Tourism satellite account

23.10    The Australian Tourism Satellite Account (ATSA) is based on the international standards, Tourism Satellite Accounts: Recommended Methodological Framework, 2008 (TSA RMF) and International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics, 2008 (ITRS). 

23.11    Implicitly, tourism is included in the core Australian System of National Accounts. However, while all the products that are produced and consumed in meeting tourism demand are embedded in the core accounts, they are not readily apparent. This is because tourism is not identified as an industry in industrial statistical classifications. Industries are defined based on the goods and services produced. On the other hand, the tourism industry is defined according to the status of the consumer being a tourist.