Tourism Investment in Australia

Umme Salma
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Umme Salma: Economic Analysis Section, Industry Policy Division, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, GPO Box 9839, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

Tourism Economics, 2006, vol. 12, issue 2, 207-223

Abstract: Tourism is an important contributor to the Australian economy. The tourism sector's ability to continue its role in the national economy depends on the provision of investment funds necessary to create and maintain tourism businesses and tourism-related infrastructure. Based on national accounts data, the present study analyses tourism investment performance in Australia over the last 13 years. It reveals that the tourism sector experienced a lower rate of return than the rest of the economy during this period in spite of the fact that the tourism investment rate was consistently higher. It also reveals that, within the broad tourism sector, there is substantial variation in investment performance and profitability. Caution must be exercised in interpreting these findings, as there are substantial gaps and limitations, in both the definition and the measurement of tourism investment and related variables. Future work in this area should focus on closely specifying requirements for a properly defined and sufficiently disaggregated dataset on tourism investment and related variables.

Keywords: tourism investment; rate of return; tourism profitability; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.5367/000000006777637494

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