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The relationship between tourism and economic growth in the EU-28. Is there a tendency towards convergence?

Alina-Petronela Haller, Gina Ionela Butnaru, Georgia-Daniela Tacu Hârșan and Mirela Ştefănică

Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2021, vol. 34, issue 1, 1121-1145

Abstract: Tourism significantly increased in the EU-28 in recent years. In the present study, the 28 member states were analysed for the period between 2012 and 2018, depending on data availability. The authors tested empirically whether economic convergence took place from the perspective of three types of revenue from the tourism sector. The contribution of tourism revenue to economic growth varied across different countries. The analysis of β and σ-convergence showed a low-intensity and slow process based on the revenues generated by accommodation, transport, and restaurant and coffee shop services. Contrary to expectations, the factors analysed did not strongly support the EU-28 tourism sector convergence. We argue the existence of a positive and direct relationship between tourism and economic growth. The convergence did exist but its pace was sometimes slow and of low intensity, preceded by periods of divergence. The three types of services generated tourism revenue but not decisively. The paper complements the literature using indicators that strictly describe the tourism sector and brings into focus findings that contradict those from other studies. Our conclusion is that convergence was not accelerated, but slow and it was not determined by tourism factors but by related ones.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/1331677X.2020.1819852

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