Strengthening Statistics for

Measuring the Sustainability

of Tourism in the Philippines

11-16 JULY 2021

ISI Session
An Integrated Statistical Framework for
Measuring Sustainability :
The Case of Tourism (MST)
VIVIAN R. ILARINA
Philippine Statistics Authority
Philippines
15 July 2021, Thursday
15:00 PM-16:30 PM Rio de Janeiro UTC-3
2:00 AM- 3:30 AM Philippine Time

Outline of Presentation
1 Philippine Economy and Tourism
2 National Tourism Agenda
3 Philippine Pilot MST and Tourism Satellite Accounts
4 2019 and 2020 Report of Tourism Industry
5 Ways Forward

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 The 2020 Gross Domestic Product
1 The Philippine Economy & Tourism
10 Economy
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8 Covid-19 Pandemic, 2000-2019 The Philippine economy
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+ 6.1 % remained strong before
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1 The Philippine Economy & Tourism

Before Covid-19 Pandemic, 2000-2019 12.8 %
25.000.000
11,7
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12,8 14,0
Tourism
20.000.000
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In 2019,
15.000.000
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5.4 %
TDGVA GDP shar e of TDGVA to GDP
5.4% in 2020
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§ Tourism was valued at PhP 973.3 billion in 2020, declined by -61.2 % from 2019.

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 1 The Philippine Economy & Tourism
Before Covid-19 2019
Pandemic
Exports 2020 During the Covid-19
Pandemic
Electronic Products 1.532
Electronic Products 1.532
INBOUND Tourism 600 Other exports of goods 304
Other exports of goods 398 Agricultural products 215
In Exports,
Agricultural products 246 INBOUND TOURISM 133
INBOUND TOURISM
Machinery and… 140 Machinery and transport… 104 ranked
Ignition wiring sets 115 Ignition wiring sets 87 2nd in 2019; &
Metal components 89
4th in 2020.
Metal components 72

2 The Philippine National Agenda on Tourism

As National Policy,** TOURISM is recognized as an ENGINE of INVESTMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, GROWTH and NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT as indicated in the
government’s planning frameworks.

10-point
Sustainable Socio-Economic
Development Agenda
Philippine Ambisyon Natin 2040 6

Development Plan Agenda 2030

(Long-Term Vision)
2017-2022
**Tourism Act of 2009, Philippines

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 2 The Philippine National Agenda on Tourism
As National Policy,** TOURISM is recognized as an ENGINE of INVESTMENT,
EMPLOYMENT, GROWTH and NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT as indicated in the
government’s planning frameworks.

Implement Tourism related

National services
Tourism identified as
Development among the nine
Plan; Increase priority sectors
market share on to meet the
international Long-Term
tourism, etc. Ambisyon Natin 2040 Vision for 2040
Philippine (Long-Term Vision) 7

Development Plan
2017-2022
**Tourism Act of 2009, Philippines

2 The Philippine National Agenda on Tourism

Sustainable Development
Agenda 2030
In addition to current Tier II Indicator 8.9.1 Ø Adjust current 8.9.2 indicator by “Number of Employees in the
Tourism Direct GDP (economic indicator), the
UNWTO Committee on Statistics proposes to:
Target 8.9 – by 2030, devise and implement
policies to promote sustainable tourism that
creates jobs and promotes local culture and
products.
…
Target 12.b – develop and implement tools to
monitor sustainable development impacts for
sustainable tourism that creates jobs,
promotes local culture and products.
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tourism Industries” (social indicator)
Ø Add indicator 8.9.3 “Energy use in the tourism industries”
(environmental indicator based on the SEEA and TSA)

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 2 The Philippine National Agenda on Tourism
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT is integral to the
national socioeconomic development efforts to improve the quality of
life of the Filipino people. Department of Tourism (DOT)

DOT supports Coron's sustainable tourism development to bounce back

The Annual – Thursday, March 4, 2021
President’s DOT Aims for Data-Driven Response to Tourism Recovery Under New
Report of Normal with Survey Manila December 1 2020

the State of
DOT welcomes ASEAN as a single tourism destination
the Nation
-Friday, February 5, 2021
(26 July 2021)
DOT: 3,000 Boracay tourism workers to receive Covid vax
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

3 The Pilot MST & the Phil Tourism Satellite Accounts

Statistical Frameworks and its Linkages
SNA TOURISM Statistics/Accounts SEEA-CF SEEA-Ecosystem

Measuring
Sustainability
of Tourism
Start: 16th International
Conference on MST
Manila, Philippines , 10
June 22-23, 2017

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 3 The Pilot MST & the Phil Tourism Satellite Accounts
What is takes to have the MST and the PTSA?
Regular Conduct
Initial compilation
of Household
of Philippine
Survey of
Tourism Satellite
Research study Approval of Approval and Domestic Visitors
Accounts (PTSA)
on the contribution methodology adoption of per PSA Board
estimates: 1994
Resolution No.
of tourism to the and 1998 for compiling 2016 2021
Philippine economy PTSA estimates the PTSA PTSCS
1988 1999 2009 2021

