Tourism and poverty alleviation: An empirical analysis using panel data on Peru's departments

Abstract

This paper analyses the impact of tourism on total and extreme monetary poverty, in order to illuminate the debate surrounding the links between tourism and poverty. We apply fixed effects models to panel data on the Peruvian departments for the period 2001–2013. We also identify the key factors in the tourism model affecting the empirical results. Our findings show that tourism is important for the poor, but its benefits do not reach the extreme poor to the same extent, and its potential is not fully exploited. The weak macroenvironment and low community participation impede poverty reduction through tourism.

Ownership structure and firm performance of listed tourism firms

“…To assist in controlling for omitted variable bias, the current study performs the fixed regression. Because of its robustness, the fixed regression has been frequently used by both governance (e.g., V. Z. Chen, Li, & Shapiro, ; Prommin, Jumreornvong, & Jiraporn, ; Schultz et al, ) and tourism researchers (e.g., Demir & Gozgor, ; Llorca‐Rodriguez, Casas‐Jurado, & García‐Fernández, ; Saha & Yap, ) to tackle the issue of omitted variable bias. The second bias is an endogeneity, which is the issue of simultaneous causation between variables (Agrawal & Knoeber, ; Campbell & Minguez‐Vera, ; C. M. Yeh & Trejos, ).…”

Does Sun-and-Sea All-Inclusive Tourism Contribute to Poverty Alleviation and/or Income Inequality Reduction? The Case of the Dominican Republic

“…Therefore, addressing local community participation in tourism development, with an appropriate approach toward community empowerment, plays a crucial role in poverty alleviation (Ndivo and Cantoni 2016). Llorca-Rodríguez, Casas-Jurado, and García-Fernández (2017) researched tourism impact on total and extreme monetary poverty and found that low levels of community involvement in Peru prevented “tourism potential from being fully exploited” (p. 8).…”

Especialización turística en destinos emergentes latinoamericanos: Explorando el algoritmo para un longevo e inclusivo desarrollo socioeconómico

“…Por el contrario, otros recalcan que el desarrollo turístico en los destinos emergentes tiende justamente a un continuado empobrecimiento de la población (Gascón, 2015;Scheyvens & Rusell, 2012). Asimismo, otros trabajos sugieren la no existencia de una clara relación de causalidad entre el crecimiento del sector turístico y el nivel de desarrollo socioeconómico en este tipo de destinos (Llorca-Rodríguez et al, 2017;Mahadevan et al, 2017).…”

“…xico, Francia o Italia, entre otros (Shahzad et al, 2017). Otros, en cambio, niegan la existencia de esa causalidad asociada al turismo (Llorca-Rodríguez et al, 2017;Mahadevan et al, 2017).…”