Regional Training Camp for DTES, NHTS held
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, June 27 2025: National Statistics Office (NSO), Imphal Regional Office organised Regional Training Camp (RTC) for the Domestic Tourism Expenditure Survey (DTES) and the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) at its office from June 24 to 26 .

In a release, NSO, Imphal assistant director & HOI Th Nilakanta Singh informed that these surveys will be conducted as a part of the 80th Round of National Sample Survey (NSS), to be carried out for a year from July 2025 .

The RTC is a preparatory training programme prior to launch of the field work of the surveys.

In his address at the inaugural event of the training, NSO, Imphal deputy director general Dr Kh Manao Singh underscored the significance, of the NHTS and DTES survey data in the compilation of Tourism Satellite Account and Travel & Tourism Development Index.

He emphasised the crucial role of the surveys in evidence based policy making and stressed the need for high quality timely data.

He urged the participants to uphold rigorous standards in data collection and processing.

The event was attended by senior statistical officers, survey supervisors and survey enumerators, who are to be engaged as primary field workers.

The DTES aims to collect detailed data on expenditure made by households for domestic overnight trips along with other important information required by the Ministry of Tourism for preparing the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) .

In addition, information pertaining to domestic sameday trips will also be collected.

A dedicated NHTS will be conducted for the first time in India based on the requirements of Ministry of Railways.

The survey is aimed at collecting information on how, where, and for what purpose people travel within India, which is critical for making informed decisions on infrastructure projects and public transportation systems.

The critical data collected in the survey will aid in policy development and infrastructure planning.

The survey will cover the whole of the Indian Union except the villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain difficult to access throughout the year, it further said.

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