Workshop on Tourism Statistics with a focus on the Caribbean

• Americas
• 16 Feb 21

 

Session 1: The Measurement of Tourism for Better Policy

• Opening remarks - Mr. Manuel Butler, UNWTO Executive Director  
• - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UNWTO Chief of Statistics
• Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Account: key ingredients for designing and monitoring tourism policies
  • - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UNWTO Chief of Statistics
  • - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UNWTO Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
  • How to make the best use of tourism statistics and TSA data for tourism policies?
    • - Mr. Kevin Millington, Director Acorn Tourism Consulting and UNWTO Expert
    • - Ms. Joy Jibrilu, Director General, Ministry of Tourism
    • - Ms. Jhanelle-Rae Bowie, Senior Director of Tourism Economics and facilitation, Ministry of Tourism
• COVID-19: measuring and monitoring its impact
  • - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UNWTO Chief of Statistics
  • Country experience
    • - Ms. Samantha Thomas-Clyne, Research Officer, Grenada Tourism Authority
• Measuring tourism role for Sustainable Development
  • - Ms. Clara van der Pol, UNWTO Coordinator of the Statistics Department
  • Countries’ experiences
    • - Mr. Osbourne Chin, Director of Tourism Facilitation, Ministry of Tourism
    • - Ms. Melanie Evans Kelly, Manager Strategy, Research, and Planning, Aruba Tourism Authority and Ms. Mari-Lou Figaroa, Policy Advisor Sustainable Development Planning, Department of Economic Affairs
• Final remarks - Mr. Neil Walters, CTO Acting Secretary General

     

Session 2: How to Better Measure Tourism in the Caribbean Countries?

• Introduction - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UNWTO Chief of Statistics
• Measuring the different forms of tourism: inbound, domestic and outbound tourism
  • - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UNWTO Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
  • - Mr. Kevin Millington, Director Acorn Tourism Consulting and UNWTO Expert
  • Country experience
    • - Mr. Les Warner, Research Analyst, Tourism Tobago Agency Limited
• Estimating tourism expenditure
  • - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UNWTO Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
  • - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UNWTO Chief of Statistics
  • Countries’ experiences:
    • - Ms. Sibongile Dickson, Research Officer, Grenada Tourism Authority
    • - Ms. Marissa Scott, Statistician, Antigua & Barbuda Statistics Division
    • - Mr. Jefte Ochaeta, Statistician, Statistical Institute
• Understanding tourism industries and products
  • - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UNWTO Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
  • - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UNWTO Chief of Statistics
  • Countries’ experiences:
    • - Ms. Sibongile Dickson, Research Officer, Grenada Tourism Authority
    • – Mr. Jose Hernandez, Head of the department of Tourism Statistics, Central Bureau of Statistics
• Measuring employment in the tourism industries
  • - Ms. Leandry Moreno, UNWTO Senior Tourism Statistics Specialist
  • - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UNWTO Chief of Statistics
  • Country experience
    • - Ms. Bernesha Liburd, Division of Economic Research
• Conclusion and key recommendations on the way forward - Mr. Hernán Epstein, UNWTO Chief of Statistics