Guests in hotels; country of residence by region '98-'11

Table explanation

Description topics

Guests from

Visitors who spends one or more consecutive nights in a tourist accommodation
Guests do not include:
– regular guests: visitors who stay for more than two months;
– asylumseekers, even if they stay in a accommodation for less than two months.
Every month all tourists who departed in that month are counted, irrespective of the month in which they arrived. The same person may be counted more than once in the same tourist accommodation or in different accommodations.

Foreign countries

Foreign residents.

Asia

China

Until 2004, the China data are included in the category 'Other Asian countries'.
From 2006, the Hong Kong data is displayed separately.

Nights spent by guests from

Every night that a guest spends in a tourist accommodation (excluding permanent guests who stay longer than 2 months and asylumseekers).

Foreign countries

Nights spent by foreign tourists.

Asia

China

Until 2004, the China data are included in the category 'Other Asian countries'.
From 2006, the Hong Kong data is displayed separately.