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Tourism characteristic and tourism connected industries - definitions

202. Tourism characteristic industries are defined as those industries that would either cease to exist in their present form, or would be significantly affected if tourism were to cease. In the Australian Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), for an industry to be 'characteristic', at least 25% of its output must be consumed by visitors. 'Tourism connected industries' are those, other than those tourism characteristic industries, for which a tourism related product is directly identifiable (primary) to and where the products are consumed by visitors in volumes which are significant for the visitor and/or the producer. (The key concepts used in the Australian Tourism Satellite Account, together with an explanation of the update methodology and the techniques used to calculate some of the measures, are available in the Explanatory Notes to the 2001-02 issue of the Australian Tourism Satellite Account.)


Tourism characteristic industries

203. The Australian Tourism Satellite Account identifies the following industries as being 'tourism characteristic':

• Travel agency and tour operator services

• Taxi transport

• Air and water transport

• Motor vehicle hiring

• Accommodation

• Cafes, restaurants and food outlets.

• Clubs, pubs, taverns and bars

• Other road transport

• Rail transport

• Food manufacturing

• Beverage manufacturing

• Transport equipment manufacturing

• Other manufacturing

• Automotive fuel retailing

• Other retail trade

• Casinos and other gambling services

• Libraries, museums and arts

• Other entertainment services

• Education

• Ownership of dwellings.

- Appendix 3 Tourism Industry Concordance_1.pdf

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