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"The United Nations recognizes the World Tourism Organization as the appropriate organization to collect, to analyse, to publish, to standardize and to improve the statistics of tourism, and to promote the integration of these statistics within the sphere of the United Nations system."
Tourism statistics is the keystone for fostering adequate tourism policies and consequently, economic progress. In this regard, the Statistics and Tourism Satellite Account Programme mission consists in developing the national Systems of Tourism Statistics, international comparability as well as the macroeconomic analysis of tourism.
In view of that purpose, our Programme focuses its activity on the reinforcement of a statistical methodology based in international standards recognized by the UN, on the dissemination of up-dated statistical data of tourism and on the promotion of excellence in statistics for Member States.
Upcoming events
| Thu 05 Jul 2012 | First Seminar on Regional Tourism: Setting the Focus - Venice - Italy |
Recent events
| Thu 08 Mar 2012 | SCBP, Asia-Pacific - Regional Seminar - Bangkok - Thailand |
| Mon 05 Mar 2012 | SCBP, Asia-Pacific – III Workshop - Bangkok - Thailand |
| Tue 22 Nov 2011 | I Workshop - SCBP, for the CIS countries and Georgia (2011-2012) - Baku - Azerbaijan |
| Thu 27 Oct 2011 | Second International Conference on the Measurement and Economic Analysis of Regional Tourism - Bilbao - Spain |
| Mon 10 Oct 2011 | General Assembly - Nineteenth session - Gyeongju - Republic of Korea |
Latest news
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10 Oct 11 News |
UNWTO releases comprehensive Compendium of Tourism Statistics The 2011 edition of the UNWTO Compendium of Tourism Statistics, with more tourism data than ever before, is now available. The latest edition of this comprehensive reference document on tourism has... |
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04 Oct 11 News |
UNWTO and RETOSA strengthen statistical capacities in Southern Africa UNWTO and the Regional Tourism Organisation for Southern Africa (RETOSA) jointly hosted a workshop (Johannesburg, South Africa, 8-9 September 2011) to provide high-quality training and a knowledge... |
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12 Aug 11 News |
Compendium of Tourism Statistics, 2011 Edition The Compendium of Tourism Statistics, 2011 Edition, is now available with figures for 212 countries and territories around the world for the period 2005-2009. This edition of the Compendium of... |
















