ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH

Explaining regional economic multipliers of tourism: Does cross-regional heterogeneity exist?

Yang, Yang; Fik, Timothy J.; Altschuler, Benjamin

Abstract

This study investigates the determinants of tourism-related economic multipliers, which are calibrated from regional input-output tables of 30 Chinese provinces. Several latent class regression models are applied to capture cross-regional heterogeneity and investigate the determinants of output, income, and employment multipliers. Results indicate that the level of economic development is positively associated with output multiplier, and it is also positively associated with employment multiplier when the multiplier is large. Moreover, the size of tourism economy is negatively associated with employment multiplier when the multiplier is small. Some policy implications are presented based on empirical results.

Keywords

Tourism impact; latent class regression; input-output analysis; economic multiplier(s); cross-regional heterogeneity

Research topic

Tourist Flows and Location

Research method

Econometrics

Geographic area

China

Additional links for this paper

ResearchGate

Publisher Website

Web of Science

HOW TO CITE

Yang, Y., Timothy, F. J., and Altschuler, B. (2018). Explaining regional economic multipliers of tourism: does cross-regional heterogeneity exist? Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 23(1): 15-23.

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