1. UPDATE ON TOURISM STATISTICS & WAVES
HATAB CONFERENCE
22 April 2016
Ms Temalo M. Lesetlhe - Department of Tourism
&
Mr. E Itshekeng - WAVES coordinator, Ministry of Finance & Development Planning

2. Structure of Presentation
Part I
Background
Botswana National Strategy for the Development of Statistics
Tourism Sector Statistics Plan
Status of Tourism Statistics
System of Tourism Statistics
Update/Progress made
Part II
Botswana Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Eco-Systems (WAVES) Project / Natural Capital Accounts for Tourism

3. Botswana National Strategy for Development of Statistics
The BNSDS is :
A framework to strengthen entire National Statistical System to:
address data needs & limitations in order to improve timely production of statistics
integrate statistics within national policy processes
Mobilize and prioritize use of resources for statistics
The BNSDS process started in 2012 and was completed, signed and launched by Minister, MFDP in October, 2015
A national Inter-Agency Statistics Committee (ISAC)

4. Fully coordinated National Statistical System
Agriculture
Health
etc
StatisticsBotswana
MEWT
(Tourism)
Labour &
Home Affairs
Education

5. Sectoral Approach to BSDS Design
SSP
(Agric)
SSP
(MLGRD)
SSP
(SB)
SSP
( C&NR )
SSP
( Tourism )
SSP(T&I)
SSP: Sector Statistics Plan

6. MEWT - Sector
In 2013 a decision was taken to include MEWT in the BNSDS
A decision was taken to start with tourism, thereafter other sectors in the Ministry will follow
A committee (tourism) was constituted mid whose mandate is to develop the plan but most importantly to spearhead development of tourism statistics
Membership: DOT, BTO, Statistics Botswana, HATAB, TAABOT, Bank of Botswana, BNPC, Immigration, DWNP, UB-Int’l Tourism Research Centre)
Nov inauguration of the committee & development of the sector plan started

7. Tourism Sector Statistics Plan
Assessment of the state of statistics
key message:
To see a strong stakeholder driven tourism sector statistical system where:
- Statistics are fully integrated into policy & decision making
- Comprehensive, credible, impartial and objective statistics
- Open data platforms and systems to enable data accessibility -

8. Cont….. - Data users are empowered to interpret and use data
A better coordinated statistical system
Development of a five year strategic plan
Submission to SB for incorporation into the BNSDS

9. Current Status of Tourism Statistics.

10. SYSTEM OF TOURISM STATISTICS (STS)
The Tourism Industry is not explicitly recognised as a sector in the System of National Accounts (SNA 93)
Therefore there is need for a measurement framework
Measurement of this is centred on the System of Tourism Statistics (STS). A STS comprises three aspects i.e.:
Tourism Satellite Account (TSA);
Balance of Payments for Tourism (BoPT); and
Labour Accounts for Tourism (LAT)

11. TSA – Ten Tables
TSA: RMF 2008 (UNWTO & UNSC)

12. Data Source
Table 1: Inbound Tourism
Tourist Arrivals survey & Visitor Expenditure surveys, Tour operator survey
(Immigration, SB, DoT)
Table 2: Domestic Tourism
House Hold Survey (SB, DoT)
Table 3: Outbound Tourism
Departure Survey (Immigration, SB, DoT)
Table 4: Internal Tourism Consumption
Sum Table 1+2 (Tourism Demand)
Table 5: Production Accounts of Tourism Industries
Supply side surveys
(SB, DoT)
Table 6: Domestic Supply & Consumption
Reconciliation of Table 4&5
Tourism Value Added & Tourism GDP
Table 7: Employment
Labour Force Survey (DoT, SB)
Table 8: Gross Fixed Capital Formation
National Accounts (SB, DoT, BTO)
Table 9: Collective Consumption
DoT, BTO, DWNP etc.
Table 10: Non-Monetary Indicators
Arrivals, Establishments & capacity
(SB,DoT etc)
Other: Tourism Government Revenue
Tourism Balance of Payments
Natural Capital Accounts for Tourism Sustainable Tourism Indicators
Duties & Taxes (BURS, DoT)
License fees (DoT, BTO, DWNP etc)
Tourism Imports & Exports (DoT, BoB)
Economic, Social-cultural, & Environ. Indicators

13. Status
Tourist Arrivals: available up to Data entry up to June 2015 & report expected Aug 2016
Visitor Expenditure Survey: Data entry for is expected to commence May first survey in progress
Accommodation Statistics: Data entry for 2014 – 2015 is in progress

14. Status cont……
Tourism Employment: Initial discussions with Statistics Botswana Labour Statistics Unit planned for May
National Accounts
Update of the TSA – Contract to secure an expert to assist is at an advanced stage. Work expected to start around July 2016

15. Status Cont…..
Government Revenue Generated by Tourism: Data collection expected to start September 2016
Structure of the Natural Capital Accounts for Tourism: Data assessment expected to be completed in June 2016

16. Status Cont…….
Tourism Statistics Database upgrading (online system – June 2016)
Data Centre in place
Implementation of the sector plan has started: workshops etc
Statistics Botswana: Economic Directorate mandate expanded to include Tourism

17. Reference Documents Tourism Sector Statistics Plan
UNWTO: International Recommendations on Tourism Statistics IRTS 2008
UNWTO: Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework TSA:RMF 2008
Botswana TSA 2005/06 & 2009
Technical Manual
- UNWTO/ILO Measuring Employment in Tourism Industries

18. THANK YOU “If you cant measure it you cant manage it”
“What we measure affects what we do; and if our measurements are flawed, decisions may be distorted.”
(Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi 2009)