TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNTING GRAND BARBADOS BEACH RESORT Addressing

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

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

ADMIN. & MANAGERIAL ISSUES v. 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 v. Tourist Boards and Tourism Authorities given subvention. Fallowed to manage this autonomously FDetermine priorities subject to budget constraints

ADMIN. & MANAGERIAL ISSUES (Con’t) v. 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

ADMIN. & MANAGERIAL ISSUES (Con’t) v. 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

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES v Closer INTEGRATION AND SHARING between NSOs & NTOs. F NTOs relatively better financial endowment F NSOs relatively greater technical endowment v 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

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (Cont’d) v. 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

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (Cont’d) v. 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

CTOs ROLE v 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

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