Spatial panel data analysis of the relationship between tourism and income inequality

Akarsu, Gülsüm

doi:10.1080/13032917.2021.1969959

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“…Another pertinent premise emerging from the present study voiced tourism-led inclusive growth as a panacea for reducing poverty and inequality among the individuals at the base of the pyramid (Akarsu, 2022; Bakker, 2019; Bakker et al, 2020; Hall et al, 2012; Musavengane et al, 2019; Rout et al, 2016; Sharma et al, 2022; Zhang & Zhang, 2022). The ability of the tourism industry to utilize even unskilled manpower (Njoya & Nikitas, 2020) and share benefits with disadvantaged members of society who often remain excluded was found as the major reason while advocating tourism for poverty (Akarsu, 2022; Hall et al, 2012; Rout et al, 2016; Sharma et al, 2022). A few studies in the present systematic review found significant empirical evidence to support the hypothesis (Rout et al, 2016; Sharma et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…A handful of studies in the reviewed literature were found to discuss the conception of social sustainability alongside inclusive growth. The argument of this stream of authors voiced the need for a tourism system that can accommodate cross-sections of society (Musavengane et al, 2019) and confirm the equitable distribution of cost/benefits among different socioeconomic groups (Akarsu, 2022) in the long run. However, the current agenda of the World Tourism Organization, adorned by the use of striking terminologies like “sustained” and “inclusive growth” scarcely extends beyond the prevailing hierarchies of exploitative market capitalism (Bianchi & Man, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The research field of tourism-led inclusive growth is almost a decade older, with limited but growing literature, which emerged around 2013 (Jeyacheya & Hampton, 2022). While the existing studies reveal an overarching need for further studies in the area of inclusive growth, specific to the tourism sector (see Adeniyi et al, 2021;Hampton et al, 2018;Jeyacheya & Hampton, 2020, 2022. The present study makes an early attempt to systematically review the extant literature in tourism and inclusive growth, retrieved from two of the most renowned and largest databases viz.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Tourism-Led Inclusive Growth in Emerging and Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review

Bhatt,

Seabra,

Kumar

et al. 2024

Sage Open

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The focus of governments around the globe to accelerate economic growth through market-driven policies has resulted merely in increasing GDP while deterring certain groups from becoming a part of their development agenda. This turned the focus of leading international developmental communities toward the concept of inclusive growth that strives to reduce poverty and inequality by creating equitable and productive opportunities for all sections of society, including the often-excluded ones. Considering its profound and wide-ranging impacts on the destination’s economy, the tourism industry has been identified as a harbinger of inclusive growth. The conception of tourism-led inclusive growth remains contended in the academic literature. Therefore, as an attempt to contribute to the existing debate, the present study has been undertaken to explore the rapport between tourism and inclusive growth by systematically reviewing the scientific literature and the evolutionary nuances of this research field. The literature for this purpose was derived from the two most renowned databases viz. Scopus and Web of Science. The content analysis of 27 systematically selected articles performed in the present study highlighted a set of seven noteworthy research areas/themes and a variety of topics under each theme that shape the knowledge structure of the underlying research field. The overall analysis calls for further investigations in the tourism sectors of low-income nations to find significant empirical evidence that may validate the hypothesis of tourism-led inclusive growth and signals a need for evidence-based frameworks to harness inclusive growth through tourism development.

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Tourism-Led Inclusive Growth in Emerging and Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review

Bhatt,

Seabra,

Kumar

et al. 2024

Sage Open

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“…However, Fawaz and Rahnama-Moghadamm (2019) presented opposite results and concluded that an increase in trade liberalization potentially exacerbates wealth inequality by raising salaries in exporting companies. Some studies, such as Raza and Shah (2017) and Akarsu (2021) found that trade openness exhibits an insignificant association with income inequality in top visited and European countries.…”

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The impacts of tourism development on income inequality: how does tourism capital investment contribute to income distribution? Tourism Agenda 2030

Kumail

Sadiq

Ali

et al. 2023

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Purpose This study aims to analyze tourism development's (TOD) role in demoting income inequality in South Asia from 1996 to 2020. To this end, this study explored the connection between TOD, tourism investment, economic growth (GDP), trade globalization (TGL) and income inequality. Design/methodology/approach This study used various techniques, including cross-sectional dependence, unit root, cointegration techniques, long-term elasticity estimators and short-term causality between the study variables. This study adopted Driscoll–Kraay standard errors and Dumitrescu Hurlin panel causality estimations. Findings This study’s results reveal that tourism has an inverted U-shaped association with income inequality in the long run, which supports the Kuznets Curve hypothesis. In contrast, capital investment in tourism (CIT) has a significant negative association with income inequality. At the same time, growth and TGL positively and significantly affect income inequality. Moreover, TOD has a bidirectional feedback causality of income inequality. These results also support tourism's “price effect” on income inequality. Hence, this study provides more practical implications regarding policymaking in tourism and income inequality in developing economies to target Agenda 2030. Originality/value This study is unique by considering the cross-sectional dependence in estimating the model that has been ignored in previous studies and provides new insights into the existing literature by investigating how TOD and CIT contribute to income inequality concentrating on the understudied South Asian economies from 1996 to 2020. As a result, this study has more practical implications for policymaking in the tourism industry and income inequality in emerging economies.

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“…Here, once again, it has been emphasised that the use of spatial analysis pays off, especially on regional and sub-regional levels, which is also covered in this study. On the other hand, using spatial panel data analysis, Akarsu (2022) examined the relationship between tourism and income equality in Europe, the Balkans and Anatolia and found that, up to a certain point, tourism has a positive contribution to income equality. However, subsequent to certain increases in income, urbanisation, and labour participation, an increase in income inequality was observed, which contradicted previous findings.…”

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Tourism Location Choice of Local and Foreign Tourist: A Perspective through Spatial Analysis

Çetin¹,

Aksoy²,

Arslantürk³

2022

WJAE

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The economic outreach of tourism businesses has undoubtedly had a significant contribution to the economic growth of countries and regions. Attracting tourists to the tourist provinces is an important regional growth and development issue. The main aim of this study is to present the factors influencing the tourism location choice of both foreign and domestic tourists. Cross-sectional spatial analysis is applied to Turkish province-level data for 2002-2019, and the time and spatial effects of regional tourism demands are considered. Lisa and Geary’s cluster maps provide the regional clusters. Accordingly, Bitlis, Siirt and Tunceli are the common low-tourist number provinces surrounded by low-ranking provinces (low-low cluster), whereas Burdur is the common low province surrounded by high-ranking provinces (low-high cluster). Both domestic and foreign tourist location choices were strictly influenced by their choice in 2002, i.e., time consistency in location choice is valid. The location choices do not depend on whether the province is on the seaside or inland, which is contrary to our expectations. Foreign tourists’ location choices are influenced by domestic tourists’ location choices three times more than that domestic tourists. Most importantly, according to the spatial autocorrelation results, location choice made by foreign tourists is spatially dependent, but this is not true for domestic tourists.

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Spatial panel data analysis of the relationship between tourism and income inequality

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Tourism-Led Inclusive Growth in Emerging and Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review

Tourism-Led Inclusive Growth in Emerging and Developing Economies: A Systematic Literature Review

The impacts of tourism development on income inequality: how does tourism capital investment contribute to income distribution? Tourism Agenda 2030

Tourism Location Choice of Local and Foreign Tourist: A Perspective through Spatial Analysis

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