Tourism expansion and economic growth in Tanzania: A causality analysis

Kyara, Valensi Corbinian; Rahman, Mohammad Mafizur; Khanam, Rasheda

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06966

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“…According to the World Travel and Tourism Council [1], in 2019, the tourism industry was responsible for creating 330 million jobs worldwide and contributed US$8.9 trillion to the world's gross domestic product (GDP), representing 10.3% of the global GDP. Tourism helps create jobs, partly due to tourists arrival, generate revenues (e.g., earnings from foreign currencies), and eventually [2] impacts the economic growth of a country, including during the period of economic crisis [3,4] The growth in domestic and international tourist arrivals boosts a country's income while simultaneously leads to the growth in energy consumption, for instance, by increasing tourism activities such as a hotel stay and the use of transportation facilities [5][6][7]. Among these activities, the transportation sector, especially air transportation, significantly contributes to the increase of energy consumption [7], and therefore emission.…”

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Are Tourism and Energy Consumption Linked? Evidence from Australia

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Tourism contributes to the growth of an economy via earning foreign currencies and employment opportunities. However, tourism also contributes to greater energy consumption because of various tourist activities such as hotel accommodations and transportation. This study investigates the long-term cointegrating relationship between international tourist arrivals and primary energy consumption in Australia. In addition, the roles of gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, financial development, and total population on energy consumption are also examined. The study covered the last four decades (1976–2018) using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, BP Statistical Review, and the World Development Indicators. Augmented Dickey-Fuller, Phillips-Perron, Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound tests, Johansen and Juselius, Bayer-Hanck cointegration test, and several key diagnostic tests have been conducted to assess the relationship. The estimated results indicate that tourist arrivals, gross domestic product, and financial development have a significant long-run cointegrating relationship with energy consumption. Policy measures are suggested based on the findings of this study.

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“…The negative impact on economic growth caused by a contraction of the tourism sector, as well as trade shocks, is in line with studies describing the positive impact of tourism expansion (e.g., Kweka, 2004 ; Njoya & Seetaram, 2018 ). Since Tanzania's tourism sector was expanding until 2019 ( Kyara et al, 2021 ; WEF, 2019 ), the negative shock caused by COVID-19 has created an inverted (negative) impact on growth. The macroeconomic impacts simulated for Tanzania are comparable to the results of other studies on COVID-19 impact on tourism (e.g.…”

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“…The results suggest that policy measures focusing on supporting the tourism sector could be an important means to stimulate the Tanzanian economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. Such measures could, for example, be the development of hygienic concepts, improved infrastructure, and advertising to make tourism in Tanzania attractive for tourists after the pandemic ( Kyara et al, 2021 ). The potential to expand nature-based tourism ( Kweka et al, 2003 ; Sekar et al, 2014 ) could represent a competitive advantage compared to cultural tourism.…”

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“…Recently, the Tanzania tourism sector has grown significantly and has contributed considerably to economic growth in Tanzania ( Kyara, Rahman, & Khanam, 2021 ). Between 2016 and 2019, international tourism arrivals increased by 18.9%, while foreign exchange receipts from international tourism grew by about 25% during the same period.…”

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Economic impacts of COVID-19 on the tourism sector in Tanzania

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2022

Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights

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“…This study aims to investigate an empirical insight into the actual nature of tourism-economic growth in Tanzania by applying the Granger causality and Wald test methods where annual time series data on international tourism receipt, real Gross Domestic Product, and real effective exchange rate over the period 1989-2018 are used. The study concludes that Tanzania ought to focus on economic strategies that encourage sustainable tourism development as a feasible source of economic growth [10]. Another study examines the relationship between tourism specialization economic growth, and human development in a transition economy.…”

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Impact of the Tourism Industry Scenarios in Urban Economy: (Case Study Tabriz)

Parviznejad

Akhavan

2021

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The tourism industry, especially in its urban dimension, has a special place in the economies of countries and its effects and consequences are evident in all dimensions. Cities are considered as tourist places due to their structure, texture and identity, and one of the components of economic development of cities and its result in countries is tourism. Methodology: To do this, in addition to library studies, interviews with experts and professors in the field of tourism and economics have been conducted in order to identify the components affecting tourism. Based on the research findings from statistical analysis based on SPSS and Mini Tab software, different scenarios for the development of tourism in Tabriz have been designed in accordance with Micmac software and based on them, the necessary solutions have been provided. To do this, by designing a questionnaire to collect data, by analyzing the information obtained, input factors in four areas of strategic planning, tourism potentials, regional conditions and infrastructure facilities and effective consequences on the problem in two economic areas. And tourism consequences are categorized.Findings: Using the results, probable, plausible and possible scenarios are identified and finally suggestions for economic development of tourism in Tabriz based on these scenarios are expressed. The results show that despite the many conditions and capabilities in the city of Tabriz, programs and infrastructure facilities are still not suitable for tourism development and, consequently, the prosperity of the urban economy in this area. Originality/Value:The main purpose of this study is to explain the impact and importance of the tourism industry in the flourishing of the urban economy and the purpose of its implementation in the metropolis of Tabriz is to study tourism scenarios in the future of Tabriz urban economy.

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Tourism expansion and economic growth in Tanzania: A causality analysis

Cited by 59 publications

References 62 publications

Are Tourism and Energy Consumption Linked? Evidence from Australia

Are Tourism and Energy Consumption Linked? Evidence from Australia

Economic impacts of COVID-19 on the tourism sector in Tanzania

Impact of the Tourism Industry Scenarios in Urban Economy: (Case Study Tabriz)

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