Tourism Satellite Account
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On economic contribution of tourism: TSA 2008
The (also known as the TSA: RMF 2008) provides the updated common conceptual framework for constructing a TSA. It adopts the basic system of concepts, classifications, definitions, tables and aggregates of the System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008), the international standard for a systematic summary of national economic activity, from a functional perspective.
- inbound, domestic tourism and outbound tourism expenditure,
- internal tourism expenditure,
- production accounts of tourism industries,
- the Gross Value Added (GVA) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) attributable to tourism,
- employment,
- investment,
- government consumption, and
- non-monetary indicators.
The United Nations Statistical Commission took note of the TSA: RMF 2008 document at its 39th session (26-29 February 2008). It updates and replaces the previous TSA:RMF 2000 which was approved by the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) at its 31st session (29 February-3 March 2000); for the main differences between the two editions see .
TSA data provides a better understanding of the place of tourism in an economy and enables a range of economic analysis (). For example, it becomes possible to apply economic modeling techniques (like Input-Output analysis) to TSA data in order to estimate the indirect and induced effects of tourism in an economy. For more information on TSA-based analysis, see Papers.