1 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Developing 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 October 2008, Cebu, Philippines

2 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Outline of Presentation I.Introduction II.The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features III.Present Status of the Philippine TSA IV.Some Recent Results V.Challenges and Future Direction

3 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. 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

4 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. 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

5 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. Introduction For the 4-year period from , 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 Importance & Trends of Tourism: Globally Tourism has benefited from the fast paced globalization. UNWTO says

6 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. Introduction Philippine tourism – “beyond the usual ” The Medium Term Philippine Development Plan considers tourism as a key sector for development in 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 Importance & Trends of Tourism: Locally

7 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. Introduction 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 , reaching US$4.9 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 Importance & Trends of Tourism: Locally

8 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. Introduction 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 Importance & Trends of Tourism: Locally

9 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. Introduction 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 Importance & Trends of Tourism: Locally

10 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. 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

11 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD I. 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)

12 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

13 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  Philippine Statistical System (PSS) II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

14 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  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. II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

15 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms  The Philippine Statistical Development Program (NSDS) – 7 th version is for  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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

16 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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.) II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

17 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  1. Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP) prepared every six years and the current PSDP covers the period 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 15 th Chapter of the PSDP composed of 25 chapters II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms

18 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  1. Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP) In the previous PSDP ( ), 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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms

19 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  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 – II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms

20 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  1. Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP) Statistical development programs on the tourism industry that will be pursued under PSDP include:  Enhancement of current methodologies and collection/processing systems, such as: Enhancement of PTSA estimates by NSCB, Improvement of Arrival/Departure Card by Bureau of Immigration, II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms

21 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  1. Philippine Statistical Development Program (PSDP)  Coordination/advocacy activities on tourism statistics  Statistical capacity building program Strengthen the IACTS, Development of GIS-based information materials on tourism statistics, DOT, Training of personnel of DOT regional offices and LGUs - DOT, SRTC, LGUs and academe, II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms

22 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

23 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

24 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms  2. Inter-agency Committee on Tourism Statistics Chair:National Statistical Coordination Board Co-Chair:Department of Tourism Members:Asian 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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

25 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  DOT has sponsored tourism sessions for the past three NCS conducted on 2001, 2004 & In 2007, 3 papers were presented, namely: The 14 th National Statistics Month celebration in 2003 focused on the theme “Sustaining Tourism’s Competitive Edge Through Statistics” & was hosted by the DOT Conduct of Tourism Sessions in the National Convention on Statistics (NCS)  Developing the Survey instruments for the HSDV  Understanding the Visiting Friends/Relatives Travel Market  Sustainability of Tourism Statistics: Issues in Statistics II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features NSCB Statistical Coordination Mechanisms  3. Statistical Advocacy Mechanisms

26 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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) II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

27 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

28 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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) II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

29 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Other Institutional Mechanisms  Capacity Building 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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

30 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Other Institutional Mechanisms  Capacity Building 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) II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

31 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 39 th Session of the UN Statistical Commission NSCB and DOT are currently preparing the country’s response to the questionnaire sent by UNWTO for the publication TSA Data Around the World 2009 – for submission before the end of October 2008 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

32 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Data Support for PTSA Compilation  Visitor Sample Survey (VSS) –monthly by DOT II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features  Establishment Surveys such as Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) and Quarterly Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (QSPBI) – by NSO  Arrival/Departure Cards – processed monthly by DOT & BI  Regional Travelers’ Report – annual data on internal tourism from DOT

33 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Data Support for PTSA Compilation II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features  Household Survey of Domestic Visitors (HSDV)- jointly byDOT & NSO, 2005  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  Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) Study –annually by DOT

34 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Initiatives towards PTSA developments  PTSA Milestones Activity Period ·  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 analysis approach ·  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 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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

35 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Initiatives towards PTSA developments  PTSA Milestones Activity Period ·  NSCB created an Inter-Agency Committee on the Development of a Satellite Accounton Tourism (IAC-DSAT) that shall oversee the development of a TSA for the country. ·  IAC-DSAT conceptualized the framework for the PTSA 1997 ·  Participated in the Seventh Meeting of the Steering Committee, World Conference on the Measurement of the Economic Impact of Tourism, WTO Headquarters, Madrid, Spain 1998 ·  The NSCB created its Development of the Satellite Account on Tourism (DSAT) Team 1999 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

36 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Initiatives towards PTSA developments  PTSA Milestones II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

37 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Initiatives towards PTSA developments  PTSA Milestones II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

38 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Initiatives towards PTSA developments  PTSA Milestones Activity Period ·  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 toInter-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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features Tourism Statistics.

