Measuring the economic contribution of tourism to destinations within an input-output framework: some methodological issues

Assessing the economic contribution of sports tourism events: A regional social accounting matrix analysis approach

“…The regional SAM considered in this study was constructed to explain the linkages between the sports tourism sector and all the other sectors of the economy in the Castile and Leon region. The accounting scheme followed the methodological recommendations of Aray et al (2017) for constructing an SAM for Spain and of Artal-Tul et al (2020) for assembling the TSA into the IO framework. The resulting Social Accounting Matrix for Castile and Leon (hereafter abbreviated SAMCL) is a balanced square 119 × 119 matrix for 2017.…”

“…Finally, in accordance with the suggestions made by Artal-Tul et al (2020), the total expenditure employed in computing the economic impact of tourism included that arising from the total of international arrivals in these particular locations in the year 2017, as well as the average expenditure of tourists and its sectoral breakdown by industry in the IO tables. To homogenize the currency units of 2010 in the IO tables with those recording spending by tourists in 2017, gross domestic product (GDP) deflators were computed following the sectoral classification of the Regional Accounting Framework of the SNA of Spain at regional level (INE, 2018).…”

“…Although economic contributions from tourism have been recognized by scholars and policy makers for a number of decades (Song et al, 2012), studies of the impact of tourism emerged as a significant and distinctive field only in the early 1990s (Artal-Tur et al, 2020). Since then, an appreciable number of methodological approaches have been suggested for estimating the economic contribution from tourist activities.…”

“…An estimate of the indirect, induced, and total financial contribution from tourism to the economy presupposes the application of quantitative models of economic analysis usually connected with the national accounts system, such as the IO/SAM and CGE models (Frechtling, 2013). As Artal-Tul et al (2020) reported, the literature review by Polo and Valle (2012) is of use in highlighting several examples within the framework of an IO approach. These include country case studies, such as those by Baster (1980) for Scotland, by O’Hagan and Mooney (1983) and by Henry and Deane (1997) for Ireland, by Cooper and Pigram (1984) for Australia, by Jones and Munday (2004) for Wales, by Ünlüönen et al (2011) and Atan and Arslanturk (2012) for Turkey, by Munjal (2013) for India, and by Khanal et al (2014) for Laos.…”

The socio-economic impact of regional tourism: an occupation-based modelling perspective from Sweden

“…Nonetheless, applications of IO models should always include a critical discussion of underlying assumptions to alert the reader of limitations and potential overestimations. In sum, IO models are still considered valuable, especially if tourism impact studies are seen as indicative insights with limitations rather than as full representations of the economy being studied (Artal-Tur et al 2020;Comerio & Strozzi 2019;Dwyer et al 2004;Frechtling 2013;Klijs et al 2012).…”