On Measuring Tourism Productivity

Author: Peypoch, Nicolas¹

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Volume 12, Number 3, September 2007 , pp. 237-244(8)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This paper presents a productivity measure for the tourism industry. It demonstrates the value of the Luenberger productivity indicator, which is based on the directional distance function, for analyzing productivity between two periods. This indicator can be decomposed into two components: efficiency change and technological change. In order to illustrate this, productivity in the French tourism sector between 2000 and 2003 is analyzed. The study focuses on tourism receipts by looking at the number of bed-nights in hotels and campsites based on tourist nationality.

Keywords: directional distance function; Luenberger productivity indicator; tourism receipts; bed-nights

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/10941660701416812

Affiliations: 1: GEREM, IAE, University of Perpignan, France

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