Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Implementation of Standard Tools to Monitor Tourism Sustainability
Indicator 12.b.1 shows the preparedness of countries to “develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism” called for in target 12.b. More specifically, it tracks the implementation of the most relevant Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) and System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) tables.
Tools to Monitor Tourism Sustainability – SDG Indicator 12.b.1
Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
Other Tourism-Related SDG Indicators
Tourism GDP – SDG Indicator 8.9.1
Tourism Direct GDP refers to the economic contribution of tourism.
Might Be Useful
System of Tourism Statistics is embedded in the National Statistical System, providing of reliable, consistent and appropriate statistical information on the socio-economic aspects related to tourism, integrated within the economic and social statistics related to other fields
UN Tourism’s Statistics, Standards and Data Department has coordinated important developments relating to the conceptualization of tourism and its measurement, progressively building consensus amongst the international statistical community
The United Nations recognizes UN Tourism as the appropriate organization to collect, to analyze, to publish, to standardize and to improve the statistics of tourism, and to promote the integration of these statistics within the sphere of the United Nations system