Symposium on tourism services 22-23 February 2001

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“Presentations and background materials”

1. José Quevedo & Henryk F. Handszuh: “Overview of international trade in tourism services, including current statistics and trends” (3 pages; 28 KB in Word format)

Henryk Handszuh: PowerPoint presentation
Handszuh: Slides presentation (4 pages; 32 KB in Word format)
José Quevedo; Note on tourism statistics relevant to international trade in tourism services (6 pages; 35 KB in Word format)

Millennium tourism boom in 2000 (3 pages; 39 KB in Word format)
Results 2000 — Top 15 tourism destinations in 2000 (1 page; 24 KB in Word format)
List of Tourism Characteristic Activities (TSA/TCA) (1 page; 261 KB in Word format)
Inbound tourism consumption by products and categories of visitors (3 pages; 46 KB in Word format)

2. Miguel Alejandro Figueras: “International tourism in the Cuban economy” (10 pages; 62 KB in Word format)

PowerPoint presentation

3. Dale B. Honeck: “Overview of GATS disciplines and commitments” (2 pages; 27 KB in Word format)

Overview of GATS Disciplines and Commitments (As part of Session I: Specificity of Tourism as a Set of Industries Heavily Dependent on Network Services, and its Treatment in GATS) (5 pages; 36 KB in Word format)

WTO Secretariat: “Tourism Services” (26 pages; 242 KB in Word format)

4. Alan Flook: “The changing structure of international trade in tourism services, the tour operators perspective” (10 pages; 67 KB in Word format)

PowerPoint presentation

5. Yuan-Zheng Wang: “Airline product distribution systems and the regulatory framework” (2 pages; 28 KB in Word format)

ICAO PowerPoint presentation
ICAO presentation (7 pages; 34 KB in Word format)
Attachments A; B; C: Attachment A: Resolution on a code of conduct for the regulation and operation of computer reservation systems — Attachment B: Code of conduct for the regulation and operation of computer reservation systems — Attachment C: Model clauses for computer reservation systems (31 pages; 123 KB in Word format)

 

6. Richard Smithies: “Airline views on the proposed tourism annex to the GATS” (6 pages; 42 KB in Word format)

PowerPoint presentation

Liberalisation of air transport and the GATS — IATA discussion paper (15 pages; 42 KB in pdf format)

7. Graham Wason (5 pages; 34 KB in Word format)


8. Eddie Nuque: “Is e-commerce a viable alternative to the traditional travel infrastructure?” (2 pages; 27 KB in Word format)

PowerPoint presentation

9. F. Souty: “Competition in International Tourism” (5 pages; 51 KB in Word format)

10. David Diaz (UNCTAD): “The viability and sustainability of international tourism in developing countries” (2 pages; 34 KB in Word format)

PowerPoint presentation

Presentation (21 pages; 2.7 MB in Word format)

11. Iain T. Christie, World Bank: “Viability of International Tourism” (PowerPoint presentation)

12. Ms. Walailak Noypayak: “Thailand: Experiences in Trade Negotiations in the Tourism Sector” (5 pages; 108 KB in Word format)

PowerPoint presentation

13. Scott Meis: “The Tourism Satellite Account: A tool to reveal sectoral economic linkages” (3 pages; 256 KB in Word format)

PowerPoint presentation

Scott Meis: “Sectoral economic linkages and the role of the Tourism Satellite Account” (17 pages; 204 KB in pdf format)

Jocelyn Lapierre and Duane Hayes: “The Tourism Satellite Account” (26 pages; 137 KB in pdf format)

Jacques Delisle: “The Canadian National Tourism Indicators (NTI): a dynamic picture of the satellite” (10 pages; 43 KB in pdf format)

Jacques Delisle and Sylvain Venne: “Chapter 6: Tourism in Canada and its various economic facets” (9 pages; 50 KB in pdf format)

 

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Contributions from participants

• The tourism sector of Cyprus: “A brief overview” (2 pages; 31 KB in Word format)
• Communication from JATA: “An overview of the Japanese travel industry” — Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) (3 pages; 36 KB in Word format)
• US statement:  “The U.S. travel industry and international tourism” (4 pages; 38 KB in Word format)

 

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Relevant WTO documents

• Preparations for the 1999 Ministerial Conference: (15 pages; 80 KB in Word format) — Corrigendum (1 page; 30 KB in Word format)
  Proposal Regarding the GATS (Paragraph 9(a)(ii) of the Geneva Ministerial Declaration) — Communication from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Honduras.

• Communication from the Dominican Republic, el Salvador and Honduras; Replies to the Comments on the Proposed Annex on Tourism, (4 pages; 42 KB in Word format)

• Communication from the Dominican Republic, el Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; The cluster of tourism industries, (8 pages; 309 KB in Word format)