[Day 1: Tuesday, 02 December, 2014]

[Day 1: Tuesday, 02 December, 2014]

• [Day 1: Tuesday, 02 December, 2014]

• 09:00-09:30 Registration

• 09:30-10:30 Opening Session

• 11:00-13:00 Session 1: System of Tourism Statistics (STS)

• 14:30-16:30 Session 2: Inbound Tourism Statistics

• 16:45-18:00 Session 2: Inbound Tourism Statistics (cont’d)

• [Day 2: Wednesday, 03 December, 2014]

• 09:00-11:00 Session 3: Outbound Tourism Statistics

• 11:15-13:00 Session 4: Tourism Expenditure Statistics

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

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

• [Day 3: Thursday, 04 December, 2014]

• 09:00-11:00 Session 7: Employment in the Tourism Industries

• 11:15-13:00 Session 8: Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA)

• 14:30-16:00 Session 9: General Discussion

09:00-09:30 Registration

• 09:00-09:30 Registration

• 09:30-10:30 Opening Session

• 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

• 11:00-13:00 Session 1: System of Tourism Statistics (STS)

• ► Conceptual Framework of and Institutional Arrangements for a STS

• Presenter: UNWTO

• ► Overviews of IRTS 2008 and UNWTO Compilation Guide of Tourism Statistics

• Presenter: UNWTO

• ► National Systems of Tourism Statistics in OIC Member Countries

• Country presentations

• ► Documenting National Systems of Tourism Statistics

• Presenter: UNWTO

• ► Q&A Session

11:00-13:00

• 11:00-13:00

• ► Conceptual Framework of and Institutional Arrangements for a STS

• [1.3] In order to foster international comparability, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) developed successive sets of international recommendations on tourism statistics in 1978 and 1993. Recently, the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 (IRTS 2008) has been developed. (1.3)

• [1.4] The International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 provides the basic concepts and definitions concerning the different aspects of tourism

• such as those travellers that qualify as visitor either as tourist (or overnight visitor) or same-day visitor (or excursionist) (IRTS 2008, para. 2.13);
• the different forms of tourism (IRTS 2008, paras. 2.39 and 2.40);
• Domestic Tourism, Inbound Tourism, and Outbound Tourism (2.39), Internal Tourism, National Tourism, and International Tourism (2.40)
• the different main purposes of a tourism trip (IRTS 2008, para. 3.17);
• Personal, Business & Professional (3.17)
• the concept of tourism expenditure (IRTS 2008, para. 4.2) and its different categories related to the different forms of tourism (IRTS 2008, paras. 4.15 and 4.20);
• Tourism expenditure refers to the amount paid for the acquisition of consumption goods and services, as well as valuables, for own use or to give away, for and during tourism trips. It includes expenditures by visitors themselves, as well as expenses that are paid for or reimbursed by others.(4.2)
• Domestic tourism expenditure, Inbound tourism expenditure, Outbound tourism expenditure (4.15)
• Internal tourism expenditure, National tourism expenditure (4.20)
• the different classifications that can be used in the analysis of tourism.

11:00-13:00

• 11:00-13:00

• ► Conceptual Framework of and Institutional Arrangements for a STS

• Countries are encouraged to develop their tourism statistics according to the following guidelines: (1.5)

• Estimates should be based on reliable statistical sources, where visitors and producers of goods and services are both observed;
• Observations should be statistical in character and produced on an ongoing basis, combining the compilation of benchmark estimations with the use of indicators to enhance the usefulness of the results;
• Data should be comparable over time within the same country, comparable among countries and comparable with other fields of economic activities;
• Data should be internally consistent and presented within macroeconomic frameworks recognized at the international level.

11:00-13:00

• 11:00-13:00

• ► Overviews of IRTS 2008 and UNWTO Compilation Guide of Tourism Statistics

• The International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 Compilation Guide (adopted by UN Statistical Commission in its 45th session, 4-7 March 2014) is a companion document to the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics (IRTS 2008). The primary purpose of this Compilation Guide is to provide further clarifications and practical guidance for using sources and methods to compile statistics on tourism. It is designed to support the production of a high quality set of basic data and indicators in each country, and to strengthen the international comparability of tourism statistics.

• The Compilation Guide is structured similarly to the IRTS 2008 and provides extensive explanations and country examples of typical compilation issues, as follows:

11:00-13:00

• 11:00-13:00

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