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2016 Philippine Tourism Statistical Classification System

The 2016 Philippine Tourism Statistical Classification System (PTSCS) is a detailed classification of tourism characteristic products and industries. The statistical classification system serves as reference for the compilation of tourism statistics and satellite accounts. The 2016 PTSCS is the latest version of classification, which is based on the 2008 International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics (IRTS) and existing classifications in the country, such as the 2009 Philippine Standard Industrial Classification (PSIC) and 2002 Philippine Central Product Classification (PCPC). The 2008 IRTS provides the main concepts, definitions, and classifications for a standard measurement of tourism. The first version is the 2005 PTSCS, which provides the recommended list of tourism characteristics activities, products and durable goods and based on 1994 PSIC. The 2005 PTSCS was updated considering the recommendations of 2008 IRTS and the latest version of PSIC.

Table 1 presents the Tourism Specific Products while Table 2 presents the Tourism Specific Industries.

The list of categories of Tourism Specific Products and Tourism Specific Industries is as follows:

ProductsIndustries
  1. Accommodation Services for Visitors
  2. Food and Beverage Serving Services
  3. Railway Passenger Transport Services
  4. Road Passenger Transport Services
  5. Water Passenger Transport Services
  6. Air Passenger Transport Services
  7. Transport Equipment Rental
  8. Travel Agencies and Other Reservation Services
  9. Cultural Services
  10. Sports and Recreational Services
  11. Country-Specific Tourism Characteristic Goods
  12. Country-Specific Tourism Characteristic Services
  1. Accommodation Services for Visitors
  2. Food and Beverage Serving Activities
  3. Railway Passenger Transport
  4. Road Passenger Transport
  5. Water Passenger Transport
  6. Air Passenger Transport
  7. Transport Equipment Rental
  8. Travel Agencies and Other Reservation Service Activities
  9. Cultural Activities
  10. Sports and Recreational Activities
  11. Retail Trade of Country-Specific Tourism Characteristic Goods
  12. Country-Specific Tourism Characteristic Activities