Center of economic interest
it is said to have a center of economic interest when there exist some location-dwelling, place of production or other premises-within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite but long period of time.
Reference: 1985 NEDA Glossary of Terms in Statistics, PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Compendium of Philippine Social Statistics (CPSS), 1991 and Economic and Social Indicators (ESI), 1998.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003
approved: 10/13/2003
Chartered Flight
A flight booked exclusively for the use of a group of people for the movement of persons, baggages or properties on a time, mileage or trip basis
Reference: CAB Economic Regulation No.2 (Approved: 15 September 1969) A Glossary of Selected Tourism Terms First Edition, 1980
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 9 - Series of 2008 approved: 9/10/2008
Domestic Chartered Flight
A flight flown and operated by an air carrier or air taxi operator within the economy of reference where the entire capacity of one or more aircraft has been engaged for the movement of persons and their luggages or for the movement of properties, on a time, mileage or trip basis.
Reference: CAB Economic Regulation No.5 (Approved, 10 August 1970)
Board Resolution: NSCB Resolution No. 9 - Series of 2008 approved: 9/10/2008
Domestic Tourism
Tourism of resident visitors within the economic territory of the country of reference.
Reference:
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
Flight
The scheduled trip of an aircraft identified by a specific number from a departure point through any designated stop to a destination point
Reference: A Glossary of Selected Tourism Terms First Edition, 1980
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 9 - Series of 2008 approved: 9/10/2008
Flight Frequency
The number of flights operated by an airline within a specific time period, such as a day or week
Reference: University of the Philippines – Asian Institute of Tourism (UP-AIT)
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 9 - Series of 2008 approved: 9/10/2008
Group Tour
a number of people traveling together following an itinerary organized by a private entity such as tour operator or travel agency or by a government institution.
Reference: A Glossary of Selected Tourism Terms, 1980 Prepared by the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Tourism of the NEDA Inter-agency Committee (IAC) on Trade and Tourism and the Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT), University of the Philippines (UP) Guided Tour – a
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 12 - Series of 2004 approved: 10/20/2004
Guided Tour
a tour conducted for tourism purposes by a tour guide.
Reference: A Glossary of Selected Tourism Terms, 1980 Prepared by the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Tourism of the NEDA Inter-agency Committee (IAC) on Trade and Tourism and the Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT), University of the Philippines (UP)
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 12 - Series of 2004 approved: 10/20/2004
Inbound Tourism
Tourism of non-resident visitors within the economic territory of the country of reference.
Reference: 1985 NEDA Glossary of Terms in Statistics, NSCB Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Compendium of Philippine Social Statistics (CPSS), 1991 and Economic and Social Indicators (ESI), 1998.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
Incentive Travel (IT)
Travel given by a company to its qualified employees, production workers, sales personnel, dealers, distributors and support staff, either as a "perk" to stimulate productivity, or as a "reward" due to the achievement of work-related goals
Reference: Travel and Tourism Intelligence The Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions Industry by Dr. Adele Ladkin and Julie Spiller, 2000
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 9 - Series of 2008 approved: 9/10/2008
International Chartered Flight
A flight flown and operated by an air carrier/airline on the basis of a contract between a carrier/airline and a group of individuals or agencies to carry exclusive traffic from an economy of reference to other points beyond and vice-versa
Reference: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Circular 163 – AT/42 (Policy Concerning International Air Transport )
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 9 - Series of 2008 approved: 9/10/2008
Outbound Tourism
Tourism of resident visitors outside the economic territory of the country of reference.
Reference: 1985 NEDA Glossary of Terms in Statistics, Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Compendium of Philippine Social Statistics (CPSS), 1991 and Economic and Social Indicators (ESI), 1998.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
Package Tour
refers to a set of products and services offered to the visitors that is composed of varieties of tourism characteristic products (such as transport, accommodation, food services, recreation, etc.). The component of a package tour might be pre-established, or can result from an "a la carte" procedure where the visitor decides the combination of products/services he/she wishes to acquire. This can be synonymously used with "package travel and/or package holiday".
Reference: Tourism Satellite Account: Methodological Reference, 2000 (WTO) paragraphs 2.74 and 3.46 on pages 30 and 41, respectively; International Tourism: Global Perspective (WTO) 1st edition: October 1997, page 386; and DOT Rules and Regulations to Govern the Acc
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 12 - Series of 2004 approved: 10/20/2004
Passenger Air Service
An air service performed primarily for the transport of passengers.
