Tourism Satellite Account for South Africa 2006 to 2009

Statistics South Africa
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Chapter 2: Data sources
This section looks at the data sources used in the compilation of the TSA for South Africa.
2.1 Data sources used for compilation of the Tourism Satellite Account
The Supply and Use Tables (SU-tables) of the 1993 SNA are the main source of data for the
compilation of Table 5 and Table 6 of the TSA (the confrontation between supply and internal
tourism demand). The recommended valuation principles are the same as those of the 1993 SNA,
namely production should be valuated at basic prices and consumption and use at purchasers'
prices 3 .
Several main data sources were used for the compilation of the TSA for South Africa. Stats SA is the
official provider of statistics used for policy-making in South Africa. These statistics are obtained
from various sources – from annual household surveys to annual, quarterly or monthly industry
surveys as well as administrative data from external sources such as the South African Reserve Bank
(SARB) and SAT.
The current data collected on tourism are for both the supply side (from industry surveys) and
demand side (from the household surveys). Table 1 is a list of the datasets that is published by
Stats SA, and which was used for the compilation of the TSA for South Africa.
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TSA: RMF
Tourism Satellite Account for South Africa, final 2006 and 2007and provisional 2008 to 2009