Impacts of Thailand’s tourism tax cut: A CGE analysis

Pathomdanai Ponjan and Nipawan Thirawat

Annals of Tourism Research, 2016, vol. 61, issue C, 45-62

Abstract: This study examines Thailand’s tourism tax cut policy aimed to alleviate negative impacts arising from the 2011 flood on the tourism industry and economy. The proposed TRAVELTHAI model, a medium-scale dynamic computable general equilibrium model, serves as a powerful analytical tool for effective policy decision making. Direct-tourism industries benefit the most from the industry specific tax policy, deemed a suitable short-run policy in response to the flood. Tax cuts on inbound tourism improves the terms of trade and marginally stimulates Thailand’s GDP. It is recommended that the development of fiscal policies should be more inclusive, in order to achieve better national impacts in the long run.

Keywords: CGE model; Tax; Thailand; Flood; Fiscal policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2016.07.015

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