We consider the relationship between tourism and economic growth for Latin American countries since 1985 until 1998 … variables. We show that the tourism sector is adequate for the economic growth of medium or low-income countries, though not … growth, we try to explain tourism arrivals conditional on GDP and other covariates such as safety, prices and education level …

In this paper we discuss the determinants which contribute to outbound tourism expenditures. The aim is to show whether … capita income and the openness to trade on the tourism expenditures per capita as well as on the tourism expenditure per GDP … openness to tourism as countries which are able to attract high inbound tourism receipts per capita also having high outbound …

Using a panel vector autoregressive model this paper investigates the dynamic and endogeneous contribution of tourism … to output based on a sample of 40 African countries for the period 1990 - 2006. Results from the study confirm tourism to … main drivers. Further analysis reveals the existence of a reverse causation from national income to tourism development …

We analyze whether biodiversity is increasing the receipts of tourism and beneficial for Least Developed Countries … have a comparative advantage in (sustainable) tourism, that second incidence of birds as the probably best explored … taxonomic group has a positive impact on inbound tourism receipts per capita, and that third the rate of endangered to total …

tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if … used sustainably - provides a comparative advantage in tourism for most DCs. The main empirical findings are that … biodiversity while being significantly and positively correlated with inbound tourism receipts in DCs, has no significant relation …

Nowadays many developing countries focus on economic policies for promoting international tourism and exports expansion … and economic growth is still ongoing. When treating the relationship between tourism and economic growth, considering … tourism as a non-traditional export few studies have been published to date. This paper has the objective to assess if exports …

governance, and institutional reforms have played a significant role in raising economic output and efficiency in both Croatia …

good governance, including democracy. The paper then turns from anecdotal to econometric analysis by offering a quick …

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We analyze the empirical relationship between growth, country size and tourism specialization by using a dataset … covering the period 1980-2003. We find that tourism countries grow significantly faster than all the other sub …-groups considered in our analysis. Tourism appears to be an independent determining factor for growth, and the reason for that is …