Title: Developing the Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA): The Philippine Experience
1Developing the Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA)
The Philippine Experience by Romulo A. Virola,
Regina S. Reyes, Florande S. Polistico, Rolando
Cañizal Milagros Y. Say Presented by Romulo A.
Virola Secretary General National Statistical
Coordination Board Technical Workshop on Tourism
Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts 21-22
October 2008, Cebu, Philippines
2Outline of Presentation
- Introduction
- The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features - Present Status of the Philippine TSA
- Some Recent Results
- Challenges and Future Direction
3I. Introduction
Importance Trends of Tourism Globally
Economic contribution of Tourism can help in
- Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
- Specifically, in poverty reduction
Tourism can contribute towards a better
understanding and appreciation of the
differences and similarities of our various
cultures towards world peace
4I. Introduction
Importance Trends of Tourism Globally
Tourism has benefited from the fast paced
globalization. UNWTO says
- International travelers have been growing for the
past four years at an average of more than 5
annually - In a decade, it grew by 292 million, reaching 903
million travelers by the end of 2007
5I. Introduction
Importance Trends of Tourism Globally
Tourism has benefited from the fast paced
globalization. UNWTO says
- For the 4-year period from 2003-2007, tourist
receipts grew at an average of more than 6
annually - UNWTO's Tourism 2020 Vision forecasts that
international arrivals will reach nearly 1.6
billion by the year 2020
6I. Introduction
Importance Trends of Tourism Locally
Philippine tourism beyond the usual
- The Medium Term Philippine Development Plan
considers tourism as a key sector for development
in 2004-2010 - Tourism receipts to GDP ratio grew from 1.9 in
2003 to 3.4 in 2007 - Tourism receipts to Total Exports ratio more than
doubled from 3.9 in 2003 to 7.9 in 2007
Source DOT NSCB
7I. Introduction
Importance Trends of Tourism Locally
Philippine tourism beyond the usual
- Tourist arrivals - annual growth of 13 during
the last 4 years, 10 during the last 5 and 3
during the last 10, reaching 3.09 million
tourists by the end of 2007 - Tourists expenditure in US - grew by 41 in
2006-2007, reaching US4.9 billion in 2007,
annually by 34 during the last 4 years, by 23
during the last 5 and by 6 during the last 10
years.
Source DOT
8I. Introduction
Importance Trends of Tourism Locally
Philippine tourism beyond the usual
- Domestic visitors counted by the DOT from
accommodation establishments - annual growth of
14.7 during the last 4 years, 13.5 during the
last 5 and 10.8 during the last 7, reaching 16.8
million domestic visitors by the end of 2007
Source DOT
9I. Introduction
Importance Trends of Tourism Locally
Philippine tourism beyond the usual
- Partly because of investments in tourism
destinations, construction sector grew by - 23.1 making it a big factor in the record
economic growth in 2007
Source DOT NSCB
10I. Introduction
Importance of TSA
- Statistics are needed to
- inform program policy decisions
- monitor our progress
- account for the importance of the various sectors
to society -
- Tourism statistics and tourism accounts are
necessary to measure the size and contribution of
tourism
11I. Introduction
Importance of TSA
- The TSA as a framework for tourism has been
developed by international experts and allows
comparability across countries -
- The TSA is aligned with international
macroeconomic frameworks such as the System of
National Accounts (SNA) and the Balance of
Payments (BOP)
12II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
- Philippine Statistical System (PSS)
- decentralized system composed of
- policy-making and coordinating body
- general purpose data generating agency
- training and research institution
- other data producers and users
- academe
- statistical organizations at all administrative
levels, the personnel therein and the national
statistical program
13II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
- Philippine Statistical System (PSS)
14II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
- National Statistical Coordination Board
- The highest policy-making and coordinating body
on statistical matters in the country - Formulates policies all matters relating to
government statistical operations - Promotes and maintains an efficient statistical
system in the government - Etc.
