Article 1
Open ↗Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 9, paragraph (4) is replaced by the following: ‘4. Member States shall transmit: (a) the validated annual data listed in Sections 1 and 2 of Annex I within 6 months after the end of the reference period, unless otherwise specified in Annex I; (b) the validated monthly data listed in Section 2 of Annex I within 8 weeks after the end of the reference periods for reference years 2020 and 2021, and within 6 weeks after the end of the reference period as of reference year 2022; (c) the validated data listed in Section 4 of Annex I within 9 months after the end of the reference period, if the Member State concerned opts in favour of transmitting them; (d) the validated data listed in Annex II within 6 months after the end of the reference period.’; (2) Annex I is amended as follows: (a) in Section 2, point ‘A. Variables and breakdowns to be transmitted for annual data’, is amended as follows: (i) the first row of the table under ‘(1) At regional NUTS 2 level and at national level’, is replaced by the following: ‘Type of accommodation Variables Breakdowns Total (all types of tourist accommodation establishments) Number of nights spent by residents at tourist accommodation establishments Number of nights spent by non-residents at tourist accommodation establishments Type of locality (a) and (b) NUTS 3 level regions Months of the reference year [optional if NUTS 2 level covers the entire Member State]’ (ii) in the table ‘(2) At national level’, the following row is added to the top: ‘Type of accommodation Variables Breakdowns Total (all types of tourist accommodation establishments) Number of nights spent by residents at tourist accommodation establishments Number of nights spent by non-residents at tourist accommodation establishments Type of locality (a) combined with Type of locality (b) Cities’ (b) point ‘D. Rapid key indicators’ is deleted; (c) in Section 3, the following point F is added: ‘F. Cities The cities for which data shall be transmitted shall be in accordance with Article 4b(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 and they shall include at least: — those cities that, jointly, account for 90 % of the annual nights spent at tourism accommodation in cities in the country; — the capital city; — all cities with 200 000 inhabitants or more. For this purpose, cities are those local administrative unit (LAU) where at least 50 % of the population lives in an urban centres; an urban centre is a cluster of contiguous grid cells of 1 km 2 with a density of at least 1 500 inhabitants per km 2 and collectively a population of at least 50 000 inhabitants. The Commission (Eurostat) together with the Member States shall regularly update the list of cities. Member States shall transmit the data for the most recent list of cities available on 31 December of the reference year.’; (3) In Annex II, section 2, point ‘A. Variables to be transmitted’, rows 8 to 15 of the table, are replaced by the following: ‘Variables Categories to be transmitted Periodicity 8. Main means of transport (a) Air (flight services, scheduled or chartered, or other air services) (b) Waterway (such as passenger lines and ferries, cruises, pleasure boat, rented vessel) (c) Railway (d) Bus, coach (regular/scheduled or occasional/non-scheduled) (d1) [optional] Regular/scheduled bus or coach (d2) [optional] Occasional/non-scheduled bus or coach (e) Private motor vehicle (owned or leasing, including friends/relatives’ car) (f) Rented motor vehicle (including ride-sharing or car-sharing platforms) (g) Other (such as bicycle) Annual 9. Main means of accommodation (a) Rented accommodation: hotels or similar accommodation (b) Rented accommodation: campsites, caravan or trailer park (non-residential) (c) Rented accommodation: such as house, villa, apartment; rented room(s) in a dwelling (d) Rented accommodation: other rented accommodation (such as youth hostels, marinas, health establishments) (e) Non-rented accommodation: own holiday home (f) Non-rented accommodation: accommodation provided free of charge by relatives or friends (g) Non-rented accommodation: other non-rented accommodation Annual 10. Booking of the trip: internet booking of the main means of accommodation (a) Yes (b) No Triennial 11. Booking of the trip: booking channel for the main means of accommodation (a) Directly with the accommodation provider (b) Via a travel agency, tour operator, portal or short-term property or holiday letting agency listing multiple accommodation providers (c) No booking was needed Triennial 11a. [Only for trips with accommodation booked using the internet via a travel agency, tour operator, portal or short-term property or holiday letting agency; only for trips with main means of accommodation “rented accommodation: such as house, villa, apartment; rented room(s) in a dwelling”] Booking of the main means of accommodation via a website or app such as Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia, HomeAway (a) Yes (b) No Triennial 12. Booking of the trip: internet booking of the main means of transport (a) Yes (b) No Triennial 13. Booking of the trip: booking channel for the main means of transport (a) Directly with the transport provider (b) Via a travel agency, tour operator, portal (c) No booking was needed Triennial 13a. [Optional] [Only for trips with transport booked using the internet via a travel agency, tour operator, portal] Booking of the main means of transport via a website or app such as BlaBlaCar (a) Yes (b) No Triennial 14. Booking of the trip: package trip (a) Yes (b) No Triennial 15. Booking of the trip: internet booking of the package (a) Yes (b) No Triennial 15a. Expenditure of the individual tourist during the trip on packages Annual’