The main objective of this paper is to assess the tourism activity in Brazil, and examine, particularly, its capacity to generate employment. To this aim an input output matrix, that considers the tourism as a set of sectors of the economy, was computed for the year 2006. This matrix made it...

O objetivo deste artigo é dimensionar o turismo no Brasil, e examinar, em particular, o potencial gerador de emprego e renda que ele tem, a partir da estimação da matriz de insumo produto do turismo no Brasil, para o ano de 2006. Essa matriz permitiu analisar as articulações entre o turismo...

The main objective of this paper is to asses the tourism activity in Brazil, and examine, particularly, its capacity to generate employment. To this aim an input output matrix, that considers the tourism as a set of sectors of the economy, was computed for the year 2006. This matrix made it...