08.00–09.00 

Registration

09.00 – 09.30

Opening
Ulrica Messing, Minister for Tourism
Organising committee
Dennis Bederoff, Director of the Swedish Tourist Authority
Martin Lagerström, Head of the unit Travellers & Tourism, Statistics Sweden
Alain Dupeyras, Head of the Tourism Programme, OECD
Hans-Werner Schmidt, Head of Tourism Statistics, Eurostat

09.30 – 10.30

Theme Sustainable Development (SD)
Chairperson: Bruce Bassett
Discussant: Alain Dupeyras 

From sustainable tourism to decline: how to monitor the risk
Mara Manente, director, CISET-University of Venice, Italy
Emilio Celotto, researcher, CISET-University of Venice, Italy

Indicators measuring the sustainability of tourism, the Austrian perspective
Peter Laimer Deputy Director, Spatial Statistics, Statistics Austria, Austria
Petra Öhlböck, Adviser, Tourism Statistics, Statistics Austria, Austria

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee

11.00 – 12.00

Theme Sustainable Development (SD)

Signposts for Sustainable Tourism Development. The World Tourism Organization (WTO)  Indicators Initiative
Gabor Vereczi, Programme officer,  Sustainable Development of Tourism Department, WTO

Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism: A Case Study of Sustainable Indicators in Cape Breton, Canada
Denisa Cristina Georgescu, Research Analyst, Canadian Tourism Commission, Canada

12.00 - 12.30

Discussion of Theme Sustainable Development (SD)

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 - 15.00

Theme Information Society (IS)
Chairperson: Jan Lundin
Discussant: Richard R. Miller

Information system for accommodation statistics.  How to use the information technology in the field of accommodation statistics - the Swedish and the Norwegian experiences 
Martin Lagerström, Head of the unit Travellers & Tourism, Statistics Sweden, Sweden
Sara Frankl, Project Manager, Statistics Sweden, Sweden
Anne Mari Auno, Senior Executive Officer, Statistics Norway, Norway

Current developments in expansion of Australia´s tourism data
Stan Fleetwood, Principal Analyst, Tourism Analysis and Investment,  Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Australia

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee

15.30 – 16.30

Theme Information Society (IS)

Tourism Statistics - Management and dissemination approach in New Zealand
Bruce Bassett, Manager Research, Ministry of Tourism, Wellington, New Zealand

Hotel Accommodation Monitoring (HAM) in Hungary
Akos Probald, Head of Services Statistics Department, Hungarian Central          Statistical Office, Hungary
Istvan Gether, Head of Transport and Tourism Statistics Section, HCSO,         Hungary
Edina Virag, Executive of Transport and Tourism Statistics Section, HCSO,        Hungary

16.30–17.00

Discussion of Theme Information Society (IS)

19.00

Stockholm City Hall

09.00–09.10

Introduction

   
09.10 – 10.40

   
Theme TSA (Special rules)
Chairperson: Ruth Meier
Discussant: Mara Manente

TSA Statistics – Dealing with an Onion? Austria
Alfred Franz, Vienna, Austria

TSA for Germany – database of the satellite account and perspectives for integration into a sectoral disaggregated macroeconometric model
Gerd Ahlert, Economist, Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung (GWS) mbH, Germany

Employment statistics in the Tourism Satellite Account
Teresa Guardia, Chief of Studies and Investigation, Institute of Tourist Studies, Ministry of Economy, Spain

Is China ready to become a world tourism power, creating 40 million jobs over the next ten years?
Richard R. Miller, Executive Vice President, World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) 

   
10.40 - 11.00

Coffee

  
11.00 – 12.00

Theme TSA (Special rules)

Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts in Turkey
Nazende Ozkaramete COSKUN, Instructor, Bilkent University, School of Technology and Management, Tourism and Hotel Management, Bilkent, Turkey

Government revenue attributable to tourism
Conrad Barber-Dueck, Statistics Canada, Canada
Li Zhao, Statistics Canada, Canada

Extensions of the Spanish TSA: Constant prices and regional estimates
Agustín Cañada, Head Assistant, National Accounts Department, National Statistical Institute, Spain
Rafael Roig, Senior economist, National Accounts Department, National Statistical Institute, Spain.

12.00–12.30

Discussion of Theme Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) (Special rules)

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 - 15.00

Theme Consumer Surveys (CS)
Chairperson: Tom Ylkänen
Discussant: Hans-Werner Schmidt

Boarder Surveys – How to do and how not to. The Swedish experience.
Maj Eriksson, Statistics Sweden, Sweden 
Peter Terpstra, the Swedish Tourist Authority, Sweden

How to get the future of tourism out of today’s consumer surveys – Prospects for senior and kids travel in Germany
Martin Lohmann , University of Applied Sciences in Lüneburg, Germany
Johanna Danielsson, Research and Development, Sweden

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee

15.30 – 16.30

Theme Consumer Surveys (CS)

An integrated information system on survey quality: the Italian experience
Barbara Dattilo, ISTAT, Italy
Monica Perez, ISTAT, Italy

A new survey methodology for describing tourism activities and expanses. France
Jean-Claude Deville, Laboratoire de Statistique d’Enquête, ENSAI/crest, Campus de Ker-Lann,  France
Myriam Maumy, Laboratoire de Statistique de l'Université de Rennes 2,  Place du recteur Henri Le Moal,  France

16.30–17.00

Discussion of Theme Consumer Surveys (CS)

18.45

Boat Delfin X from Nybroviken to the Vasa Museum

19.45

Guided tour and banquet at the Vasa Museum

09.00–09.10

Introduction

09.10 – 10.40

Theme New Statistical Methods (NSM)
Chairperson: Stan Fleetwood
Discussant: Tommy Andersson

Revision of Compilation Methodologi for Balance of Payments Statistics on Travel in Japan
Ayako Funazaki, International Department, Bank of Japan

Micro-simulation modelling of domestic tourism travel patterns in Sweden
Anders Lundgren, Spatial Modelling Centre, Kiruna, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Umeå University, Sweden

New research lines on Tourism Information Systems: The studies of potential demand
Luis Valdés, Director, Tourism Information System of Asturias, Gijón, Spain
Emilio Torres, Sub-Director, Tourism Information System of Asturias, Gijón, Spain
Eduardo del Valle, Coordinator, Tourism Information System of Asturias, Gijón, Spain

10.40 – 11.00

Coffee

11.00 – 11.30

Theme New Statistical Methods (NSM)

Typologies of tourists in Spain. An operative analysis
Augusto Huéscar Lerena, Technical Consultant in charge of Frontur Survey, Instituto de Estudios Turísticos (IET), Spain

Inbound tourism in Italian regions: performance and potentialities
Giovanni Giuseppe Ortolani, statistician, Ufficio Italiano dei Cambi, Statistics Department, Roma, Italy
Andrea Alivernini, statistician, Ufficio Italiano dei Cambi, Statistics Department, Roma, Italy
Luca Buldorini, statistician, Ufficio Italiano dei Cambi, Statistics Department, Roma, Italy

11.30–12.00

Discussion of Theme New Statistical Methods (NSM)

12.00–12.30

  
Summary
Svante Öberg, Director General, Statistics Sweden
Dennis Bederoff, Director, Swedish Tourist Authority