The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recognizes the importance of quality tourism data and statistics to guide policymaking and understand societal progress. In 2008, the UN approved frameworks to standardize tourism measurement (IRTS) and relate tourism statistics to economic context through Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA). These frameworks have enabled many countries to develop national tourism statistics systems and better analyze and policymake for tourism. The UNWTO gathers tourism data from over 200 countries and territories and promotes international comparability and understanding of tourism's economic contributions through tools like its annual Compendium of Tourism Statistics.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recognizes the importance of quality tourism data and statistics to guide policymaking and understand societal progress. In 2008, the UN approved frameworks to standardize tourism measurement (IRTS) and relate tourism statistics to economic context through Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA). These frameworks have enabled many countries to develop national tourism statistics systems and better analyze and policymake for tourism. The UNWTO gathers tourism data from over 200 countries and territories and promotes international comparability and understanding of tourism's economic contributions through tools like its annual Compendium of Tourism Statistics.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recognizes the importance of quality tourism data and statistics to guide policymaking and understand societal progress. In 2008, the UN approved frameworks to standardize tourism measurement (IRTS) and relate tourism statistics to economic context through Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSA). These frameworks have enabled many countries to develop national tourism statistics systems and better analyze and policymake for tourism. The UNWTO gathers tourism data from over 200 countries and territories and promotes international comparability and understanding of tourism's economic contributions through tools like its annual Compendium of Tourism Statistics.
Decision taking requires good quality data to guide policies,
drive change and understand the progress of our societies. Yet the measurement of tourism is relatively recent when compared to other significant economic sectors such as agriculture or manufacturing. Prev|ous|y, lour|sr reasurererl Was oased rosl|y or approximations from related areas of measurement (migration or 8a|arce ol Payrerls slal|sl|cs). lr 2008, |oWever, l|e ur|led Nations approved the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 (IRTS 2008), which provided the main concepts, definitions and classifications for the measurement of tourism and enabled the gathering of basic statistics and indicators about tourism activities. Tourism Statistics and the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) Did you know? 3lal|sl|cs or |roourd lour|sr are re|al|ve|y We|| developed in many countries and statistics on domestic and outbound tourism, employment and the tourism industries are becoming increasingly available. T|e T3A ererales ecoror|c areales lor lour|sr, |||e 00P ard erp|oyrerl, l|al are comparable to those of other economic activities such as agriculture, mining or financial services.
Arourd 0 courlr|es e|l|er |ave a corso||daled T3A or are |r l|e process ol deve|op|r a T3A exerc|se. T|ere are severa| 3ale|||le Accourls (educal|or, |ea|l|, urpa|d |ouse|o|d acl|v|ly) oul l|e T3A |s l|e or|y ore approved oy l|e uN 3lal|sl|ca| Corr|ss|or. In the same year, the UN approved the Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework 2008 (TSA:RMF 2008), to relate these statistics to their economic context, through the Tourism Satellite Account, providing l|ures or l|e 00P or erp|oyrerl allr|oulao|e lo lour|sr.
Data compiled according to these two frameworks is comparable between countries, groups of countries and over l|re. Today, rary courlr|es |ave deve|oped or are deve|op|r systems of tourism statistics based on these frameworks, enabling them to better address tourism analysis and policy. The work of UNWTO T|e ur|led Nal|ors recor|zes uNwT0 as the appropriate organization to collect, to analyze, to publish, to standardize and to improve the statistics of tourism, and to promote the integration of these statistics within the sphere of the United Nations system."
