Proposal for an Information System of the Greek Tourism Satellite Account

Abstract

This paper gives a first look at the innovative Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) information system, which includes all the functions and procedures of updating the chain of TSA Tables, starting from data entry, storage and management of data, updating of TSA Tables, after the necessary statistical analysis, and finally the possibility of capturing the economic results of tourism activity in an economy. The methodology applied allows the connection of the tables and the export of reliable and timely results. The proposed information system aims not only to improve the efficiency of tourism data management but also to facilitate their collection and ultimately the functionality and usefulness of TSAs. The results expected from the proposed implementation will provide academics, professionals and tourism policy makers with new perspectives on the evaluation and improvement of tourism and on regional and national economic development (Wu, Liu, and Song, 2018). The TSA is integrated into the general information System of National Accounts (SNA). The development of the Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Tourism Satellite Account model, named “OLAP- TSA-Model”, for integrating the data from the SNA Tables after the necessary processing and consideration of tourism data sources in the TSA tables, their transition from one TSA table to the next, to seamlessly complete them and reveal the values of the economy attributed to the tourism activity of a country, are the subject of research of this paper.   Keywords: System of National Accounts, Tourism Satellite Account, Information System, Tourism, Greece.   Jel: E290, L830, O100, R150