Sustainable Tourism, Economic Growth and Employment—The Case of the Wine Routes of Spain

Guillermo Vázquez Vicente, Victor Martín Barroso and Francisco José Blanco Jiménez
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Guillermo Vázquez Vicente: Department of Applied Economics I, Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Mostóles, Spain
Victor Martín Barroso: Department of Applied Economics I, Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Mostóles, Spain
Francisco José Blanco Jiménez: Department of Applied Economics I, Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Mostóles, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-17

Abstract: Tourism has become a priority in national and regional development policies and is considered a source of economic growth, particularly in rural areas. Nowadays, wine tourism is an important form of tourism and has become a local development tool for rural areas. Regional tourism development studies based on wine tourism have a long history in several countries such as the US and Australia, but are more recent in Europe. Although Spain is a leading country in the tourism industry, with an enormous wine-growing tradition, the literature examining the economic impact of wine tourism in Spanish economy is scarce. In an attempt to fill this gap, the main objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of wine tourism on economic growth and employment in Spain. More specifically, by applying panel data techniques, we study the economic impact of tourism in nine Spanish wine routes in the period from 2008 to 2018. Our results suggest that tourism in these wine routes had a positive effect on economic growth. However, we do not find clear evidence of a positive effect on employment generation.

Keywords: wine routes; wine tourism; Spain; sustainable tourism; economic growth; employment; sustainable development; cultural routes; cultural tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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