¿Cómo se ha comportado el sector turístico andaluz en la crisis económica? Reflexiones sobre turismo sostenible y el desarrollo regional

Assessing the effects of tourism activities on regional development is not a common practice, although its benefits for the host economies are widely highlighted. This work focuses on Andalusia to analyze these effects during the crisis period. To do so, a Social Accounting Matrix based model is employed, which depicts Tourism activities as a key sector for the regional economy. Additionally to the structural analysis, a bunch of socio-economic data is analyzed to determine whether the role of the Tourism within the regional economy is sustainable or a simple result of the current framework. Within the latter, employment data is studied in a detailed way since Tourism play a role of the major importance in job creation at regional level. The preliminary results point out that the relevance of Tourism in the regional economy comes from the crisis and the declining behavior of the remaining sectors rather than the own characteristic of the sector. Moreover, the work highlights the weaknesses of the sector and the lack of development of a system of sustainable tourism indicators.