Definition: Minimum capacity (statistical representativeness)

Category: Tourism

Countries use different legal or statistical standards for excluding minimal-capacity tourist accommodation suppliers. The threshold is usually based on the number of rooms, (or pitches) or beds. The threshold chosen should be determined in such a way that at least 95% of all nights spent in the groups of accommodation establishments included in accommodation statistics are covered.
Source:
Eurostat, "Methodological manual on the design and implementation of surveys on inbound tourism", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2000, Appendix A, Classification and Glossary
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