To lu|l|| l||s ro|e, uNTw0 al|ers slal|sl|cs lror over 212 countries and territories into a regularly updated database. T|e UNWTO Compendium of Tourism Statistics, produced arrua||y s|rce 19Z5, prov|des dala ard |rd|calors or |roourd, outbound and domestic tourism, as well as on the number and types of tourism industries, the number of employees by tourism industries, and macroeconomic indicators related to |rlerral|ora| lour|sr. T||s dala |s corp|ererled oy l|e UNWTO Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, which provides data, by country of origin, on arrivals and overnight stays related to inbound tourism. World Tourism Organization orluNwT0.or / UNWTO.org December 2011
UNWTO Statistics & Tourism Satellite Account Programme - statistics.unwto.org Understanding Tourism: Basic Glossary - red|a.urWlo.or/er/corlerl/urderslard|r-lour|sr-oas|c-|ossary Compendium of Tourism Statistics - slal|sl|cs.urWlo.or/er/corlerl/dala-ard-|rd|calors TSA Data around the World: Worldwide Summary - slal|sl|cs.urWlo.or/s|les/a||/l||es/pdl/lsa_dala.pdl International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics 2008 - slal|sl|cs.urWlo.or/er/corlerl/|rlerral|ora|-recorrerdal|ors-lour|sr-slal|sl|cs-2008-|rls-2008 Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework 2008 slal|sl|cs.urWlo.or/er/corlerl/lour|sr-sale|||le-accourl-recorrerded-rel|odo|o|ca|-lrareWor|-lsarrl-2008 FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES: Tour|sr d|recl corlr|oul|or in selected economies* Australia 2.6 4.5 8raz|| 3. .2 Carada 1.9 3. C||ra 1.2 2.3 0errary 3.2 1.Z lrd|a 2.8 1. lrdores|a 2.5 3.5 Japar 1.9 2.9 Republic of Korea 1.5 2.0 3aud| Arao|a 2.9 . 3oul| Alr|ca 3.0 1.3 3pa|r .1 5.1 ur|led K|rdor 3.8 11.2 ur|led 3lales ol Arer|ca 2.Z 3.Z 3ource: uNwT0 Countries GDP(%) Employment(%) The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) Tour|sr |s rol cors|dered ar |rduslry |r Nal|ora| Accourls W||c| del|re |rduslr|es accord|r lo 'W|al' l|ey produce ard '|oW', W|ereas lour|sr reeds lo oe del|red oy 'W|o' (|.e. or|y when an economic activity caters directly, and in a significant degree, to visitors can it be considered tourism). Aa|rsl l||s oac|rourd, l|e uN deve|oped l|e lerr 3ale|||le Accourl: accourls ao|e lo reasure ecoror|c acl|v|l|es l|al are not defined as industries in National Accounts, such as the erv|rorrerl, |rlorral|or ard corrur|cal|or lec|ro|oy (lCT), or lour|sr. T|e Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), advanced oy uNwT0, ra|es l|e ||r| oelWeer |rduslry supp|y ard v|s|lor demand, generating economic aggregates on tourism corparao|e W|l| l|ose ol 'lrad|l|ora|' seclors, |||e ar|cu|lure or manufacturing, but also between countries and over time.
T|e T3A |s corposed ol a sel ol ler lao|es, eac| represerl|r a d|llererl aspecl ol lour|srs ecoror|c corlr|oul|or: |roourd, domestic and outbound tourism expenditure, internal tourism expenditure (inbound plus domestic), the production accounts ol lour|sr |rduslr|es, 0ross va|ue Added (0vA) ard 0ross 0oresl|c Producl (00P) allr|oulao|e lo lour|sr derard, employment, investment, government consumption, and non-monetary indicators. By allowing tourism to be understood in the same way as other seclors ol l|e ecorory - derorslral|r |ls corlr|oul|or lo 00P in the same way that is done for agriculture or construction, for exarp|e - l|e T3A represerls a poWerlu| |rslrurerl lor designing policies related to tourism development. lr |ls Wor| lo lurl|er l|e urderslard|r ol lour|sr's polerl|a|, uNwT0 re|rlorces ard proroles l|e |rlerral|ora| corparao|||ly ol oas|c lour|sr slal|sl|ca| ard T3A dala, d|sser|rales oas|c lour|sr slal|sl|ca| ard T3A dala ard loslers the macroeconomic analysis of tourism; cooperates on statistics within the UN system; and provides capacity building lor Veroer 3lales lo deve|op l|e|r ral|ora| 3yslers ol Tour|sr 3lal|sl|cs.