Travel and Tourism Satellite Account (TTSA) Program

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Travel and Tourism Satellite Accounts (TTSA) form an indispensable statistical instrument that allows the United States to measure the relative size and importance of the travel and tourism industry, along with its contribution to gross domestic product (GDP). Approved by the United Nations in March 2002 and endorsed by the U.N. Statistical Commission, TTSAs have become the international standard by which travel and tourism is measured. In fact, more than fifty countries around the world have embraced travel and tourism satellite accounting.

TTSA Program Details

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Based on, and working as an extension of, the U.S. Input-Output Accounts (I-O), the U.S. travel and tourism satellite accounts enable the Department of Commerce (DOC) to accurately measure the aggregate travel and tourism industry. More importantly, TTSAs allow the Department to measure the travel and tourism industries’ competitiveness relative to other U.S. industries, along with measuring the overall competitiveness of the United States relative to other countries.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis, through funding provided by the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, produces annual TTSA data that includes:

Direct and indirect travel and tourism-related output
Direct and indirect travel and tourism-related employment
Total U.S. travel and tourism-related sales/expenditures

Additionally, annual TTSA data provide the industry with:

Output and employment data for twenty-six (26) individual industries
Value-added contribution of travel and tourism to the U.S. economy (GDP)
Supply of, and demand for, travel and tourism commodities
Disaggregated demand data of household, business, government, and nonresident demand for American travel and tourism-related goods and services

The travel and tourism industry recognizes the need for one consistent, comparable, and credible set of data highlighting the importance of one of America’s largest employers. Recent Senate testimony by the DOC and industry leaders fortifies this need—three different testimonies cited three different measurements of the travel and tourism industry. The industry is only now embracing the numbers produced by the DOC, realizing the need of one set of credible accounts for a national number. TTSAs should become a permanent fixture in our country’s national accounts.

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2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

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With the exception of the most recent year, which includes only travel and tourism output and employment, these files showcase the core U.S. TTSA tables:

Table 1. Production of Commodities by Industry
Table 2. Supply and Consumption of Commodities
Table 3. Demand for Commodities by Type of Visitor
Table 4. Output and Value Added by Industry
Table 5. Output by Commodity
Table 6. Employment and Compensation of Employees
Table 7. Employment by Industry
Table 8. Real Tourism Output

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