Abstract:The empirical debate on the role of international tourism on local economic growth is inconclusive and is characterized by two main opposing views: the Tourism-led economic growth hypothesis and the Economy-driven tourism growth hypothesis. The objective of the study was to establish the role of tourism development on economic growth using time series secondary data from Zimbabwe. Empirically, the study develops a tourism-growth model that is an extension of Solow ( 1956) neoclassical growth function and attem… Show more
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