Is tourism-based development good for the poor? A general equilibrium analysis for Thailand.

By Anan Wattanakuljarus, I. Coxhead. 2006

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Panel evidence on the impact of tourism growth on poverty, poverty gap and income inequality (2019, background): “For Thailand, Wattanakuljarus and Coxhead (2008) find that the growth of inbound tourism demand raises aggregate household income but worsens the income distribution between the poorest 80% and 3 richest 20% of agricultural and non-agricultural workers.”
Can tourism help to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”? The challenge of tourism addressing SDG1 (2019, background): “Research in Thailand revealed that tourism growth did increase household income, but led to worsened distribution (Wattanakuliarus & Coxhead, 2008).”
Tourism and income distribution: Evidence from a developed regional economy (2015, background): “Evidences from developing countries confirm that a tourism expansion could not be pro-poor (Blake, 2008; Blake, Arbache, Sinclair, & Teles, 2008; Wattanakuljarus & Coxhead, 2008).”
Does Tourism Reduce Poverty in Sub-Saharan African Countries? (2020, methodology): “…(Ravallion and Chen 2003; Kakwani and Pernia 2000; White and Anderson 2001).2 The first strand focused on the effect of tourism on inequality, which is the income distribution effect (Blake et al. 2008; Wattanakuljarus and Coxhead 2008; Saayman, Rossouw, and Krugell 2012; Croes and Rivera 2017).”