Does tourism influence economic growth? A dynamic panel data approach

Tiago Sequeira and Paulo Nunes ()

Applied Economics, 2008, vol. 40, issue 18, 2431-2441

Abstract: On average, tourism-specialized countries grow more than others. This is not consistent with the core of modern economic growth theory that suggests that economic growth is linked to sectors with high-tech intensity and large scale. In this article, we use appropriate panel data methods to study the relationship between tourism and economic growth. In general, we show that tourism is a positive determinant of economic growth both in a broad sample of countries and in a sample of poor countries. However, contrary to previous contributions, tourism is not more relevant in small countries than in a general sample.

Date: 2008
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