Pilot studies
Experiences From Pilot Studies In Measuring The Sustainability Of Tourism - A Synopsis For Policy Makers
One of the main means of advancing the implementation of the framework is through pilot projects in countries or destinations. These are key to testing the framework for MST on the ground. They will help produce specific policy-related questions from authorities, while also allowing them to provide feedback on the framework with critical information for its improvement.
The publication Experiences from Pilot Studies in Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism - A Synopsis for Policy Makers presents the work conducted by some countries, with a focus on the results obtained and the policy implications of the studies. These initiatives respond to specific relevant questions from the policy perspective. In many cases, they were developed through collaboration between the tourism statistics and policy communities. They are excellent examples of cooperation within a country and highlight what can be achieved in relation to measuring the sustainability of tourism.
Measuring The Sustainability Of Tourism - Learning From Pilots
Reliable and comparable metrics are increasingly needed to better understand the complex economic, social and environmental aspects of tourism for sustainable development. “Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism – Lessons from Pilots” draws on 12 case studies from around the world. In each case, they show how tourism’s impacts are being measured on the ground, both at the national level and at specific regions and destinations.
These pilots provide concrete data for use by destination managers and policymakers. They also contribute to the development of the Statistical Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism, which aims to become the leading global statistical standard for the sector.
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- Eurostat Project - Methodological work on measuring the sustainable development of tourism
The objective of this project is, based on the methodological work carried out in the field of tourism and environmental research, to put together a methodological manual for the measurement of the sustainable development of tourism and to test a selected number of indicators described in the manual.
- Eurostat Project - Methodological work on measuring the sustainable development of tourism
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- Linking the Canadian Tourism Satellite Account and the Canadian System of Environmental and Resource Accounts to measure the environmental impact of tourism in Canada: An exploratory study for two pilot industries
This paper presents the results of a pilot study that links two Canadian satellite accounts, the tourism and the environment accounts, to provide a first set of estimates of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions for two tourism industries, air transportation and food and beverage services.
- Linking the Canadian Tourism Satellite Account and the Canadian System of Environmental and Resource Accounts to measure the environmental impact of tourism in Canada: An exploratory study for two pilot industries
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- Measuring tourism sustainability for policy: Development of MST methodological framework in Croatia
- Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism: from Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) to Tourism Sustainability Satellite Accounts (TSSA)
- Facilitating Tourism Recovery in the Aftermath of COVID-19 - Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism
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- Measuring Fiji's Sustainable Tourism - Feasibility Report
Fiji is a significant tourism destination and, in turn, tourism contributes much to the nation’s economic structure and growth. At the same time, Fiji’s national policies and plans recognises that continued growth in this sector needs to be balanced with the broader social and environmental context in which tourism activity takes place. To this end, tourism is recognised as a core part of national development planning and a key sector in its forthcoming national development plan and the Green Growth Framework for Fiji.
- Measuring Fiji's Sustainable Tourism - Feasibility Report
- Relevant policy documents: A Green growth Framework for Fiji
This Green Growth Framework is an innovative tool to accelerate integrated and inclusive sustainable development that inspires action at all levels in the country to build environmental resilience, build social improvement and reduce poverty, build economic growth, and build resilience to the anticipated adverse affects of climate change
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- Tourism and sustainability: macro-accounting approach for measuring the links between tourism and environment
The paper presents the implementation of one specific option considered in the IRTS 2008 tourism sustainability: to incorporate tourism as a specific set of industries and consumers within environmental hybrid flow accounts of the SEEA. Actually it is proposed, as a way of doing that, to integrate hybrid environmental flow accounts specific for tourism and elements of the TSA in a single accounting framework - Costantino C. – Tudini A. (2003), "How to develop an accounting framework for ecologically sustainable tourism", paper presented in the Conference on Tourism and Sustainable Eonomic Development, Sardinia, Italy, 19_20 September 2003
- Tourism and sustainability: macro-accounting approach for measuring the links between tourism and environment
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- Eurostat project - Methodological work on measuring the sustainable development of tourism
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