Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC, in collaboration with the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), organised a Training Course on “Tourism Statistics” with the participation of 48 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministries of Tourism of 19 countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on 21-22 February 2024 through an online video conferencing platform. The course marked the 500^th Statistical Activity of SESRIC since 2007, highlighting a significant milestone in SESRIC’s commitment to enhancing statistical capacities across the OIC region.

Ms. Nurti Asmaria ASRIL and Mr. Othman MOHAMED, statisticians from the Services Statistics Division, Mr. Shahrin MOKHTAR, a statistician from the Tourism Malaysia Division, and Ms. Malathi PONNUSAMY from the National Account Statistics Division of the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), provided the training course. The course covered the following topics:

• Introduction to Tourism Statistics
• Domestic Tourism Survey
• Departing Visiting Survey (DVS)
• Tourism Satellite Account (TSA)

The presentations of the training course are available at this link.