Assessing a Tourism Satellite Account: A Programme for Ascertaining Conformance with United Nations Standards

Cristi FrenŢt and Douglas C. Frechtling
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Cristi FrenŢt: National Institute of Research Development in Tourism, 17 Apolodor Street, 6th floor, sector 5, Bucharest 050741, Romania
Douglas C. Frechtling: International Institute of Tourism Studies, School of Business, The George Washington University, 2201 G Street NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20052, USA

Tourism Economics, 2015, vol. 21, issue 3, 543-559

Abstract: The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is the method for measuring the economic contribution of tourism to a nation's economy approved by the United Nations and other authoritative international organizations. While a considerable number of countries have developed TSAs, no programme has been proposed for determining how closely a given TSA conforms to the United Nations standards. The purpose of this paper is to present a programme for ascertaining the consistency of a given TSA with the United Nations standards and to apply this programme to a long-standing TSA, the United States Travel and Tourism Satellite Account (USTTSA). The results of this application are summarized and differences between the USTTSA and the United Nations standards are highlighted. The authors find that the programme is comprehensive, feasible in application and can improve the development, interpretation and comparisons of TSAs across countries.

Keywords: tourism GDP; tourism economic impact; Tourism Satellite Account (TSA); tourism statistics; USA; World Tourism Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2014.0368

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