Impacts of Tourism and Fiscal Expenditure to Remote Islands: The Case of the Amami Islands in Japan

Noriko Ishikawa and Mototsugu Fukushige ()

No 05-24, Discussion Papers in Economics and Business from Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics

Abstract: The Amami Islands are located 380 kilometers southwest of Japan proper. These islands have two economic features: they are islands that many tourists visit because of their natural resources, and they are an undeveloped area where the central government of Japan provides large fiscal subsidies. We investigate the impacts of tourism and fiscal expenditure simultaneously. The results show that one tourist and about 52,000 yen (about US$480) fiscal expenditure are substitutable in the end.

Keywords: Tourism Multiplier; Fiscal Multiplier; Remote Islands; Amami Islands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 O23 Q56 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2005-09
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