{"doc_desc":{"title":"Hotel Guests Survey 2009","idno":"DDI-PSE-PCBS-HGS-2009-V1.0","producers":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","role":"Collection ,processing and dissemination of data"}],"prod_date":"2011-11-21","version_statement":{"version":"V1.0"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"PSE-PCBS-HGS-2009-V1.0","title":"Hotel Guests Survey 2009","alt_title":"HGS","translated_title":"\u0645\u0633\u062d \u0646\u0632\u0644\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0646\u0627\u062f\u0642 2009"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"production_statement":{"copyright":"\u00a9 All rights reserved. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistices,Hotel Guests Survey, 2009","funding_agencies":[{"name":"Palestinian National Authority","abbreviation":"PNA","role":"Fund Survey"},{"name":"European Union","abbreviation":"EU","role":"Fund Survey"},{"name":"Core Funding Group","abbreviation":"CFG","role":"Fund Survey"},{"name":"Representative Office of Norway","abbreviation":"NOR","role":"Fund Survey"},{"name":"Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation","abbreviation":"SDC","role":"Fund Survey"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Division of user services","affiliation":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","email":"diwan@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"1-2-3 Survey, phase 1 [hh\/123-1]","series_info":"Not Periodic"},"version_statement":{"version":"V1.0 (Puplic use file)","version_date":"2011-11-21"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Inbound Guests","vocab":"Concepts and Definitions glosary","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"},{"keyword":"The Purpose of the Visit","vocab":"Concepts and Definitions glosary","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"},{"keyword":"Tourism Expenditure","vocab":"Concepts and Definitions glosary","uri":"http:\/\/www.pcbs.gov.ps\/Downloads\/book1721.pdf"}],"topics":[{"topic":"leisure, tourism and sport [13.4]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"This survey reflects the data for the year 2009, and provides us with the main data about Hotel Guests' expenditure which is related to overnight-stay tourists \nObjectives of the Survey\nThe survey provided data on \nThe characteristics of hotel guests\nThe characteristics of the visit\nThe length of stay of the visit\nThe amount and mode of expenditure during the visit","time_periods":[{"start":"2009-04-01","end":"2009-07-09","cycle":""}],"coll_dates":[{"start":"2009-04-01","end":"2009-07-09","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Palestine","abbreviation":"PSE"}],"geog_coverage":"West Bank","analysis_unit":"Hotel Guests","universe":"Hotel Guests","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]","notes":"This survey reflects the data for the year 2009, and provides us with the main data about Hotel Guests' expenditure which is related to overnight-stay tourists \nObjectives of the Survey\nThe survey provided data on \nThe characteristics of hotel guests\nThe characteristics of the visit\nThe length of stay of the visit\nThe amount and mode of expenditure during the visit"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","abbreviation":"PCBS","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority"}],"sampling_procedure":"Strata of design\nThe sample was distributed to two strata, that is\nActual strata the sample was distributed by visitor's nationality strata (resident, non resident\nPost strata the sample was distributed by visitor's sex, and nationality  \n\nSample size \nThe sample size was estimated to be about 2,214 visitors or guests distributed among West Bank hotels\n\nDesign a sample survey\nThe sample was a stratified random sample of a standard one stage\nA randomly stratified sample was selected 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 for 2008\n\nDistribution of the sample\nThe distribution sample of the guests in hotels in proportion to the size of each stratum of guests nationality  resident, and non resident\nPublishing levels\nFirst level West Bank. and according to the guest nationality 3 nationalitiesSecond level North, Central, South of West Bank, and Jerusalem","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"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","act_min":"The field team was provided with all the tools and supplies of field work and the number of crew working on the project 12 including Coordinator of field work 1 and supervisors of the Jerusalem area within the barriers 1and auditors as well as librarians 9 field researcher","weight":"No weighting account","cleaning_operations":"The data processing stage consisted of the following steps 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   \n\nData entry At this stage data was entered into the computer using a data entry template designed in Access. The data entry program was created to satisfy a number of requirements such as\nDuplication of the questionnaires on the computer screen\nCheck on the logic and consistency of data entered\nPossibility for internal editing of replies to questions \nMaintaining a minimum of digital data entry and fieldwork errors\nUser friendly handling \nPossibility of transferring data into another format to be used and analyzed using other statistical analysis systems such as SPSS"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"97.4% \n\nAll hotels in the West Bank were visited and 66 hotels were responded out of 84 The number of questionnaires completed from the guests of the responded hotels  was 2157There were 18 hotels from which no completed questionnaires, some of the hotels were not operating during the reference period, some hotels refused to cooperate with fieldworkers, and other  hotels the concept of hotel guests does not apply on them because the guests who stay for long-term (more than a year)","sampling_error_estimates":"Statistical errors\nThese 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\n\nNon-statistical errors \nThe data collection process is characterized by privacy as a result of the nature of the subject, so that the questioning process is subject to greater potential for errors This is because the answers to many questions are subjective and depends on the assessment of the person and is therefore affected by the researcher's degree of awareness during the questioning and other circumstances"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"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 \n\nThe 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","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics","affiliation":"Palestinian National Authority","email":"diwan@pcbs.gov.ps","uri":"www.pcbs.gov.ps"}],"cit_req":"Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2009.  Hotel Guests Survey, 2009. V1.0(02-2010) Ramallah - Palestine","conditions":"License Agreement for the Use of Micro Data in PCBS \nitems(10,11,12) as following:\n\n\n1. 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.\n\n2. Utilization of \"data\" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally .\n\n3. 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.","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"}}}}