Provincial economies are split into industry sectors using two different lenses. You can toggle between them on each province card.
PSA Mode Shows the 10 sector categories exactly as published by the Philippine Statistics Authority in the Provincial Product Accounts (PPA), Table N.2 (constant 2018 prices). Every number traces directly to a row in PSA's official spreadsheets. Tourism in this view means strictly Accommodation & Food Services — that's PSA's narrowest definition (typically 1–4% of provincial GDP, even for famously tourism-driven places like Palawan or Bohol). Intuitive Mode (default) Combines PSA line items into 8 reader-friendly categories that better reflect how people think about local economies. Most importantly, Tourism & Hospitality is reconstructed to capture more of tourism's true footprint by combining:Accommodation & Food (100%) + Transport (40%) + Wholesale/Retail (20%) + Real Estate (25%).
This construction is inspired by PSA's own Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) methodology, which estimates national tourism contribution at 8.9% of GDP for 2024 — far more than the narrow accommodation line item alone. PSA is currently rolling out Regional/Provincial TSAs through 2025, but until those are published province-by-province, this simple constructed estimate fills the gap.
Important caveats. The Intuitive mode percentages are estimates based on a uniform formula, not direct PSA data. Tourism's true contribution likely varies by province — it's probably understated for highly tourism-dependent places like Palawan, El Nido, and Boracay (informal sector effects), and overstated for industrial provinces. For exact PSA-published figures, use PSA Mode.
Both modes use the same underlying PSA Provincial Product Accounts data (September 2025 release).