IMPROVING STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Tourism has become one of the fastest growing competitive sectors in the world economy. The number of tourists at the international level has reached 1.8 billion. people. Tourism revenues have reached 1.7 trillion US dollars, accounting for 7% of world exports and 29% of services exports. Tourism revenues in world exports rank third after the chemical industry and fuel and energy exports. Tourism occupies a key place in the leading sectors of the economies of countries around the world. As a result, the innovative development of tourism in the sectors of the economies of most countries around the world remains one of the most important tasks today.