Towards a green economy Annex 1: Economic sizing of the sector Country


Australia Chile China


Czech Republic Ecuador


Honduras Israel Japan Latvia


Lithuania


Netherlands New Zealand Peru


Philippines Poland


Romania


Saudi Arabia Slovakia Slovenia Spain


consumption / total tourism consumption (%)*


73.9 75.0 90.8 45.3 69.4 54.5 61.0 93.5 51.4 56.4 80.8 56.2 74.4 80.7 41.0 47.7 61.5 44.1 43.0 42.3


* Estimated with TSA country data for latest year available (mainly 2007). ** 2009 values.


Table A1-1: Economic relevance of tourism in selected countries Source: Author’s calculations with data from UNWTO (2010c) and WTTC (2010)


Domestic tourism


Tourism gross domestic product / GDP (%)*


4.1 3.1 4.2 3.0 4.1 5.7 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.6 3.0


12.0 3.3 6.9 2.0 2.2 5.0 2.9 4.9


10.9


Jobs in tourism industries / total jobs (%)*


4.8 2.6 2.3 3.3 1.8 5.3 2.6 2.8 9.0 2.6 4.3 9.7 3.1 9.7 4.8 8.3 3.9 7.3


11.5 11.8


Tourism investment / total investment (%)**


12.5 7.5 8.5


11.0 12.4 8.4 7.6 5.8 7.4 9.8 7.3


15.0 9.9


11.3 7.1 7.3 3.9


11.4 12.0 13.8


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