Tourism and regional development in the Brazilian Northeast

Luiz Carlos De Santana Ribeiro, Emerson Olivier Vieira Da Silva, José Roberto De Lima Andrade and Kênia Barreiro De Souza
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Luiz Carlos De Santana Ribeiro: Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
Emerson Olivier Vieira Da Silva: São Luís de França Faculty, Brazil
José Roberto De Lima Andrade: Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
Kênia Barreiro De Souza: Center for Development and Regional Planning (CEDEPLAR-UFMG), Brazil

Tourism Economics, 2017, vol. 23, issue 3, 717-727

Abstract: This article aims to estimate the economic impacts of expenditure on tourism in the Brazilian Northeast and its effects on the states’ productive structure and regional inequalities. We use an interregional input–output matrix for the nine northeastern states and the rest of Brazil. The main results show that tourist expenditure in the Northeast was responsible for a 3.9% increase in the Northeast’s gross domestic product (GDP). Additionally, the sectorial analysis indicated significant spillover effects to the rest of Brazil, especially from manufacturing industries. On the other hand, tourist spending contributed to reducing regional inequalities.

Keywords: input–output; northeast region; regional inequality; tourist expenditure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/1354816616652752

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