Standards
System of Tourism Statistics is embedded in the National Statistical System, providing of reliable, consistent and appropriate statistical information on the socio-economic aspects related to tourism, integrated within the economic and social statistics related to other fields and at different territorial levels.
UN Standards for Measuring Tourism
UN Standards for Measuring Tourism
With the support of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), UN Tourism has launched the initiative Towards a Statistical Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST). The aim is to develop an international statistical framework for measuring tourism’s role in sustainable development, including economic, environmental and social dimensions.
UN Standards for Measuring TourismUN Tourism Statistics - UN System
UN Tourism Statistics - UN System
The United Nations Statistical Commission, established in 1947, is the apex entity of the global statistical system. It brings together the Chief Statisticians from member states from around the world.
UN Tourism Statistics - UN SystemInternational Conferences on Tourism Statistics & Other Events
International Conferences on Tourism Statistics & Other Events
Over the years, UN Tourism’s Statistics Department has coordinated important developments relating to the conceptualization of tourism and its measurement, progressively building consensus amongst the international statistical community.
Events
Cooperation and joint projects
The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA)
The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA)
The economic importance of tourism in the European Union is increasingly recognized and better understood, thanks in part to the development of the Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) in European countries.
WorkshopCooperation ILO
Cooperation ILO
UNWTO works continuously on advancing the measurement of the different aspects of tourism.
ILOCooperation with UNSD
Cooperation with UNSD
Official statistics are playing an increasing role in our societies and governments. High quality statistical data are now readily available at the national, regional and global levels. They are routinely used in public debate, policy formulation and business decisions. National statistical systems that have been charged with the compilation and the dissemination of official statistics have evolved to become an important national institution in each and every country.
UNSD
UN standards for measuring tourism
International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics
International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics
The International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 (also known as IRTS 2008) provides a comprehensive methodological framework for collection and compilation of tourism statistics in all countries irrespective of the level of development of their statistical systems.
IRTS 2008Tourism Satellite Account
Tourism Satellite Account
The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a standard statistical framework and the main tool for the economic measurement of tourism. The Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework 2008 (also known as the TSA: RMF 2008) provides the updated common conceptual framework for constructing a TSA.
TSA 2008Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism
Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism
With the support of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), UN Tourism has launched the initiative Towards a Statistical Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Tourism (MST). The aim is to develop an international statistical framework for measuring tourism’s role in sustainable development, including economic, environmental and social dimensions.
MSTGlossary of Tourism Terms
Glossary of Tourism Terms
Tourism is a social, cultural and economic phenomenon which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes. These people are called visitors (which may be either tourists or excursionists; residents or non-residents) and tourism has to do with their activities, some of which involve tourism expenditure.
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