Survey on Private and Business Travel of BiH Citizens

(Patria) - The Agency for Statistics of BiH, in cooperation with the statistical institutes of the entities, is conducting a survey on private and business travel of residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the first time.

The survey will be conducted from November 22 to December 4, 2018, throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina on a representative sample of 5,550 randomly selected households, of which 3,300 are from the Federation of BiH, 1,700 from Republika Srpska, and 550 from Brčko District of BiH. The survey will be conducted by accredited survey personnel from the Agency for Statistics of BiH, the Federal Institute for Statistics of FBiH, and the Republican Institute for Statistics of RS.

In addition to demographic, educational, and other characteristics of the population, the survey collects data on the number and characteristics of multi-day and one-day trips, reasons for travel, duration of trips, destinations visited, habits of residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina when traveling, total expenditure (average expenses on trips including travel costs, accommodation, food and drinks, entrance fees, etc.), and other characteristics of the population in BiH.

Statistical institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina guarantee that, in accordance with the Law on Statistics of BiH and the Law on Personal Data Protection, the answers to the questions will be strictly confidential, that respondents will remain completely anonymous, and they ask citizens for active cooperation in the implementation of this important statistical activity.