Namibia tourism satellite account capacity building a good start

Abstract

The fourth TSA Capacity Building Workshop which ran from 14 – 18 August 2023, was the final training in a series of capacity building workshops organised by the Economic Commission for Africa, the Namibia United Nations Country Team and the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) of Namibia in a partnership to strengthen tourism data collection and reporting systems for the country The 4th and final Capacity Building Workshop trained 35 National TSA Committee members and was focused on imparting the necessary skills for calculating the direct contribution of the tourism sector to the Namibian economy through construction of the Satellite Account for the sector using the UNWTO TSA methodology. The training builds on the successes of the previous training workshops which resulted in preliminary compilations of Tables 1- 6 and completed the process with preliminary compilations of Tables 7-10. The presentations on the various draft TSA Tables highlighted the preliminary findings from the capacity building workshops as a critical step towards the compilation of the national TSA.