1997 1999 2005

2005 2011 2020
Creation of the Approval and Official release Release of the
Inter-Agency adoption of Philippine of PTSA covering Revised Series 2000
Committee on the Tourism Statistical the period to 2018 and Table on
Tourism Collective
Development of Classification 2000 to 2010
Consumption and
Satellite Account System (PTSCS) Table on Tourism
on Tourism Gross Fixed Capital
in the Philippines Formation

Continues participation in Global and

National Meetings, Conferences, Workshops

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3 The Pilot MST & the Phil Tourism Satellite Accounts

MST: Philippine Initiatives
Hosted the 16th International
Conference on MST;
Paper on Subnational Measurement of
MST in the Philippines
Presentation during the 18th Meeting of
the UNWTO Committee on Statistics
and Tourism Satellite Account
Presentation of the MST paper entitled,
“Towards the Development of
Sustainable Tourism Indicators for the
Philippines” during the 14th National
Convention on Statistics (NCS)
UNWTO Webinar for the 2021 United
Nations’ Statistical Commission (UNSC)
Side Event
June 2017
Presentation during the 2nd Meeting of
Oct, 2018 the Working Group of Experts on MST
Feb, 2018
Submission of MST estimates to
UNWTO in 12 August 2020, which
Aug, 2020 was included in the publication
released in September 2020
Oct, 2019
Appreciation Training on MST by
PSA Central Office, MIMAROPA
2018-2021 (Palawan) & CAR Regional Office;
Mar, 2021 In-house Training of PSA on MST ;
Presentations to Inter-agency
Committee on Tourism Statistics

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 3 The Pilot MST & the Phil Tourism Satellite Accounts

Philippine TSA Indicators Philippine MST Indicators

Inbound tourism expenditure Water Consumption

Domestic tourism expenditure Energy Consumption
Outbound tourism expenditure Carbon Dioxide Emission
Internal tourism expenditure
Gross Value Added of Tourism Industries Supply and Use Data on:
Tourism Direct Gross Value Added Total Production and Consumption
Employment in tourism industries § Electricity
Tourism Gross Fixed Capital Formation § Water
Tourism Collective Consumption § Petroleum and other fuel products
§ Solid Waste
Arrivals, Length of Stay, Daily Expenses

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3 The Pilot MST & the Phil Tourism Satellite Accounts

Methods :

1. Supply and Use – what are produced by industries, tourism

industries are consumed by industries, households,
government, tourist, etc; using the System of National
Accounts Framework

Others:
Use of indicators – revenues, expenditures, etc.
Use of regular survey results – households, corporations, etc

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 3 The Pilot MST & the Phil Tourism Satellite Accounts
Methods: Tourism Industries / Products *
Accommodation
services for visitors Travel agencies and
other reservation
Food and beverage services
serving services Country-specific
Tourism characteristics
services (shopping)
Transport services
Miscellaneous items
(e.g. spa, foreign
Entertainment and exchange, etc.)
recreation services
*Based on TSA Framework and the 2016
Philippine Tourism Statistical Classification
System (PTSCS)
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3 The Pilot MST & the Phil Tourism Satellite Accounts

Coordination Mechanisms
Philippine Statistical Development
Program, 2018-2023

Philippine Statistics Authority Board

(highest policy making body on statistics)

Interagency Committee on Tourism

Statistics; Environment Accounts, etc.
System of Designated Statistics
(Executive Order 356)

National Convention on Statistics;

National Statistics Month
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 4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry
COVID-19 Pandemic significantly reduced the contribution of TOURISM to
the Philippine Economy from 12.8% 2019 to 5.4 % in 2020 !

25.000.000
12.8 %
11,7 12,3 14,0 Inbound Tourism
9,9 10,4 12,0
20.000.000
7,7 8,1
8,9 10,0 Share to Exports (%)
15.000.000 6,3 6,4 6,8 8,0
5,6 5,8 5,6 5,7 5,9 6,2 5,7 5,9 6,2
10.000.000
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TDGVA GDP shar e of TDGVA to GDP 5.4 %
2020 2019
Inbound Tourism declined by
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4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry

In 2020, DOMESTIC TOURISM EXPENDITURES declined by -82.3 %;
OUTBOUND TOURISM also declined by -73.2 %

Domestic Tourism Outbound Tourism

(in billion pesos)
(in billion pesos) 400
3.500,0
3.142,3 340,2 50
350
400,0
3.000,0
300 2,1
2.500,0 200,0 0

PhP 2,585.4 B loss 250

2.000,0 0,0 PhP 249.0 B loss
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Leve ls Growth Rate
2019 2020

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 4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry
In 2020, most affected TOURISM INDUSTRIES were: (1) Transportation Services
(39.1% share) and Entertainment and Recreation Services (15.9% share ); both
had shared 55.0% of the total tourism industries.
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1 Transportation services, 39.1%

