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Tourism and poverty relief

This paper examines the issue of how tourism affects poverty in the context of its effects on an economy as a whole and on particular sectors within it. A framework for analyzing the channels through which tourism influences different households is developed, and a computable general equilibrium mod...

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Published in:Annals of tourism research 2008, Vol.35 (1), p.107-126
Main Authors: Blake, Adam, Arbache, Jorge Saba, Sinclair, M. Thea, Teles, Vladimir
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This paper examines the issue of how tourism affects poverty in the context of its effects on an economy as a whole and on particular sectors within it. A framework for analyzing the channels through which tourism influences different households is developed, and a computable general equilibrium model of the Brazilian economy is used to examine the economic impact and distributional impacts of tourism in the country. It is shown that the effects on all income groups are positive. The lowest income households benefit but by less than some higher income groups. Policies that could redistribute greater shares of the revenue to the poor are considered. Tourisme et réduction de la pauvreté. Cet article examine la question de comment le tourisme affect la pauvreté dans le contexte de ses effets sur une économie tout entière et sur des secteurs particuliers d’une économie. On développe un cadre théorique pour analyser les voies par lesquelles le tourisme influence des différents ménages, et on utilise un modèle d’équilibre général calculable de l’économie brésilienne pour examiner l’impact économique et les impacts de distribution du tourisme dans le pays. On montre que les effets sur toutes les tranches de revenus sont positifs. Les ménages les plus économiquement faibles bénéficient mais moins que quelques tranches de revenus plus élevés. On considère des politiques qui pourraient redistribuer des parts plus importantes des revenus aux pauvres.
ISSN:0160-7383
1873-7722
DOI:10.1016/j.annals.2007.06.013