Tourism Economics
Submitted by madnotes on May 23, 2008
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Tourism Economics
Tourism Leakages through Imports and Expatriate Welfare
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Abstract
Tourism is undoubtedly one of the largest and growing industries in Fiji. It creates employment, brings about economic growth and development and earns a significant amount of foreign dollar for the economy. However, a significant amount of the income earned is leaked out of the economy through imports and hiring of expatriates. The extent to which this leakage occurs is from Fiji’s economy is not known. As such, this research seeks to fill this vacuum and quantify the extent of leakage from the tourism industry.
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