ocena ekonomskega pomena turizma v sloveniji v letu 2003 in ...

12 Ocena satelitskih računov za turizem za leto 2003 ter ekstrapolacija za leto 2006
Economic Importance of Tourism in
Slovenia in 2003 and Extrapolation
of trends to 2006 (using the TSA
methodology) - English Summary
In 2006, global tourism produced over EUR 585 billion in revenue and employed approximately
255 million people worldwide. It accounted for a 35% share of global service exports and between
7–8% of global exports of goods. In more than 80% of nations across the world, tourism has
become one of the top five industries.
Slovenian tourism is no exception to these general trends and has become one of the most
important sectors of the national economy. However, statistical analysis of tourism, i.e. its size,
features and importance, remains a highly complex task due to its specific nature.
The key specificity of tourism is the fact that it consists of bundles of products and services
that share the fact of being consumed by tourists (before, during or after a trip). Thus, tourism
represents a demand-based based phenomenon, rather than being production-based, as in
any other industry.
The Tourism Satellite Accounts Methodology (TSA methodology) was developed by the UN,
OECD, UNWTO and Eurostat to improve the statistical coverage of tourism. It is one of the
most comprehensive approaches to statistical analysis of the economic importance of tourism
within a national economy. TSA is directly linked to the national accounts of the entire economy
and represents a special vehicle used for a more detailed and comprehensive overview of the
tourism sector. The TSA methodology consists of a number of precisely defined concepts;
however, it allows the statistician some necessary autonomy with regard to each country’s
specifics while providing for the international comparability of results. The core of TSA is 10
TSA tables representing different aspects of tourist demand (mostly TSA Tables 1–4) and supply
(mostly TSA Tables 5 and 6).
TSA allows: 1) compilation of a coherent and realistic statistical overview of tourism on the
level of the national economy; 2) assessment of the economic importance of tourism for the
national economy, primarily via measuring tourism’s share in total GDP and value added of the
respective economy; 3) assessment of the indirect impact of tourism on other sectors of the
national economy; 4) assessment of the importance of tourism for employment creation and
labour market functioning; and, finally, 5) international comparison of the results.
The following document is the final product of a project carried out by the Institute for
Socioeconomic and Business Evaluations at the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana,
and coordinated by the Tourism Directorate at the Ministry of the Economy of the Republic
of Slovenia. The primary aim of the project “Estimating the economic impacts of tourism in
Slovenia in 2003 and extrapolation of trends to 2006 using the TSA methodology” is to estimate
the key economic aggregates describing the size and importance of tourism for the Slovenian
economy and establish a basis for relevant international comparisons.
Slovenia already has experience with TSA methodology, which was first implemented to estimate
the impacts of tourism in 2000. However, in this project the authors have significantly upgraded the
methodology used in the TSA for Slovenia in 2000 and completely aligned it with the TSA Recommended
Methodological Framework, thus establishing the foundation for realistic interperiodical and
international comparisons in all areas covered by the international TSA methodology.