15II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- The Philippine Statistical Development Program
(NSDS) 7th version is for 2005-2010 - System of Designated Statistics
- Inter-agency Committees ( 11 IACs, 6 Technical
Committees, 2 Task Forces 26 Technical Working
Groups as of Oct. 21, 2008) - Statistical Budget Review Process
16II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- Statistical Survey Review Clearance System
(includes administrative records systems) - Statistical Standards Classification Systems
- System of National Accounts
- Statistical Advocacy Mechanisms ( National
Statistics Month, National Convention on
Statistics, Hosting of International Conferences,
etc.)
17II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 1. Philippine Statistical Development Program
(PSDP)
- prepared every six years and the current PSDP
covers the period 2005-2010 - serves as a blueprint of priority programs and
activities to be undertaken during the program
period to improve the generation of sectoral
statistics - translates and addresses the data requirements of
the Medium Term Philippine Development Plan - Tourism is the 15th Chapter of the PSDP composed
of 25 chapters
18II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 1. Philippine Statistical Development Program
(PSDP)
- In the previous PSDP (1999-2004), Tourism was
included in the chapter on Trade and Services - Through the PSDP, activities relevant to the
compilation of Philippine TSA were pursued which
include - formulation of standard concepts and definitions
on tourism that are consistent with IRTS and TSA
RMF - development of Philippine Tourism Statistical
Classification System NSCB Resolution No. 4
Series of 2005
19II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 1. Philippine Statistical Development Program
(PSDP)
- Conduct of activities for wider dissemination of
tourism statistics
- Development of Philippine Tourism Statistics
website, DOT NSCB 2007 - Annual publication of Compendium of Philippine
Tourism Statistics by the DOT
- Generation/compilation of new/emerging statistics
and indicators
- Conduct of Household Survey of Domestic
Visitors, DOT NSO 2005-2006
20II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 1. Philippine Statistical Development Program
(PSDP)
- Statistical development programs on the tourism
industry that will be pursued under PSDP
2005-2010 include - Enhancement of current methodologies and
collection/processing systems, such as
- Enhancement of PTSA estimates by NSCB, 2005-2010
- Improvement of Arrival/Departure Card by Bureau
of Immigration, 2005-2010
21II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 1. Philippine Statistical Development Program
(PSDP)
- Coordination/advocacy activities on tourism
statistics
- Strengthen the IACTS, 2005-2010
- Development of GIS-based information materials
on tourism statistics, DOT, 2005-2010
- Statistical capacity building program
- Training of personnel of DOT regional offices
and LGUs - DOT, SRTC, LGUs and academe, 2005-2010
22II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 2. Inter-agency Committee on Tourism Statistics
- originally created as Inter-Agency Committee on
the Development of a Satellite Account on Tourism
(IAC-DSAT) on February 7, 1997 by the NSCB
Executive Board - provides direction and addresses concerns on the
improvement of tourism statistics and tourism
satellite accounts through a well established
tourism statistical system
23II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 2. Inter-agency Committee on Tourism Statistics
- serves as venue for discussions on statistical
issues related to tourism statistics tourism
accounts - composed of representatives from government and
non-government organizations involved in
production and use of tourism statistics - NSCB and DOT technical staff serve as the
Committee Secretariat
24II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 2. Inter-agency Committee on Tourism Statistics
Chair National Statistical Coordination
Board Co-Chair Department of Tourism Members Asi
an Institute of Tourism Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas Bureau of Immigration Civil
Aeronautics Board Department of Interior and
Local Govt. National Economic Devt. Authority
National Statistics Office Private
Associations
- Hotel and Restaurant Association of the Phil.
