Too Much of a Good Thing? The Economic Impact of Hotel Investment in Hainan

  • Shanshan Dai
  • , Honggang Xu
  • , Stephen Albert Pratt

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Abstract

Hotel investment is assumed to provide many positive benefits to the local economy. Given strong tourism growth in China, the impacts of large increases in new hotel investment in China warrants further investigation. A regional computable general equilibrium model was developed to empirically examine the economic impact of large hotel investment in the Hainan province, China. The net economic impact of hotel investment on gross domestic product and employment were evaluated. The model also investigated sectoral production effects. The results showed that investment in the hotel industry moderately boosts all industry sectors and improves economic output and employment. Transmission mechanisms were identified to provide insights for future hotel investment policies.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)26-45
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of China Tourism Research
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2017

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • computable general equilibrium modeling
  • economic impact
  • foreign direct investment
  • Hainan
  • Hotel investment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Linguistics and Language
  • Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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