Tourism Satellite Account for India

This study marks the culmination of a long process, first initiated in 2000 when the Ministry of Tourism Commissioned National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) to undertake a feasibility study to develop India•s first Tourism Satellite Account (TSA). Subsequently, in 2002-03, again on behalf of the Ministry, NCAER undertook for the first time in the country, a comprehensive all-India Domestic Tourism Survey. Data from the survey as well as from an International Passenger Survey and official sources have been brought together now to develop a pilot TSA for India. In addition to providing internationally comparable and credible estimates of tourism in the Indian economy, the development of the pilot TSA should also contribute to further strengthening the national statistical system for better capturing tourism.