- Board of Airline Representatives
- Philippine Tour Operators Association
- Philippine Travel Agencies Association
25II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- 3. Statistical Advocacy Mechanisms
- The 14th National Statistics Month celebration in
2003 focused on the theme Sustaining Tourisms
Competitive Edge Through Statistics was hosted
by the DOT - Conduct of Tourism Sessions in the National
Convention on Statistics (NCS)
- DOT has sponsored tourism sessions for the past
three NCS conducted on 2001, 2004 2007. In
2007, 3 papers were presented, namely
- Developing the Survey instruments for the HSDV
- Understanding the Visiting Friends/Relatives
Travel Market - Sustainability of Tourism Statistics Issues in
Statistics
26II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- Examples of Institutional linkages/collaborative
efforts
- Collaboration between DOT and NSCB on the
development of the Compendium of Philippine
Tourism Statistics and the Philippine TSA - Review of design and instruments of tourism
surveys through the Statistical Survey Review and
Clearance System (SSRCS)
27II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- Examples of Institutional linkages/agency
collaborative efforts
- Collaboration between DOT and NSO on the conduct
of the Household Survey of Domestic Visitors
(HSDV) - Team up between DOT the Bureau of Immigration
(BI) in the processing of Arrival/Departure (A/D)
cards
28II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms
- Institutional linkages/agency collaborative
efforts
- Sharing of statistical information
- Regular release of DOT publications
- Monthly web release of arrivals and hotel
occupancy data - Quarterly release of Tourism Report
- Annual release of Compendium of Philippine
Tourism Statistics starting 2004 - Provision of data to NSCB for the compilation of
the National Accounts (Exports of services)
- Inclusion of tourism indicators in the NSCB
publications
- Monthly Economic Indicators (EI), Philippine
Statistical Yearbook (PSY)
29II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Other Institutional Mechanisms
- basic training on collection, generation,
compilation and analysis of tourism statistics
for national and field personnel of DOT as well
as staff of local government units (LGUs)
conducted by Statistical Research and Training
Center (SRTC) -
- Training on Basic Tourism Data Gathering and
Reporting System in the provinces of Bohol and
Cebu - Developed and published the TOURISM STATISTICS
MANUAL for LGUs
30II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Other Institutional Mechanisms
- technical assistance from different international
organizations, such as
- UNWTO-sponsored Workshop on Indicators of
Sustainable Development for Tourism Destinations,
Bohol, Philippines -
- Development of Tourism Statistics System for LGUs
sponsored by the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA)
31II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Other Institutional Mechanisms
- Involvement in International efforts
- Actively participated in the workshops and
forums for the improvement of tourism statistics
and development of TSA - Latest participations include
- Expert Group meeting on Tourism Statistics and
provided comments on the IRTS and TSA RMF - 39th Session of the UN Statistical Commission
- NSCB and DOT are currently preparing the
countrys response to the questionnaire sent by
UNWTO for the publication TSA Data Around the
World 2009 for submission before the end of
October 2008
32II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Data Support for PTSA Compilation
- Visitor Sample Survey (VSS) monthly by DOT
- Arrival/Departure Cards processed monthly by
DOT BI
- Regional Travelers Report annual data on
internal tourism from DOT
- Establishment Surveys such as Census of
Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) and
Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and
Industry (QSPBI) by NSO
33II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Data Support for PTSA Compilation
- Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and
Exhibitions (MICE) Study annually by DOT
- Input-Output Table periodically by NSCB,
latest are for 1994 2000
- National Accounts of the Philippines quarterly
by NSCB
- Labor Force Survey quarterly by NSO
- Household Survey of Domestic Visitors (HSDV)-
jointly byDOT NSO, 2005
34II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Initiatives towards PTSA developments
Activity
Period
1988
The NSCB, thru its Grants
-
in
-
Aid statistical development program,
provided funds and technical assistance to DOT in
the conduct of
research study, which aimed to explore
contribution of tourism to the
economy using the input
-
output analysi
s approach.
1996
NSCB, DOT and WTTC collaborated to come up with a
simulated satellite
account on tourism for the Philippines, which
showed that travel and
tourism accounted for 8.7 percent of the GDP in
1997. The estimation
procedure was developed by the
Wharton Econometric Forecasting
Association (WEFA) under the direction of the
WTTC.
NSCB and DOT signed a MOA to support the
development of the PTSA.
35II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Initiatives towards PTSA developments
Activity
Period
1997
NSCB created an Inter
-
Agency Committee on the Development of a
Satellite Account
on Tourism (IAC
-
DSAT) that shall oversee the
development of a TSA for the country.