4 2 Entertainment & recreation, 15.9%

3 Miscellaneous, 12.5%
Transportation Services 4 Country-specific tourism characteristic goods, 11.9%

1 5 Food and beverage serving services, 11.4%

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6 Accommodation and food and beverage, 5.7%

Entertainment & Recreation 7 Travel agencies and other reservation services, 3.5%
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4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry

Employment in tourism industries declined by -18.1% in 2020

(in thousand persons)

§ About 4.7 million 6.000,0 5.719,1 100,0
people are employed in
tourism industries. 5.000,0 50,0

4.681,2
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employment are in 1.0 M loss
2.000,0 -100,0
tourism industries.
1.000,0 -150,0

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2019 2020
Leve ls Growth Rate

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 4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry
Passenger Transport (39.9%) and Accommodation and food and beverage
(31.4%) had the highest share in employment among tourism industries

1 Passenger Transport, 39.9%

2 Accommodation and food and beverage, 31.4%

3 Miscellaneous, 15.3%

Passenger Transportation 4 Retail trade on tourism-characteristic goods, 7.6%

5 Recreation, entertainment and cultural services, 4.9%

6 Travel agents, tour operators and tourism guides, 0.8%

Accommodation and
food and beverage

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4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry

Tourism Gross Fixed Capital Formation declined by -28.8% in 2020;
This shared 11.3 % to total Gross Fixed Capital Formation

(in billion pesos)

700,0 300,0 11,3
605,2
§ Tourism 600,0 200,0
gross fixed 500,0
100,0
capital 400,0 430,7
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formation 300,0 12,0
-28,8
amounted to 200,0 PhP 174.5 B loss
-100,0

PhP 430.7 100,0 -200,0

billion in 2020 - -300,0

2019 2020 Touri sm Gross Fixed Capital Formation GFCF
Leve ls Growth Rate 2020

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 4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry
Tourism Collective Consumption amounted to PhP 81.7 billion in 2020
90.000 7,0
81.651
78.798
80.000 76.159 76.785 76.892 74.934 6,0
71.424 70.586
70.000 66.240
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Touri sm Col lective Co nsumptio n share of Touri sm Co llective Co nsumpti on to GFCE

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4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry

Among Tourism Industries, Accommodation Services had the highest
water consumption of 79 % when compared to the combined water
consumption of domestic tourism & inbound tourism.
TOTAL WATER CONSUMPTION, 2012 TO 2020
IN MIL. CU.M
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Accommod ati on s ervices for vi sitor s Food an d beverage servin g services
Transp ort Services Travel agencies and other reservation services
Entertain ment and recreation services

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Accommodation Services for Tourism consumed 49 % of energy when compared
to the total energy consumption of domestic & inbound tourism.
TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, 2012 TO 2020
IN KTOE
20000
18000
16000
14000
12000
KTOE

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Accommod ati on s ervices for vi sitor s Food an d beverage servin g services
Transp ort Services Travel agencies and other reservation services
Entertain ment and recreation services

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4 2019-2020 Report of Tourism Industry

Domestic Tourism consumed more than 3/4ths of the total water
consumption and total energy consumption. This recorded a
consumption share of 79% and 78% of total water & energy, respectively.

Water Consumption Energy Consumption

20,98% 21,98%
Inbound Tourism Inbound Tourism

79,02% 78,02%
Domestic Tourism Domestic Tourism

Do mestic To urism Inbo und Tou rism

Do mestic To urism Inbo und Tou rism

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For combined domestic tourism and inbound tourism, carbon dioxide
emissions from petroleum consumption is higher from those emission for
electricity consumption. On the average, the emission from petroleum is
8,041 Gg CO2 while the emission from electricity is 4,272 Gg CO2 .

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION FROM CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION FROM

PETROLEUM AND OTHER FUEL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, 2012 TO 2020
PRODUCTS CONSUMPTION, IN GIGAGRAMS (Gg) CO2
2012 TO 2020
9000
IN GIGAGRAMS (Gg) CO2
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5 Ways Forward
INTEGRATE MST WITH EXISTING ENVIRONMENT & ECOSYSTEM
ACCOUNTS and EXPAND COVERAGE FOR BETTER ANALYSIS
1. To integrate the results of the MST with the available Environmental
Accounts on water consumption, energy consumption, etc.

ADVOCACY OF MST TO USERS FOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT

2. To conduct Users Forum to create awareness and build knowledge
among users to further the uses and applications of MST for policy
development.

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EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE DATA SOURCES TO ENHANCE MST
COMPILATION
3. To study other data sources to supplement existing data used
particularly on parameters and assumptions adopted in the present
MST compilation.

BUILD CAPACITIES OF COMPILERS, DATA PRODUCERS AND DATA

USERS OF MST.
4. To request technical assistance from UNWTO, etc for the conduct of
country training by international experts on MST particularly for the
Philippine Statistics Authority (as compiler of MST) and the Department
of Tourism (as major producer and user of MST).

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