CHAPTER EIGHT

TOURISM

This chapter contains the following statistics .

The tourism movement :

A- It includes the arrivals ( Arabs and foreigners ) who entered the country sorted out by nationality and mean of transportation . The data source was the current statistics which was obtained from the Immigration passport directorate .

B- The tourists ( Arabs and foreigners and Syrians ) Who stayed in the country for at least one night Sorted out by nationality and place of stay whether he stayed in a hotel or another place .

Also stating the number of nights they spent inside The country .

The data source was the result of the incoming Tourism survey in 2002 which was done by the C-B-S in cooperation with the ministry of tourism .

C- The hotel guests and the number of tourism Nights for the Arab and Syrian and foreign tourists Sorted and by mohafzats and the quality of the hotel .

The data source was the current statistics which was Obtained from the ministry of tourism . this part contained A set of time series for the incoming and guest tourists and the tourism nights .

The departing Syrians :

It contains all Syrians leaving the country With their destination and the boarder center the crossed stated . the data source was the immigration .

The hotels :

It includes the number of the hotels in the country and their distribution by the quality of the hotel and the number of beds and rooms and by the mohafzats . the data source is the ministry of tourism .

Damascus international fair :

It contains data about the number of participating countries ( Arabs and foreign ) and about the number of visitors who visited the fair for a number of years .

The data source was the administration of the fair .

Museum and antiquities :

It includes data on visitors to museum and antiquities . the data source is the general directorate of the museum and archeological sites .

Definitions :

ـ The incoming : every person who enters the country Whether he stayed in or left in the same day .

ـ The tourist : every person stayed at least one Night in any place in the country .

ـ The day tourism : who entered the country and spent there at most 24 hours .

ـ The non tourist : who came to the country for business or stay and it includes the transit and the diplomats .