The preliminary results of the PTSA are very limited in scope and coverage due to the data constraints that hinder the analysis of the link between tourism consumption and the supply of tourism goods and services.

Tourism expenditures

Total tourism expenditures (tourism demand) was recorded at P140 billion in 1994 and P274 billion in 1998, translating to an average annual increase of 11% between the two years. Visitor consumption expenditures had the biggest share, averaging more than 60% of tourism expenditures.

1. Visitors consumption expenditures

• Consumption expenditures of tourists surged at an annual rate of 20%, brought about mainly by the 33% average annual rate of expansion of domestic tourism consumption. Inbound tourism recorded a 13% average increase during the period.
• Total consumption of resident tourists contributed 2% and 4% to total personal consumption expenditures (PCE) in 1994 and 1998, respectively. The consumption of inbound tourists, on the other hand, accounted for 11% in 1994 and 7% in 1998 of the country’s total exports.
• The share of internal tourism consumption to GDP was 5% and 7% in 1994 and 1998, respectively.

2. Government (collective) consumption expenditures

• Estimated tourism government collective consumption expenditures amounted to P40 billion in 1994 and P91 billion in 1998, for an average annual growth rate of 23%.
• The share of tourism collective consumption to total government expenditures was 22% and 26%, in 1994 and 1998, respectively.

3. Capital investment (gross fixed capital formation)

• The GFCF for the private sector could not be estimated for 1998 due to data constraints. For 1994, tourism GFCF showed a 3% share of the country’s GFCF.
• For the public sector, GFCF expanded at an average annual rate of 10%.

Value added of tourism industries

• VATI was estimated at P200 billion in 1994 and P334 billion in 1998, representing 12% and 13%, respectively, of the country’s GDP.

Tourism employment

• Between 1994 and 1998, employment generated by tourism increased from 20% to 22% of the total employment for the whole economy with an average annual increase of 6%.
• While there are more men than women employed by the tourism industries (on the average, 63% of total employment of tourism industries are men and 37% are women), employed women accounted a bigger proportion to the total employment generated in the economy (24% in 1994 and 25% in 1998 as against 17% in 1994 and 20% in 1998 for male).

Non-monetary indicators

• Inbound tourists in the country increased at an average annual rate of 8%, while domestic tourists grew by an annual rate of 11%.
• The average number of nights spent by inbound visitors declined from 11 nights in 1994 to 9 in 1998.
• The main means of transport of inbound tourists is still air travel (99% in 1994 and 97% in 1998).