39 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Initiatives towards PTSA developments  PTSA Milestones Activity Period ·  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 Classification (ISIC) Rev ·  The NSCB DSAT Team was reconstituted and renamed as the Philippine Tourism Satellite Accounts (PTSA) Team 2006 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

40 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Initiatives towards PTSA developments  PTSA Milestones Activity Period ·  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, July ·  The Philippines participated in the worldwide consultation for the revision of the IRTS and the TSA: RMF by providingseries of responses to the questionnaires sent by the UNWTO ·  Participated in the Expert Group Meeting in Tourism Statistics, UN Headquarters, New York, USA 2007 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

41 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Initiatives towards PTSA developments  PTSA Milestones Activity Period ·  Updating and refining the PTSA estimation using the IRTS 2008 and TSA: RMF Improvements from the previous estimates include: ü  Establishment of the link of internal tourism consumption with the supply of goods and services ü  Improvement of the coverage of domestic tourism using the results 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 II. The Philippine TSA: Significant Developmental Features

42 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD On-going stage of implementation III. Present Status of the PTSA  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)

43 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  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 On-going stage of implementation III. Present Status of the PTSA

44 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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. On-going stage of implementation III. Present Status of the PTSA  Guidelines & Standards followed

45 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 On-going stage of implementation  Guidelines & Standards followed III. Present Status of the PTSA

46 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 On-going stage of implementation  Guidelines & Standards followed III. Present Status of the PTSA

47 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  Basic Aggregates currently prepared (for release January 2009) On-going stage of implementation III. PTSA Present Status Tourism consumption expenditure/consumption Inbound tourism expenditure - Foreign visitors’ expenditure - Overseas Filipinos’ expenditure (permanently residing abroad) Domestic tourism expenditure Outbound tourism expenditure

48 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD On-going stage of implementation III. PTSA Present Status 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  Basic Aggregates currently prepared (for release January 2009)

49 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD On-going stage of implementation III. PTSA Present Status 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)  Basic Aggregates currently prepared (for release January 2009)

50 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD On-going stage of implementation III. PTSA Present Status 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  Basic Aggregates currently prepared (for release January 2009)

51 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  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: On-going stage of implementation III. Present Status of the PTSA  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

52 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  Consumption products categories 1) accommodation services for visitors 2)food and beverage serving services 3)transport services 4)travel agencies and other reservation services 5)entertainment and recreation 6)shopping of country-specific tourism characteristic goods 7)miscellaneous On-going stage of implementation III. Present Status of the PTSA  PTSA consumption products include:

53 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  Historical series currently prepared The latest Philippine TSA presents annual estimates for the period 2000 to 2007 The estimates are however, not linked to the 1994 & 1998 estimates previously compiled On-going stage of implementation III. Present Status of the PTSA

54 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  TSA related indicators that can be derived III. PTSA Present Status On-going stage of implementation Indicators Source Table  Share of TDGVA to total GDP (current prices) Table 6  Share of Domestic tourism to PCE (current prices) Table 2  Share of Inbound tourism to Total exports (current prices) Table 1  Share ofOutbound tourism to Total Imports (current prices) Table 3  Share of Tourism industry employment to total employment Table7

55 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  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 Short-term Implementation plans III. Present Status of the PTSA

56 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Preparation for the PTSA publication Short-term Implementation plans  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  Activities to be undertaken in the short run: III. Present Status of the PTSA

57 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD IV. Some Recent Results A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  What do we have?

58 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  What do we have? IV. Some Recent Results

59 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  What do we have? IV. Some Recent Results

60 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  What do we have? IV. Some Recent Results

61 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  What do we have? IV. Some Recent Results

62 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  Comparison of the Recent PTSA with the previous study covering 1994 & 1998 IV. Some Recent Results

63 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  Inbound tourism expenditure on the rise! IV. Some Recent Results

64 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 IV. Some Recent Results

65 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  Domestic tourism expenditure posts double digit growths ! IV. Some Recent Results

66 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse to PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  Share of Domestic tourism expenditure to PCE increasing! IV. Some Recent Results

67 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  Domestic tourism expenditure dominated Internal tourism expenditure! IV. Some Recent Results

68 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD IV. Some Recent Results A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  Internal tourism consumption on double digit growth from 2004 to 2007

69 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  Miscellaneous, shopping and accommodation are the biggest components of Internal tourism consumption! IV. Some Recent Results

70 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  Significant drop in outbound tourism expenditure in 2007! – impact of Philippine currency appreciation IV. Some Recent Results

71 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  On the average, outbound tourism expenditure accounted for about 3% of total Imports of the country! IV. Some Recent Results

72 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  Derived ratios by consumption products IV. Some Recent Results

73 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD A glimpse of PTSA results, 2000 to 2007  TDGVA grew steadily during the period 2000 to 2007! IV. Some Recent Results

74 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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! IV. Some Recent Results

75 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Other macroeconomic(nonmonetary) indicators  Employment in tourism industries growing slowly! IV. Some Recent Results

76 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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! IV. Some Recent Results

77 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 V. Challenges and Future Directions

78 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 V. Challenges and Future Directions

79 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD 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 V. Challenges and Future Directions

80 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Estimation Methodology  Explicit characterization of expenditures by each class of visitor  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 separate estimates for same-day visitors and tourists V. Challenges and Future Directions

81 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Estimation Methodology provision of additional samples for tourism- characteristic industries  Refinements in output indicators for tourism industries  Improvement in employment data to complement Labor Force Survey data by the Census of Population V. Challenges and Future Directions

82 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  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 DOT’s program on capacity building of local government units  Monitoring Progress 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 V. Challenges and Future Directions

83 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  Tourism and Sustainability The PTSA must be useful as a tool to demonstrate the sustainability of tourism as a key contributor to development  Capacity Building 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 V. Challenges and Future Directions

84 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD  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! V. Challenges and Future Directions

85 Technical Workshop on Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts RAVirola/21/Oct/2008 Republic of the Philippines NATIONAL STATISTICAL COORDINATION BOARD Maraming Salamat po! URL: