Surveys on domestic tourism expenditure and national household travel to commence from July
National Statistics Office will be commencing its nationwide Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey (DTES) and National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) from July. The survey will be conducted from July 2025 to June 2026.
National Statistics Office is collecting socio-economic data from the households as part of the 80th round of the National Sample Survey. The main objective of the DTES survey was to collect the detailed expenditure and related information on domestic overnight tours, as well as information on domestic same-day trips made by the household members.
The main objective of the NHTS survey was to collect the data based on the Ministry of Railways' requirements on where, when and why people travel within the country. The survey results will be used to improve public transportation system, infrastructure planning, and making policy decisions and developments in the country.
Inaugurating a regional training conference, Director of National Statistics Office (Field Operations Division), Madurai, G. Vishnu Raj spoke about the importance of quality data collection of the surveys.
Assistant Director of National Statistics Office (Field Operations Division), Madurai, L. Palaniappan; Assistant Director of National Statistics Office (Field Operations Division), Virudhunagar, V. Rethinam; Assistant Director Directorate of Economics and Statistics Madasamy, Senior Statistical Officer, Madurai, Padmavati and Senior Statistical Officer, Madurai, Roop Singh Gurjar were present
Qualified and trained enumerators will be engaged for data collection using hand held devices equipped with E-Sigma Software. Assistant Directors and In-Charge officers, Statistical officers, Survey Enumerators and other officials from Madurai, Virudhunagar, Thanjavur and Tirunelveli Sub Regional Office participated in the conference.
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