Tourism's contribution to economic growth: A global analysis for the first decade of the millennium

Tourism Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-508

  Ivanov, Stanislav H ^a   Webster, Craig ^b  

^a VARNA UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Economic growth decomposition; Economic impact; Tourism and GDP; Tourism impact on growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECOTOURISM; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

AFRICA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880260683     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/te.2013.0211     Document Type: Article

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