Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Policy statement - tourism policies for sustainable and inclusive growth -- Tourism, an engine for economic, sustainable and inclusive growth -- Fostering a whole-of-government policy approach -- Policy areas for consideration for future work by the Tourism Committee -- Reader's guide -- International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics (IRTS) -- Tourism Satellite Account: Recommended Methodological Framework (TSA-RMF) -- Tourism characteristic products and activities -- Internal tourism consumption -- Tourism Direct Gross Domestic Product and other aggregates -- Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual - sixth edition -- Travel -- Passenger services -- Other issues -- Metadata and sources -- Country coverage -- Codes used for currencies -- Symbols for missing data and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Key policy messages -- Fostering an integrated policy approach: -- Preparing for megatrends: -- Promoting investment and financing for sustainable tourism: -- Part I. Active policies for tourism -- Chapter 1. Tourism trends and policy priorities -- Recent trends -- Figure 1.1. Direct contribution of tourism to OECD countries -- Table 1.1. International tourist arrivals, 2012-16 -- Table 1.1. International tourist arrivals, 2012-16 (cont.) -- Table 1.2. International travel receipts and expenditure, 2015-16 -- Figure 1.2. Contribution of tourism to services exports, selected OECD countries, 2016 -- Table 1.3. Internal tourism consumption, 2016 or latest available year -- Figure 1.3. Internal tourism consumption, selected OECD countries -- Governance, funding and strategic development -- Effective national leadership and coordination -- Box 1.1. National coordination structures for tourism: Country approaches -- Strengthening regional and local structures.

Box 1.2. Strengthening regional and local tourism structures: Country approaches -- Box 1.3. Law on Destination Management Organisations in Romania -- Tourism budgets and funding -- Box 1.4. Supporting the development of tourism infrastructure in New Zealand -- National tourism policies, strategies and plans -- Box 1.5. A new Strategic Plan for Tourism in Italy -- Box 1.6. Tourism management in Iceland -- Regional and local destination plans -- Box 1.7. Destination frameworks providing a focus for tourism policy and action -- Box 1.8. Valorizar - Enhancing destination value in Portugal -- Development and marketing of distinctive products and destinations -- Strategic and thematic approaches to products and destinations -- Box 1.9. Strengthening local tourism supply chains in Peru -- Box 1.10. Developing the desert product in Israel -- Box 1.11. A comprehensive approach to the MICE market in Luxembourg -- Effective marketing and promotion -- Box 1.12. Developing and promoting regional brand experiences in Ireland -- A focus on digitalisation -- Box 1.13. A Digitalisation Strategy for Austrian Tourism -- Box 1.14. A national online information and management platform for Croatia -- Supporting a competitive, sustainable, and inclusive tourism industry -- Improving transport and seamless connectivity, reducing barriers to travel -- Box 1.15. Streamlining access for high growth markets in Australia -- Box 1.16. Promoting strategic air connectivity to Malta -- Expanding domestic tourism and providing access for all -- Box 1.17. Tourism for all: Country approaches -- Strengthening business performance, regulation, quality and investment -- Box 1.18. A consolidated framework for tourism legislation in Greece -- Box 1.19. Regulating private lodgings in Japan -- Box 1.20. Supporting tourism businesses and promoting investment: Country approaches.

Addressing labour supply challenges and improving sector skills -- Box 1.21. Improving tourism service quality in Brazil -- Following the sustainable tourism agenda -- Box 1.22. A Social Progress Index for tourist destinations in Costa Rica -- Ensuring security and contributing to peace -- Box 1.23. Tourism as a force for peace in Colombia -- References -- Chapter 2. Megatrends shaping the future of tourism -- Overview of global megatrends -- Table 2.1. OECD Megatrends Framework -- Megatrends transforming tourism -- Evolving visitor demand -- Box 2.1. New Zealand marketing to Chinese travellers -- Sustainable tourism growth -- Box 2.2. Sustainable Destination Development Programme in Sweden -- Enabling technologies -- Box 2.3. Experience Australia in 360° -- Box 2.4. Smart Destinations Project in Spain -- Travel mobility -- Box 2.5. Airport Smart Security Strategy -- Preparing for megatrends -- Modernising regulatory and legislative frameworks -- Cultivating partnerships with industry, other governments and key stakeholders -- Taking steps to future-proof tourism policy -- Box 2.6. Is everything different? Tourism 2025 (Austria) -- References -- Chapter 3. Towards investment and financing for sustainable tourism -- Box 3.1. Investment opportunities to support green innovation in tourism -- Policies to address the investment gap for sustainable tourism development -- Policy considerations -- Financing sources for sustainable tourism investment -- Box 3.2. Support for tourism through the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative -- Box 3.3. Finance instruments for sustainable tourism development -- Challenges for sustainable tourism investment and financing -- Availability of suitable finance instruments for sustainable tourism projects -- Measurement of green finance interventions for tourism.

