Indicadores europeus

Euro area GDP down by 0.2% and EU27 down by 0.1%

+1.5% and +1.7% respectively compared with the second quarter of 2007, aqui

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Euro area annual inflation stable at 4.0%
EU up to 4.4%, aqui

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Tourism in Europe: does age matter?

"This publication focuses on selective aspects of the travel behaviour of residents from the EU Member States in 2006. In so doing it mainly deals with differences, if any, in the travel behaviour of four different age groups, that is tourists aged 15 to 24 years, 25 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years and older than 64 years. It appears that while on average 55% of the population makes at least one holiday trip of four nights or more during the year, this is only the case for 41% of the population aged 65 years and above. While people aged 25 to 44 years make up the largest share of the total number of tourists, with 38%, persons aged 65 years and older have the smallest share in the number of tourists, with only 15%. However, it can be assumed, given the prevailing tendency of an aging population, that this age pattern will change within the coming decades. On the other hand, regarding all persons participating in tourism, the oldest tourists (aged 65 years and over) make on average the most and the longest trips of all age groups, doing on average 2.1 trips per year and spending 11.7 nights away on each of these trips. Of all holiday trips made in 2006, more than 6 out of 10 holiday trips were spent within the own country, while for the oldest age group even more than 7 out of 10 trips were domestic trips. Consequently, this tendency is also reflected in all four age groups, meaning that in 2006 European tourists of every age group made more trips within their country of residence than to a foreign country". Aqui.

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Consumer electronics and household appliances – comparative price levels in 37 European countries for 2007

"Within the framework of the European Comparison Programme (ECP), surveys on prices of household goods and services are cyclically carried out by National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) of 37 countries. The results presented in this article refer to the survey on consumer electronics and household appliances carried out in spring 2007. This survey covered a total of about 130 consumer electronics products and about 100 household appliances. The collected price data is used for the calculation of Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs). Price level indices (PLI = ratios of PPPs to exchange rates) provide a comparison of the countries’ price levels with respect to the European Union average: if the price level index is higher than 100, the country concerned is relatively expensive compared to the EU average and vice versa". Aqui

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Panorama on Tourism

"Le Panorama est la troisième édition de la présente publication consacrée au tourisme. Il fournit une vue d'ensemble des aspects structurels du tourisme en Europe et de son évolution depuis 2000, en prenant en compte les États membres de l'UE, les pays candidats et les pays de l'AELE. La publication comprend des tableaux, des graphiques et des cartes, accompagnés de textes d'analyse. Les principales caractéristiques du secteur touristique en Europe, la structure et l'évolution de l'industrie de l'hébergement, ainsi que les comportements de voyage des touristes européens constituent trois thèmes clés de la présente publication, qui s'achève par une description spécifique du tourisme de chacun des 27 États membres de l'Union européenne", aqui.