The paper deals with the interaction of tourism demand and economic development at a sectoral level. Travel export is chosen as the most appropriate indicator of tourism demand. Correlation analysis is used to divide industries into three groups: industries, which are strongly correlated with tourism; industries, which were strongly correlated with tourism until 2008; and industries, which are weakly correlated with tourism. Travel export can be used for short-term estimates of the real value added for industries, which are strongly correlated to travel export.