International Travel Survey (ITS)

Visit to a foreign country of person, number

Visit to a foreign country refers to a travel to a foreign country by a person, regardless of the purpose of travel, whether for business or tourism. A visit to a foreign country includes overnight visits only. If more than one person travel together, the value of visits accounts for all persons in the travelling party as if they were travelling separately.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Whole number