International Passenger Survey: Quarter 1, 2020

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The <i>International Passenger Survey</i> (IPS) aims to collect data on both credits and debits for the travel account of the Balance of Payments, provide detailed visit information on overseas visitors to the United Kingdom (UK) for tourism policy, and collect data on international migration.<br><br><p><strong>International Passenger Survey and COVID-19</strong><br>The Office for National Statistics notes that International Passenger Survey (IPS) interviewing was suspended on 16 March 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19). It is not certain when it will resume.</p><p>Travel and tourism estimates for Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2020 have been published to make the best possible use of the available data. The ONS expect that publishable estimates for March 2020 can be produced using the data collected up to 16 March 2020.&nbsp;The data available from UKDS covers Quarter 1 2020 with four subject areas, termed 'Airmiles', 'Alcohol', 'Qregtown' and 'Qcontact'. These files can be joined together using the variables YEAR, SERIAL, FLOW and QUARTER.</p><p>No IPS data will be collected for the period when the survey is not operational, and the usual travel and tourism outputs from the IPS will not be published for this period. However, the IPS team will publish information to help users to understand trends in total international travel, based on the available administrative data from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Department for Transport (DfT). This will provide figures on numbers of international journeys arriving into and departing from the UK, but there will be no information about the characteristics of these passengers.</p><p>

</p><p>Further information can be found on the ONS <a title="Travel Trends" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/leisureandtourism/articles/traveltrends/2019">Travel Trends</a> webpage.</p><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br><p>Each of the four subject areas covers different topics:</p><ul><li>'Airmiles': quarter; flow; serial; UK port or route; direct leg overseas port; final overseas port; distance from UK port to first port; from first to second port; from UK port to second port</li><li>'Alcohol': year; quarter; month; flow; serial; money spent on spirits; wine; beer; champagne; cigarettes; hand-rolled and other tobacco</li><li>'Qreg': year; quarter; month; flow; serial; towns stayed in overnight; details of type of accommodation; number of nights spent in towns; expenditure in towns; regional stay weight; regional visit weight; regional expenditure weight; various validation checks</li><li>'Qcontact': year; quarter; month; flow; serial; nationality; country of visit/residence; UK counties; date visit began; purpose of visit; intended length of stay; number of people; package tour and cost; expenditure pre-, post- and during visit; flight prefix and suffix; first carrier air or shipping line; direct leg overseas port; final overseas port; long- or short-haul; type of vehicle; number travelling in vehicle; fare type and cost; class of travel; business trip; type of flight; flight origin or destination; gender; age group; UK port or route; quality of response; date of interview; money transfer, net and total expenditure; type of transport; arrivals (number of adults); departures (type of travelling group, number of adults and children); weighting variables; various validation checks</li></ul>

【摘要版权归英国数据服务（UK Data Service）及数据收集版权所有者所有。】
《国际旅客调查》（International Passenger Survey, IPS）旨在收集国际收支（Balance of Payments）旅行账户的贷项与借项数据，为旅游政策制定提供英国（United Kingdom, UK）海外访客的详细访问信息，并收集国际移民相关数据。

国际旅客调查与COVID-19疫情
英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics, ONS）指出，受新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）疫情影响，国际旅客调查（IPS）的访谈工作于2020年3月16日暂停，恢复时间尚未确定。

2020年第一季度（1月至3月）的旅行和旅游估算数据已发布，以充分利用现有数据资源。ONS预计，可基于截至2020年3月16日收集的数据生成2020年3月的可发布估算结果。英国数据服务（UK Data Service, UKDS）提供的数据集涵盖2020年第一季度的四个主题领域，分别为“Airmiles”“Alcohol”“Qregtown”和“Qcontact”。这些文件可通过变量YEAR、SERIAL、FLOW和QUARTER实现关联。

调查暂停期间，IPS将不再收集数据，常规的旅行和旅游产出也不会发布。不过，IPS团队将基于英国民航局（Civil Aviation Authority, CAA）和英国交通部（Department for Transport, DfT）提供的现有行政数据，发布有助于用户理解国际旅行总体趋势的信息。此类信息将包含英国出入境国际旅程的数量，但不涉及旅客特征相关内容。

更多信息可查阅ONS的《旅行趋势》网页：<a title="Travel Trends" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/leisureandtourism/articles/traveltrends/2019">Travel Trends</a>。

主要主题：

四个主题领域分别涵盖以下内容：
- 'Airmiles'：季度；流向；序列号；英国港口或航线；直飞段海外港口；最终海外港口；英国港口至首个港口的距离；首个港口至第二个港口的距离；英国港口至第二个港口的距离
- 'Alcohol'：年份；季度；月份；流向；序列号；烈酒消费金额；葡萄酒；啤酒；香槟；香烟；手卷烟草及其他烟草
- 'Qreg'：年份；季度；月份；流向；序列号；过夜停留城镇；住宿类型详情；城镇停留夜数；城镇消费支出；区域停留权重；区域访问权重；区域支出权重；各类验证检查
- 'Qcontact'：年份；季度；月份；流向；序列号；国籍；访问/居住国家；英国郡；访问开始日期；访问目的；计划停留时长；人数；跟团游及费用；访问前、访问后及访问期间的支出；航班前缀及后缀；首个承运航空公司或航运公司；直飞段海外港口；最终海外港口；长途或短途；交通工具类型；交通工具内同行人数；票价类型及费用；旅行舱位；商务旅行；航班类型；航班出发地或目的地；性别；年龄组；英国港口或航线；响应质量；访谈日期；资金转移、净支出及总支出；交通工具类型；入境人数（成人数量）；出境情况（旅行团体类型、成人及儿童数量）；权重变量；各类验证检查