The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy

By using Input-Output (I-O) and multipliers analysis, this paper intends to measure the impact of tourist’s expenditures on Malaysian economy. The importance of impact is described by multipliers which are refers to the multiplier of output, income, and employment. By knowing the multipliers, the to...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Mohd Khairul Hisyam, Tarang Jenggie, Senarita
Format: Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/955/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/955/1/the%2Beconomic%2Bimpacts%2Btourism.pdf
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author Hassan, Mohd Khairul Hisyam
Tarang Jenggie, Senarita
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Tarang Jenggie, Senarita
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description By using Input-Output (I-O) and multipliers analysis, this paper intends to measure the impact of tourist’s expenditures on Malaysian economy. The importance of impact is described by multipliers which are refers to the multiplier of output, income, and employment. By knowing the multipliers, the total economic impact generated by the tourist’s expenditures can be computed. The results indicate manufacturing and finance, insurance, real estate and business services sectors are the main contributors to the Malaysian economy output, particularly in boosting the tourism sector’s output. In conclusion, since this industry showing its capability in contributing towards generating the Malaysian economy growth, the policy makers should provide the appropriate policy recommendations for future economic development strategy in tourism industry by identifying the key sectors that interrelated with tourism.
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spelling unimas-9552015-03-10T07:44:48Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/955/ The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy Hassan, Mohd Khairul Hisyam Tarang Jenggie, Senarita AC Collections. Series. Collected works H Social Sciences (General) HB Economic Theory By using Input-Output (I-O) and multipliers analysis, this paper intends to measure the impact of tourist’s expenditures on Malaysian economy. The importance of impact is described by multipliers which are refers to the multiplier of output, income, and employment. By knowing the multipliers, the total economic impact generated by the tourist’s expenditures can be computed. The results indicate manufacturing and finance, insurance, real estate and business services sectors are the main contributors to the Malaysian economy output, particularly in boosting the tourism sector’s output. In conclusion, since this industry showing its capability in contributing towards generating the Malaysian economy growth, the policy makers should provide the appropriate policy recommendations for future economic development strategy in tourism industry by identifying the key sectors that interrelated with tourism. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/955/1/the%2Beconomic%2Bimpacts%2Btourism.pdf Hassan, Mohd Khairul Hisyam and Tarang Jenggie, Senarita (2012) The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy. In: BIMP-EAGA Conference , Kota Kinabalu, 2012.
spellingShingle AC Collections. Series. Collected works
H Social Sciences (General)
HB Economic Theory
Hassan, Mohd Khairul Hisyam
Tarang Jenggie, Senarita
The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy
title The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy
title_full The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy
title_fullStr The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy
title_full_unstemmed The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy
title_short The Economic Impacts Of Tourism Sector On Malaysian Economy
title_sort economic impacts of tourism sector on malaysian economy
topic AC Collections. Series. Collected works
H Social Sciences (General)
HB Economic Theory
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/955/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/955/1/the%2Beconomic%2Bimpacts%2Btourism.pdf