On 12 September 2022, Seychelles officially launched its Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) and became the first country to implement this project on the African continent.

TSAs are known to provide accurate measure of the impact of tourism on an economy and have been widely used across destinations around the world to understand what tourism contributes to the gross domestic product (GDP).

With key indications such as tourism contribution to GDP, Tourism Direct Gross Value Added and tourism consumption by inbound, domestic and outbound visitors, this statistics system will aim to better track Seychelles’ tourism industry’s performance, especially at a time where the country is in its recovery phase from the pandemic.