RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Department of Research & Development is charged with the responsibility of producing reliable, consistent, accurate and timely information on tourism that better informs policies and decision making. The Department produces statistics on Accommodation, Arrivals to Lesotho and also undertakes Visitors' surveys and other tourism related ad-hoc surveys.

ARRIVAL STATISTICS

This type of statistics is meant to give snapshot the performance of the tourism sector in terms of visitors' arrivals to Lesotho. The data is collected on monthly basis through the use of entry/departure cards at ports of entry to Lesotho. The analysis in this report covers Length of Stay, Country of Residence, Age, Sex, Major source Markets for arrivals to Lesotho and Purpose of Visit.

• Analysis of 2007 Arrival Statistics

• Analysis of 2008 Arrival Statistics