Questions tagged [statistics]
Questions about measured numeric facts rather than speculation or anecdotal evidence.
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Historical Data on Rail Fares (Ticket Prices)
I found this historical table of ticket prices per kilometer for the German Federal Railways: www.pro-bahn.de/fakten/fahrpreise.
It even goes so far as to distinguish between "short-haul" ...
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The total non-immigrant visa applications to US
I recently asked a question: Travel visa rejection and acceptance data availability here in this forum regarding visa rejections and acceptances in different countries. But I would like to also see ...
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How common is in-flight theft? [closed]
Reading American Airlines Passenger Steals $10K+ Inflight made me wonder how common in-flight theft is. However, I couldn't find any stats so far.
Note: I'm looking for actual stats, and not opinions.
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What are the odds of having to see a UK immigration agent for someone eligible to use the e-gates?
According to the UK government:
You can normally use eGates if you are either:
a British citizen
a national of an EU country, Australia, Canada, Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway, ...
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Finding how crowded a given train connections is (by day of week, and by hour)
I will need to travel on an OEBB Railjet train, between Vienna and Graz, a service that runs once per hour. As I will be able to travel at any point during the day, I wonder if there is any way to get ...
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What regularly-occurring event do the most people travel for every time it is on?
I've seen that big sporting events like Olympics etc are credited with having the largest viewership, but in terms of people traveling, which event has the most people who travel in order to ...
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How many percent of "Western" adults have never been outside their country or "area"? [closed]
I'm "poor". I use quotation marks because I do technically have a roof over my head (although I'm not living here officially, and the person who does is paying rent every month, so they don't own it ...
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Delayed flight tracking link [duplicate]
I need flight tracking information for flight XK310 10.082019 from Calvi to Nice.
Somebody can paste link to flightaware?
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Can I find out the average duration of Schengen visas issued by a particular consulate?
It is quite easy to find out whether or not a given consulate is likely to issue a multi-entry visa. However a multi-entry visa could in theory be issued for a small duration of time (such as a month),...
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Does the EU keep statistics on complaints against airlines for not paying out the delayed flight compensations?
Let's say I have a flight delayed and would like to apply for delayed flight compensation based on EU rules. Is there any way to verify in advance (based on facts rather than hearsay) if a given ...
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What is the probability of "true" lost baggage (never returned to owner)?
In "true" lost baggage, I mean the loss of your baggage that is ultimately not returned to an owner and ends up in compensation.
According to the post here, the probability of the baggage being lost ...
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Venice tourist volume
I'm searching for hard data on the tourist volume (number of visitors, even if they don't have a room there) in Venice for the entire year, but had no luck so far.
I've read a lot of common sense ...
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Are there online resources which shows tourism statistics of a country?
From what little or not I understand of Tourism, tourism statistics would fall and rise more according to economic, political conditions of host and guest countries rather than anything else. I have ...
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Are there statistics of airports by flight cancellation rate?
Looking around on airports, some people claim that Innsbruck (INN) has a bad reputation because of fog. Some say they fly there a lot and there is no problem. All of this is anecdotal.
Is there any ...
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How to check how frequently a flight is delayed, statistically? [duplicate]
My mother-in-law's flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Mactan–Cebu International Airport (CEB) was recently cancelled and then rescheduled for 14 hours later. She will soon be returning, and I am ...
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Statistics on how often certain flights are cancelled
Is there a reliable way of finding statistics on how often certain airlines cancel flights or certain routes get cancelled? Bonus points if that varies depending on the season.
I'm planning a trip in ...
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Is it true there's a greater chance of being killed by lightning than of dying on a flight?
When people try to calm others who are afraid of flying some will claim it's more likely you will be killed by lightning than dying on a flight. Is there any truth in this?
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How many international tourist deaths are terrorism related? [closed]
Worldwide, over the past couple of decades (maybe since October 9 1995 if you need to be exact), how many deaths of international tourists are terrorism-related?
Either absolute numbers (eg 12,345 ...
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What is the typical ratio of paid versus free miles in frequent flyer programs? [closed]
I realize that this varies from program to program and depends on various factors. But just as a general rule of thumb what is the ratio of miles you have to pay to free miles in a typical program?
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Why is the Dubai airport so busy?
I notice that the Dubai International Airport is the 3rd busiest airport in the world (after Atlanta and Beijing) on the Wikipedia's list of the world's busiest airports.
That seems kind of strange ...
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How can I find safety records for extreme sports in New Zealand?
All companies providing those services claim they are very safe and they do everything in their power for this, but some quick research shows that it's not 100% and deaths occur in different sports ...
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Do we have any kind of statistics for how often rebels actually take tourists hostage in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia?
Both Wikitravel and Wikivoyage warn about the dangers of being kidnapped if you visit Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Wikivoyage has this wording:
Rebels often take tourists as hostages, so try to ...
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Historical flight data outside of the USA?
The question Where can I find historical data on arrival and departure times of a particular flight? only deals with flights in the US sourced from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics . Is there ...
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How do eVisas increase tourism by 400%?
Today I read in the news that eVisas have increased tourism for India by 400%. How do eVisas increase tourism so drastically? How is it different from a regular visa in terms of increasing tourism?
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How can I check when I can (statistically) fly to given locations most cheaply? [duplicate]
There are many sites where I can search for a particular flight with various date ranges and compare the prices.
