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Migration, Unemployment and Net Benefits of Inbound Tourism in a Developing Country

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  • Mondher Sahli

    (Victoria University of Wellington)

  • Jean-Jacques Nowak

    (Université Lille I –MEDEE)

Abstract

International tourism is increasingly viewed as one of the best opportunities for a sustainable economic and social development of developing countries. There is also an increasing concern from public policy makers as to whether mass tourism coastal resorts can play a catalytic role in the overall economic development and improve the real income of their community. In this paper, we present a general equilibrium model which explicitly takes into consideration specific features of some developing countries (e.g. coastal tourism, dual labour market, unemployment, migrations, competition between agriculture and tourism for land) to analyse the ways by which an inbound tourism boom affects this kind of country, in particular its real income. We define the conditions under which an inbound tourism boom makes developing countries residents worse off.

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  • Mondher Sahli & Jean-Jacques Nowak, 2005. "Migration, Unemployment and Net Benefits of Inbound Tourism in a Developing Country," Working Papers 2005.148, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
    • Handle: RePEc:fem:femwpa:2005.148
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    1. Rinaldo Brau & D. Cao, 2005. "Uncovering the macrostructure of tourists' preferences. A choice experiment analysis of tourism demand to Sardinia," Working Paper CRENoS 200514, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia.
    2. Jean-Jacques Nowak & Mondher Sahli, 2007. "Coastal Tourism and ‘Dutch Disease’ in a Small Island Economy," Tourism Economics, , vol. 13(1), pages 49-65, March.
    3. Brida, Juan Gabriel & London, Silvia & Rojas, Mara, 2012. "El turismo como motor de crecimiento económico: impacto de las preferencias intertemporales de los agentes [The tourism as economic growth engine: the impact of the agents time preferences]," MPRA Paper 36607, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Economic impacts; General equilibrium model; Inbound tourism; Migration; Unemployment; Developing countries;
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    JEL classification:

    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism

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