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Philippine Tourism Satellite Account (PTSA) 

Development of a TSA for the Philippines

Tourism has long been recognized as a major contributor to the country’s economic growth through the influx of foreign exchange earnings from tourism expenditures, investments, and revenues. Efforts to assess the economic significance of tourism in the Philippines has been carried out since 1988 when the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), thru its Grants-in-Aid statistical development program provided funds and technical assistance to the Department of Tourism (DOT) in conducting a study which found that using input-output analysis, tourism accounted for 2.8 percent of the economy in 1987. 1

The following summarizes the development of a tourism satellite account for the Philippines after the initial efforts done in 1988:

1996

1997

1999

2001

 

1 Measuring the Contribution of Tourism to the Economy: The Philippine Tourism Satellite Account, a paper by Romulo A. Virola, Marriel M. Remulla, Lea H. Amoro and Milagros Y. Say presented during the 8th National Convention on Statistics, Westin Philippine Plaza, Manila, 1-2 October 2001.

 

Philippine Tourism Satellite Account (PTSA)
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Development of a TSA for the Philippines
Preliminary Results of the PTSA
Selected Tourism Statistics
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