Tourism demand : understanding its determinants and contribution to poverty reduction in Colombia : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
| dc.contributor.author | Camacho Murillo, Giovanni Andrés | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-06T22:39:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-06T22:39:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Tourism has become a vital economic activity in Colombia and other Latin American nations. As a large service sector, tourism contributes significantly to employment and is a key instrument for the reduction of poverty in Colombia. This thesis empirically examines the determinants of demand for tourism in Colombia and its contribution to poverty reduction. The study investigates the factors that influence the destination choices of international tourists, the risk factors, and whether man-made attractions for leisure and recreational activities also increase domestic tourism. An important aspect analysed here focuses on whether the effects of politically motivated violence on international tourists’ choices differ for tourists from countries with different per capita income and from countries with trade linkages with Colombia. The analysis contributes to enhancing tourism activities, markets of international tourists and address the politically motivated violence. The study further analyses the impact of provincial attributes that attract domestic tourists in Colombia. Large increases in inbound and domestic tourists are associated with financial development activities, growth in tourism expenditures, and reduction in monetary poverty. The analysis involves then identification of factors that explain differences in tastes between domestic tourists around man-made attractions for leisure and recreation. This chapter also contributes to the scholarly literature that examines the effect of distance on domestic tourists’ preferences, and considers the extent to which distance can be moderated through man-made attractions for leisure and recreation. The third empirical chapter involves an assessment of the impact of tourism on poverty and extreme poverty in the short and long run with further estimations at the provincial levels that are economically lagging provinces. These evaluations contribute to the discussions on the hypothesised positive impact of tourism to poverty reduction. The findings of this research suggest some policy implications related to the need to increase the demand for international and domestic tourism in Colombia through reduction of politically motivated violence incidents, and increase in man-made visitor attractions for leisure and recreation, respectively. Policy implications for sectoral approaches are crucial to improve growth in the tourism sector for poverty reduction in Colombia and close the poverty gap between economically lagging and economically leading provinces. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10179/15459 | |
| dc.identifier.wikidata | Q112947944 | |
| dc.identifier.wikidata-uri | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112947944 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massey University | en_US |
| dc.rights | The Author | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tourism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Poverty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Colombia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Economic conditions | en_US |
| dc.subject | 21st century | en_US |
| dc.subject.anzsrc | 380116 Tourism economics | en |
| dc.title | Tourism demand : understanding its determinants and contribution to poverty reduction in Colombia : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| massey.contributor.author | Camacho Murillo, Giovanni | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Economics | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |