The OECD report Measuring and monitoring the sustainability of tourism at regional level in Spain: Indicator framework and compilation guide was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Director Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, as part of the Programme of Work of the OECD Tourism Committee. It was undertaken in co-operation with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support and the four Spanish regions Andalusia, Catalonia, Navarra and the Region of Valencia. The project responds to a request by the Spanish national and regional authorities for technical support to develop a system of indicators to measure and monitor the sustainability of the tourism sector.
The project builds on previous work of the OECD Tourism Committee, and its Working Party on Tourism Statistics, which highlights the need to better measure the economic, environmental and social dimensions of tourism, to inform policy making and support sustainable tourism development and destination management. The project also takes into account existing international and national frameworks to measure the sustainability of tourism, including those developed by UN Tourism and the European Commission, as well as the indicators previously developed and used in the four Spanish regions.
The report was co-ordinated and edited by Peter Haxton, Senior Policy Analyst (CFE), and Piera Tortora, Senior Economist (CFE), under the supervision of Jane Stacey, Head of the Tourism Policy and Analysis Unit and Nadim Ahmad, Deputy Director (CFE). Eva Katzer, Junior Policy Analyst (CFE), co-ordinated the project and was the main author. Kristen Corrie, Policy Analyst (CFE), provided support in drafting and editing. Simone Hegge and Monserrat Fonbonnat, Assistants (CFE), provided administrative support. Jack Waters (CFE) prepared the report for publication.
We would like to thank Susanne Becken (Griffith University) and Martin Balas (reCET UG) for their significant contributions to the report, which also benefitted from contributions, feedback and guidance from policy makers and statisticians from OECD member and partner countries. Finally, the OECD would like to acknowledge the contributions from the four participating Spanish regions (Andalusia, Catalonia, Navarra, and the Region of Valencia) throughout the project. Major contributors from the regions included: Nuria Baluda, José Francisco Benitez Santos, Mattias Bergman Johansen, Veronica Enriquez, Mercè Escrichs, Olivia Estrella López, Inmaculada Gallego Galán, Jordi Galter Pareja, Unai Garbisu de Goñi, Francisco José García Martínez, Jose Luis Herencia, Philipp Heuri, Daniel Iglesias, Margarita Laboisse Rodriguez, Marta Lasterra Aznárez, Ana Moniche, Carmen Saborit, Patxi Sáenz Lazcano, Laura Taroncher and Nagore Uresandi Espinosa. Regions were supported by the Tourism of Tomorrow Lab to undertake this work.