Table 5
Government revenue attributable to tourism, by source of revenue

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  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Income taxes attributable to tourism ($ millions) 3,944 3,569 3,651 3,494 3,772 4,131 4,397 4,810
year over year change (%) .. -9.5 2.3 -4.3 8.0 9.5 6.4 9.4
as a share of total government revenue attributable to tourism (%) 26.5 24.0 22.8 22.1 22.3 22.6 23.3 24.5
share attributable to tourism exports (%) 36.0 35.1 34.2 30.4 32.0 29.5 27.4 25.5
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 7.34 6.59 6.46 6.37 6.43 6.60 6.59 6.79
Other taxes on production1 attributable to tourism ($ millions) 1,800 1,843 1,951 1,942 2,031 2,118 2,193 2,287
year over year change (%) .. 2.4 5.9 -0.5 4.6 4.3 3.5 4.3
as a share of total government revenue attributable to tourism (%) 12.1 12.4 12.2 12.3 12.0 11.6 11.6 11.6
share attributable to tourism exports (%) 39.0 38.2 36.9 32.6 34.6 32.2 30.0 28.3
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 3.35 3.40 3.45 3.54 3.46 3.38 3.28 3.23
Taxes on products (?nal sales) attributable to tourism($ millions) 7,293 7,545 8,351 8,311 8,944 9,698 9,883 10,151
year over year change (%) .. 3.5 10.7 -0.5 7.6 8.4 1.9 2.7
as a share of total government revenue attributable to tourism (%) 49.0 50.6 52.0 52.5 52.8 53.2 52.4 51.7
share attributable to tourism exports (%) 35.2 34.8 33.1 29.0 30.2 27.7 26.2 25.3
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 13.57 13.93 14.76 15.16 15.25 15.49 14.81 14.33
Contributions to social insurance attributable to tourism($ millions) 1,467 1,543 1,684 1,677 1,748 1,846 1,911 1,934
year over year change (%) .. 5.1 9.2 -0.4 4.2 5.6 3.5 1.2
as a share of total government revenue attributable to tourism (%) 9.9 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.3 10.1 10.1 9.8
share attributable to tourism exports (%) 37.9 36.3 35.3 31.4 33.3 30.9 29.1 27.6
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 2.73 2.85 2.98 3.06 2.98 2.95 2.86 2.73
Sales of goods and services attributable to tourism ($ millions) 378 397 411 401 429 448 463 471
year over year change (%) .. 5.2 3.4 -2.4 7.0 4.4 3.4 1.8
as a share of total government revenue attributable to tourism (%) 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4
share attributable to tourism exports (%) 46.6 44.4 42.3 37.6 39.4 36.7 34.1 31.9
per $100 of tourism spending ($) 0.70 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.72 0.69 0.67

Note: Represents revenue that is directly attributable to tourism.

1. Including taxes on intermediate inputs