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Implementation of Tourism Satellite Account: Assessing the Contribution of Tourism to the Croatian Economy

As tourism is defined from a perspective of a visitor, the assessment of its’ economic contribution is a complex task. Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), based on the framework and methodology of the standard SNA tables, provides framework for internationally harmonized measurements of direct macroeconomic contribution of tourism compiling the indicators of tourism consumption and the output of tourism industries. This paper aims to discuss the application of TSA theoretical concepts to the measurement of tourism flows in the context of a wide range of ‘styles’ used by different countries. The case of Croatia was used for this exercise. Demonstrating evidence that the current system of tourism statistics in Croatia enables an estimation of tourism-generated consumption and production, the paper gives possible solutions to TSA development for 2011, including dealing with the issue of unregistered tourism flows. As tourism directly contributes 10.4 per cent to GDP, results revealed the Croatia’s highest dependence on tourism among the EU member states. Furthermore, the paper gives a set of baseline criteria for resource allocation within tourism policy and the further evaluation of its effectiveness.

system of tourism statistics, tourism satellite account, direct economic contribution of tourism, unregistered tourism flows, Croatia

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