Reference: International Civil Aviation Vocabulary Second Edition, 2001
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 9 - Series of 2008 approved: 9/10/2008
Resident
An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a center of economic interest in the economic territory of that country.
Reference:
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
Same-Day Visitor
Visitor who does not spend the night in a collective or private accommodation in the place visited.
Reference: 1985 NEDA Glossary of Terms in Statistics, Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Compendium of Philippine Social Statistics (CPSS), 1991 and Economic and Social Indicators (ESI), 1998.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
Tour
refers to any arranged journey intended for purposes of tourism to one or more places and back to the point of origin. The arranged journey may not necessarily be pre-paid.
Reference:
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 12 - Series of 2004 approved: 10/20/2004
Tour Guide
pertains to an individual who guides visitors for a fee, commission, or any form of lawful remuneration or a personnel from a government or private entity who performs the above function without fee or remuneration.
Reference: Principles of Tourism, Part I – 1999, Zenaida L. Cruz, Ph.D.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 12 - Series of 2004 approved: 10/20/2004
Tour Operator
refers to entities engaged in the business of extending/selling travel services (e.g., arrangements and bookings for transportation and/or accommodation; handling and/or conduct of inbound tours) to individuals or groups for a fee, commission, or any form of compensation.
Reference: DOT Rules and Regulations to Govern the Accreditation of Travel and Tour Services, 1992; Tourism Satellite Account: Methodological Reference, 2000 (WTO) paragraph 3.46, page 41; and International Tourism: Global Perspective (WTO) 1st edition: October 1997
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 12 - Series of 2004 approved: 10/20/2004
Tourism
Comprises the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited.
Reference: 1985 NEDA Glossary of Terms in Statistics, Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Compendium of Philippine Social Statistics (CPSS), 1991 and Economic and Social Indicators (ESI), 1998.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
Tourist
Visitor who stays one or more nights in the place visited.
Reference: 1985 NEDA Glossary of Terms in Statistics, Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Compendium of Philippine Social Statistics (CPSS), 1991 and Economic and Social Indicators (ESI), 1998.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
Trade Fair/Exhibition
An event wherein products and/or services are presented/displayed to an invited audience for purposes of public relations, sales and /or marketing
Notes: Convention venues, companies and agencies which conduct trade fairs/exhibitions are the respondents to the Incentive Travel Survey, one of the components of DOT’s MICE Study
Reference: Travel and Tourism Intelligence The Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions Industry by Dr. Adele Ladkin and Julie Spiller, 2000
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 9 - Series of 2008 approved: 9/10/2008
Travel agency
refers to entities qualified to sell tours, cruises, transportation, hotel accommodations, meals, transfers, sightseeing and all other elements of travel to visitors in a certain geographic area at a certain moment in time and within certain conditions. The agency acts as a broker, bringing the buyer and seller together. They do not substitute the service-providing unit, but play the role of providing information and access to the visitor and are the middlemen in the purchase of certain services.
Reference: Tourism Satellite Account: Methodological Reference, 2000 (WTO) paragraph 3.37, page 40; International Tourism: Global Perspective (WTO) 1st edition: October 1997, page 389; and Principles of Tourism, Part I – 1999, Zenaida L. Cruz, Ph.D.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 12- Series of 2004 approved: 10/20/2004
Usual Environment
Corresponds to the geographical boundaries within which an individual displaces himself/herself within his/her regular routine of life; consists of the direct vicinity of his/her home and place of work or study and other places frequently visited.
Reference: 1985 NEDA Glossary of Terms in Statistics, Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Compendium of Philippine Social Statistics (CPSS), 1991 and Economic and Social Indicators (ESI), 1998.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
Visitor
Any person traveling to a place other than that of his/her usual environment for less than 12 months and whose main purpose of trip is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited.
Reference: 1985 NEDA Glossary of Terms in Statistics, Philippine Statistical Yearbook, Compendium of Philippine Social Statistics (CPSS), 1991 and Economic and Social Indicators (ESI), 1998.
Board Resolution: Resolution No. 11 - Series of 2003 approved: 10/13/2003
