Tourism and regional development in the Brazilian Northeast

Ribeiro, Luiz Carlos Santana de ^[1] ; Emerson Olivier Vieira Da Silva ; José Roberto de Lima Andrade ^[1] ; Kênia Barreiro De Souza
1. [1] Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  
  Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  
  Brasil
Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 23, Nº. 3, 2017, págs. 717-727
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This article aims to estimate the economic impacts of expenditure on tourism in the Brazilian Northeast and its effects on the states’ productive structure and regional inequalities. We use an interregional input–output matrix for the nine northeastern states and the rest of Brazil. The main results show that tourist expenditure in the Northeast was responsible for a 3.9% increase in the Northeast’s gross domestic product (GDP). Additionally, the sectorial analysis indicated significant spillover effects to the rest of Brazil, especially from manufacturing industries. On the other hand, tourist spending contributed to reducing regional inequalities.