Executive summary

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Scope

• This report provides an extensive analysis related to the tourism demands and flows in Venezuela:
• It details historical values for the Venezuelan tourism industry for 2007–2011, along with forecast figures for 2012–2016
• It provides comprehensive analysis of the travel and tourism demand factors with values for both the 2007–2011 review period and the 2012–2016 forecast period
• The report makes a detailed analysis and projection of domestic, inbound and outbound tourist flows in Venezuela

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Key highlights

• The travel and tourism industry’s contribution to Venezuela’s GDP increased from 8.9% in 2007 to 9.2% in 2011, and its contribution is expected to reach 11.2% by 2016.
• Overvaluation led to a devaluation of the Bolivar by the government in 2010 and 2011, which has reduced the opportunities for low and middle-income groups to travel abroad.
• Venezuela is the only country with a right to recreation in its constitution. This is a direct consequence of a strong national policy in its tourism sector.
• Leisure is the main purpose of travel for Venezuelans travelling within the country and abroad; leisure trips account for more than 80% of the total domestic trips in the country, and 40% of tourists from Venezuela go abroad for leisure purposes.
• Health and wellness tourism is expected to grow at an annual growth of 10% in 2012, fueled by robust growth in medical tourism and spas.
• North America accounted for 30% of the total outbound trips from Venezuela during the last five years, and a total of 670,700 Venezuelans visited North America in 2011, of which 561,400 visited the US.

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Reasons to buy

• Take strategic business decisions using detailed historic and forecast data related to tourist flows in Venezuela
• Understand the demand factors within the Venezuelan travel and tourism industry, along with key market trends and growth opportunities
• Analyze the domestic, inbound and outbound tourist flows by geographic region and purpose of visit

Table of contents

1 Introduction
1.1 What is this Report About?
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Methodology
2 Executive Summary
3 Tourism Demand Factors
3.1 Typical Annual Employee Holiday Entitlement by Type
3.2 Total Population by Age
3.3 Male Population by Age
3.4 Female Population by Age
3.5 Number of Households
3.6 Mean Household Income
3.7 Number of Trips by Season
3.8 Number of Trips by Residents
3.9 Average Length of Tourism Trips
4 Tourism Flows
4.1 Analysis of Tourism Flows
4.2 Total Domestic Trips
4.3 Domestic Trips by Purpose of Visit
4.3.1 Number of business trips by domestic tourists
4.3.2 Number of leisure trips by domestic tourists
4.3.3 Number of other personal trips by domestic tourists
4.3.4 Number of overnight stays on domestic trips
4.4 Total International Arrivals
4.5 Number of International Arrivals by Region of Origin
4.5.1 International arrivals by country of origin – North America
4.5.2 International arrivals by purpose of visit
4.5.3 Inbound business tourist volume trend
4.5.4 Inbound leisure tourist volume trend
4.5.5 Inbound other tourist volume trend
4.6 Total International Departures
4.6.1 Number of international departures by destination
4.6.2 International departures to North America
4.6.3 International departures by purpose of visit
4.6.4 Outbound business tourist volume trend
4.6.5 Outbound leisure tourist volume trend
4.6.6 Outbound other tourist volume trend
4.6.7 Number of overnight stays on international trips
5 Appendix
5.1 Contact Us
5.2 About Timetric
5.3 Disclaimer

List of tables

Table 1: Market Intelligence Travel and Tourism Industry Definitions
Table 2: Venezuela – Typical Holiday Entitlement of Employees per Annum, 2007–2011
Table 3: Venezuela – Total Population by Age (Million), 2007–2011
Table 4: Venezuela – Total Population by Age (Million), 2011–2016
Table 5: Venezuela – Male Population by Age (Million), 2007–2011
Table 6: Venezuela – Male Population by Age (Million), 2011–2016
Table 7: Venezuela – Female Population by Age (Million), 2007–2011
Table 8: Venezuela – Female Population by Age (Million), 2011–2016
Table 9: Venezuela – Number of Households (Million), 2007–2011
Table 10: Venezuela – Number of Households (Million), 2011–2016
Table 11: Venezuela – Mean Household Income (US$), 2007–2011
Table 12: Venezuela – Mean Household Income (US$), 2011–2016
Table 13: Venezuela – Number of Trips by Season (Million), 2007–2011
Table 14: Venezuela – Number of Trips by Season (Million), 2011–2016
Table 15: Venezuela – Number of Trips by Residents (Million), 2007–2011
Table 16: Venezuela – Number of Trips by Residents (Million), 2011–2016
Table 17: Venezuela – Average Length of Tourism Trip, 2007–2011
Table 18: Venezuela – Average Length of Tourism Trip, 2011–2016
Table 19: Venezuela – Total Domestic Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Table 20: Venezuela – Total Domestic Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Table 21: Venezuela – Domestic Trips by Purpose of Visit (Million), 2007–2011
Table 22: Venezuela – Domestic Trips by Purpose of Visit (Million), 2011–2016
Table 23: Venezuela – Domestic Business Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Table 24: Venezuela – Domestic Business Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Table 25: Venezuela – Domestic Leisure Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Table 26: Venezuela – Domestic Leisure Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Table 27: Venezuela – Other Personal Domestic Tourist Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Table 28: Venezuela – Other Personal Domestic Tourist Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Table 29: Venezuela – Number of Overnight Stays on Domestic Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Table 30: Venezuela – Number of Overnight Stays on Domestic Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Table 31: Venezuela – Total International Arrivals (Million), 2007–2011
Table 32: Venezuela – Total International Arrivals (Million), 2011–2016
Table 33: Venezuela – Number of International Arrivals by Region of Origin (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 34: Venezuela – Number of International Arrivals by Region of Origin (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 35: Venezuela – International Arrivals by Country of Origin – North America (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 36: Venezuela – International Arrivals by Purpose of Visit (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 37: Venezuela – International Arrivals by Purpose of Visit (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 38: Venezuela – Inbound Business Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 39: Venezuela – Inbound Business Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 40: Venezuela – Inbound Leisure Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 41: Venezuela – Inbound Leisure Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 42: Venezuela – Inbound Other Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 43: Venezuela – Inbound Other Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 44: Venezuela – Total International Departures (Million), 2007–2011
Table 45: Venezuela – Total International Departures (Million), 2011–2016
Table 46: Venezuela – Number of International Departures by Destination (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 47: Venezuela – Number of International Departures by Destination (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 48: Venezuela – International Departures – North America (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 49: Venezuela – International Departures by Purpose of Visit (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 50: Venezuela – International Departures by Purpose of Visit (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 51: Venezuela – Outbound Business Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 52: Venezuela – Outbound Business Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 53: Venezuela – Outbound Leisure Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 54: Venezuela – Outbound Leisure Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 55: Venezuela – Outbound Other Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Table 56: Venezuela – Outbound Other Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Table 57: Venezuela – Number of Overnight Stays (Million), 2007–2011
Table 58: Venezuela – Number of Overnight Stays (Million), 2011–2016

