Tourism's Place in the Input-Output Tables of the National Economy (English version)

This study was prepared pursuant to resolution 141 (V), adopted by the General Assembly at its fifth session (New Delhi, October 1983), concerning the Organi-zation's general programme of work for the period 1984-1985 prepared by the Secretary-General. It was entered as a special activity under the heading "Economy, finance and management of tourism". The aim of this study is to fur-nish Members with the basic concepts of input-output analysis applied to tour-ism. The study will aim to show how this technique enables: (a) the volume and the direction of flow of exchanges of goods and services between the tourism sector and other branches of the national economy to be evaluated; and (b) the relationship existing between the tourism sector and the various branches of production to be charted.