Staying at Home: An Examination of Irish Domestic Tourism

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Staying at HomeAn Examination of Irish Domestic
Tourism Implications for Official Statistics

• Steve MacFeely
• CSO - Ireland

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The value of tourism?

Total Travel Tourism 4 of GNP (Honohan
Walsh, 2002) Tourism 7 of GNP (Deegan et al,
2006)
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The Domestic Market in Perspective Trips
Nights
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The Domestic Market in Perspective Spend
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Domestic Tourism Expenditure (Constant Prices)
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Real v Nominal Growth

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Assessing Performance of Domestic Tourism

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Assessing Performance of Domestic Tourism

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Purchasing Power Parities Price Levels

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Immigration

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The value of Domestic tourism?

Overnight Trips Domestic Tourism Same Day
Visits Domestic portion of outbound
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Tourism Satellite Account (2000)
Overnight Trips 707m Same Day Visits
1,780 Domestic portion of outbound
7 Commission paid 153 Fares to Irish
carriers 495 2,435m Total
Domestic 3,143m

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Implications of TSA National Tourism

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Implications of TSA Internal Tourism

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Accommodation Market

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Bed Breakfast Supply Index (Base Year 2000
100)

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Age Profile Seasonal Pattern

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Conclusions

• Influences on change
• Accommodation growth in high end niche
  markets
• Emergence of grey market
• Importance of Same Day Visits
• Treatment of Country of Residence Nationality
• Appropriate deflator for Tourism
• Environmental impact of domestic tourism
• Purpose of journey Other needs to be better
  understood
• Internet booking Transport Accommodation
  decouple
• Recall period 3 months too long
• Travel Group
• Broaden scope of Tourism Income, Employment,
  Occupation, disability

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Travelling with Children Average Length of Stay

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Travelling with Children Accommodation Used

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Travelling with Children Expenditure