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Tourism Report Overview

Parent Hub: 📈 Revenue & Analytics

Category: 🥧 Market & Segmentation

Target Roles: Directors of Sales & Marketing, Directors of Revenue Management, General Managers, Tourism Market Analysts, Regional Business Development Managers

Key Value: Monitor domestic versus inbound/outbound international guest arrival volumes, track Month-to-Date (MTD) and Year-to-Date (YTD) length of stay metrics across guest nationalities, evaluate geographic market penetration, and optimize global tourism sales and marketing strategies.

Executive Summary

The Tourism Report is a core demographic segmentation and international guest origin intelligence document within the 🥧 Market & Segmentation category of the 📈 Revenue & Analytics hub. Designed to deliver granular insights into guest origin trends and stay duration, it organizes property patronage into two distinct report sections: Domestic and Outbound, tracking total guest counts and cumulative length of stay across both Month-to-Date (MTD) and Year-to-Date (YTD) horizons.

• By mapping guest profile demographic attributes (Category, Nationality / Country of Origin) to occupancy volume and duration metrics (Guest Count MTD, Guest Count YTD, Length Of Stay MTD, Length Of Stay YTD), this report enables sales directors, revenue managers, and general managers to evaluate domestic versus international market mix, track key feeder market stay durations, analyze seasonal origin shifts, and align international tourism board and regional marketing investments.

Key Capabilities

• Two-Section Origin Segmentation: Clearly separates resident national guests (Domestic Section) from international arrivals (Outbound Section) for streamlined market mix evaluation.

• Nationality-Level Arrival Audit: Itemizes individual guest check-in counts (Guest Count) across all active ISO country nationalities on both MTD and YTD timeframes.

• Cumulative Length of Stay Tracking: Aggregates cumulative room night stay durations (Length Of Stay) by nationality, allowing teams to determine average length of stay (ALOS) trends per market origin.

• Macro & Long-Tail Origin Analysis: Highlights primary feeder countries (e.g., United States, China, Germany, India) alongside aggregated long-tail markets (OTHER) to ensure complete demographic visibility.

Report Views & Functional Breakdown

The Tourism Report is structured into 2 defined sections (Domestic and Outbound) presented in a unified matrix view to support two primary analytical perspectives:

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                         TOURISM REPORT                                 │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                       2 Defined Report Sections                        │
├────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┤
│ 1. Domestic Section                    │ 2. Outbound Section           │
│    (Resident Country Guest Production) │    (Inbound Foreign Demand)   │
└────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────┘

1. Domestic Section

Monitors resident country guest traffic and cumulative stay volume over MTD and YTD cycles.

• Primary Use: Evaluating local/national guest demand, measuring domestic market stability, and benchmarking resident guest length-of-stay patterns.

• Key Metrics: Category (Domestic), Nationality (Home Country, e.g., Canada / United States), Guest Count MTD, Guest Count YTD, Length Of Stay MTD, Length Of Stay YTD.

2. Outbound Section

Tracks foreign / international visitor arrivals across all registered foreign country profiles for MTD and YTD periods.

• Primary Use: Identifying top foreign feeder markets, auditing international sales campaign efficacy, measuring international average length of stay (ALOS), and tracking inbound global travel trends.

• Key Metrics: Category (Outbound), Nationality (Foreign Countries, e.g., Australia, China, Germany, United Kingdom), Guest Count MTD, Guest Count YTD, Length Of Stay MTD, Length Of Stay YTD.

Data Dictionary (Dynamic View Columns)

Customize your default view using the Configure (⚙️) icon on the report page. Below is the full data dictionary representing every column available in this report:

💡 Stay & Duration Calculation Note: Length of Stay columns reflect total cumulative occupied nights for guests of the specified nationality. Average Length of Stay (ALOS) per market can be calculated as ALOS = Length Of Stay ÷ Guest Count.

Customization & Platform Features

User & Property Preferences

• Personal Preference: Tailor your individual view by hiding or dragging columns. Your preferences save automatically for future sessions.

• Property Defaults: System Admins can configure standard default layouts across all property users to streamline operational reporting. To maximize audit efficiency, group the columns into the below logical blocks.

• Section 1: Domestic (In-Country Guest Origin)

  • Geographic Identification (Col 1): Nationality

  • Guest Headcount Metrics (Cols 2–3): Guest Count MTD | Guest Count YTD

  • Length of Stay Metrics (Cols 4–5): Length Of Stay MTD | Length Of Stay YTD

• Section 2: Outbound (International Guest Origin)

  • Geographic Identification (Col 1): Nationality

  • Guest Headcount Metrics (Cols 2–3): Guest Count MTD | Guest Count YTD

  • Length of Stay Metrics (Cols 4–5): Length Of Stay MTD | Length Of Stay YTD

Report Toolbar & Quick Actions

Use the top-right toolbar icons on the report page to manage and export your data view:

Icon	Action / Feature	Description
	Knowledge Article	Opens the knowledge base article to learn how to interpret this report.
	Saved Views	Saves your column filtering, sorting, and highlight preferences so you can easily reload your custom view later without reconfiguring the report.
	Filter	Opens filter controls to isolate specific data within a column based on your selected criteria.
	Highlight	Highlights column values in a designated color based on selected conditions.
	Export	Exports and downloads the report in various formats (Excel, PDF, CSV) for offline analysis or printing.
	Configure	Opens column selection controls to toggle visibility, reorder columns, or hide rows with all zeros.
	Additional Configuration	Provides advanced report configuration and display formatting options to customize data presentation.

Advanced Controls

• Exporting & Regional Strategy Analysis: Download in Excel or PDF format to support regional tourism board reviews, municipal hotel association reporting, and international airline partnership meetings.

• Filtering: Filter data by specific Nationality or isolate zero-arrival country profiles.

• Highlighting (Conditional Formatting): Apply custom rules to automatically highlight high-growth foreign markets or long-stay guest origins.

🔗 Related Reports & Next Steps

Within 📈 Revenue & Analytics & 🥧 Market & Segmentation:

• Nationality – Detailed guest occupant headcount breakdown and demographic profiling by country of origin.

• Revenue by Country – Geographical revenue segmentation mapping gross room revenue, room nights, and ADR yield by guest nationality.

• Market Segment Overview – Executive-level report tracking daily, MTD, and YTD market segment performance and contribution share.

Cross-Pillar Deep Dives:

• ⚖️ Ledgers & Trial Balance: Reconcile international guest accommodation charges against General Ledger revenue accounts in Day End Summary.

• 💳 Payments & Transactions: Review foreign currency transactions and international credit card settlements in Settlement By Payment Type.