Candidates’ overall performance was very poor. The question was unpopular. Most of the candidates exhibited a poor knowledge of tourism statistics. This made them to lose most of the marks allotted for the question. They were expected to respond to the question in the following manner:

• Meaning of tourism statistic:

It is the collection and compilation of information about tourist activities in terms of their inflow, outflow, expenditure pattern, demographic/profile and products available to them.                                                                                                                                    

• Categories of tourism statistics:
• Tourism inflow statistics
• Tourism outflow statistics
• Expenditure pattern statistics
• Tourism profile/demographic statistics
• Tourism employment statistics
• Accommodation statistics
• Tourist centre features