The UAB Index of Tourism Activity 2008
The new UAB Index of Tourism Activity 2008, which is now in its 7th edition, is being compiled. The index has become an important subject for debate on the future of the tourism industry among all its participants, as its increasing impact and its nature prove.
Once more, the commitment to improvement of the product will be accurately reflected in the 2008 edition; this evident in two items.
Taking this into account, the study is to analyze the process of job creation quantitatively in both the Spanish and regional tourism sectors, and will also analyse seasonality. We feel then that the Index has culminated its transformation, which started in 2005, by moving from a collective assessment of tourism in Catalonia to one which covers all Spain, and also includes academic monographs. This apart, the new Catalonia Hotel Activity Report 2007 will assess the situation of the Catalan hotel sector by means of quantitative economic indicators in the four Catalan provinces. The situation will be analysed differently in each province through a group of tourist resorts and a forecast for hospitality demand for 2008 will be made. |
