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A Web-based Regional TSA Information System

- The Case of Guangdong, China

GDTSA project team

Sun Yat-sen University

22 June 2017

International

• TSA has been a standard system to measure direct contribution of tourism to an economy

• TSA: Recommended Methodological Framework 2008 (TSA: RMF 2008)

• Over sixty countries have compiled their TSAs

China

• Chinese government has realized the importance of TSA

• Besides national level, regional TSA has been continuously adopted in China

Guangdong province

• Guangdong is the largest province in China in terms of population, GDP, international tourism receipts, and international tourist arrivals

• Guangdong first compiled its regional TSA in 2012

• After then the role of tourism for Guangdong economic development becomes clear

Background

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Common Problems of TSA development in China

Data availability

Costly and time

consuming

One-off work

Unable to analyze

and trace dynamics

Unable to make

regional comparison

Guangdong TSA web-based

information system

Features of GDTSA information system

• Build a web-based system

• Compile the TSA accounts more efficiently and

regularly

• Analyze tourism statistics automatically

• Manage tourism data effectively

• Pioneer the compilation the quarterly TSA in China

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Client Layer

Web-based Client Application Program

Function Layer

Security Management

Data Collection

Data Management

TSA compilation

Database Application

Data Management Layer

SQL Server Database Management System

Database

Design Architecture of the Web-based TSA Information System

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On-line Survey Data of

Tourism Expenditure by

Guangdong Residents

Off-line Household

Survey Data of Tourism

Expenditure by

Guangdong Residents

Survey Data of Tourist

Expenditure (Guangdong Tourism

Administration)

Quality Control of

External Data Statistics and Analysis

• Analysis of the Seasonal Fluctuation

• Analysis of the Travel Rate

• Analysis of the Tourism Consumption

• Analysis of the Distribution of Tourism

Expenditure by Residents

• Analysis of the Tourism Geography

Distribution

Input function

National Account Data （Guangdong Statistic

Bureau）

Tables of GDTSA 1. Tourism Expenditure by Foreign and Domestic non-

Guangdong Tourists in Guangdong Province 2. Tourism Expenditure by Guangdong Residents in

Guangdong Province 3. Tourism Expenditure by Guangdong Residents in

Foreign and non-Guangdong Domestic Tourism 4. Regional Tourism Consumption of Guangdong

Province 5. Production Account of Tourism and other Industries of

Guangdong Province 6. Total Tourism Supply and Regional Tourism

Consumption of Guangdong Province

Data Center

The Flowchart of TSA compilation in the system

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Future plan

• Further improve GDTSA information system

• Further calculate indirect and induced contributions based on the Guangdong TSA results

• Explore the use of big data in TSA

• Add tourism demand forecasting function into the information system

• Measure sustainable tourism under TSA framework

• Provide support to countries which want to develop TSA

• Co-organize TSA forum in Guangzhou China by Business School of

Sun Yat-sen University and China Tourism Academy in 13-15 October 2017

Thanks for listening!

Any comments and suggestions are welcome!