Akunu S Meyase, IAS, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, Economics and Statistics along with senior officers during the training programme in Kohima.
KOHIMA, JULY 3 (MExN): The Department of Economics & Statistics, Nagaland has conducted a two-day state level training programme on domestic tourism expenditure survey of NSS 80th round on July 2- 3 at DES Conference Hall, Kohima with participation from all the Districts Economics and Statistics Offices.
The primary objective of Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey of NSS 80th round is to collect detailed information on expenditure on domestic tourism along with some information on household characteristics, visitor characteristics and trip characteristics in relation to domestic overnight trip required for preparation of Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) which will be done by the Ministry of Tourism (MoT).
Also, MoT provides the travel and tourism data to United Nation World Tourism Organisation to generate Travel and Tourism Development Index.
The data generated from this survey is an important source for policy research and for formulation of sector specific policies and programmes.
Besides TSA, the survey will cover a wide range of information on the various aspects viz month of starting the trip, purpose of trip, main destination of the trip, mode of travel etc.
Technical sessions were taken up by Kiutan Simon, ESO, Mhabemo Ovung, ESO and Ruokuophrelie, IOS. The survey period will be from July 2025 to June 2026.
