality at all stages of the statistical process: INE questionnaires for the operations in the national statistical plan include a legal clause protecting data under statistical confidentiality. Notices prior to data collection announcing a statistical operation notify respondents that data are subject to statistical confidentiality at all stages. For data processing, INE employees have available the INE data protection handbook, which specifies the steps that should be taken at each stage of processing to ensure reporting units' individual data are protected. The microdata files provided to users are anonymised.
  Due to statistical secrecy, those provinces with fewer than 3 establishments/holiday dwelling companies are concealed, as are those with fewer than 4 establishments/holiday dwelling companies, due to significance.
8Release policy
- 8.1Release calendar
  The advance release calendar that shows the precise release dates for the coming year is disseminated in the last quarter of each year.
- 8.2Release calendar access
  The calendar is disseminated on the INEs Internet website (Publications Calendar)
- 8.3User access
  The data are released simultaneously according to the advance release calendar to all interested parties by issuing the press release. At the same time, the data are posted on the INE's Internet website (www.ine.es/en) almost immediately after the press release is issued. Also some predefined tailor-made requests are sent to registered users. Some users could receive partial information under embargo as it is publicly described in the European Statistics Code of Practice
9Frequency of dissemination
- 9.1Frequency of dissemination
  
  Monthly
10Accessibility and clarity
- 10.1News release
  The results of the statistical operations are normally disseminated by using press releases that can be accessed via both the corresponding menu and the Press Releases Section in the web
- 10.2Publications
  
  The results of the survey are disseminated through the INE website, and some results are included in publications such as the Statistical Yearbook, INE Figures, etc. Each month, a press release is prepared, and includes the following operations: HDOS, COS, RTAOS, HDPI, TCPI and RTAPI.
- 10.3On-line database
  
  INEbase is the system the INE uses to store statistical information on the Internet. It contains all the information the INE produces in electronic formats. The primary organisation of the information follows the theme-based classification of the Inventory of Statistical Operations of the State General Administration . The basic unit of INEbase is the statistical operation, defined as the set of activities that lead to obtaining statistical results on a determined sector or subject based on the individually collected data. Also included in the scope of this definition are synthesis preparation.
  
  The specific link for the Holiday Dwelling Occupancy Survey is: http://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176962&menu=resultados&idp=1254735576863 The indicator used is AC2 (number of hits on the online database) = 60,969
- 10.4Micro-data access
  A lot of statistical operations disseminate public domain anonymized files, available free of charge for downloading in the INE website Microdata Section
  The microdata is not disseminated.
- 10.5Other
  
  Moreover, non-continuous requests are also received, which at times become continuous or are extended. The policy for tending to tailor-made requests consists of analysing whether the conditions of statistical secrecy and significance are observed. After this analysis, a viability report is prepared and sent to the petitioner.
- 10.6Documentation on methodology
  
  The methodology contains information regarding the questionnaires, linking coefficients, variation coefficients, estimators, XML collection method, treatment of partial non-response, definitions and sample. The document may be viewed at the following link: http://www.ine.es/en/daco/daco42/ocupacam/notaeoac_en.htm
- 10.7Quality documentation
  
  Fields 10.6 to 17 of this document may be considered the quality report intended for users for this operation.
  
  Based on European Parliament and Council Regulation 692/2001, the European Commission (Eurostat) assesses the quality of the transferred data and publishes reports on the quality of European statistics. To this end, each country provides a quality report within the 9 months following the end of the year. The link is as follows:
  
  http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/EN/tour_occ_esms_es.htm
11Quality management
- 11.1Quality assurance
  
  Quality assurance framework for the INE statistics is based on the ESSCoP, the European Statistics Code of Practice made by EUROSTAT. The ESSCoP is made up of 16 principles, gathered in three areas: Institutional Environment, Processes and Products. Each principle is associated with some indicators which make possible to measure it. In order to evaluate quality, EUROSTAT provides different tools: the indicators mentioned above, Self-assessment based on the DESAP model, peer review, user satisfaction surveys and other proceedings for evaluation.
  
