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Share of tourism in total GDP

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What you should know about this indicator

Tourism Direct GDP (TDGDP) is defined as the sum of the part of gross value added (at basic prices) generated by all industries in response to internal tourism consumption plus the amount of net taxes on products and imports included within the value of this expenditure at purchasers’ prices.

Share of tourism in total GDP
Tourism's contribution to includes inputs from industries directly related to tourism as well as other sectors that serve visitors.
Source
UNWTO (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
August 17, 2024
Next expected update
August 2025
Date range
2008–2022
Unit
%

Related research and writing

Sustainable development goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

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Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

Indicator 8.9.1 on Tourism Direct GDP helps to monitor Target 8.9 which calls on countries “to promote sustainable tourism” under Goal 8 on decent Work and Economic Growth.

Retrieved on
August 17, 2024
Retrieved from
https://www.unwto.org/tourism-statistics/economic-contribution-SDG
Citation
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World Tourism Organization (2024), Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP, UNWTO, Madrid:
https://www.unwto.org/tourism-statistics/economic-contribution-SDG [17-08-2024].

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UNWTO (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. “Share of tourism in total GDP” [dataset]. UNWTO, “Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP” [original data]. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/tourism-gdp-proportion-of-total-gdp