Estimating the economic impact of an increase in inbound tourism on the German economy using TSA results

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-234

  Ahlert, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inbound tourism consumption; Macroeconomic modeling; Net economic impacts; Tourism satellite accounts; TSA

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MACROECONOMICS; MODEL TEST; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 53549127530     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287508321197     Document Type: Article

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