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Domestic Tourism Survey 2021

South Africa, 2021 - 2022
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Reference ID
zaf-statssa-dts-2021-v1
Producer(s)
Statistics South Africa
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South African Tourism Survey Data
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-statssa-dts-2021-v1
    Title
    Domestic Tourism Survey 2021
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Household Survey
    Abstract
    The DTS is a large-scale household survey aimed at collecting accurate statistics on the travel behaviour and expenditure of South African residents travelling within the borders of the country. Such information is crucial when determining the contribution of tourism to the South African economy, as well as helping with planning, marketing, policy formulation, and the regulation of tourism-related activities.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
    Version Date
    2022
    Version Notes
    Version 1 was downloaded from Stats SA in July 2023.

    Scope

    Notes

    The following information was collected: Domestic day and overnight trips undertaken; trips undertaken by respondents and trips by other household members without the respondent accompanying them; the profile of the most recent day/overnight domestic trips undertaken both by the respondent and other household members (detailing information on destination, trip length, purpose of visit, accommodation, transport, activities, trip expenditure, etc.) and socio-demographic information.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey had national coverage
    Geographic Unit
    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is municipality.
    Universe
    The target population of the survey consists of all private households in all nine provinces of South Africa and residents in workers’ hostels. The survey does not cover other collective living quarters such as students’ hostels, oldage homes, hospitals, prisons and military barracks, and is therefore only representative of non-institutionalised and non-military persons or households in South Africa.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Statistics South Africa Government of South Africa

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    The sample design for the DTS 2020 was based on a Master Sample (MS) that has been designed for all household surveys conducted by Statistics South Africa.

    The Master Sample used a two-staged, stratified design with probability-proportional-to-size (PPS) sampling of PSUs from within strata, and systematic sampling of dwelling units (DUs) from the sampled primary sampling units (PSUs). A self-weighting design at provincial level was used. Stratification was done in two stages: Primary stratification was defined by metropolitan and non-metropolitan geographic area type. During secondary stratification, the Census 2011 data were summarised at PSU level. The following variables were used for secondary stratification: household size, education, occupancy status, gender, industry and income.
    Weighting
    Sampling weights are constructed for the 12 reference months. These included both full sample and replicate weights for each of the 12 reference months. The full sample and replicate weights are calibrated using the population control totals for the cells defined by the cross-classification Age-Group x Population-Group x Gender at the national level, and broad Age Groups at the province level.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2021-01-01 2022-03-01
    Data Collection Mode
    • Computer Assisted Telephone Interview
    Data Collection Notes
    Stats SA suspended face-to-face data collection for all its surveys on 19 March 2020 as a result of the COVID19 pandemic and restricted movement. The mode of data collection was changed from face-to-face CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews) to CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephonic Interviews) to facilitate data collection during successive lockdown phases due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, in 2021, households that provided usable telephone numbers in 2019 were interviewed telephonically. Please see the DTS2021 Report for more details.

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License
    Citation requirements
    Statistics South Africa. Domestic Tourism Survey 2021 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2022. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/4ztg-sj93

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2023-07-17

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 1
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