PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT: THE CASE OF NATURE TOURISM FIRMS IN PORTUGAL

Eleonora Santos, Alexandra Correia (), Fernanda Ferreira (), Alcina Nunes (), Cláudia Veloso (), Elvira Vieira (), Goretti Silva (), Manuel Fonseca (), Paulo Carrança () and Paula Fernandes ()
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Alexandra Correia: Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Postal: UNIAG | Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, http://www.ipvc.pt/UNIAG
Fernanda Ferreira: Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Postal: UNIAG | Instituto Politécnico do Porto, http://www.ipvc.pt/UNIAG
Alcina Nunes: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Postal: UNIAG | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, http://www.ipvc.pt/UNIAG
Cláudia Veloso: Universidade de Aveiro, Postal: GOVCOPP | Universidade de Aveiro, http://www.ua.pt/pt/govcopp/
Elvira Vieira: Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Postal: UNIAG | Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, http://www.ipvc.pt/UNIAG
Goretti Silva: Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Postal: UNIAG | Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, http://www.ipvc.pt/UNIAG
Manuel Fonseca: Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Postal: UNIAG | Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, http://www.ipvc.pt/UNIAG
Paulo Carrança: Turismo Porto e Norte de Portugal, Postal: Turismo Porto e Norte de Portugal, http://www.portoenorte.pt/pt/
Paula Fernandes: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Postal: UNIAG | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, http://www.ipvc.pt/UNIAG

Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, 2020, vol. 8, issue 4, 331-346

Abstract: Productivity measurement in the tourism sector has been raising increasing interest among researchers and is recognised as an important indicator for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the sector and for enhancing its spillover effects on the economy. However, studies for Portugal and the particular activities included in the set of nature tourism activities are scarce. To overcome this research gap, this paper calculates the labour productivity and total factor productivity (TFP) measures of nature tourism firms to compare firms’ productivity performance across NUTS II regions in mainland Portugal during 2014–2017. Using data from SABI, Quadros do Pessoal, INE and the National Tourism Registry, the sample consists of 369 firms, representing 55% of firms operating in nature tourism in the mainland. Results show that the levels of TFP, unlike to labour productivity, are uneven over time and space. In 2015, a year of change in the business cycle, all regions experienced a negative increase in TFP except the Metropolitan Region of Lisbon, which seems to indicate that nature tourism in most of the country is less resilient to external economic shocks, performing better in periods of prosperity. Labour productivity growth does not present, in general, consistently positive results.

Keywords: Labour Productivity; Total Factor Productivity; Tourism Sector; Nature Tourism; Regional Analysis; Portugal. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 O10 O47 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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