UNWTO Special Workshop on Tourism Statistics

Date:
20-21 November 2014
Venue:
Todaiji Temple Cultural Center
100 Suimon-cho, Nara-city, Nara-pref. 630-8208, Japan.

Draft Agenda Please note that there may still be changes made to this program.

Thursday, 20 November

8:30 ? 9:30

Registration

9:30 ? 10:00

Opening

  • Mr. Daishiro Michimori, Director-General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  • Mr. Shogo? Arai, Governor, Nara Prefecture
  • Mr. Oliver Herrmann, UNWTO
10:00 ? 12:30

Session 1: "Measurement tourism for policy purposes"

Chair - Mr. Hiroyuki Kamiyama :Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

Tourism and social inequality: The case of Argentina based on households surveys

  • Mr. Diego Born
  • Mr. Rodrigo Oliver
  • Mr. Juan Tarelli : National Ministry of Tourism of Argentina

Questions & Answers

Inbound tourism in Japan: An analysis of "Accommodation Survey"

Mr. Kiyohito Utsunomiya : Kansai University

Questions & Answers

How to estimate economic effect of tourism by the input-output table

Mr. Kazuyuki Tsuchiya : Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.

Questions & Answers

Economic Impact of Inbound Tourism on Regional Destinations of Japan

Mr. Takeshi Kurihara : Institute for Transport Policy Studies

Questions & Answers

General discussion and questions & answers regarding this session

12:30 ? 13:00 Transfer by bus to the restaurant
13:00 ? 14:10

Welcome Lunch hosted by UNWTO

14:10 ? 14:30 Transfer by bus to the venue
14:30 ? 15:00

Keynote Speech "From Tourism Statistics to Tourism Policy and Back Again"

Speaker - Mr. Douglas Frechtling : The George Washington University

15:00 ? 17:00

Session 2: "Towards a Framework for Measuring the Sustainable Development of Tourism"

Chair - Mr. Ulf Sonntag : NIT
 

Improving evidence based decision making in the tourism sector ? A review of the indicators of sustainable development for the tourism sector

Mr. Oliver Herrmann, UNWTO

Questions & Answers

Sustainability indicators on tourism in Andalucia

Ms. Ana Moniche : Andalusia Tourism Government

Questions & Answers

The post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development Indicators

Mr. Karoly Kovacs : UN Statistical Division

Questions & Answers

General discussion and questions & answers regarding this session

17:00 ?17:15

Conclusions and findings of DAY1

Mr. Karl Wober, MODUL University Vienna

Friday, 21 November

8:30 ? 9:00

Registration

9:00 ? 15:30

Session 3: "Institutional and technical requirements for successful Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) implementation"

9:00 ? 11:30

TSA Opening Session / Issues of developing TSA in selected countries

Chair - Mr. Mikio Suga : Hosei University

Introduction to TSA

Mr. Tadayuki Hara : University of Central Florida

Questions & Answers

A Comparative Study on the Compilation Methods of TSA for Asian countries

Mr. Kozo Miyagawa : Keio University

Questions & Answers

Statistical governance in the STS and TSA development: Experiences from the Southern Cone countries and the particular situation of Small States

Mr. Kepa Aranburu : Movatur

Questions & Answers

Experiences from the Austrian TSA

Mr. Peter Laimer : Statistics Austria

Questions & Answers

General discussion and questions & answers

11:30 ? 11:45 Transfer on foot to the restaurant
11:45 ? 13:00

Lunch Break

13:00 ? 13:30 Transfer on foot to the venue
13:30 ? 15:45

The examples on developing TSA

Chair - Mr. Christophe Demunter : Eurostat Head of the tourism statistics team, European Commission

Tourism Satellite Accounts in Europe: state of affairs

Mr. Christophe Demunter : Eurostat Head of the tourism statistics team, European Commission

Questions & Answers

Experiences from the New Zealand TSA

Ms. Rebecca Burson : Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Questions & Answers

Relationships: the Canadian TSA experience

Ms. Demi Kotsovos : Statistics Canada

Questions & Answers

Setting-Up the Tourism Satellite Account: A Tool for Tourism Policy Development and Planning for the Philippines

Mr. Rolando Canizal : Department of Tourism

Questions & Answers

General discussion and questions & answers regarding this session

15:45 ?16:00

Conclusions and findings of DAY2

Mr. Egon Smeral, Austrian Institute of Economic Research

16:00 ?16:30

Closing

  • Mr. Daishiro Michimori, Director-General for Policy Planning, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  • Mr. Tsutomu Maeda, Vice Governor, Nara Prefecture
  • Mr. Oliver Herrmann, UNWTO