Glossary:Arrival of tourist at the border
See arrival disambiguation page for other meanings of arrival.
Arrivals of tourists at the border refers to the number of international visitors who arrive during a given year in a given country and who are staying at least one night. The indicator includes non-resident citizens of this destination country, but excludes foreign residents in the given country. A tourist is any visitor who stays at least one night in collective or private accommodation.
This definition, used in the context of 'European Neighbourhood Policy - South' (or Southern Mediterranean) statistics, diverges somewhat from the one used in European Union tourism statistics. For the latter, an arrival at a tourism establishment is defined as a tourist, resident or non-resident of the country where the establishment is located, who arrives at a tourist accommodation establishment (rented-accommodation) or at non-rented accommodation (data for the latter are not collected in the scope of the Tourism Regulation, however). Consequently, the defintions differ in two aspects: arrival at the border versus at tourism establishment; and resident non-citizens excluded versus included.