なお、各国の受入れ統計は、国によって統計処理の方法に相違がみられるため、各国間の数字を比較する際は、予めその旨を留意の上活用願います。また、さらに詳しい内容(分類方法等)については、WTOが毎年発行している「世界観光統計年鑑(YEARBOOK OF TOURISM STATISTICS)」に各国の受入れ統計が記載されていますので、参考とすることをお勧めします。
World Tourism Statistics
Most international tourism statistics published by the world's major tourist market countries has traditionally been those about inbound travel to their countries. Only a few exceptions such as Japan, Korea and Taiwan issue statistics about outbound travel from their territories, which are required by the world's travel in dustry. Since such statistics, even if they are available, tend to cover only certain kinds of travel such as vacation travel or to be roughly estimated figures, it is difficult to grasp at a glance the accurate traffic of outbound tourists by region or period or their individual destinations.
This statistic, compiled for the purpose of complementing the currently available statistics, is designed to enable us to understand the number of outbound travelers from each of the world's 24 major tourist generating countries by destination for 1991-1995. This statistic has been produced by re-classifying the data about inbound travel submitted by its member countries to the World Tourism Organization (WTO). It should be especially noted that the figures included in this statistic will be of great help for us to understand the world's total and number by region of outbound travelers from each of the major tourist generating countries.
When comparing the figures of each country, it should be noted that the methods used for processing statistics vary with countries. For details such as the method of classification, we recommend that you refer to each country's inbound statistic in the Yearbook of Tourism Statistics annually published by WTO.