International Workshop on Tourism Statistics

Madrid , 17-20 July 2006

    The joint UNSD/UNWTO workshop on tourism statistics is seen as a major event in the context of a worldwide consultation on revision of Recommendations on Tourism Statistics approved by the 27th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in 1993 and issued jointly by the UN and the UNWTO in 1994. The revised Recommendations will be submitted to the 39th session of the Commission (March 2008) for approval. Representatives from national tourism organizations, national statistical offices and international/regional organizations are invited to participate and are asked to provide their assessment of the relevance of the 1993 Recommendations, indicate areas where revision is needed and to make concrete proposals regarding revision of specific recommendations.

    The main tasks of the workshop included: (i) to review current country practices in compilation of the basic variables of tourism statistics and their relevance to current user needs; (ii) to review the existing 1993 Recommendations in the context the amendments incorporated in Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework to ensure that the improved basic tourism statistics better serve the needs of economic policy makers in governments, of industry managers, of the business community and, at the same time, provide a solid foundation for the national accounts in general and for the compilation of the Tourism Satellite Account; (iii) to create a network of tourism statisticians working in different institutional environments in order to foster the exchange of country experiences and the formulation of good practices in the compilation of such statistics; and (iv) to advise on institutional arrangements between different national agencies active in tourism statistics.

Link to World Tourism Organization

Documents for the Workshop

Opening Statement by Paul Cheung,
Director of the United Nations Statistics Division

Agenda

List of Participants

Reference Documents

Recommendations on Tourism Statistics

Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework

Country Notes and Presentations

Organization of the workshop and expected outcomes

UNSD statement

Tourism statistics in a changing world: users’ perspective

Exceltur presentation

Overview of the main features of 1993 Recommendations on Tourism Statistics:

UNSD statement UNWTO presentation Philippine presentation

A summary of country responses to the UNWTO/ UNSD questionnaire on country practices in the compilation of tourism statistics

Country Responses

Concepts and forms of tourism:

UNWTO presentation Philippine presentation

Basic tourism units and concepts:

UNWTO presentation Turkey presentation United States presentation UNWTO presentation Canada presentation

Characterization of trips and related statistics – concepts, definitions and classifications:

UNWTO presentation Lesotho presentation New Zealand presentation United Kingdom presentation United Kingdom presentation

Statistics on tourism supply:

UNWTO presentation India presentation Mexico presentation Russian Federation presentation South Africa presentation Sri Lanka presentation

Statistics on visitor expenditure – concepts and definitions:

UNWTO presentation Canada presentation Argentina presentation Austria presentation Canada presentation Jamaica presentation Jamaica Cruiseship Questionnaire presentation Jamaica Stopover Expenditure Questionnaire presentation Thailand presentation

Analytical applications of tourism statistics - Tourism Satellite Accounts:

Brazil presentation Czech Republic presentation Spain presentation

Issues of measurement of environmental and social sustainability of tourism:

UNWTO presentation UNSD statement

Designing a strategic alliance between NTA and NSO in compilation of tourism statistics and its analytical applications:

Argentina presentation Ireland presentation Singapore presentation

Towards the revised 1993 Recommendations

The Workshop Report

Contact:
Mr. Vladimir Markhonko,
Statistics Division
Tel:    +1 212/963-5252
Email: markhonko@un.org