Definition: Participant origin

Category: Tourism

Definition:

The residence of the participant (town, region and country) can be regarded as the participant origin. If residence and nationality do not coincide, they should be registered separately.

Main Categories :

\ Residents:
 Urban   Usual local/urban environment
 Provincial   (same province, different town or local environment)
 Local    (same region, different province)
 National    (same country, different region)

\ Non-residents:
     European Union (15)
     EFTA
     Other European Countries (apart from EFTA countries)
Africa North America: USA and Canada
     Central and South America
     Asia
     Australia and Oceania
     Not specified

Comments:

When aggregated data at the intra-European level is considered, the Eurostat classification of territorial units should be taken into account [Eurostat, 1998]. It defines 77 European regions (NUTS I), 206 regional units (NUTS II),1 031 sub regional units (NUTS III), 1 074 local level areas (NUTS IV) and 98 433 communes or their equivalent (NUTS V).