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Activity Number: 488
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Government Statistics Section
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Title: Travel Price Indexes: Joys and Headaches of Online Collection
Author(s): Catherine Deshaies-Moreault* and Martin Beaulieu
Companies: Statistics Canada and Statistics Canada
Keywords: Online collection ; price index ; travel
Abstract:

Travel indexes are part of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) produced by Statistics Canada. The Travel Tours and Traveller Accommodation indexes are currently being reviewed to maintain their relevance and propose solutions to some challenging aspects including response burden, sampling strategies and collection methods. In-person collection is the traditional method to collect data for the CPI, but information on prices in the travel industry has proven to be more and more difficult to gather in the traditional way. Furthermore, online sales make up a constantly increasing share of the travel industry market. Online collection seems to be a promising method to collect representative data on the travel industry. This paper will give an overview of the introduction of online collection for the travel indexes, the obstacles encountered and overcome and the challenges that we are still experiencing.


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