IAC
-
DSAT conceptualized the framework for the PTSA
1998
Participated in the Seventh Meeting of the
Steering Committee, World
Conference on the Measurement of the Economic
Impact of Tourism,
WTO Headquarters, Madrid, Spain
The NSCB created its Development of the Satellite
Account on Tourism
1999
(DSAT) Team
36II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Initiatives towards PTSA developments
37II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Initiatives towards PTSA developments
38II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Initiatives towards PTSA developments
Activity
Period
2003
The Philippines hosted the Second Sub
-
Regional Workshop on Tourism
Statistics and the Elaboration of a Tourism
Satellite Account held in
Manila. The country paper Status of the
Development of the Philippine
Tourism Satellite Account (PTSA) was presented
in that workshop.
The IACDSAT was reconstituted and renamed to
Inter
-
agency Committee
on Tourism Statistics (IAC
-
TS) per NSCB Memorandum Order No. 04
Series of 2003 to expand the functions of the IAC
from Tourism Accounts to .
Tourism Statistics.
39II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Initiatives towards PTSA developments
Activity
Period
2005
The NSCB Executive Board approved the NSCB
Resolution No. 4 Series
of 2005 Approving and Adopting the Philippine
Tourism Statist
ical
Classification System (PTSCS). The PTSCS was
based on the following
UNWTO
-
recommended list
1994 Philippine Standard Industrial
Classification (PSIC)
2002 Philippine Central Product Classification
(PCPC)
International Standard Industrial Classifica
tion (ISIC) Rev. 2
2006
The NSCB DSAT Team was reconstituted and renamed
as the Philippine
Tourism Satellite Accounts (PTSA) Team
40 II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Initiatives towards PTSA developments
Activity
Period
2006
Presented the country paper The 1993
Recommendations on Tourism
Statistics and the Philippine Tourism
Satellite Accounts during the
International Workshop on Tourism Statistics,
UNWTO Headquarters,
Madrid, Spain, 17
-
20 July 2006.
2007
The Philippines participated in the worldwide
consultation for the revision
of the IRTS and the TSA RMF by providing
series of responses to the
questionnaires sent by the UNWTO
Participated in the Expert Group Meeting in
Tourism Statistics,
UN Headquarters, New York, USA
41 II. The Philippine TSA Significant Developmental
Features
Initiatives towards PTSA developments
Activity
Period
2006
-
2008
Updating and refining the PTSA estimation using
the IRTS 2008 and TSA
RMF 2008. Improvements from the previous
estimates include
Establishment of the link of internal tourism
consumption with the
ü
supply of goods and services
Improvement of the coverage of domestic tourism
using the results
ü
of the Household Survey
on Domestic Visitors (HSDV)
ü
Compiling the outbound tourism expenditure (Table
3) previously
not compiled
ü
Availability of estimates for GVATI, TDGVA and
TDGDP
ü
Covered data series 2000 to 2007
42III. Present Status of the PTSA
On-going stage of implementation
- Institution in charge of the compilation
- National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
- Institutions that provide data
- Department of Tourism (DOT)
- National Statistics Office (NSO)
- National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)
43III. Present Status of the PTSA
On-going stage of implementation
- Guidelines Standards followed
- International Recommendations on Tourism
Statistics (IRTS) 2008
- provides the basic concepts and definitions of
the different aspects of tourism such as
- travelers that qualify as visitor either tourist
or overnight visitor, as same day visitor or
excursionist forms of tourism concept of
tourism expenditure different classifications
that can be used in the analysis of tourism
44III. Present Status of the PTSA
On-going stage of implementation
- Guidelines Standards followed
- International Recommendations on Tourism
Statistics (IRTS) 2008
- used as guiding principles in the collection of
data - serves as basis for the revision of existing
data mechanisms to include necessary indicators
on specific areas such as accommodation on second
homes and same-day visits.