Box 3.4. Green bond financing for transport infrastructure in France and Mexico -- Incentives to adopt environmentally sustainable practices -- Coordination of actions across government levels -- Investing in tourism to deliver on the sustainable development goals -- Box 3.5. Tourism-related targets in the sustainable development goals -- Mainstreaming investment and financing for sustainable tourism development -- Promoting investment and finance for sustainable tourism development -- Box 3.6. Promoting green energy investment by hotels in Mexico -- Creating a coherent and sustainability friendly investment environment -- Box 3.7. Facilitating investment for tourism and regional development in Australia -- Box 3.8. Tourist Site Protection Fund in Iceland -- Box 3.9. Boosting sustainable destination development and investment in Chile -- Encouraging sustainable and responsible business practices -- Box 3.10. Hotel and Restaurant Association's energy and climate mitigation campaign in Germany -- References -- Part II. OECD country profiles -- Australia -- Tourism in the economy -- Tourism governance and funding -- Australia: Organisational chart of tourism bodies -- Tourism policies and programmes -- Stimulating tourism investment in Australia. -- Statistical profile -- Table 1. Australia: Domestic, inbound and outbound tourism -- Table 2. Australia: Enterprises and employment in tourism -- Table 3. Australia: Internal tourism consumption -- Austria -- Tourism in the economy -- Tourism governance and funding -- Austria: Organisational chart of the tourism bodies -- Tourism policies and programmes -- Statistical profile -- Table 1. Austria: Domestic, inbound and outbound tourism -- Table 2. Austria: Enterprises and employment in tourism -- Table 3. Austria: Internal tourism consumption -- Belgium -- Tourism in the economy -- FLANDERS REGION.

Tourism governance and funding -- Belgium, Flanders region: Organisational chart of tourism bodies -- Tourism policies and programmes -- WALLONIA -- Tourism governance and funding -- Belgium, Wallonia: Organisational chart of tourism bodies -- Tourism policies and programmes -- Statistical profile -- Table 1. Belgium: Domestic, inbound and outbound tourism -- Table 2. Belgium: Enterprises and employment in tourism -- Canada -- Tourism in the economy -- Tourism governance and funding -- Canada: Organisational chart of tourism bodies -- Tourism policies and programmes -- Investment to support Canada's New Tourism Vision -- Statistical profile -- Table 1. Canada: Domestic, inbound and outbound tourism -- Table 2. Canada: Enterprises and employment in tourism -- Table 3. Canada: Internal tourism consumption -- Chile -- Tourism in the economy -- Tourism governance and funding -- Chile: Organisational chart of tourism bodies -- Tourism policies and programmes -- Statistical profile -- Table 1. Chile: Domestic, inbound and outbound tourism -- Table 2. Chile: Enterprises and employment in tourism -- Table 3. Chile: Internal tourism consumption -- Czech Republic -- Tourism in the economy -- Tourism governance and funding -- Czech Republic: Organisational chart of tourism bodies -- Tourism policies and programmes -- Statistical profile -- Table 1. Czech Republic: Domestic, inbound and outbound tourism -- Table 2. Czech Republic: Enterprises and employment in tourism -- Table 3. Czech Republic: Internal tourism consumption -- Denmark -- Tourism in the economy -- Tourism governance and funding -- Denmark: Organisational chart of tourism bodies -- Tourism policies and programmes -- Digitalisation of tourism marketing and management in Denmark -- Statistical profile -- Table 1. Denmark: Domestic, inbound and outbound tourism.

Table 2. Denmark: Enterprises and employment in tourism.