Hostl Occupancy Survy (HOS) Mthodology March 205
Indx rsntaton 3 2 Obctvs 4 3 Statstcal unt 5 4 Survy scop 6 5 fnton of varabls 7 6 Survy frawork and sapl dsgn 9 7 Estators 0 8 Inforaton collcton 3 9 Coffcnts of varaton 4 2
rsntaton Ths publcaton prsnts th rsults corrspondng to th Hostl Occupancy Survy. Th data provdd rflcts th two aspcts consdrd n th tours study: fro th dand prspctv, nforaton s offrd on travllrs, ovrnght stays and avrag stay, dstrbutd by plac of rsdnc of th travllrs, or by Autonoous Cty or County of orgn n th cas of travllrs rsdnt n Span; fro th supply prspctv, t provds th statd nubr of opn stablshnts, bdplacs, bdroos, occupancy rats and nforaton rgardng ploynt n th sctor. Each onth, ths nforaton s obtand on a natonal scop, and by Autonoous Cty or County. Th would lk to thank all of th profssonals, busnssprsons and nsttutons rlatd to th tourst sctor for th collaboraton thy hav provdd, whch has bn ssntal n conductng ths survy. 3
2 Obctvs Th an obctv of th Hostl Occupancy Survy s to ascrtan th bhavour of a srs of varabls that allow us to dscrb th basc charactrstcs of ths typ of accoodaton wthn th tourst sctor, fro both th supply and th dand ponts of vw, thus answrng th nd of natonal organsatons for knowldg rgardng th sctor, and tng th rqurnts of ntrnatonal organsatons. 4
3 Statstcal unt Ths ar all of th Hostls rgstrd as such n th corrspondng rgstr of ach Autonoous County, accordng to th dfntons apparng n th dffrnt Autonoous County lgal rgulatons rgardng sad accoodaton. Hostls ar dfnd as stablshnts that offr accoodaton srvcs to th publc, anly n shard bdroos, wth or wthout coplntary srvcs, and usually wth th possblty of partcpatng n actvts rlatng to th surroundngs. 5
4 Survy scop Ths studs all of th Hostls that ar part of th Spansh outh Hostl Assocaton (Rd Española d Albrgus Juvnls, REAJ, n Spansh) throughout th country. Ths s wth th xcpton of Cuta, whr thr ar no stablshnts of ths typ. 6
5 fnton of varabls 5. Estatd opn stablshnts Th nubr of hostls opn for th sason as statd by th survy. A hostl opn for th sason s that for whch th rfrnc onth s ncludd wthn ts opnng prod: 5.2 Estatd bdplacs Th nubr of bdplacs statd by th survy n th hostls opn for th sason. Th bdplacs n a hostl ar undrstood to b th nubr of fxd bds that th hostl has avalabl; thrfor, ths dos not nclud xtra bds or doubl bds ladng to two bdplacs. 5.3 Travllrs All prsons who stay on or or conscutv nghts n th sa accoodaton. Travllrs ar classfd by thr plac of rsdnc. In th cas of travllrs rsdnt n Span, nforaton s rqustd on th Autonoous Cty or County of orgn. 5.4 Ovrnght stay An ovrnght stay s undrstood to b vry nght that a travllr stays n th hostl. For xapl, a group of sx prsons stayng at th stablshnt for two days gvs rs to 2 ovrnght stays or occupd bdplacs. 5.5 Avrag stay Ths varabl s an approxaton of th nubr of days that, on avrag, th travllrs stay at th hostls, and t s calculatd as th quotnt btwn th ovrnght stays and th nubr of travllrs. 5.6 Occupancy rat by bdplacs rcntag-basd rlaton btwn th total ovrnght stays and th product of th bdplacs and th days to whch th ovrnght stays rfr. 7
It can b dducd fro ths dfnton that a hostl ay hav an occupancy rat lowr than 00 prcnt, and yt, not hav any avalabl bdplacs (vacancs), snc a bdroo or doubl bd ay b occupd by on travllr, yldng a sngl ovrnght stay, though th bdroo has a gratr capacty. 5.7 Wknd occupancy rat by bdplacs rcntag-bas rlaton btwn th total ovrnght stays and th product of th bdplacs and th two days to whch th ovrnght stays rfr (Frday and Saturday). It can b dducd fro ths dfnton that a hostl ay hav an occupancy rat lowr than 00 prcnt, and yt, not hav any avalabl bdplacs (vacancs), snc a bdroo or doubl bd ay b occupd by on travllr, yldng a sngl ovrnght stay, though th bdroo has a gratr capacty. 5.8 Occupd prsonnl Ths s dfnd as th group of pad and unpad prsons who contrbut, wth thr work, to th producton of goods and srvcs, durng th rfrnc prod of th survy, vn whn thy work outsd th prss. 8
