1. Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) Progress Report (Barbados)
Presented by: Todne Woods

2. Background Moving from an Adapted SNA 68’ to SNA 93’
Tourism Industry was published from 1974 – 2009
Accommodations & Restaurants Industry
Historical Revision (1990 – Present)

3. Background The Caribbean Tourism Organisation
Facilitator
Barbados Statistical Service
Technical staff
Ministry of Tourism / Barbados Tourism Authority
Consultants – Maureen Blokland and Annette McKenzie
Valuable expertise
Funding from the Inter-American Development Bank

4. Measuring Tourism after adopting SNA ‘93
Tourism sector not measured
Accommodation & Restaurant industry contributed approx. 13% to the 2012 GDP(Basic prices)
Tourism related businesses are major employers.
Policy and marketing decisions

5. Preliminary TSA Tables
Table 1 – Inbound Tourism Expenditure by products and classes of visitors
Table 5 – Production accounts of tourism industries and other industries
Table 6 – Total domestic supply and internal tourism
Table 7 – Employment in the tourism industry
Table 10d – Number of establishments in tourism industries classified according to average number of jobs

6. Tourism Satellite Accounts – Table 1
Inbound Tourism Expenditure by products and classes of visitors
Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Exit Survey
Time periods – 2000, 2010 and 2011
Future plans:
Reconciling the 2000 SUT with the CTO expenditure data
Cultural activities
SUT will be used

7. Tourism Satellite Accounts – Table 5
Production accounts of tourism industries and other industries
The Supply and Use Table (SUT)
USE table (Purchasers’ price)
SUPPLY table (Basic price)
Converting USE table to Basic price.
Accomplished:
Reviewed Distribution margins
The Value Added Tax component
Reviewed the Transportation industry
Import and Domestic export components
Production tax component

8. Tourism Satellite Accounts – Table 5
Production accounts of tourism industries and other industries
Future Plans:
Travel agencies
Cultural Industries
Retail Trade (Tourism share)
Festivals – Crop-over etc.
Sports & Recreational activities
Make the SUT more TSA compatible

9. Tourism Satellite Accounts – Table 6
Total domestic supply and internal tourism
Basic prices and Purchasers’prices
Tourism Share
Inquiries on tourism share was determined
Tour Operators and Car rentals

10. Tourism Satellite Accounts – Table 6
Total domestic supply and internal tourism
Future Plans
Cultural Industry
Retail Trade (Tourism share)
Tourism shares

11. Tourism Satellite Accounts – Table 7
Employment in the tourism industry
The Labour Force Survey 2010 & 2011
Employed
Self-employed
National Insurance Scheme employment data
Changes in the classification for 2000 compared to 2010
Methodology
Growth rate of the NIS applied to the 2010 LFS

12. Tourism Satellite Accounts – Table 7
Employment in the tourism industry
Future plan
Separate those employed who cater to locals vis-à-vis visitor component

13. Tourism Satellite Accounts – Table 10d
Number of establishments in tourism industries classified according to average number of jobs
National Insurance Scheme (NIS)
Number of persons by industry
Number of establishments

14. Way Forward Revise the 2000 TSA tables Developing a 2010 SUT
Generate 2010 TSA tables
Develop additional TSA tables
Regularly produce TSA table in accordance to available SUTs
Improved Non-monetary statistics (Tables 10)
Further collaboration with other Tourism agencies.
Domestic tourism
Outbound Tourism

15. Way Forward
Continued collaboration with other the Inter-institutional Technical Group (TSA).
Sensitisation of the Private stakeholders
Continued assistance from CTO, IDB, Ministry of Tourism, BTA, Maureen and Annette

16. Thank You!