The impact of tourism growth on income inequality: Evidence from developing and developed economies

Fang, Jianchun; Gözgör, Giray; Paramati, Sudharshan Reddy; Wu, Wanshan

doi:10.1177/1354816620934908

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“…an (2) environmental effects including creating green and recreational areas, stimulating the restoration of industrial heritage and conservation of natural resources, etc. These results are opposite to the findings in [14][15][16][17].…”

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“…In addition, a study by [13] analysed the creative industry and demonstrated that boosting the creative industry had a positive impact on tourism development. At the same time, [14] analysed 102 countries and proved that tourism development had a significant impact on increasing income inequality in developing countries and an insignificant impact in developed countries. In [15], the negative impact of tourism visitors on CO 2 emissions was confirmed.…”

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Post-Industrial Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development

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The accepted Sustainable Development Goals aim at reorienting the tourism industry to sustainable tourism and enhancing post-industrial tourism. In this case, it is necessary to identify the statistically significant determinants which affect post-industrial tourism development. In this paper, we aim to analyse: (1) the impact of economic and environmental dimensions, and of digital marketing on supporting post-industrial tourism development and (2) the difference between attitude to post-industrial tourism on the gender, age, and education dimensions and digital channels on post-industrial tourism development. The data was collected from questioning 2334 respondents during April–November 2020. The study applied the following methods: frequencies, percentages, t-test, and one-way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis. The findings confirmed the statistically significant impact of the economic and environmental dimensions, as well as digital marketing on post-industrial tourism development. The results of the analysis justified that digital marketing was a catalysator of post-industrial tourism development. In addition, the findings confirmed that there is no difference in attitudes towards post-industrial tourism with respect to the dimensions of age, gender, and education.

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“…In line with the standard inequality literature, we use the Gini coefficient to measure the inequality variable (Fang et al, 2020; Folarin & Adeniyi, 2019; Fosu, 2015; Kaulihowa & Adjasi, 2018; Nguyen et al, 2020; Tchamyou et al, 2019a, 2019b). As argued by Fang et al (2020), the Gini coefficient is the best indicator—it is calculated based on the disposable income of the selected countries. Following the study by Alvarado et al (2017b), FDI inflows are used in this study.…”

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Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

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Dossou

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African Development Review

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The motivation for this study stems from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) and their impact by 2030. The UN highlights 17 SDGs that address pertinent local and global issues, one of which-SDG-10-has been devoted to reducing inequality. This study investigates the nexus between trade openness, foreign direct investment (FDI), and income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa using panel data from 2000 to 2015 and the generalized method of moment (GMM) technique approach. The findings show that FDI and income have a negative, statistically significant relationship with income inequality, signifying that as FDI and income per capita increase, the level of income inequality decreases. However, trade openness, education, political stability, corruption, and rule of law have a positive, statistically significant relationship with inequality. This study, therefore, offers some recommendations that will help policymakers. First, develop good policies to attract more foreign investors, which will contribute to creating employment opportunities in the region. Second, create more infrastructures to provide good quality education. Third, implement a good policy to motivate local production which will contribute to creating jobs. Fourth, build a strong institution(s) to fight against corruption.

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“…Using Chinese data over the period of 2005-2010, Asadullah et al [27] suggest the potential of policies that reduce urban-rural income inequality in boosting well-being. Using a sample of 102 countries, Fang et al [28] find that international tourism improves income equality in developing economies, but has an insignificant impact in developed economies. Using data from Chinese provinces, Shi et al [29] find that inbound international tourism is negatively correlated with urban-rural income gap.…”

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Effects of Domestic Tourism on Urban-Rural Income Inequality: Evidence from China

Zeng

Wang

2021

Sustainability

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Most studies examining the relationship between domestic tourism and urban-rural income inequality have found a positive correlation. However, the causal link between them is difficult to establish due to many potential sources of endogeneity. By including World Heritage Site (henceforth WHS) designation in the set of instruments, this paper estimates the causal effects of domestic tourism on urban-rural income inequality within 31 China’s provinces from 1998 to 2018. Our results show that developing domestic tourism can reduce urban-rural income inequality by raising income of rural residents more than twice as much as that of urban residents. Specifically, a 10% increase in domestic tourism earnings could increase the average disposable income of urban residents by 0.35% and that of rural residents by 0.94%, resulting in a 0.59% reduction in the urban-rural income ratio. According to channels analysis, domestic tourism enhances the disposable income of rural residents mainly through raising household operating income from agriculture, manufacturing, and services.

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The impact of tourism growth on income inequality: Evidence from developing and developed economies

Cited by 58 publications

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Post-Industrial Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development

Post-Industrial Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development

Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

Effects of Domestic Tourism on Urban-Rural Income Inequality: Evidence from China

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