Transcript Diagnostic mission TSA

Regional Tourism
Satellite Account
Implementation
Initiative
Jamaica September 3-5,
2014
Presenter:
Maureen Blokland
CTO Consultant/ Econstat
Advisory Services
General Introduction to a
Framework for Expenditure
Surveys
There is no
doubt about
the
importance of
tourism
But how can we measure its
economic contribution?
Content
Recommendations
diagnostic phase
Feedback and
discussion
Draft expenditure
survey
Content
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Recommendations related to:
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Identification of visitors
Residency of the respondent
Length of stay
Mode of transport
Purpose of visit and activities
Expenditure measurement
Approach
 The approach is to have some core questions for
harmonization across the Region.
 These will be combined with country specific questions
to allow for differences in countries’ policy priorities.
 Countries are requested to provide feedback during the
workshop.
 Focus is not on the way the question is formulated but on
the content
Identification of Visitors
 Crucial for the compilation of credible tourism statistics
 A visitor is a traveller taking a trip to a main destination
outside his/her usual environment, for less than a year,
for any main purpose (business, leisure or other personal
purpose) other than to be employed by a resident entity
in the country or place visited.
 Classification of inbound travelers can provide useful
guidance (see fig 2.1. ITRS2008)
Examples
 Special groups e.g.
 Nationals residing abroad
 Crews
 Students
 Patients
Crews
 Exclude : crews on public mode of transport from
visitors because they are in their usual environment
 Crews on private mode of transport (corporate jet,
yacht, etc.) are considered as visitors.
Students
 Foreign students are considered as non-residents.
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Foreign students taking short-term courses (less than one
year) are visitors
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Foreign students taking long-term courses (one year or more)
should be considered within their usual environment in their
place of study and be excluded from visitors
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Paragraph 2.66 TSA-RMF2008
Patients
 Foreign patients:
 National Accounts and Balance of payments: residents of their
country of origin irrespective of their length of stay in the place
where they are receiving their medical treatment.
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Tourism statistics:
those staying one year or more should be considered as within
their usual environment and excluded from visitors
 Those staying for less than one year should be treated as visitors.
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(para 2.67 TSA-RMF2008)
Residency of the respondent
 The residency of the respondent is an important
variable in determining the scope and boundaries of
inbound tourism.
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resident in the country of reference
Resident in another country
Leaving the reference country to establish his/her residency
elsewhere.
Residency of the respondent
 List those countries that are of major importance to the
tourism sector.
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The Bahamas makes a distinction between United States, Canada
and other country to be specified. These groups are of particular
relevance for the Bahamas tourism sector.
 Include a specific category related to nationals residing
abroad could be important for analytical purposes given
the possible difference in spending patterns and the
frequency of visits.
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Jamaica and Barbados for example also include a category related to
Jamaicans and Barbadians residing abroad and visiting the
countries.
Length of stay
 The respondent should be given the opportunity to
choose among several options with regard to the
number of nights spent in the reference country:
None, due to in-transit travel
 None due to one day visit
 One or more nights as indicated
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 Preferably two questions: arrival and departure
day and number of nights as check
Length of stay
 Identify one-day visitors other than cruise tourists
Mode of transport
 Inclusion of questions related to the mode of
transport was not deemed as relevant for the pilot
countries
 The main - if not the only - means of transport is by
air in the case of inbound and outbound tourism and
by sea in the case of cruise tourism
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Special group of in-bounders : yachters
Relevant for other countries in the region e.g. Haiti, Suriname,
Guyana where transport by land and water is also possible.
Purpose of visit
 The main purpose of a trip is defined as the purpose
in the absence of which the trip would not have taken
place (see IRTS 2008, par. 3.10).
 The main purpose of the trip is divided into personal
reasons and business and professional reasons
 All pilot countries include questions with varying
details
Expenditure by product
 Ask for the number of persons in the travel party, to be able to
calculate average spending
 Make a cross classification of the different accommodation types,
the places visited and the number of nights, and spending
 Include questions related to packages. The questionnaire should
also include the name of the package to facilitate the breakdown of
the items in the package.
 Avoid broad categories of products such as “shopping”. Specify the
items bought as much as possible, in order to accommodate the
product detail in the TSA.
Type of accommodation
 cross classification of different accommodation
types by places visited and number of nights.
 This appears to be relevant for the region as visitors
may visit multiple places during their trip.
 All the surveys include detailed questions about the
type of accommodation, including the name of the
accommodation
Packages
 All questionnaires contain information related to
packages
 Important to specify items included in the package
such as accommodation, in-city transport services,
food and beverage services, airfare etc.
Expenditure categories
 Preferably as detailed as possible
 Countries are encouraged to follow the CPC rev 1 as
much as possible
Thank you for contributing!!
TO THE COMPILATION OF THE TSA
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
REGION