Policy Brief: Zanzibar Tourism Satellite Account

The Zanzibar Policy Brief highlights the significance of Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSAs) as a standardised approach to assess the economic contribution of tourism to a region’s economy.

The policy brief focuses on Zanzibar and how the team used the TSA tables to estimate tourism demand and supply, evaluate the value added by tourism activities, measure employment generated, gross fixed capital formation, and the collective consumption of tourism services by the government. The TSA for Zanzibar used detailed production accounts of the tourism industries and their linkages with other economic activities to provide a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of tourism.

This project aims to establish the direct economic contribution of tourism to Zanzibar’s economy, making it a valuable resource for policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders in the tourism industry.