Definition: Business travel

Category: Balance of Payments, IMF

The business travel category covers travellers going abroad for all types of business activities: carrier crews stopping off or lying over; government employees on official travel; employees of international organisations on official business; and employees doing work for enterprises that are not resident in the economies in which the work occurs (§ 246). http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/BoP_Manual_Fifth_Edition_EN.pdf