The Role of Tourism in Creating Employment in Khorasan Razavi Province

Investment is a highly important economic variable that its increase or decrease can be a main cause of boom or recession in different economic sectors. It is also considered one of the most fundamental push factors in developing economic sectors. Tourism industry has a big share in Khorasan Razavi...

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Main Authors: Hadi Rafiei Darani, Javad Barati
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Language:fas
Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2015-06-01
Series:Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī
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Online Access:https://tms.atu.ac.ir/article_1111_3b006b09d9f57d2ee29da2bf2912157a.pdf
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description Investment is a highly important economic variable that its increase or decrease can be a main cause of boom or recession in different economic sectors. It is also considered one of the most fundamental push factors in developing economic sectors. Tourism industry has a big share in Khorasan Razavi Province’s revenues. This papers aims to evaluate the impacts of tourism invesment on employment levels. In doing so, the study made use of an updated input – output (IO) table of Khorasan Razavi Province, and RAS method to develop and update the IO table. Results demonstrate that a one percent increase in the tourism investment (in Hotels and Restaurants), generates as many as 15,316 employment opportunites in the overal economy of the province, out of which 534 jobs are directly in tourism sector (equivalent to 3.5 % of total employment). The employment resulted from a one percent increase in the value-added of tourism, reflects a 58 percent share of employment in tourism sector and 42 percent in other activities.
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spelling doaj.art-3b7b9c34e7c34b9a88bd571f0eee00112023-12-24T07:39:58ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressMuṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī2322-32942476-597X2015-06-019251061411111The Role of Tourism in Creating Employment in Khorasan Razavi ProvinceHadi Rafiei Darani0Javad Barati1عضو هیات علمی جهاد دانشگاهی مشهدپژوهشگر جهاد دانشگاهی مشهد و دانشجوی دکتریInvestment is a highly important economic variable that its increase or decrease can be a main cause of boom or recession in different economic sectors. It is also considered one of the most fundamental push factors in developing economic sectors. Tourism industry has a big share in Khorasan Razavi Province’s revenues. This papers aims to evaluate the impacts of tourism invesment on employment levels. In doing so, the study made use of an updated input – output (IO) table of Khorasan Razavi Province, and RAS method to develop and update the IO table. Results demonstrate that a one percent increase in the tourism investment (in Hotels and Restaurants), generates as many as 15,316 employment opportunites in the overal economy of the province, out of which 534 jobs are directly in tourism sector (equivalent to 3.5 % of total employment). The employment resulted from a one percent increase in the value-added of tourism, reflects a 58 percent share of employment in tourism sector and 42 percent in other activities.https://tms.atu.ac.ir/article_1111_3b006b09d9f57d2ee29da2bf2912157a.pdftourismemploymentinvestmentinput – output tablekhorasan razavi province lecturer
spellingShingle Hadi Rafiei Darani
Javad Barati
The Role of Tourism in Creating Employment in Khorasan Razavi Province
Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī
tourism
employment
investment
input – output table
khorasan razavi province lecturer
title The Role of Tourism in Creating Employment in Khorasan Razavi Province
title_full The Role of Tourism in Creating Employment in Khorasan Razavi Province
title_fullStr The Role of Tourism in Creating Employment in Khorasan Razavi Province
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Tourism in Creating Employment in Khorasan Razavi Province
title_short The Role of Tourism in Creating Employment in Khorasan Razavi Province
title_sort role of tourism in creating employment in khorasan razavi province
topic tourism
employment
investment
input – output table
khorasan razavi province lecturer
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