45III. Present Status of the PTSA
On-going stage of implementation
- Guidelines Standards followed
- Tourism Satellite Account Recommended
Methodological Framework (TSA RMF) 2008
- aims to integrate the measurement of tourism as
an economic phenomenon within the mainstream of
macroeconomic statistics - serves to complement the concepts, definitions,
aggregates, classifications already presented in
the IRTS 2008 - the framework to guide countries in the further
development of the system of tourism statistics,
the main objective being the completion of the TSA
46III. Present Status of the PTSA
On-going stage of implementation
- Guidelines Standards followed
- Tourism Satellite Account Recommended
Methodological Framework (TSA RMF) 2008
- generally serves as guide in the compilation of
the PTSA tables - the sequence and title of the 10 tables were
also followed
47III. PTSA Present Status
On-going stage of implementation
- Basic Aggregates currently prepared (for release
January 2009)
Tourism consumption expenditure/consumption
- Inbound tourism expenditure
- - Foreign visitors expenditure
- - Overseas Filipinos expenditure
(permanently residing abroad)
- Domestic tourism expenditure
- Outbound tourism expenditure
48III. PTSA Present Status
On-going stage of implementation
- Basic Aggregates currently prepared (for release
January 2009)
Tourism consumption expenditure/consumption
- Internal tourism consumption
- - Internal tourism expenditure
- - expenditures on products such as
accommodation, food and beverage, transportation
and other products paid by the organizers on
behalf of visitors - - IRTS 2008 recommendations concerning
imputed consumption on vacation homes are not yet
covered in the Philippine TSA updates
49III. PTSA Present Status
On-going stage of implementation
- Basic Aggregates currently prepared (for release
January 2009)
Supply/production of tourism goods and services
- gross value added of tourism industries (GVATI)
- tourism direct gross value added (TDGVA)
- tourism direct gross domestic product (TDGDP)
50III. PTSA Present Status
On-going stage of implementation
- Basic Aggregates currently prepared (for release
January 2009)
Employment of tourism industries
- estimates include number of persons employed in
each of the identified tourism-characteristic
industry - Limitations in the data did not allow for the
generation of employment by sex and hours worked
as recommended by the UNWTO
51III. Present Status of the PTSA
On-going stage of implementation
- Consumption products categories
- The categories used by the PTSA generally
followed the recommendations from the TSA RMF
2008 - However, due to data limitations, only the major
categories were presented. PTSA categories do not
show the following details
- Accommodation from vacation homes
- No breakdown on Transportation (railways, road,
water, air, transport rentals) - No breakdown on Entertainment and Recreation into
cultural services and sports and recreational
services
- Miscellaneous Category was added to catch all
other consumptions not captured in any of the
specific categories
52III. Present Status of the PTSA
On-going stage of implementation
- Consumption products categories
- PTSA consumption products include
- accommodation services for visitors
- food and beverage serving services
- transport services
- travel agencies and other reservation services
- entertainment and recreation
- shopping of country-specific tourism
characteristic goods - miscellaneous
53III. Present Status of the PTSA
On-going stage of implementation
- Historical series currently prepared
- The latest Philippine TSA presents annual
estimates for the period 2000 to 2007 - The 2000-2007 estimates are however, not linked
to the 1994 1998 estimates previously compiled
54III. PTSA Present Status
On-going stage of implementation
- TSA related indicators that can be derived
Indicators
Source Table
Share of TDGVA to total GDP (current
Table 6
?
prices)
Share of Domestic tourism to PCE (current
Table 2
?
prices)
Share of Inbound tourism to Total exports
Table 1
?
(current prices)
Share of
Out
bound tourism to Total Imports
Table 3
?
(current prices)
Share of Tourism industry employment to
Table7
?
total employment
55III. Present Status of the PTSA
Short-term Implementation plans
- Activities to be undertaken in the short run
- Review consistency of estimates
- Further review by the IAC on Tourism Statistics
- Presentation to the NSCB Executive Board for
policy decision - - next meeting of the Board is
scheduled on December 3, 2008
56III. Present Status of the PTSA
Short-term Implementation plans
- Activities to be undertaken in the short run
- Preparation for the PTSA publication
- Target date of release January 2009
- Basic documentation
- Printed PTSA publication by NSCB
- Inclusion of PTSA in the Compendium of
Philippine Tourism Statistics of DOT - Press release/website release
- Updating the PTSA page on the NSCB website
- Uploading of pertinent information including
PTSA Technical Notes
57IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
58IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
59IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
60IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
61IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
62IV. Some Recent Results
- Comparison of the Recent PTSA with the previous
study covering 1994 1998
63IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Inbound tourism expenditure on the rise!
64IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Share of inbound tourism expenditure to Exports
rose by more than 7 in 2007! Growth in
inbound tourism coupled with decline in exports
65IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Domestic tourism expenditure posts double digit
growths !
66IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse to PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Share of Domestic tourism expenditure to PCE
increasing!
67IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Domestic tourism expenditure dominated Internal
tourism expenditure!
68IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Internal tourism consumption on double digit
growth from 2004 to 2007
69IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Miscellaneous, shopping and accommodation are
the biggest components of Internal tourism
consumption!
70IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Significant drop in outbound tourism expenditure
in 2007! impact of Philippine currency
appreciation
71IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- On the average, outbound tourism expenditure
accounted for about 3 of total Imports of the
country!
72IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- Derived ratios by consumption products
73IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- TDGVA grew steadily during the period 2000 to
2007!
74IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- For the years 2000 to 2007, the average share of
TDGVA to GDP is about 6.2 percent!
75IV. Some Recent Results
Other macroeconomic(nonmonetary) indicators
- Employment in tourism industries growing slowly!
76IV. Some Recent Results
A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007
- On the average, employment in tourism industries
was 9.5 of the total employment in the
Philippines!
77V. Challenges and Future Directions
Data and Data Sources
- Improvements in the Visitor Sample Survey
- continue improving its processing to ensure more
timely release of data - expanding its coverage to other Philippine
international airports newly opened - to cover arrivals through seaports when volume
becomes significant - improvement in sampling methodology to represent
more diverse respondents in order to represent
different niche markets
78V. Challenges and Future Directions
Data and Data Sources
- Revision of the Arrival/Departure (A/D) card
- Incorporated in the revised A/D cards are new
technological methodologies to improve response
rate and processing - proposed new A/D cards incorporate matching of
arrival and departure, which could provide
reliable estimates on the length of stay of
travelers - implement the A/D cards in international sea
ports
79V. Challenges and Future Directions
Data and Data Sources
- Enhancement of Regional Travelers Report
- Capturing the data from non-DOT-accredited
establishments - segregation of same-day visitors from the
tourists
- Sustain the conduct of the Household Survey on
Domestic Visitors (HSDV) - Provision of more disaggregated data in
establishment surveys
80V. Challenges and Future Directions
Estimation Methodology
- Explicit characterization of expenditures by
each class of visitor
- separate estimates for same-day visitors and
tourists
- Expansion of the scope of expenditure data used
in outbound tourism - At present, only used the average expenditure
data of Filipinos in four major country
destinations, namely USA, Hongkong, Thailand and
Singapore
81V. Challenges and Future Directions
Estimation Methodology
- Refinements in output indicators for tourism
industries
- provision of additional samples for
tourism-characteristic industries
- Improvement in employment data
- to complement Labor Force Survey data by the
Census of Population
82V. Challenges and Future Directions
- Towards Measurement of Tourism at the
Sub-National Level
- Local Government Units must step up their own
collection of tourism statistics for local
planning - Support needed for the DOTs program on capacity
building of local government units
- Tourism Statistics must be analysed to quantify
the contribution of tourism to national as well
as LGU progress - Actual Policy Uses of Tourism Statistics/Tourism
Accounts must be demonstrated
83V. Challenges and Future Directions
- Tourism and Sustainability
- The PTSA must be useful as a tool to demonstrate
the sustainability of tourism as a key
contributor to development
- there is a need to enhance the technical
capability of the compilers of the PTSA in order
to ensure the accuracy and sustainability of
estimates - Capacity building is also necessary for the users
of the TSA to improve appreciation and meaningful
utilization of information
84V. Challenges and Future Directions
- Resources constraints (manpower and financial)
- Advocate for better appreciation by government on
the need to provide budget for statistical
activities - Allow statistical offices to hire and increase
number of statistical positions in government
(including those in line ministries like the DOT) - Invest in statistics, invest in statistical
offices, invest in statisticians!
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