But, say, I want to go from Warsaw to New York, or London, or anywhere else (the ...
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Statistics about flights arriving behind schedule? [duplicate]
I am planning a trip and it is important to me to arrive on time, so I want to calculate how much hours behind schedule can the plane arrive. For example, if I want to be at the destination airport at ...
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Why is there such a huge difference in refusal rates on Schengen Visa between countries?
If you look at the statistics, there is quite a difference on refusal rates per country, where Belgium tops the list with 16% in 2012 and the Baltics refuse less then 1%. It is not that Belgium ...
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Data on baggage theft rates, by airport or airline
Do airports or airlines disclose the number of checked-in baggage thefts reported by passengers every year, and is there a central database where one can find and compare those numbers?
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Which airplane is the safest?
Is there some source or research on crash statistics for each type of airplane? For example I want to know the number of crashes, fatalities, and the dates. I want to know which type of airplane has ...
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Can we find some statistics for crime in Japan with tourist / foreign victims?
I've now been to Japan I think seven times in the past fifteen years, for durations between 24 hours and three months.
I had always found Japan matches or exceeds reports of being perhaps the safest ...
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The percentage of "missed flights"
What is the percentage of “missed flights”, on international flights, due to late passengers arrival at their designated hour to the airport?
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How to find the arrival time of a past flight? [duplicate]
Where can I find arrival time at BOM airport for below flight? It went from LHR to BOM
BA0199 on 20 December 2012
I searched online quite a lot, but no luck :(
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Which mountain has the highest death ratio of hikers?
Which mountain is most difficult to climb?
I know it's not only height but also weather etc. But would like to know according to the ratio of death of climbers and with respect to ratio of ...
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Are there reliability statistics for overnight trains between Melbourne and Sydney?
I'm looking at flying from Melbourne to Christchurch, but can save a considerable amount if I go via Sydney. I could fly to Sydney, but that relies on using Jetstar for my connection there, who I don'...
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Beaches on lakes in Germany - security aspects
I usually travel alone, which raises security issues. The most serious they are on beaches near lakes - when I want to swim, I have to leave all belonging on the beach.
I've never experienced ...
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How safe are cable cars?
I was travelling from Singapore main land to Sentosa island using cable car. I never had problem flying or even skydiving. This cable car thing just didn't make me feel safe, I was literally terrified....
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What is the fastest speed a passenger airplane flies at?
How fast does the world's currently fastest passenger plane fly (cruise speed)? Do any passenger planes fly faster than the speed of sound?
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What is the average time to clear border control at Frankfurt Airport for a non EU passenger
Are there any published statistics detailing the average wait to clear border control / customs at Frankfurt airport (FRA) for non EU travelers.
The reason I'm interested is knowing roughly how long ...
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Amtrak on-time statistics for arbitrary stations?
I've heard that trains in the USA are often very late, for a variety of reasons; see e.g. What is the state of train travel in the USA? and its answers. But then again, the only country where I haven'...
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Is there a website that measures the level of xenophobia in countries/cities?
Is there a website that measures the level of xenophobia in countries or cities? It would be better if it's color coded.
Xenophobia could mean a lot for some tourists, I myself do not like to travel ...
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Statistically, is there a safest seat on the plane if it crashes?
So to clarify, there are lots of different planes, so for the sake of argument, there are areas:
front left
front right
front middle
forward front, right, middle
over the left wing
over the right ...
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Where can I find historical flight stats? [duplicate]
I'm looking for some old flight stats as Flightaware provides me for the last 4 months. However, I'm looking for flights from the past 5 years. Is there any database that is capable of doing so? For ...
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Where can I get definitive success rate statistics for Kilimanjaro trekking operators?
I'm thinking of attempting Kilimanjaro and have read on operator websites that the park authority keep success rate statistics for Kilimanjaro trekking operators. These are apparently based on ...
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Fastest route around the world on regularly scheduled transportation?
After a heated internal discussion about whether it was possible to go around the world within a day (24 hours), I thought I'd ask this question.
Using regularly scheduled flights, it is possible to ...
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The most difficult countries to travel in?
Now at first sight that's a subjective question. But I'll explain now that it's not. So please don't answer subjectively either!
Pamir Highway between Dushanbe and Khorog, Tajikistan
When papers ...
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Northernmost commercial airport?
I'm hoping to be living in Canada for a year shortly. I have a slight rivalry with friends about travelling north. My record is Murmansk, but it's about to be beaten by someone who is going to ...
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What is the LONGEST Tour operated by travel companies?
I remember 6 years ago, discovering "The Great South American Journey" operated by Gap adventures (now G Adventures), a 5 month trip around the continent (although essentially a bunch of their smaller ...
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What is the longest passenger flight (with a flight number) in the world?
For example, JQ151 from Sydney to Christchurch is around 3 hours. NZ1 however, is about another 7 to Hong Kong.
Will need a regular flight number to verify.
Definition is longest in terms of flight ...
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What is the shortest commercial passenger flight (with a flight number) in the world?
With the occasional debate about Oxford airport in the UK becoming a new London airport, and hearing of a flight that once landed at Heathrow due to fog, then flew on to Gatwick, I was wondering - ...
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What is the LEAST visited country by tourists?
There's always lists on the most popular countries. But in my travels, I've found going against the grain has been super rewarding - places like Chernobyl, in Ukraine, or the desert of Uzbekistan or ...
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