Seychelles and UNWTO Statistical Committee pivot towards a global tourism sustainability standard
As part of Seychelles’ participation in the UNWTO’s 25th General Assembly, the Minister for Tourism, Mr Sylvestre Radegonde, alongside the Principal Secretary for Tourism, Sherin Francis, the Director for Strategic Planning, Chris Matombe, and the Protocol Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Danio Vidot attended the UNWTO Statistical Committee meeting.
Seychelles has served on the statistical committee since 2019, holding the position of Vice Chair from 2020 to 2023. The committee, a subsidiary advisory body of the Executive Council, is tasked to help member states improve their national systems of tourism statistics and develop their Tourism Satellite Account (TSA).
The current focal point of the committee’s work is the development of a statistical framework for Measuring Sustainability in Tourism (MST), now in its pilot stage. MST responds to the request of the UNWTO member states and the UN General Assembly for a statistical approach to monitor Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concerning the role of tourism. The framework was thus developed, aiming to assess the status of tourism sustainability and measure progress towards sustainable development.
Source: Tourism Seychelles