Information from Statistics and Census Service indicated that Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the third quarter of 2006 was 117.61, down by 2.03% over the previous quarter. Attributable to the significant decrease in the room rate of hotels, the index of Accommodation fell by 18.85%. Index of Clothing & footwear decreased by 5.76% on account of sale of Summer clothing. On the other hand, indices of Restaurant service; Transport & communications; and Food, alcoholic drinks & tobacco recorded increases of 1.87%, 1.67% and 1.51% respectively. Compared with the third quarter of 2005, TPI in this quarter rose by 8.84%, with notable increases in the indices of Miscellaneous goods (+28.32%), Restaurant service (+6.00%), and Food, alcoholic drinks & tobacco (+3.85%). The average TPI for the 4 quarters ended in the 3rd quarter of 2006 increased by 6.86% over the previous period. TPI is an indicator that reflects the price changes of goods and services purchased by visitors, which is compiled based on the consumption pattern of visitors derived from the Visitor Expenditure Survey. TPI covers 8 sections of goods and services, namely Food, alcoholic drinks & tobacco; Clothing & footwear; Accommodation; Restaurant service; Transport & communications; Medicine & personal goods; Entertainment & culture; and Miscellaneous goods. The base year of TPI is from July 1999 to June 2000.
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