  The Holiday Dwelling Occupancy Survey periodically performs revision activities of the statistical process, in order to comply with the quality conditions required at both the national and international levels. The main activities are the revision of both the data collected and the survey directory, as well as a microfiltering upon receipt of the data and a subsequent macrofiltering. Improvement in the data collection systems (XML).
- 11.2Quality assessment
  
  As shown in the following sections, which include detailed quality indicators, the HDOS presents very high quality, with data from the operation being made available within a 30-day period. Total non-response is usually approximately 10.5% for provisional data, and 3% for definitive data, and the variation coefficients take values around 2 for the main variables. Periodical updates of the directory, and improvements to the data collection system, are carried out, such as the introduction of the collection via XML files. Lastly, the Eurostat Methodology regarding tourism surveys is also followed: Methodological Manual for Tourism Statistics, available at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/tourism/methodology/manuals-and-guidelines
12Relevance
- 12.1User needs
  
  Users are quite varied: tourism boards/consortiums, individuals, establishments, consultancy companies, Autonomous Community governments, municipal councils, universities, associations of accommodation businesspersons. The data they receive is used for analyses, studies, reports and policy design. User needs that are not met are those that do not comply with the conditions of statistical secrecy and significance. In addition to the information available on the website, users may also request data for time periods other than those published, and for special areas, which are provided by carrying out customised calculations.
- 12.2User satisfaction
  
  The INE has carried out general user satisfaction surveys in 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 and it plans to continue doing so every three years. The purpose of these surveys is to find out what users think about the quality of the information of the INE statistics and the extent to which their needs of information are covered. In addition, additional surveys are carried out in order to acknowledge better other fields such as dissemination of the information, quality of some publications...
  
  On the INE website, in its section Methods and Projects / Quality and Code of Practice / INE quality management / User surveys are available surveys conducted to date.(Click next link)
- 12.3Completeness
  
  The HDOS meets all of the requirements set out in the international regulations relating to tourism statistics, European Parliament and Council Regulation 692/2011, from the supply perspective. 100% of the information requested by the Regulation is supplied.
13Accuracy and reliability
- 13.1Overall accuracy
  
  The estimators used are unbiased, and therefore, the bias is null. Variation coefficients are available for the main variables, travellers and overnight stays. With regard to non-sampling errors, we try to minimise both coverage errors and total non-response errors. For more information, the methodology for this survey may be viewed the following link: http://www.ine.es/en/daco/daco42/ocupacam/notaeoac_en.htm
- 13.2Sampling error
  
  In order to measure the precision of this statistical operation, there are variation coefficients for the traveller and overnight stay variables, differentiating between residents in Spain and residents abroad. The values of the variation coefficients may be viewed at the following link:
  
  http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=7906&L=1
- 13.3Non-sampling error
  
  The estimators used are unbiased, and therefore, the bias is null. Among non-sampling errors, coverage errors are minimised by periodically carrying out crosses between the Autonomous Community directories and the HDOS directory, in order to find potential duplicates, establishments that are missing or that are out of business. Total non-response is minimised between the provisional data and the final data, due to the re-contact with the units that did not answer, and in addition, an imputation of data is performed for these cases. Among the non-sampling errors, there is information available regarding non-response, with the non-response rate in 2016, definitive data, being A3 = 3.11.
14Timeliness and punctuality
- 14.1Timeliness
  
  The time that elapses from the reference date of the data to the publication of the provisional figures is 30 days, whereas for the final data, it is one year and one month for the months from January to May, and the final data from the remaining months is published in June. That is, in April 2016, the provisional data for March 2016 is published, as well as the final data for March 2015, and in June 2016, the final data for 2015 that has not previously been disseminated is published.
- 14.2Punctuality
  
  Each publication has been disseminated on the date announced in the publication calendar. The calendar may be viewed at the following link: http://www.ine.es/en/daco/daco41/calen_en.htm
15Coherence and Comparability
- 15.1Comparability - geographical
  
  The availability of a methodology, a design and a common process for the collection, filtering, editing and elevation for the entire geographical scope, guarantees the comparability of the results among the different Autonomous Communities, provinces, tourist areas and tourist sites. On the other hand, the methodological adaptation to Regulation 692/2011 makes comparability possible with the rest of the European Union countries.
- 15.2Comparability - over time
  
