Tourism

Although tourism is one of the most important economic sectors in many countries, its share is not directly represented in the national accounts. The tourism sector must be excluded from the various economic sectors of the national accounts using special procedures. The OECD, UNWTO and EUSTAT have developed special recommendations for these procedures. For the final products, the term TSA Tourism Satellite Account has become established. In Austria, national TSAs have been compiled at regular intervals since 1999 by Statistics Austria in cooperation with the Austrian Institute of Economic Research WIFO. The cooperation of Statistics Austria (Dr. Peter Laimer) shows that the official economic statistics also regard the compilation of TSAs as a component of the national accounts. At the regional level, TSAs have so far been compiled for the provinces of Vienna, Lower Austria and Upper Austria and are also updated periodically. For the Tyrol, there is a tourism value added calculation from 1991 prepared by Tschurtschenthaler together with Lehar; - furthermore, there is a pilot project TSA Tyrol from 2003 prepared by Lehar. Lehar has also worked out a regional tourism satellite account for Vorarlberg with the reference year 2005. TSAs first of all have a high information value in that they show, on the one hand, the distribution of turnover / gross value added among the various service sectors on the other hand the participation of the different demand strata - local and foreign tourists - domestic and foreign day trippers - business travellers in the turnover / gross value added. In addition to their informational contribution, TSAs thus provide a decision-making basis for tourism policy measures such as, for example, the promotion of tourism investments/innovations/gross value added: - the promotion of tourism investments / innovations / major events - the assessment of the distributive justice of tourism levies and contributions represent.

The aim of the project is to analyse the connections, interplay and networks between the leaders of a destination and to identify approaches and instruments for better coordination and cooperation between the leaders in order to achieve cross-destination leadership, which is necessary for innovative and, above all, competitive development. The project is therefore concerned with analysing the relationships and networks between these individuals and seeks to answer the following questions. - What are the relationships between the identified leaders? (formal and informal) - What functions do the networks fulfil? - How does the network contribute to the leadership of the destination? - How can the network of relationships between leaders be optimised in terms of the strategic development of the destination with sustainable competitive overall performance?

While established winter sports activities such as alpine skiing or snowboarding have been increasingly struggling with youth problems for some years now, ski touring is enjoying steadily growing popularity. The desire to do something for one's own health and the search for peace and relaxation were identified in a study by the German Sport University Cologne as the main motives for practising winter sports in general . The results of an Alpine-wide Delphi survey of experts from science and practice conducted by the Management Center Innsbruck likewise emphasise that the need for experiencing nature, for a variety of sports activities and for a healthy lifestyle will become even more important in the coming years. In addition, the importance of differentiating winter sports activities alongside alpine skiing will gain in significance. Ski touring in particular is seen as having further growth potential here, as it meets the need for both health and nature. Various studies deal with the topic of winter sports or the winter sportsman in general, but a specific analysis of consumption and travel behaviour as well as a characterisation of the ski tourer does not take place for the most part. In accordance with the mandate of the Tyrolean Parliament, a concept for the "improved utilisation of the ski touring potential in the free ski area in Tyrol" was created. The aim of the study is to visualise and analyse travel and consumption patterns of the special demand group of ski tourers. The study results can form the basis for target group-specific measures to strengthen the mountain competence of Tyrol and serve as a basis for the development of demand-oriented measures and products for the target group of ski tourers.

The objective of the project "Tourism and Agriculture in Tyrol - Cooperation and Conflict Potential in Land Use" is to survey the status quo of cooperation between agriculture and tourism with regard to land use, to elicit possible conflict potentials and to derive corresponding strategic implications and recommendations for action. Specifically, the following research questions will be addressed. 1) How does the cooperation between tourism and agriculture affect the use of space? 2) What are the effects of current developments on tourism and agriculture? 3) What are the effects of the current developments in tourism and agriculture in Tyrol on the interest groups? 4) What challenges do the stakeholders face with regard to the clash between economic and recreational space? 5) In what and through which concrete offers is there potential for conflict between tourism and agriculture in the use of space? 6) What are the mutual expectations and requirements between tourism and agriculture with regard to the use of space?