Methodological aspects of preparing the German TSA, empirical findings and initial reactions

• Autores: Gerd Ahlert
• Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 13, Nº. 2, 2007, págs. 275-287
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 2003, the Institute of Economic Structures Research (GWS mbH) developed a tourism satellite account (TSA) for the Federal Republic of Germany relating to the year 2000. The TSA framework facilitates systematic measurement of the direct economic impact of tourism activities. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the German TSA calculation procedure. It explains how the data of tourism statistics can be consistently combined with the national accounts framework. In 2000, the gross value added of tourism activities of private households in Germany amounted to nearly �57.5 billion, corresponding to a share of 3.2% of the total gross value added. In the final part of the paper, some initial reactions and objections to the results are discussed.