Methodology for the production assessment of tourism industries

This paper deals with the illustration of the methodology developed within Istat National Accounts Directorate in order to assess the production account of tourism industries and other industries, and it is part of a wider process of implementation for the first Italian Tourism Satellite Account (ITSA). The approach adopted for the compilation of the Italian TSA Table 5 (IT5), this latter being one of a complete set of 10 TSA tables, processes data starting from the format provided by the Italian Supply and Use tables (ISUT). Such procedure has been gradually developed by means of a set of worksheets hierarchically organized in a modular and additive structure finalized to the automatic compilation of IT5.