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Share in BDP is the share of the gross value added, in percentage, in the area of tourism in the total Gross Domestic Product on national level.
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What is the impact of tourism relying on the characteristics of the environment on the economic development of the Republic of Macedonia?
Share of tourism in gross domestic product has had constant decreasing trend. Drop by 2.11% was recorded in 2017 compared to 2003 and amounted 1.5%, reflecting very low contribution of tourism to the economic development of the Republic of Macedonia.
Figure 1. Share of tourism in GDP in %
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Data source: State Statistical Office, http://www.stat.gov.mk/Default_en.aspx
The Figure shows that the share of tourism in GDP is relatively low with falling trend during the period 2003 to 2011, namelyits share in 2011 recorded decrease by 37.6% compared to 2003. The share of tourism in GDPrecording significant increase in the period 2011 to 2017 by 56.87%, which indicates a greater participation of tourism to the economic development of the Republic of Macedonia.The share of the tourism was the highest in 2005 amounting 1.82%, and it was the lowest in 2011 with 0.98%. Observation should enable insight in the extent in which effects from tourist development on the environment improve.
Revenues acquired on the basis of tourist fee and taxes will enable environment planning and protection and also offer the opportunity to legal and natural persons to improve their living and working conditions.
Revenues acquired on the basis of tourist fee and taxes will enable environment planning and protection and also offer the opportunity to legal and natural persons to improve their living and working conditions.
- Methodology for the indicator calculation
Share of value added from tourism in GDP.
List of relevant policy documents
- National Strategy for Tourism Development 2009 – 2013
- National Environmental Action Plan – 2 – in Section 4.2.6. Tourism, describes the main challenge for sustainable tourism development, implementation of economic potential with minimum possible impact on the environment.
- Spatial Plan of the Republic of Macedonia – in its Chapter 5.4. “Tourism development and organization of tourist areas”, defines the objectives and planning determinations for tourism development.
- National Strategy for Sustainable Development of the Republic of Macedonia – in the section on tourism, presents the directions for sustainable development of tourism, within short, medium, and long-term frames, up to 2030.
- Strategy for Biological Diversity Protection in the Republic of Macedonia with Action Plan – under measure C.5 “Stimulation of traditional use of biological diversity and eco-tourism”, defines the action for identification of sites suitable for eco-tourism.
Legal ground
The Law on Tourist Activity specifies the conditions and the manner of performing tourist activity; Law on Catering Activity.
The Law on Environment, the Law on Nature Protection, the Law on Waste Management, the Law on Ambient Air Quality and the aw on Waters regulate partially the requirements for environmental protection in tourist activity.
- Integration of the principles of sustainable development and environmental considerations in tourist sector
- Identification of areas of priority importance for tourism development
- Encouragement of exchange of best practices between public and private tourist interests
- Protection of natural heritage and biological diversity in tourist destinations
- Adoption and implementation of legislation in the area of tourism to regulate the protection of the environmnet
- Promotion of organic farming, healthy food production and especially traditional production of certain products (e.g. cheese, wine), production of honey, herbs growing, etc.
- Promotion of certain types of tourism such as wine tourism, hunting tourism, birds observation tourism, etc.
- Yearly publication on GDP
- Statistical Yearbook
| Code | Title of the indicator | Compliance with CSI ЕЕА or other indicators | Classification by DPSIR | Type | Linkage with area | Frequency of publication | |
| МК NI049 | Economic value of tourism industry | TOUR35 | Economic value of tourism industry | D | В | Biodiversity
Nature Policies Waste Water Air Transport |
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