Specialising in Tourism and Long-term Growth

Javier Capó Parrilla (), Antoni Riera Font and Jaume Rossello ()

No 2006/03, CRE Working Papers (Documents de treball del CRE) from Centre de Recerca Econòmica (UIB ·"Sa Nostra")

Abstract: This work analyses the impact of specialising in tourism on long-term growth in the Balearic and Canary Islands (which both are economies that have been specialising in tourism for half a century), according to Solow’s methodology. The findings show that at first, investment in physical capital and the creation of infrastructures are the main impetuses for growth in production and per capita income. Nevertheless, the findings also show that productivity’s contribution to growth in production is decreasing in the long run, which becomes a curb on the development of per capita income. The behaviour of total factor productivity is not accidental; it is closely linked to specialising in tourism and determines efforts to innovate and the economy’s human capital.

Keywords: Specialising in Tourism; Economic Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-03, Revised 2006-03
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Published in 'Documents de Treball CRE', March 2006, pages 1-21

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