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 Tourism Statistics - UN System
United Nations Statistical Commission
United Nations Statistical Commission
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.
UNSCUN Tourism Committee on Statistics
UN Tourism Committee on Statistics
The Committee is a subsidiary advisory body of the UN Tourism Executive Council.
Committee on StatisticsCommittee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
The Inter-agency Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities was established on 19 September 2002 (CCSA) and meets twice a year.
Committee for the Coordination of Statistical ActivitiesEmployment and Decent Work in Tourism - ILO-UN Tourism Joint Project
Employment and Decent Work in Tourism - ILO-UN Tourism Joint Project
UN Tourism has been cooperating on with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) through an agreement in the area of employment and decent work in tourism
Employment and Decent Work in Tourism
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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