6 Survy frawork and sapl dsgn Th survy has usd th drctors of th Autonoous Counts, and othr auxlary sourcs, such as th Spansh outh Hostl Assocaton (Rd Española d Albrgus Juvnls, REAJ, n Spansh), as th frawork for slctng th nforant unts, and n whch, th followng data, aong othrs, appars for ach stablshnt: na, addrss, noral opnng prod, nubr of bdplacs, NIF. Ths drctors ar updatd on a prannt bass. Th survy s coprhnsv n all provncs, xcpt n Cuta, whr th survy s not conductd, du to th non-xstnc of ths typ of stablshnt thr. 9
7 Estators ARIABLES USE E nubr of stablshnts opn durng th onth, xstng n th drctory nubr of stablshnts that rspond to th survy qustonnar usng th custoary thod (ncdnc or 2) c nubr of stablshnts n th sapl that stat that thy ar closd n th qustonnar (ncdnc 3) d nubr of days that th stablshnt has bn opn durng th rfrnc onth nubr of days n th rfrnc onth (28, 29, 30 or 3) nubr of bdplacs n opn stablshnts, accordng to th drctory nubr of travllrs chckd n N nubr of occupd bdplacs or ovrnght stays fs total nubr of Frdays and Saturdays n th rfrnc onth ES avrag stay T ployd prsonnl H nubr of bdroos n opn stablshnts, accordng to th drctory B nubr of occupd bdroos G Occupancy rat by bdplacs. SUBINICES USE: stablshnt provnc plac of rsdnc ROCESSING OF INCIENCES In th vnt that durng th data collcton prod t s not possbl to collct nforaton about an stablshnt, that nforaton wll contnu to b rqustd durng th two followng onths. In th vnt that nforaton about an stablshnt s not obtand durng th collcton prod, t wll b putd to sad stablshnt accordng to th data of th hostls of th stratu whch hav rspondd accordng to th forula shown blow. 0
Monthly nforaton Nubr of stablshnts opn durng th rfrnc onth: E E ( + c ) d Nubr of bdplacs n th stablshnts opn durng th rfrnc onth E d c + Nubr of travllrs chckd n durng th onth d Nubr of occupd bdplacs (ovrnght stays) k N N d Nubr of wknd ovrnght stays fs fs N N d Avrag stay N ES Avrag stay by country of rsdnc N ES
2 Eployd prsonnl d T T Estatd bdroos n opn stablshnts + E c H H d H H H ' Occupancy rat by bdplacs 00 N G Wknd occupancy rat by bdplacs 00 fs fs fs N G
8 Inforaton collcton Th basc data on th hostls rfrs to on onth. Th nforaton s provdd onthly by th hostls, va a qustonnar that s forwardd to th. Lkws, t s possbl to subt th nforaton onln, through th IRIA syst, drctly copltng th qustonnar on th scrn. 3
9. Coffcnts of varaton rocssng of ncdncs causd by th putaton Snc t s an xhaustv survy, saplng rrors ar not calculatd. But takng nto account that, although t s xhaustv, a total rspons rat s not always possbl, as thr s nforaton about crtan hostls that cannot b obtand, th rsultng stats ay contan an rror du to th putaton. Th nforaton about th hostls that dd not rspondd s statd or putd by th avrag of th ons n th sa stratu whch dd rspond. In ordr to tak nto account ths putaton, an approxaton of th varablty addd by th putaton s calculatd. By usng th avrag of th ons that dd rspond as putaton, th approxaton of th calculaton of ths varablty concds wth th usual forulaton of th saplng rror. Th ustfcaton for ths s dtald blow: Estaton of th varanc n th cas of xhaustv stratu: Bng nn th sapl sz of th xhaustv stratu and th sz of th ons that rspondd. Fro a odl basd approach, th varanc of th putd data can b calculatd. In th vnt of putaton by th avrag of th ons that rspond, t s obtand: 2 2 λ 2 2 ( ) N σ ; σ ( yk y) ; λ tasa d rspusta k r Th rsult concds wth th usual forulaton of th varanc, fro a dsgn basd approach, t s obtand: N 2 2 σ ( ) N ( f ) ; f N Thus, for ths survy th rrors drvd fro th putaton of th an onthly varabls ar calculatd: travllrs and ovrnght stays, whr: a) travllrs chckd n ( n th qustonnar) b) Occupd bdplacs or Ovrnght stays (N n th qustonnar) Ŷ Bng th stator of any of ths varabls (s scton 5.3). Shown blow t s th calculaton of th staton of th rlatv saplng rror or coffcnt of varaton (n prcntag) for ach onth: N 4
5 -Coffcnt of varaton statd for th total statd of, at a natonal lvl and by provnc :.00 C ;.00 C ; -Coffcnt of varaton statd for th total statd of, by rsdnts and non-rsdnts:.00 C whr odalty (rsdnts or non-rsdnts) whr: ; ; and wll b calculatd as follows: Estators wth onthly nforaton. For (travllrs) or N (ovrnght stays) ( ) s R d f 2 2 2 ) ( whr - E c f + - s would corrspond to th unts that rspondd, thus s. - R