PROGRAMME 22 and 23 November, 2010

Day 1 - 22 November 2010 08.30 to 18:15

8.30 9.30 9.30 9.50 Registration Opening Session
Ms. Alda Caetano Carvalho, Statistics Portugal, President Mr. Bernardo Trindade, Secretary of State for Tourism

9:50 - 10:30

Round Table "Measuring the progress of societies: the tourism dimension Moderator: Mr. Antnio Perez Metelo, Economic Journalist
Mr. Pedro Dias, Statistics Portugal, Vice-President Mr. Nuno Santos, Turismo de Portugal, Member of the Board Mr. Michail Skaliotis, Eurostat, Head of Information Society and Tourism Statistics Mr. Raul Suarez de Miguel, OECD, Senior Advisor, OECD Project on Measuring Well-Being and the Progress of Societies

10:30 - 11:00 11:00 - 12:55

Coffee Break Session 1 Statistical coverage of new trends in tourism Chair: Mr. Pavel Vancura, Eurostat Discussant: Mr. John Kester, UNWTO
Analyzing domestic tourism demand: origin and destination matrix Ms. Teresa Guardia Spain, Spanish Institute of Tourism Studies and University of Alcal The importance of online tourism demand Ms. Clia M. Q. Ramos Portugal, University of Algarve Vulnerability of European Outbound Tourism Markets in the Midst of the Global Financial Crisis Ms. Ana Moniche Bermejo Spain, Turismo Andaluz, S.A. and Regional Government of Andalusia The Italian National Tourism Observatory: governance and statistical issues. Regional example: Umbrias Observatory Ms. Alessandra Nacca and Ms. Chiara DallAglio Italy, Tourism National Observatory and Sviluppumbria/Regional Observatory on Tourism

12:55 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 16:25 Session 2 Macroeconomic statistics on tourism Chair: Mr. Gerd Ahlert , Gesellschaft fr Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung, Germany Discussant: Mr. Dennis Bederoff, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, Sweden
Measuring the Economic Effects and Development of Tourism: Regional TSA in Finland 2000-2007 Mr. Juha-Pekka Konttinen Finland, Statistics Finland Regional tourism satellite accounts; how to compile and how to use Ms. Anne Mari Auno and Mr. Petter Dybedal Norway, Statistics Norway and Institute of Transport Economics Recent Canadian Advances in Statistics on Tourism Employment: Some Insights on the Road to Recovery Mr. Scott Meis Canada/Switzerland, Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council and International Labour Office Policy Integration and Statistics Department The economic impact of tourism across regions and nations Mr. Dominic Webber United Kingdom, Office for National Statistics

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The impact of a new national account benchmark year for tourism satellite accounts Ms. Teresa Hilrio Portugal, Statistics Portugal Positioning Tourism in Economic Policy: Evidence and Some Proposals Mr. Antonio Massieu Spain, UNWTO

16:25 - 16:55 16:55 - 18:15

Coffee Break Session 3 How new technologies can inspire new data collection methodologies Chair: Mr. Christophe Demunter, Eurostat Discussants: Mr. Hugo Sousa, Turismo de Portugal, Portugal
Mr. Michail Skaliotis, Eurostat Using mobile positioning data for tourism statistics: methodological and legal issues Mr. Margus Tiru Estonia, Department of Geography, University of Tartu and Positium LBSE A review of new technologies to collect travel data Mr Philippe Marchal, Mr Shuning Yuan, Mr Pierre-Olivier Flavigny and Mr Jimmy Armoogum France, INRETS - Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Scurit Understanding visitors spatio-temporal distribution through data collection using information and communication technologies Mr. Carlos Azevedo Portugal, Bosch Security Systems, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre and University of Aveiro

Day 2 - 23 November 2010 09:00 to 16:15

9.00 - 12.00 Session 4 Measurement issues in tourism statistics and how to deal with them Chair: Ms. Isabel Francisco, Confederao do Comrcio e Servios de Portugal, Portugal Discussant: Mr. Steve McFeely, Central Statistics Office, Ireland
A model to monitor tourism in private accommodation Ms. Flavia Maria Coccia Italy, IS.NA.R.T. Scpa The travel survey in Portugal: gaining efficiency, better coverage, and a better balance between accuracy and timeliness Mr. Porfrio Leito and Mr. Daniel Fernandes Portugal, Statistics Portugal Using mirror data in the field of tourism and travel statistics Ms. Johanna Ostertag Austria, Statistics Austria Inbound tourism statistics: a comparative analysis of supply and demand side sources Ms. Andrea Alivernini Italy, Banca dItalia and ISTAT Sampling strategies and correction of measurement errors for Tourism travel surveys Ms. Sophie Roux, Mr. Jimmy Armoogum, Mr. Jean-Loup Madre and Ms. Franoise Potier France, INRETS Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Scurit The use of credit/debit cards as source for the travel item of the balance of payments Ms. Carla Ferreira Portugal, Banco de Portugal

10:15 - 10:45 12:00 - 13:00

Coffee Break Lunch

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13:00 - 15:15 Session 5 Sustainable and Competitive Tourism Chair: Mr. Alain Dupeyras, OECD Discussant: Mr. Thomas Thessen, Visitdenmark, Denmark
Tourism Competitiveness Trend Index: an approximation to the measurement of tourism competitiveness across prices Ms. Beatriz Garca Moreno Spain, Instituto de Estudios Tursticos Evaluation of competitiveness of city break products in selected European countries Ms. Ewa Dziedzic and Ms. Teresa Skalska Poland, Institute of Tourism A study of linking the Swedish Tourism Satellite Account , TSA and the Swedish Environment Satellite Account (ESA) in order to measure the environmental impact of tourism Mr. Martin Lagerstrm and Ms. Tove Rosenblom Sweden, Environment and Tourism, Statistics Sweden Measuring the environmental impact of tourism at regional level by linking the regional TSA and the Environment Satellite Account Ms. Jie Zhang and Mr. Christian rsted Brandt Denmark, Center for Regional and Tourism Research and Visitdenmark MoniTUR 2009: A New Approach to Regional Tourism Competitiveness in Spain Mr. scar Perelli del Amo Spain, Alianza para la Excelencia Turstica (Exceltur)

15:15 - 16:00

Round Table Key findings of the 10 Forum and outlook to the 11 Forum Moderator: Mr. Alain Dupeyras, OECD
Session 1: Mr. John Kester Session 2: Mr. Dennis Bederoff Session 3: Mr. Hugo Sousa Mr. Michail Skaliotis Session 4: Mr. Steve McFeely Session 5: Mr. Thomas Thessen

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16:00 - 16:15 Closing Session

Mr. Lus Manuel Patro, Turismo de Portugal, President