Has the tourism-led growth hypothesis been validated? A literature review

By Juan Gabriel Brida, I. Cortés-Jiménez, Manuela Pulina. 2016

567 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/09323b745eb1a60c5c7ce7c3136b04ededf6cfc7

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Gang Li
2. O. Folarin
3. Lung-Tai Yeh
4. O. Adeniyi
5. Yang Yang
6. H. Arasli
7. Yi-Bin Chiu
8. Samira Roudi

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Gang Li
2. O. Folarin
3. Lung-Tai Yeh
4. O. Adeniyi
5. Yang Yang
6. H. Arasli
7. Yi-Bin Chiu
8. Samira Roudi

Citations in the corpus

• New insights into an old issue – examining the influence of tourism on economic growth: evidence from selected small island developing states (2019, background): “…at the (p < .01) significant level, i.e. there exists a bidirectional causality running from tourism to economic growth, substantiating the tourism-led growth hypothesis (see Bilen et al., 2017; Brida et al., 2016; Gunduz & Hatemi-J, 2005; Jackman, 2012; Katircioglu, 2009a, 2009b; Kreishan, 2015).”
• Where Can Tourism-Led Growth and Economy-Driven Tourism Growth Occur? (2019, background): “According to a systematic and in-depth survey by Brida et al. (2016), the TLG hypothesis has been confirmed by a number of empirical studies, but rejected in several countries. In another review, del P. Pablo-Romero and Molina (2013) found that the TLG hypothesis has been rejected in at least 13 stu”
• The relationship between tourism, financial development and economic growth in India (2017, unknown): “To the best of our knowledge, Castro-Nuno, Molina-Toucedo, and Pablo-Romero (2013), Pablo-Romero and Molina (2013), Brida, Cortes-Jimenez, and Pulina (2016), Kumar, Loganathan, Patel, and Kumar (2015) and Tang and Abosedra (2016) have compiled comprehensive survey of literature for the TLGH.”
• The Threshold Effects of the Tourism-Led Growth Hypothesis: Evidence from a Cross-sectional Model (2017, background): “Song et al. (2012) and Brida, Cortes-Jimenez, and Pulina (2016) provide a survey for the issue on the tourism-led growth (TLG) hypothesis.”
• Does Tourism Reduce Poverty in Sub-Saharan African Countries? (2020, methodology): “These are expected to translate into poverty reduction in the tourism destination economy (Mitchell and Ashley 2006; Christie et al. 2014). As poor people are being lifted out of poverty, their standard of living improves, thereby providing those that are poor with the opportunity to make investment”