  As of 2000, linking coefficients have been used for directory updates or methodological changes on multiple occasions, for the purpose of the data series being comparable over time. For further information regarding the linking coefficients: http://www.ine.es/en/daco/daco42/ocupapar/coeficientes_enlace_en.htm. In December 2017, the series has 2016 elements.
- 15.3Coherence - cross domain
  
  Though the variables gathered in this survey are not collected in any other survey, a coherence is observed between the values obtained and the evolution of the economy.
- 15.4Coherence - internal
  
  The data has complete internal coherence, as it is based on the same set of microdata, and is calculated using the same estimation methods for the different breakdowns. The arithmetic and accounting identities are observed in the production of the data sets.
16Cost and burden
- 16.1Cost and burden
  
  The estimation of the budgetary credit necessary to finance the Tourist Accommodation Occupancy Survey (hotels, holiday dwellings, tourist campsites, rural tourism accommodation and hostels) set out in the 2019 Annual Programme comes to a total of 5,272.30 thousand euros.
  
  There is a means of collection, using XML files, for the purpose of reducing the response burden, as the information is collected directly from the management systems of the establishments, with it not being necessary for respondents to fill out the questionnaire, thus reducing the time that the establishment dedicates to responding to the questionnaire.
17Data revision
- 17.1Data revision - policy
  
  The INE of Spain has a policy which regulates the basic aspects of statistical data revision, seeking to ensure process transparency and product quality. This policy is laid out in the document approved by the INE board of directors on 13 March of 2015, which is available on the INE website, in the section "Methods and projects/Quality and Code of Practice/INE’s Quality management/INE’s Revision policy" (link).
  
  This general policy sets the criteria that the different type of revisions should follow: routine revision- it is the case of statistics whose production process includes regular revisions-; more extensive revision- when methodological or basic reference source changes take place-; and exceptional revision- for instance, when an error appears in a published statistic-.
  
  The revision policy is as follows: once the results are published in t+30, more questionnaires from the reference month are received, and therefore, the final version of the results presents greater coverage (increasing from a response rate of 89% in the provisional results to a rate of 97% in the final results). In June each year, a publication is disseminated, which is more detailed than the monthly publication, of the data from the previous year. This publication is final. Though from January to May, the same day that the provisional results from the reference month are published, the final results from the same month the previous year are also disseminated.
- 17.2Data revision - practice
  
  Each month, the provisional data from the previous month, and the final data from the previous month the previous year, are published, up until the month of June, in which all of the final data from the previous year that has not previously been disseminated is published. The quality indicators used are MAR, absolute average revision, and RMAR, relative average revision, which is obtained for the main variables, travellers and overnight stays.
  
  The average annual values in 2017 are:
  
  MAR travellers = 5870, MAR overnight stays =28822, RMAR travellers = 0.0056, RMAR overnight stays = 0.0042.
18Statistical processing
- 18.1Source data
  
  The INE compiles a national directory of holiday dwellings, using the records sent by the Tourism Boards of the Autonomous Communities. This directory contains the following information for each establishment: name, address, category, opening period, number of holiday dwellings and capacity thereof.
  A stratified sampling is used, by province and size.
- 18.2Frequency of data collection
  
  Monthly
- 18.3Data collection
  
  The collection methods are: CAWI, post, fax, e-mail, automatic data collection via XML. The information in the questionnaires is collected and filtered in a decentralised fashion, and the XML information is collected in a centralised fashion. The questionnaire collects information regarding a fortnight. The XML file collects information regarding all the days of the month. The questionnaire is updated annually, with the new countries in the EU.
- 18.4Data validation
  
  The procedure for supervising the data validation consists of applying a series of validations to the questionnaires. In the event that any inconsistency is detected, the INE contacts the establishment again. When all of the data has been collected, it is revised again in a centralised fashion. In the files received by XML, the validation is performed at the time that the data is sent to the INE; if the validations are not verified by the data, the upload is not carried out in the database. Lastly, a macrofiltering is performed.
- 18.5Data compilation
  
  Firstly, there is a decentralised microfiltering process to detect and filter errors and inconsistencies in the questionnaires. Next, on a central level, the data is linked to that of the XML files, and the estimators are obtained. Subsequently, a macrofiltering is performed, prior to the tabulation and dissemination of the results.
- 18.6Adjustment
19Comment
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