Workshop on Tourism Statistics with a focus on the Caribbean

Americas
16 Feb 21

Programme

Session 1: The Measurement of Tourism for Better Policy

Opening remarks - Mr. Manuel Butler, UNWTO Executive Director
How can UNWTO support the Caribbean countries in the field of statistics? - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UN Tourism Chief of Statistics
Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Account: key ingredients for designing and monitoring tourism policies
- The value and advantages of official tourism statistics and TSA - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UN Tourim Chief of Statistics
- Institutional cooperation for the measurement of tourism - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UN Tourism Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
- How to make the best use of tourism statistics and TSA data for tourism policies?
  - Using visitor surveys to segment markets and measuring blue tourism - Mr. Kevin Millington, Director Acorn Tourism Consulting and UN Tourism Expert
  - The Bahamas - Ms. Joy Jibrilu, Director General, Ministry of Tourism
  - Jamaica - Ms. Jhanelle-Rae Bowie, Senior Director of Tourism Economics and facilitation, Ministry of Tourism
COVID-19: measuring and monitoring its impact
- Global and regional state-of-affair - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UN Tourism Chief of Statistics
- Country experience
  - Grenada - Ms. Samantha Thomas-Clyne, Research Officer, Grenada Tourism Authority
Measuring tourism role for Sustainable Development
- Introduction to the Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism project and the SDG indicators related to tourism - Ms. Clara van der Pol, UN Tourism Coordinator of the Statistics Department
- Countries’ experiences
  - Jamaica - Mr. Osbourne Chin, Director of Tourism Facilitation, Ministry of Tourism
  - Aruba - Ms. Melanie Evans Kelly, Manager Strategy, Research, and Planning, Aruba Tourism Authority and Ms. Mari-Lou Figaroa, Policy Advisor Sustainable Development Planning, Department of Economic Affairs
Final remarks - Mr. Neil Walters, CTO Acting Secretary General

Session 2: How to Better Measure Tourism in the Caribbean Countries?

Introduction - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UN Tourism Chief of Statistics
Measuring the different forms of tourism: inbound, domestic and outbound tourism
- Main concepts, definitions, classifications and data sources - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UN Tourism Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
- Measuring yacht visitors: challenges and solutions - Mr. Kevin Millington, Director Acorn Tourism Consulting and UN Tourism Expert
- Country experience
  - Trinidad and Tobago: the perspective from Tobago - Mr. Les Warner, Research Analyst, Tourism Tobago Agency Limited
Estimating tourism expenditure
- Main concepts, definitions, classifications and data sources - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UN Tourism Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
- Tourism expenditure and Balance of Payments - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UN Tourism Chief of Statistics
- Countries’ experiences:
  - Grenada - Ms. Sibongile Dickson, Research Officer, Grenada Tourism Authority
  - Antigua and Barbuda - Ms. Marissa Scott, Statistician, Antigua & Barbuda Statistics Division
  - Belize - Mr. Jefte Ochaeta, Statistician, Statistical Institute
Understanding tourism industries and products
- Main classifications and data sources - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UN Tourism Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
- Key variables - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UN Tourism Chief of Statistics
- Countries’ experiences:
  - Grenada - Ms. Sibongile Dickson, Research Officer, Grenada Tourism Authority
  - Aruba – Mr. Jose Hernandez, Head of the department of Tourism Statistics, Central Bureau of Statistics
Measuring employment in the tourism industries
- Main concepts, definitions and data sources - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UN Tourism Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
- Key variables - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UN Tourism Chief of Statistics
- Country experience
  - U.S. Virgin Islands - Ms. Bernesha Liburd, Division of Economic Research
Conclusion and key recommendations on the way forward - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UN Tourism Chief of Statistics