Question NW2522 to the Minister of Tourism
30 June 2023 - NW2522
Matumba, Mr A to ask the Minister of Tourism
What is the policy position on the development of tourism economic accounts at a provincial and local level to elevate the economic value of tourism on local economic development?
Reply:
I have been informed that the Department has established a Provincial Tourism Statistics Committee to work closely with provinces, to improve the quality and availability of tourism statistics at provincial level, noting that tourism is a concurrent function in South Africa.
Furthermore, the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for South Africa is compiled annually by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) according to the internationally-agreed standard Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework [TSA: RMF], developed by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
The TSA is a standard statistical framework and the main tool for the economic measurement of tourism.
The TSA provides macro-economic aggregates that describe the size and the direct economic contribution of tourism, such as tourism direct gross value added (TDGVA), tourism direct gross domestic product (TDGDP) and tourism direct employment, consistent with similar aggregates for the total economy, and for other productive economic activities and functional areas of interest.