Some of the candidates could not supply correct answer to this compulsory question. The reason for which government collects tourism statistics are:

• to know the volume of tourist trips
• to know the types of tourism such as holiday making, visiting friends and relatives, business travel, etc. that are suitable for the country
• to facilitate decision making process with regard to the needs of tourists
• to enable government and other international organizations compare trends and statistics with other countries
• to improve accessibility and expand existing infrastructure
• to assess the economic impact of tourism
• to measure the contribution of tourism in relation to other sectors of the economy
• to adopts appropriate marketing strategies
• for planning purposes
• to facilitate revenue generation
• to promote investment in tourism
• to assess the level of employment generation in tourism sector
• to compare tourist inflow and their expenditure pattern