Quarterly economic indicators of tourism and accommodation (until 2015)
Sale of accommodation, catering and touring services by type of service; accommodation, catering and touring services volume index by type of service, compared to previous period and corresponding period of previous year | |
Estonian Classifcation of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2 | |
Tourism, accommodation and catering enterprises (NACE 55, 56 and 79). | |
Lodging units – provide lodging or short-term accommodations for travellers, holiday makers and others. Restaurant activities – provide complete meals meant for immediate consumption, whether traditional restaurants, self-service or take-away restaurants as well as permanent or temporary fish and chips stands and the like with or without seating. Sale of accommodation services – including cost for breakfast if it is sold together with accommodation Sale of catering services – sale of ready-to-eat foodstuff (merchandise and own production) for consumption in the place of sale. Merchandise – goods that purchaser enterprise sells without further processing. Turnover (formerly ‘net sales’) – income from sale of all products, goods and services received or to be received, which does not include VAT and excises. Turnover is equal with the pay received or to be received and is calculated on a accrual basis accounting. Turnover excludes subsidies. | |
Enterprise | |
Enterprises whose main activity is accommodation and food service activities, or travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities. FRAME List of active enterprises whose main activity is accommodation and food service activities, or travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities. The list is generated from the Business Register for Statistical Purposes. | |
Estonia as a whole | |
2001–… | |
The calculations were based on the data of the year 2010 |
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Adjustment is carried out for the series of sales revenue and number of people occupied with work. Time series are seasonally and calendar adjusted (ie working day effect is removed). |