【摘要】The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is the newest method for measuring the impact of tourism on the economy in the world. There has been globally a big trend of development of TSAs after approved as an international standard by United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC)in March of 2000. This research is a first pilot exercise of TSA method in China. The results of the study shown a better credibility and well expressed the economic importance of tourism activities.