[Day 1: Tuesday, 02 December, 2014]

14:30-16:00 Session 5: Domestic Tourism Statistics

• 14:30-16:00 Session 5: Domestic Tourism Statistics

• ► Domestic Tourism Statistics Presenter: UNWTO

14:30-16:00 Session 5: Domestic Tourism Statistics

• 14:30-16:00 Session 5: Domestic Tourism Statistics

• ► Domestic Tourism Statistics Presenter: UNWTO

14:30-16:00 Session 5: Domestic Tourism Statistics

• 14:30-16:00 Session 5: Domestic Tourism Statistics

• ► Measuring Domestic Tourism Statistics – Type of Tools and Procedures Applied

• Indonesia:

• Domestics Tourism Statistics

• Turkey:

• Domestic Tourism Statistics in Turkey

16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics

• 16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics

• ► Measuring the Supply of Tourism Industries

• Presenter: UNWTO

• ► Tourism Industries Statistics

• Country presentations

• ► Q&A Session

16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics (IRTS2008)

• 16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics (IRTS2008)

• Introduction

• Accommodation Service Providers

• Providers of Food and Beverage Services

• Providers of Transportation Services

• Travel and Reservation Agencies

• Other Non-Tourism Industries

• F1 Production and Trade of Handicrafts
• F2 The Meetings Industry

16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics

• 16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics

• ► Measuring the Supply of Tourism Industries

• Presenter: UNWTO

• Tourism is defined as an economic activity that is determined principally by demand (IRTS2008, 1.12.). In describing and measuring tourism, however, supply (economic activity in response to demand) must also be considered, since without it, the economic effect of tourism could not be stated or described. Indeed, one of the major contributions of the IRTS 2008 is the fact that it describes tourism not only from the demand side (i.e. visitors) but also from the supply side (i.e. the industries that cater to visitors), thereby acknowledging tourism as an economic sector. (IRTS 6.1)

• Additionally, to properly integrate the analysis of tourism into that of the total economy, it must be ensured that what is measured on the supply side is consistent with what is measured on the demand side.

• Such consistency enables comparison of data over time, as well as comparison with other countries’ data.

16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics

• 16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics

• ► Measuring the Supply of Tourism Industries

• Presenter: UNWTO

• Tourism statisticians should be aware of an issue that bears on the credibility of the tourism industries’ basic data and indicators (see “Tables of results”, paragraphs 6.21 to 6.23) and that National Tourism Administrations (NTAs), National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and other government agencies that publish tourism data should warn users about: only part of the output of each tourism industry is attributable to visitors’ consumption. This issue is explicitly identified and treated in the TSA by the use of “tourism shares” (or “tourism ratios”) within their total output (TSA:RMF 2008, 4.50. and 4.55.).

• It should also be recalled that visitors acquire goods and services that are not tourism-specific (newspapers, clothes, medical care30, cleaning, hairdressing, etc.), so that studying tourism characteristic activities does not cover all possible acquisitions by visitors (IRTS 2008, 4.4.).

16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics

• 16:15-18:00 Session 6: Tourism Industries Statistics

• ► Measuring the Supply of Tourism Industries

• Presenter: UNWTO

• Information on industries, their output, inputs, and employment is gathered mainly through surveys, which NSOs usually conduct on a yearly basis, covering all economic activities. The economic data thus collected is usually required for calculating the country’s National Accounts, for example calculating Gross Domestic Product, Gross Value Added, etc.(6.12)

• These surveys are currently well established and have a standardized format, based on the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) categories (agriculture, mining, manufacture, etc.).(6.13)

• Accommodation providers, for instance, often include in the bill various items beyond the product actually purchased (e.g. a head count, a sales tax or VAT as a percentage of total consumption, and a proportional compulsory service charge), and visitors may also choose to add tips. All these payments count as part of the value of consumption, but providers usually do not include them as income in their financial statements, treating them as income received on behalf of others. Taxes and head counts, for example, are collected for governments (local or central); service charges and tips usually go to workers, as employee compensation. In measuring supply, taxes on the product will need to be excluded but tips and service charges will have to be included, as part of value added and remuneration of employees.