The survey on recreational and business trips of residents has been carried out for 14 years in all European Union Member States, following a common methodology. It allows monitoring changes in residents' travel habits and developments in the tourism sector, as well as comparing data with other countries. The survey takes place throughout the year – from January to December.
If you have received an invitation letter by post or email to participate in the survey, one person in your household will be interviewed. This person will have to answer questions about all household members aged 15 or older who actually live there. The survey includes questions about recreational and business trips – the destination, duration, purpose, transport used, types of accommodation and reservation thereof, as well as travel expenditures.
Please participate in the survey also in case you have not made any trips.
Web interviewing
If you have received an invitation by post, email or via your electronic address (e-address) to complete the questionnaire online, you can do that at e.csp.gov.lv during the period indicated in the letter.
Only the addressees of the invitational letter are authorised by the EDC system and can log in with Internet bank, Smart-ID, e-identification card, or e-signature. The questionnaire can also be conveniently completed using a smartphone.
Please refer to the Guidelines for help with filling in the e-survey questionnaire (available in Latvian only).
Telephone interviewing
If due to some reason you are not able to complete e-survey during the web-interviewing period mentioned, a CSB interviewer will contact you to arrange a telephone interview. Please be informed that the interviewer may contact you on weekday evenings (after 17:00) or on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays).
If you want to verify identity of your interviewer or find out any other information about the survey:
- call the toll-free assistance number +371 80008811 on weekdays from 10:00 to 18:00; or
- contact the CSB by writing to turisms@csp.gov.lv.
Data confidentiality
The applicable laws and regulations of the European Union and of the Republic of Latvia allow the CSB to collect and process personal data and mandate it to ensure the protection and confidentiality of the data received. The information acquired will only be published as a summarised data and used to analyse economic and social phenomena and processes.
Responsibility of the respondents, in accordance with Section 14 of the Statistics Law, is to support the production of official statistics by providing truthful information and participating in the survey.