Governance
UN Tourism Committee on Statistics
The Committee is a subsidiary advisory body of the Executive Council. As such, it contributes to the fulfilment of Article 13, paragraph 3 of the Agreement signed between the United Nations and UN Tourism, which states: “The United Nations recognizes the World Tourism Organization as the appropriate organization to collect, to analyze, to publish, to standardize and to improve the statistics of tourism, and to promote the integration of these statistics within the sphere of the United Nations system”.
- Co-Chairs (period 2019 - 2023): Austria, Statistics Austria represented by Peter Laimer - Spain, Tourspain represented by Julio López Astor
- Co-Vice-Chairs (period 2019-2023): Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Tourism - Seychelles, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism
Expert Group on MST
UN Tourism, in partnership with leading countries, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Statistics Division, created a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder Expert Group on Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism to lead the development of a Statistical Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism.
The framework supports a more harmonized and integrated measurement of the impacts and dependencies of tourism on the economy, society and the environment, at both the national and sub-national levels.
- Chair of EG-MST: Austria, Statistics Austria, represented by Peter Laimer
Editorial Board
The MST Editorial Board aims to provide guidance in terms of management of the Statistical Framework for MST drafting and consultation process. The MST Editorial Board is composed of a limited number of countries as well as regional and international organizations that have been playing a major role in the MST project.
- Terms of Reference
- Chair: Canada, Destination Canada, represented by Michel Dubreuil (from 2023 onwards)
The Philippines, Philippine Statistics Authority, represented by Vivian Ilarina, (2019-2022)
Recent meetings
7th meeting of the MST Editorial Board, 12 December 2023
6th meeting of the MST Editorial Board, 20 September 2023, Marbella, Spain
5th meeting of the MST Editorial Board, 6 July 2023
4th meeting of the MST Editorial Board, 30 May 2023
3rd meeting of the MST Editorial Board, 5 May 2023
Contributions to the UNCEEA Meetings
- Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism- progress and way forward (2021)
- Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST) - Way Forward (2020)
- Progress on the Development of the SF-MST (presentation) (2019)
- Measuring Sustainable Tourism – Concept Note (Mar 2016)
- A Statistical Project to Support Mainstreaming Tourism in Sustainable Development (Jul 2015)