Detail of the production of characteristic industries by year and product. Current prices (thousands of euros).

The European System of Accounts does not include the production of the tourism sector as such. The need to characterise the tourism industry and assess its contribution to the entire economic activity, justifies the statistical operation called Tourism Satellite Account. It analyses tourism as an economic phenomenon from supply and demand, elaborates the main macromagnitudes of the sector for the Basque Country, and calculates the evolution of its weight compared to Gross Domestic Product at market prices. The European System of Accounts does not include the production of the tourism sector as such. The need to characterise the tourism industry and assess its contribution to the entire economic activity, justifies the statistical operation called Tourism Satellite Account. It analyses tourism as an economic phenomenon from supply and demand, elaborates the main macromagnitudes of the sector for the Basque Country, and calculates the evolution of its weight compared to Gross Domestic Product at market prices.