National Tourism Indicators (NTI)

Government revenue attributable to tourism of economy, value

Government revenue attributable to tourism refers to the gross inflow of economic benefits, during the reporting period, that are attributable the sector of tourism. Government revenue are made of transfers from other institutional units such as taxes, sales of goods and services and other transfers or contributions.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Canadian dollar at current prices