Impacts of Thai Laos Cross Border Tourism on Employment The Case of Mukdahan Province Thailand

Chintana Somswasdi () and Surachai Chancharat ()
Additional contact information
Chintana Somswasdi: Faculty of Management Science Khon Kaen University Khon Kaen Thailand, Postal: TH
Surachai Chancharat: Faculty of Management Science Khon Kaen University Khon Kaen Thailand, Postal: TH

Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics, 2015, vol. 6, issue 4, 760-767

Abstract: The tourism industry is an economic unit important to Thailand s economy The tourist expenditure generated incomes to the host economy This paper aimed to study types of expenditures and the amount of money spent by tourists in Mukdahan Province Thailand This study also examined the impact of Mukdahan tourism industry on employment by analyzing the expense data obtained from tourist interviewees who visited attractive tourist attractions in this province between May and June 2015 by adopting an Input Output Model The study revealed that the total expenses during the visiting could be separated into six categories The highest amount of expenses was on accommodation followed by food and beverage others goods and souvenir service fees recreation activities and traveling expenses Moreover the spending of tourists could generate jobs for over 95 138 persons in Mukdahan Province in the service sector followed by the agricultural sector and the industry sector

Date: 2015
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:srs:jarle0:v:6:y:2015:i:4:p:760-767

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics is currently edited by Madalina Constantinescu

More articles in Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics from ASERS Publishing
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Claudiu Popirlan ( this e-mail address is bad, please contact ).