Measuring sustainable tourism naturally cuts across a range of disciplines and agencies. In advancing the MST statistical framework, an open Expert Group has been established to lead the technical development and support engagement among these key stakeholders.

UNWTO is working together with UNSD and leading country experts, and under auspices of the UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting (UNCEEA) and the UNWTO Committees on Statistics. The Expert Group also counts on the involvement of relevant international organizations.

• Meetings:
  • Symposium on Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST) Pilots and 3rd Meeting of the Expert Group on Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST)
    14-16 December 2022, UNWTO Headquarters, Madrid, Spain
  • 2nd meeting of the Working Group of Experts on Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism
    24-25 October 2018, UNWTO Headquarters, Madrid, Spain
  • 1st meeting of the Working Group of Experts on Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism
    20-21 October 2016, UNWTO Headquarters, Madrid, Spain
  • Preliminary Meeting of the Working Group of Experts on Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism
    20 November 2015, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Terms of Reference (Jul 2016)

Editorial Board

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Subgroups

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Contributions to the UNCEEA, London Group and UNWTO Committee on Statistics

• Linking the TSA and the SEEA: A Technical Note (May 2018)
• Measuring Sustainable Tourism – Concept Note (Mar 2016)
• Contribution to the IAEG-SDGs - SDG Indicators for "Sustainable tourism" (March 2016)
• A Statistical Project to Support Mainstreaming Tourism in Sustainable Development (Jul 2015)

Reference Documents

• IRTS 2008 - TSA:RMF 2008
• System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)