TY - JOUR
T1 - Do countries’ geographical locations moderate the tourism-led economic growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa?
AU - Baidoo, Francis
AU - Agbloyor, Elikplimi Komla
AU - Fiador, Vera Ogeh Lassey
AU - Marfo, Nana Amaniampong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Debates on the intricacies of tourism’s potential contribution to economic growth remain imperative and unsettled in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Employing dynamic models and multiple robust estimation techniques, this article empirically tests the tourism-led growth hypothesis (TLGH) in the case of SSA. Further investigations on how countries’ geographical locations influence the TLGH are conducted. With panel data – spanning from the year 2000 through 2016 – on 40 SSA countries, which were regrouped into coastal, landlocked and islands, the study establishes evidence in support of the TLGH for the full sample. After geographical classifications, tourism’s impact on economic growth is, however, observed to be significantly positive for only landlocked and coastal countries. Surprisingly, the impact of tourism on economic growth is significantly negative for islands within the subregion. The findings hold policy implications for the pursuit of tourism-led growth in the SSA region.
AB - Debates on the intricacies of tourism’s potential contribution to economic growth remain imperative and unsettled in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Employing dynamic models and multiple robust estimation techniques, this article empirically tests the tourism-led growth hypothesis (TLGH) in the case of SSA. Further investigations on how countries’ geographical locations influence the TLGH are conducted. With panel data – spanning from the year 2000 through 2016 – on 40 SSA countries, which were regrouped into coastal, landlocked and islands, the study establishes evidence in support of the TLGH for the full sample. After geographical classifications, tourism’s impact on economic growth is, however, observed to be significantly positive for only landlocked and coastal countries. Surprisingly, the impact of tourism on economic growth is significantly negative for islands within the subregion. The findings hold policy implications for the pursuit of tourism-led growth in the SSA region.
KW - dynamic panel models
KW - economic growth
KW - sub-Saharan Africa
KW - system generalised method of moments
KW - tourism dynamics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85110264708&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/13548166211015512
DO - 10.1177/13548166211015512
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110264708
SN - 1354-8166
VL - 28
SP - 1009
EP - 1039
JO - Tourism Economics
JF - Tourism Economics
IS - 4
ER -