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Publication Tourism Satellite Accounts in Europe - 2016 edition
Date February 16, 2017
Tourism plays an important role in many countries' economies and labour markets. Tourism satellite systems have been developed to quantify the importance of tourism. This publication contains key indicators from the Tourism Satellite Accounts ( TSA ) for the EU Member States and the EFTA countries.
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The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a distinctive method of measuring the direct economic contributions of tourism demand to a national economy. Its unique approach derives from employing the principles and structure of the internationally recognized System of National Accounts (SNA) to measuring the direct economic impact of tourism. The SNA is the standard set of recommendations on how to compile measures of economic activity, such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in accordance with strict accounting conventions based on economic principles (SNA 2008 : 1).
The TSA comprises a set of interrelated tables that show the size and distribution of the different forms of tourism expenditure and its augmented cousin Tourism Consumption, in a country, and the direct contributions to GDP, employment , and other macroeconomic measures of a national economy that result (TSA:RMF 2008 : 13). It is based on the system of tourism statistics following standard concepts, definitions, classifications,...
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Frechtling, D.C. (2015). Tourism Satellite Account. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_177-1
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Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) is a framework developed to quantify the importance of tourism. This publication disseminates national results for a set of key TSA indicators for EU and EFTA countries, submitted on a voluntary basis to Eurostat, and is a follow-up of the publication Tourism Satellite Accounts in Europe of 2019.
The internationally accepted TSA , the framework2008 Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework (TSA:RMF 2008), was jointly developed by the United Nations Statistics Division, Eurostat, the OECD and the UN World Tourism Organisation, and consists of 10 tables.
Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) Course Leader: Peter LAIMER: Target Group: Staff of national statistical authorities involved in the production process of tourism statistics, national accounts or (tourism) satellite accounts, who want to acquire a good understanding of the macro-economic measurement of the tourism sector, in particular the tourism satellite accounting framework (TSA), with ...
The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a distinctive method of measuring the direct economic contributions of tourism demand to a national economy. ... United Nations, Commission of the European Communities-Eurostat, World Tourism Organization, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2010 Tourism Satellite Account ...
1.24. (old 1.26.) The Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Frameworkis the culmination of many years of efforts by numerous institutions, countries and individuals with the objective of placing the measurement of tourism as an economic phenomenon within the mainstream of macroeconomic statistics.
The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a standard statistical framework and the main tool for the economic measurement of tourism. It has been developped by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Organisation for Economic Co-opération and Development (OECD), the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) and the United ...
It includes the basic system of classifications, general guidelines, definitions, tables and aggregates linked to the standard tables of the United Nations System of National Accounts. The Tourism Satellite Account - Recommended Methodological Framework is an invaluable and useful tool for anyone interested in the analysis of the economic ...
Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework Commission of the European Communities Eurostat Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development World Tourism Organization United Nations Statistics Division Luxembourg, Madrid, New York, Paris, 2001. ii
Tourism plays an important role in many countries' economies and labour markets. Tourism satellite systems have been developed to quantify the importance of tourism. This publication contains key indicators from the Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) for the EU Member States and the EFTA countries.
tions for the compilation of a tourism satellite account, UNWTO-OECD-Eurostat inter-secretariat working group was created with the object of establishing a common conceptual framework for the development of the methodological design of a tour-ism satellite account on the basis of the work developed by the different entities. The
Abstract: The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a standard statistical framework and the main tool for the economic measurement of tourism. It has been developped by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Organisation for Economic Co-opération and Development (OECD), the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) and the United Nations Statistics Division.
Presents recommendations for the design of the tourism satellite account that was established by an inter-secretariat working group that included the United Nations Statistics Division, with the participation of the Statistical Office of the European Communities, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the World Tourism Organisation.
Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA) is a framework developed to quantify the importance of tourism. This publication disseminates national results for a set of key TSA indicators for EU and EFTA countries who have compiled TSA for recent reference years and is a follow-up of the publication Tourism Satellite Accounts in Europeof 2016.
These recommendations are based on a common conceptual framework for the design of the tourism satellite account. They cover the form of a basic system of concepts, definitions, classifications, tables and aggregates linked to the standard tables of the System of National Accounts 1993. The purpose of the tourism satellite account is to analyse in detail all the aspects of demand for goods and ...
Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework. Author: United Nations. Published: 2001 Pages: 136. eISBN: 978-92-844-0437-7. Abstract: Aiming at preparing a sound basis for the international assessment of the economic impact of tourism, the World Tourism Organization prepared in collaboration with the Statistical Office of the ...
The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a distinctive method of measuring the direct economic contributions of tourism demand to a national economy. ... United Nations, Commission of the European Communities-Eurostat, World Tourism Organization, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2010 Tourism Satellite Account ...
12 December 2019. According to the latest Tourism Satellite Accounts, spending on tourism by residents of a country within their own country (' domestic tourism ' consumption) is nearly twice as high as spending of foreign visitors in that country (' inbound tourism ' consumption). However, behind this average for the EU as a whole, the ...
Final draft Version 1.0. Based on the internationally approved: " Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework". European Implementation Manual on TSA1. This report was prepared under the responsibility of: Douglas Koszerek of Unit D5 " Information Society and Tourism", Eurostat; Project manager.
The fundamental structure of the tourism satellite account recommendations is based on the general balance existing within an economy between the demand for products generated by tourism and their supply. The idea behind the construction of a tourism satellite account is to analyse in detail all the aspects of demand for goods and services which might be associated with tourism within the ...
Tourism statistics 2008 Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framewor k (TSA: RMF 2008) Jointly presented by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Statistical Office of the European Communities (EUROSTAT), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)