Tourism plays an increasingly important role in many OECD economies. How can its impact on the economy and its potential for job creation be measured? The Tourism Satellite Account and the Employment Module - two new economic instruments designed by the OECD’s Tourism Committee - provide insights into the socio-economic impact, structure and development of activities related to tourism. For the first time, Measuring the Role of Tourism in OECD Economies: The OECD Manual on Tourism Satellite Accounts and Employment reports on the most recent national experiences in implementing Tourism Satellite Accounts and presents the results of efforts made over the past decade to develop new methods to analyse tourism and tourism-related employment. Through its descriptions of the application of Tourism Satellite Accounts in 16 OECD countries, this new book aims to create awareness of the growing economic importance of tourism, and provides a methodology for the implementation of tools to measure the impact of tourism and for the interpretation of the results.

Part I. OECD Manual on Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSAs)
Chapter 1. The Rationale for a Tourism Satellite Accounts
Chapter 2. Underlying Principles
-What is tourism demand?
-"Usual Environment"
-Tourism as a Demand-Based Concept and "Characteristicity" of Supply
-Valuation Principles
-Time of Recording
-Statistical Units
-Production Boundary
-Intermediate Consumption of Characteristic Tourism Industries
-Classifications
Chapter 3. Some Conceptual Issues Revisited
-Consumer Durables
-Second Homes
-Capital Acquisition Related to Tourism
-Tourism Bureaux and Non-Market Production
-Land
-Frequent Flyers Programmes
-Package Tours
Chapter 4. Employment
Chapter 5. The TSA Tables
-Description of the Tables
-Information Provided by the Tables
-TSA Tables
Chapter 6. Deriving Tourism Value Added (TVA) Estimates through a TSA
-An Alternative to the Tourism Ratio and the Tourism Net Ratio: The Tourism Value Added Ratio
Appendix A. Direct vs Indirect vs. Induced Tourism Demand
Appendix B. Practical Implementation and Possible Data Sources
Appendix C. Deriving Tourism Value Added
Appendix D. Links between the TEA and TSA Tables
Appendix E. Single-Purpose Tourism Consumer Durables
Appendix F. Concordance Between ISIC and CPC and the TSA
Appendix G. Treatment of Second Homes
Appendix H. Application of the Tourism Ratio to Tourism Employment
Appendix I. United States' Position on the OECD Manual on Tourism Satellite Accounts
Part II. OECD Manual on Tourism Satellite Accounts: Employment Module
Chapter 7. The Rationale for an Employment Module
-Importance of the Employment Aspect for the Tourism Industry
Chapter 8. Conceptual Framework
Chapter 9. Methodology: Concepts and Definitions
-A Demand- and Supply-Side Definition of Tourism
-Definition of Employment
-Selected Key Variables and their Definitions
-Further Methodological Considerations
Chapter 10. Linking Tourism Supply and Demand
-Process
-Full-Time Equivalents and Hours of Work
-Compensation of Employees
-Concluding Remarks
Chapter 11. The Tables of the Employment Module
-Developing a Set of Employment Data for Tourism Related Industries
-Remarks on the Employment Tables
Chapter 12. Conclusions and Areas for Further Research
Appendix 1. An Alternative Approach Using a Classification of Occupations
Appendix 2. Sources of Employment Data
Part III. National Experiences in the Field of Tourism Satellite Accounts
-Australia
-Austria
-Denmark
-Finland
-France
-Iceland
-Korea
-Mexico
-New Zealand
-Norway
-Poland
-Spain
-Sweden
-Switzerland
-United Kingdom
-United States
Extended Bibliography on Tourism Satellite Accounts and Employment