Atividades características do turismo: uma análise da dimensão do turismo na economia brasileira do ano de 2013

Abstract

Brazilian tourism has been developing, quickly over the last years. However, there is not enough information to measure the performance of tourism in the economy, because the existing research sufficiently specific or obsolete data. Statistical and economic research, such as the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA), in an important source of information for policy planning, investment and market expansion, enabling improvements for residents, businesses and tourists. With the economic measurement of tourism, it is possible to identify growing activities that generate jobs, income and welfare, also pointing stable activities. This study aims to analyze the participation of Tourism Characteristic Activities (TCAs) in the Brazilian economy in 2013.The objective is to generate information for the measurement and development of tourism in the Brazilian context. The research is characterized as exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional, using quantitative approach. The study relied on secondary data sources drawn mainly from research the Annual Survey of Services developed by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and the tourism Labor Market Information System of the Applied Economic Research Institute (IPEA). The applied methodology was based on Brazil’s TSA-99 and on the report “Tourism Economics: a macroeconomic perspective 2003-2009”, both based on the guidelines and methodologies recommended by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and National Accounts System-1993/2008.To measure the participation of TCAs in the economy, the concepts of accounting identities of the macroeconomic aggregates of tourism were applied. Thus, the study resulted in estimation of gross value of production, intermediate consumption, gross value added, expenses personnel, gross operating surplus, number of jobs, paid income and number of companies. Therefore, this research contributes to the tourism literature with perspective to expand discussions on tourism measurement mechanisms for the generation of economic and statistical information about Brazil.