2.6 TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC 2011 2012 In 2011, the share of the tourism sector in GDP equalled 2.7 %, which corresponds to the previous year’s level. Gross fixed capital formation in tourism in the Czech Republic represented CZK 102.275 million. Basic information Tourism Satellite Account (hereafter only as TSA) is a tool, which serves for defining share of tourism, as a field, on the GDP. TSA is an internationally recognized system, which enables international comparison of tourism statistics. It is supported by all significant international tourism organizations (EUROSTAT, OECD, UNWTO). At the national level it is an irreplaceable analytic and information basis for decision making by state authorities and expert public. TSA system as a crosssection of interbranch account is derived from the modified system of “traditional” national accounts. It is created by ten mutually connected tables. Expert guarantor for the compilation of TSA is the Czech Statistical office, which cooperates with the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic and Czech National Bank. Main sources of information is border research about incoming tourism by MMR, accommodation statistics by CZSO and select research about outgoing and domestic tourism of residents (CZSO). Methodology of TSA system Basic TSA structure is based on general national economic balance between demand and supply of product created by tourism. Main part of demand side of the TSA system is tourism participant consumption, which can be defined as consumption of domestic, incoming, outgoing, interior tourism and finally as the consumption of national tourism. Part of a broader analysis of demand in tourism is also the issue of collective consumption and creation of gross fixed capital in tourism. This expanded conception of the demand side is marked as “total demand in tourism”. Gross Fixed Capital Formation in Tourism According to the ESA 95 methodology gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) together with stock formation and new valuables acquisition make up the item named gross capital formation. Since the two latter named items represent only a very small part of gross capital formation (approx. 1/20), the TSA deals only with the most important item. The issue of GFCF in individual branches of tourism is the subject of table T8. There is however a certain difference from the other supply and use tables, because it does deal with a matrix divided in to products, but only into individual asset nomenclatures (AN). The method for determining tourism gross fixed capital formation can be similar to the case of production or intermediate consumption, i.e. the TRs by which GFCF adjusted are allocated to individual tourism branches. Main published indicators Tourism demand – total domestic and foreign expenses of the trip participants, i.e. expenses for: tours, accommodations, meals and transportation above the framework of trip definition, purchase of goods during the trip and other tourism expenses, which are directly related (admissions, insurance, groceries purchased before the trip, film developing following the return home etc.) Not included are purchases beyond the scope of tourism (e.g. goods for the purpose of further sale, capital investments, donations to institutions, etc.). Tourism supply – collection of products (or rather fields) characteristic for tourism, related with tourism and fields nonspecified (others). Activities characteristic for tourism – production activities, main product of which is characteristic for tourism, which in majority of states would seize to exist with the absence of visitors in a significant quantity, or more precisely their consumption, would significantly decrease. For international comparison it is necessary for their methodology to be uniform, given by a fixed list. Only their affiliation to related or nonspecified products and fields can be determined individually in each state – see below. Activities related to tourism – activities, which with the absence (nonexistence of tourism) would register a decrease in production, while they can be different for individual states. Non‑specific activities – residual activities, where from the production aspect tourism does not play a major role. Collective consumption – nonmarket services related to tourism, e.g. promotion of market, planning, tourism development, control over services etc. These are developed by government institutions on the national, regional or even local level. All the data relate to the Czech Republic in 2012, unless otherwise stated. More detailed information is found at www.cnb.cz TOURISM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN 2012