An Estimate of the Economic Impacts of Tourism in Developing Countries; A Case Study of Tunisia by Applying Tourism Satellite Account

Abstract

The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is now widely used to examine the economic impact of tourism. The purpose of “TSA” is to analyze specific economic activities more completely than is possible within the System of National Accounts (SNA). The economic analysis of tourism requires the identification of the resources used by tourist on their trips, the consumption of goods and services that they acquire, and therefore the identification of the economic units that provide those goods and services. Both the demand and the supply perspectives are of particular importance. The paper, based on questionnaire survey conducted by the author at Tunisia airport, outlines the procedure for estimating Tunisian TSA, find out the value of direct and indirect tourism value added and show the size of tourism in Tunisian economy and the various industries related to tourism.