The Mexican Tourism Sector as a Driver of Shared Growth

The goal of this paper is to estimate (with the data available) the impact of tourism as a factor of shared growth at the local or municipal level in Mexico. This country provides an excellent research example due to its socioeconomic characteristics, the fact that tourism is an important economic activity and that, in spite of not having an ideal database to prove empirically that tourism is associated to shared growth, there are reliable databases that combined may provide insightful information. The main findings are: first, tourist destinations in general have better economic conditions that neighbor communities. Second, in general we find that growth in tourism (growth in tourism related employment) is associated to more employment, to lower percentage of population working in social security, and to better figures in the Human Development Index (HDI). It has also been found that growth in maquila and oil industries do not present these positive impacts.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Aguilera, Nelly, Velázquez, César, Montesinos, Alejandro
Format:	Other Infrastructure Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-11-18
Subjects:	ADULT LITERACY, ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES, BEACHES, BIG CITIES, BIG CITY, BUSINESS CYCLES, CAPITAL CITY, CHANGE IN POPULATION, COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE, DAY TRIPS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMICS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNALITIES, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO, GROWTH OF TOURISM, HOTEL, HOTEL CHAINS, HOTELS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLITERATE POPULATION, IMMIGRANTS, IMPACT OF TOURISM, IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME INEQUALITY, INDEXES, INTERNAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL TOURISM, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR SURVEYS, LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL ECONOMY, LOCAL POPULATION, MIGRATION, MINIMUM WAGE, MINIMUM WAGES, MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL TOURISM, NUMBER OF WORKERS, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION CHANGE, PROGRESS, PUBLIC POLICIES, PUBLIC POLICY, RATE OF GROWTH, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RESEARCH ASSISTANT, RESORT, RESORTS, RESPECT, RETIREMENT, ROLE OF TOURISM, SCARCE RESOURCES, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY, SPILLOVER, STREET VENDORS, SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM, TOURISM % WORKERS, TOURISM ACTIVITY, TOURISM DESTINATION, TOURISM DESTINATIONS, TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM IMPACT, TOURISM INDUSTRY, TOURISM PLANNING, TOURISM PRODUCTS, TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT, TOURISM SECTOR, TOURIST, TOURIST DESTINATION, TOURIST DESTINATIONS, TOURIST INFRASTRUCTURE, TOURIST TRAVEL, TOURISTS, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN COMMUNITIES, VACATIONS, VISITORS, WORKING POPULATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/16420815/mexican-tourism-sector-driver-shared-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12832
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