Border Statistics
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Data on arrivals of foreign persons in the Czech Republic and departures of Czech citizens abroad are acquired from the Directorate of Alien and Border Police of the Police of the Czech Republic.
The number of persons, who crossed the state border, is expert-guessed by the Alien and Border Police (especially at road or railway border crossings). Accurate numbers apply only to foreign persons from countries with visa duty.
This year the title of the publication has been renamed Border Statistics. Its content and monthly periodicity follows the pattern of the former publication.
Arrivals of foreign persons1 comprise all persons (non-residents) who crossed the state border into the Czech Republic, irrespective of the purpose of the visit (not only Tourism purpose).
While crossing the state border, foreign persons are classified into three groups: Germans, Austrians, Poles and Slovaks are registered as nationals of the neighbouring countries provided that they cross the segment of the border connecting the CR with their country. If they cross other segments of the CR border, they are classified into the second group, together with the other foreign persons, as persons from other countries without visa duty. Those who come from countries with visa duty fill the third group. Hence, the figures on “Foreign persons from neighbouring countries” in Tables 1.1, 4.1 and 4.2 exclude Germans, Austrians, Poles and Slovaks who crossed state borders other than those of their countries while coming to the Czech Republic. The row “Airport” breaks down foreign persons only into those “From countries with visa duty“ and “From other countries without visa duty” (Tables 4.1and 4.2).
Departures of Czech citizens abroad include all residents crossing the state border from inside the Czech Republic.
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1 It replaces the previous term “foreign visitors”, which refers to tourism only. This terminology change defines indicators included in the publication more accurately.