List of figures

Figure 1: Venezuela – Typical Holiday Entitlement of Employees per Annum, 2007–2011
Figure 2: Venezuela – Total Population by Age (%), 2007–2011
Figure 3: Venezuela – Total Population by Age (%), 2011–2016
Figure 4: Venezuela – Male Population by Age (%), 2007–2011
Figure 5: Venezuela – Male Population by Age (%), 2011–2016
Figure 6: Venezuela – Female Population by Age (%), 2007–2011
Figure 7: Venezuela – Female Population by Age (%), 2011–2016
Figure 8: Venezuela – Number of Households (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 9: Venezuela – Number of Households (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 10: Venezuela – Mean Household Income (US$), 2007–2011
Figure 11: Venezuela – Mean Household Income (US$), 2011–2016
Figure 12: Venezuela – Number of Trips by Season (%), 2007–2011
Figure 13: Venezuela – Number of Trips by Season (%), 2011–2016
Figure 14: Venezuela – Number of Trips by Residents (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 15: Venezuela – Number of Trips by Residents (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 16: Venezuela – Average Length of Tourism Trip, 2007–2011
Figure 17: Venezuela – Average Length of Tourism Trip, 2011–2016
Figure 18: Venezuela – Total Domestic Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 19: Venezuela – Total Domestic Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 20: Venezuela – Domestic Trips by Purpose of Visit (%), 2007–2011
Figure 21: Venezuela – Domestic Trips by Purpose of Visit (%), 2011–2016
Figure 22: Venezuela – Domestic Business Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 23: Venezuela – Domestic Business Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 24: Venezuela – Domestic Leisure Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 25: Venezuela – Domestic Leisure Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 26: Venezuela – Other Personal Domestic Tourist Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 27: Venezuela – Other Personal Domestic Tourist Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 28: Venezuela – Number of Overnight Stays on Domestic Trips (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 29: Venezuela – Number of Overnight Stays on Domestic Trips (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 30: Venezuela – Total International Arrivals (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 31: Venezuela – Total International Arrivals (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 32: Venezuela – Number of International Arrivals by Region of Origin (%), 2011 and 2016
Figure 33: Venezuela – International Arrivals by Country of Origin – North America (%), 2007–2011
Figure 34: Venezuela – International Arrivals by Purpose of Visit (%), 2007–2011
Figure 35: Venezuela – International Arrivals by Purpose of Visit (%), 2011–2016
Figure 36: Venezuela – Inbound Business Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Figure 37: Venezuela – Inbound Business Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Figure 38: Venezuela – Inbound Leisure Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Figure 39: Venezuela – Inbound Leisure Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Figure 40: Venezuela – Inbound Other Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Figure 41: Venezuela – Inbound Other Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Figure 42: Venezuela – Total International Departures (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 43: Venezuela – Total International Departures (Million), 2011–2016
Figure 44: Venezuela – Number of International Departures by Destination (%), 2011–2016
Figure 45: Venezuela – International Departures – North America (%), 2007–2011
Figure 46: Venezuela – International Departures by Purpose of Visit (%), 2007–2011
Figure 47: Venezuela – International Departures by Purpose of Visit (%), 2011–2016
Figure 48: Venezuela – Outbound Business Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Figure 49: Venezuela – Outbound Business Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Figure 50: Venezuela – Outbound Leisure Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Figure 51: Venezuela – Outbound Leisure Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Figure 52: Venezuela – Outbound Other Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2007–2011
Figure 53: Venezuela – Outbound Other Tourist Volume (Thousand), 2011–2016
Figure 54: Venezuela – Number of Overnight Stays (Million), 2007–2011
Figure 55: Venezuela – Number of Overnight Stays (Million), 2011–2016