{"id":11290,"date":"2023-06-13T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albaniandf.org\/?p=11290"},"modified":"2023-06-13T10:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T08:38:08","slug":"terms-of-reference-for-consultancy-improvement-of-tourism-statistics-and-electronic-system-of-tourism-statistics-ref-no-al-adf-365634-cs-qcbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albaniandf.org\/en\/2023\/06\/13\/terms-of-reference-for-consultancy-improvement-of-tourism-statistics-and-electronic-system-of-tourism-statistics-ref-no-al-adf-365634-cs-qcbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Terms of Reference for consultancy “Improvement of Tourism Statistics and Electronic System of Tourism Statistics”, Ref. No. AL-ADF-365634-CS-QCBS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Improvement of Tourism Statistics and<\/p>\n

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  1. BACKGROUND \u00a0 3<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF WORK \u00a0 5<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Objectives of the Assignment \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 5<\/p>\n

    2.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Key Tasks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 5<\/p>\n

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    1. IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK 10<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. TEAM PROFILE AND KEY PEROSNNEL 12<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BACKGROUND<\/h1>\n

        The Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) is the organisation with the most involvement in the collection of tourism statistics in Albania.\u00a0 As the national statistics agency it has a mandate to collect, compile and disseminate a range of tourism statistics that are an essential part of a robust system of tourism statistics.\u00a0 INSTAT is largely guided by Eurostat directives and comply with their requirements.\u00a0 As in many other countries, this can lead to robust statistics that conform to international standards, but can also often fall short of the range and depth of data needed by the tourism sector for government bodies (such as the Ministry of Tourism and Environment) and the private sector to use for planning, marketing, policy making and regulating the sector effectively.<\/p>\n

        A review of the current system of tourism statistics (see report: Tourism Information Management System and Statistics Improvement: Assessment and Technical Specification of Goods\/System of Tourism Statistics<\/em>) identified INSTAT as being well organised and undertaking a wide range of important surveys.\u00a0 It also executes an inbound and outbound visitor survey for the Bank of Albania that generates useful tourism expenditure data.\u00a0 However, the inbound visitor arrivals statistics do not comply with UNWTO guidelines and are not detailed enough to be useful for tourism planning and marketing; cruise visitors are not measured at present; the domestic visitor survey does not generate data on expenditure; and accommodation statistics are drawn from a relatively limited sample.\u00a0 This means that the development of a Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), developing the European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS), and measuring tourism at the regional\/ municipality level is not possible.<\/p>\n

        The first and only previous TSA compiled in Albania was for the base year of 2009, although this compilation used considerable amounts of estimated data to enable the account to be developed.\u00a0 Any new compilation will require more robust inbound air and land arrivals, cruise arrivals and domestic tourism expenditure data than is currently available.<\/p>\n

        The European Tourism Indicator System (ETIS) was developed by the European Commission in 2013 with the aim of helping destinations to monitor and measure their sustainable tourism performance.\u00a0 The system was tested through two pilot phases over a two-year period and in 2016 the Commission updated to the 2016 edition of the ETIS Toolkit, providing destinations with a fully tested system and a more realistic set of core indicators.\u00a0 ETIS consists of 43 core indicators, and the compilation of these requires a robust and extensive system of statistics that cover a range of sectors including energy, waste disposal, as well as tourism.\u00a0 A traditional system of tourism statistics will enable 12 of the core indicators to be generated, whilst additional data collection in Albania (largely from businesses) could deliver a further 18 indicators, generating a total 30 of the 43 indicators.<\/p>\n

        The overall Vision for tourism statistics in Albania is to:<\/p>\n