Spatial Variation in Tourism: An Industrial View
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Keith G. Debbage, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This paper attempts to empirically
document the spatial variations in employment
and revenue for selected businesses
in the tourism industries of 20
states under study. Employment and
revenue figures were classified by US
Census SIC codes, and separated into two
classifications: direct and supporting
tourist services. In states with large
economies, a diversified economic base
frequently minimizes tourism's proportional
importance to statewide service
economy employment; however, in many
states with small economic and population
bases, tourism employment made
a significant proportional contribution to
the service labor market. States with large
economies have high absolute revenue
in both the direct and supporting tourist
services due to large-scale economic activity
and linkage. In states with smaller
economies, absolute revenue in tourist
services is frequently lower due to reduced
population and economic size. As
statewide revenue in direct tourist services
increases, revenue in supporting
tourist services tends to increase in a
similar fashion, illustrating the proportionality
between the direct and supporting
tourist services.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 1993
- Keywords
- tourism industry, service
economy, employment, revenue, tourist
businesses