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CARICOM
Regional Tourism Satellite Account
Implementation Initiative
Kingston, Jamaica
September 3 – 5, 2014
CARICOM
Overview of Work on the
Development of Tourism Satellite
Accounts (TSA) in CARICOM
Overview
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 Brief Background
 Synopsis of Previous work on TSA
 Recent workshops
 Current Work Programme on the TSA
 Conclusion
Brief Background
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 The
CARICOM Secretariat has been undertaking
developmental work on the production of Tourism Satellite
Accounts (TSA) since 2001 initially through the areas of
National Accounts and International Trade in Services/
Investment.
 Additionally, the Regional Statistical Work Programme has
been updated with Domain 2 (Economic Statistics)
including the following: Theme 2.4.5
 Tourism Statistics
 Tourism Satellite Account.
Brief Background cont’d
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 CARICOM’s mandates relative to developmental work on the
TSA comes through the following: The Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, Article 55(1) - speaks
to proposals in recognition of the importance of the tourism
subsector to the economic development of the Region
 Twenty-ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of
Government took the following decisions: Agreed that a Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) will be
developed in each Member State to facilitate the
effective management and planning of the sector.
 Also mandated the CARICOM Secretariat to collaborate
with the CARTAC, the CTO and the ECCB and other
regional institutions to establish the TSA.
Brief Background cont’d
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 The Twenty-Eight Special Meeting of COTED
 Mandated the establishment of a regional multi-agency
committee for Regional TSA Implementation comprising
of the relevant agencies and at least six(6)
representatives from the NSOs and three(3) from the
CARICOM Member States.
Synopsis of Previous work on TSA
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 Brief chronology of past work on TSA: 2001- CARICOM Regional Workshop on National
Accounts, Trinidad and Tobago - Introduction of TSA
concepts- through the Satellite Account approach
contained in the 1993 SNA.
 2002- CARICOM Regional Workshop on National
Accounts, St. Kitts and Nevis- exposition of the TSA in
the Supply and Use Framework of the 1993 SNA.
Synopsis of Previous work on TSA– cont’d
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 2001-2002 - CIDA funded Project on Strengthening
Statistical Capacities in Member States to produce
Statistics on International Trade In Services- Situational
assessment recommended countries and regional
organisation to develop tourism statistics and the TSA.
Regional Workshop/Two national Workshops in which
the Tourism sector was one of the few sectors featured.
 2003 - CARICOM Regional Workshop on Tourism
Satellite Accounts – Funded by the Government of
Spain- TSA addressed in the context of the 1993 SNA.
Synopsis of Previous work on TSA cont’d
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• 2004 -2005 - CARICOM in collaboration with CARICOM
Trade and Competitiveness Development Programme
(C-TRADECOM)- project funded by USAID - undertook
developmental work on International Trade in Services
including element of Tourism statistics and components
such as Travel and Transportation.
• 2006 (February) – Government of Spain
– undertook developmental work on the TSA - A two-week
pilot technical assistance mission in Saint Lucia. This
mission included representatives from Barbados, Dominica
and Grenada as part of capacity building in this area. The
ECCB was also in attendance during this mission.
Synopsis of Previous work on TSA cont’d
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• 2006 (August) - Government of Spain
– Follow-up mission to Saint Lucia served to advance the
process of the TSA compilation in that Member State.
– Initial missions were also held in Barbados, Dominica
and Grenada. (CTO was in attendance in Barbados)
– In most of the countries, there was a vibrant interagency platform and the level of cooperation from the
tourism authorities was tremendous.
Synopsis of Previous work cont’d
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• Approach to 2006 Mission – followed first four steps
– Nine (9) step approach recommended by UNWTO for the
development of a TSA:1. A good understanding of the TSA framework and its proposed
tables.
2. A description of the country’s tourism activity.
3. A description of the country’s system of tourism statistics
(STS) in statistical terms;
4. A statistical description of the country’s system of national
accounts and related systems.
5. A compilation of an experimental TSA.
6. The setting up of a feasibility study in order to decide how to
remedy the flaws;
7. The implementation of the decisions and getting results/pilot
estimations to monitor the advance of the process;
8. A statistical assessment of the quality of the TSA;
9. The dissemination of the results and further improvement of the
proceedings.
Recent Workshops
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•
2012 (March) –WTO, CARICOM, UNSD in collaboration
with other partners and with assistance from the Spanish
Trust Fund organised a workshop on International Trade
in Services Statistics focusing on the Creative Industries.
• In the Framework for Cultural statistics (FCR), tourism is
listed as a related domain since it contains cultural
elements.
• One recommendation coming from this workshop was
that the use and development of tourism data sources
can enhance the capture, compilation and classification
of data and information on cultural and creative
industries.
Recent Workshops cont’d
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• 2013 (May) - Led by UNSD in collaboration with CARICOM and
supported by other partners - Regional workshop on Travel and
International Tourism Consumption in Dominica- emphasised
that the TSA needs to be grounded in the core areas of statistics
such as:– the System of National Accounts (SNA) including the Supply and Use tables
(SUT) and GDP by Expenditure in Constant and Current Prices;
– Visitor Expenditure Surveys;
– Balance of Payments (BOP);
– Trade in Services (TIS) including Modes of Supply/Movement of Persons and
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and
– Foreign Affiliate Statistics (FATS);
•
One of the core messages coming from the workshop was that
travel is not equivalent to tourism and underscored the need to
understand the conceptual differences in the measurement of both
transactions in accordance with the internationally recommended
standards;
Current Work Programme on the TSA
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• 10th EDF-Consultancy in the area of National Accounts
•
Overall result - Production of key tables of the Minimum Required Data
Set (MRDS) of the 2008 SNA including:–
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Expenditure on the GDP in current prices
Expenditure on the GDP in constant prices
Value Added and GDP in current prices by industry
Value Added and GDP in constant prices by industry
Value Added components by industry, current prices and Employment
by industry
– Accounts of the Rest of the World (until net lending), and
– Accounts for the Total Economy (until net lending)
• The TSA will be supported specifically through the
development/refinement of statistical and administrative data
sources for the above tables.
Current Work Programme on the TSA
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cont’d
• 10th EDF - Consultancy on International Trade in
Services
• Link with the TSA is the treatment of tourism as an
internationally traded service.
– Consultancy will undertake in-country Technical
Assistance to:• Pilot-test the Common Core Trade in Services Questionnaire(s)
in countries in specific sectors to:• Enable the compilation of Trade in Services Statistics by Direction of Trade
by Country, Trading Blocs, Intra and Extra Regional ; and
• Bridge the data gaps by providing additional detailed data at the level of
the (EBOPS) Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification.
Conclusion
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• TSA development requires a direct programme of
support to countries.
• Continued investment is required to strengthen basic
data sources for statistics in core areas in which the TSA
is grounded such as:• System of National Accounts (SNA)(Inc. SUT)
• Visitor Expenditure Surveys
• Trade in Services
Conclusion cont’d
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• The partnership approach with organisations such as
CARICOM, UNSD, UNWTO, ECCB, CARTAC and CTO
is fundamental in utilizing scarce resources and avoiding
undue burden on countries in the development of the
TSA.
• Inter-agency coordination and collaboration
countries (at the national level) is vital.
within
• Given the intensive nature, the TSA may not be
developed in a short time frame but feasible steps can
be taken as highlighted above.
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Thank you for your attention!