1. TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNTING GRAND BARBADOS BEACH RESORT Addressing the challenges in setting up TSAs Winfield Griffith, Caribbean Tourism Organization, February, 2007

2. MAJOR CHALLENCES  Need for relevant capacity building  Traditionally relatively low priority given by administrators to statistics and TSAs  Need for adequate finance and budgets  Need for coordination and congruence (harmonising) of (Tourism) statistical systems region-wide  Raising data quality and content

3. ADMIN. & MANAGERIAL ISSUES  Ministry of finance determines detail budget line items of most NSOs and Ministries of Tourism. F arbitrary cuts to proposed budgets very common F bureaucratic strictures prevail  Tourist Boards and Tourism Authorities given subvention. Fallowed to manage this autonomously FDetermine priorities subject to budget constraints

4. ADMIN. & MANAGERIAL ISSUES (Con’t)  NSOs F organized hierarchically for effective conduct on statistical exercises F Hamstrung by inability to extend operations FSpecialised training for staff slow and falling back FInadequate budgets

5. ADMIN. & MANAGERIAL ISSUES (Con’t)  NTOs F with a few exceptions, not organized for statistics and research F research staffing where it exists lacks structure FSpecialised training for staff slow FAmple budgets

6. STRATEGIC ALLIANCES  Closer INTEGRATION AND SHARING between NSOs & NTOs. F NTOs relatively better financial endowment F NSOs relatively greater technical endowment  Closer COOPERATION AND INFORMATION SHARING with national agencies and associations (e.g. HTAs, Imm. Offices, etc) Finviting representatives to key planning meeting and other activities Fco-opting representatives on working committees

7. STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (Cont’d)  Closer COOPERATION AND INFORMATION SHARING with regional agencies and organisations (e.g. ECCB,CARICOM, CDB, etc) Finviting representatives to key planning meetings and other activities Fco-opting representatives on working committees FUtilizing and technical and other assistance available

8. STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (Cont’d)  Closer COOPERATION AND INFORMATION SHARING with international agencies and organisations (e.g. WTO,UNSO, CARTAC, etc) Finviting representatives to key planning meetings and other activities Fco-opting representatives on working committees FUtilizing technical expertise and funding

9. CTOs ROLE  COOPERATING AND INFORMATION SHARING with wider Caribbean Fcoordinating to key region-wide planning meetings and other activities FInteracting with all relevant organizations to ensure FSecuring and providing technical resources wherever possible

10. Thank you!