Definition of terms

Like visitor surveys, definitions of what is a ‘visitor’ or ‘tourist’ changes from study to study. For the purposes of this report, the following definitions will be used unless stated otherwise.

TOURSIM the generic term to cover both demand and supply elements of the activities of persons identified as visitors

VISITORS the common denominator that covers all the forms of tourism defined above for the same range of purposes[1]:

LEISURE DAY VISITORS ending less than 3 hours away from home but outside their usual environment, for general leisure, recreational or social purposes. Not included (in the published volume and value of tourism statistics in England), these short stay leisure day visitors contribute directly to the local visitor economy and should also be formally recognized in destination management decisions.

TOURIST DAY VISITORS commencing from a home location for a non-routine purpose, for a duration of not less than 3 hours outside their environment for general leisure, recreational and social purposes.

DAY VISITOR a visitor who has not stayed away from home the night before and/or the night after their visit regardless of length of stay in hours

STAYING VISITOR a visitor who stays for at least one night in the Peak District National Park

TOURIST NUMBERS relates to the estimated number of individual visits to the area

VISITOR DAYS the estimated number of days spent within the area by the different visitor types defined by STEAM. Visitor Days are calculated by multiplying the staying visitors by average length of stay and adding the Day Visitors.

AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY visitor days divided by visitor numbers

SERVICED ACCOMMODATION hotel-like amenities such as room service & house keeping

NON-SERVICED ACCOMODATION such as camping, self-catering youth hostels, holiday centres

SFR staying with friends or relatives

BED STOCK number of bed spaces

DIRECT REVENUE denotes visitor expenditure

INDIRECT REVENUE denotes secondary expenditure from direct items (e.g. as hotels purchase food and drinks from local suppliers and use the services of local laundries, builders, banks, utility companies, etc.) Not all these effects will arise in the local area since some such expenditure will go to suppliers elsewhere in the region or nationally

FTE denotes full-time equivalent jobs

HIGH PEAK/SEASON from April through to October

LOW PEAK/SEASON from November through to March

PEAK VISITOR TIME from 10am to 4pm

INFLUENCE AREA set at the Peak District National Park landscape character arear