The Economic Efficiency of the Tourism Industry: A Global Comparison

Sharon Hadad, Yossi Hadad, Miki Malul and Mosi Rosenboim
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Sharon Hadad: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Be'er Sheva 84100, Israel
Yossi Hadad: Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Be'er Sheva 84100, Israel
Miki Malul: Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Be'er Sheva 84105, Israel
Mosi Rosenboim: College of Management Academic Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva 84105, Israel

Tourism Economics, 2012, vol. 18, issue 5, 931-940

Abstract: Although the measurement of efficiency and productivity in the tourism industry at the micro level has been the subject of considerable research in recent years, there has been little research at the macro level. Using data envelopment analysis, this paper analyses the efficiency of the tourism sector in 105 countries, including 34 developed and 71 developing countries. It finds that globalization and accessibility are critical for the efficiency of the tourism sector in developing countries and that labour productivity may be a good proxy for the efficiency of the aggregate tourism industry.

Keywords: tourism industry; data envelopment analysis; DEA; ranking methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0165

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