Research Note: Exploring the Effect of Tourism on Economic Growth in the Spanish Provinces and Autonomous Communities, 1999–2008

M⪠De La Palma GóMez-Calero, José Antonio Molina and María del P. Pablo-Romero

Tourism Economics, 2014, vol. 20, issue 5, 1117-1124

Abstract: The authors explore the extent to which tourism contributed to the economic growth of the different Spanish provinces and autonomous communities in the period 1999–2008. The results obtained by panel data analysis show that the elasticity of the provincial productivity with respect to tourism is equal to 0.10 when overnight stays of foreign tourists are taken as the indicator of provincial tourism, and 0.11 when total overnight stays are taken as the indicator. The results also show that the elasticity of the productivity of the autonomous communities with respect to tourism is slightly lower than the elasticity of the provincial productivity.

Keywords: tourism impact; economic growth; panel data; Spanish provinces (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2013.0314

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