
Tourism and Exports: The Case of Singapore
In this article, we examine the relationship between inbound tourism and exports in Singapore. We address whether there is a long-run relationship between exports and tourism and the direction of causality between these two variables. Our findings suggest a long-run relation between
Singapore's exports and inbound tourism and that the causation is bidirectional. This implies that inbound tourism in Singapore results in a higher demand for its domestic products. This increased demand for Singaporean products, in turn, acting as a positive advertising campaign in favor
of Singapore, promotes inbound tourism to this country. The policy implication of these findings is twofold. First, inbound tourism in Singapore not only contributes directly to GDP, employment, and the current account via tourism revenues but also by stimulating exports it improves further
the current account of Singapore. Secondly, the stimulation of exports induced by inbound tourism creates favorable sustainability conditions for the entire tourism sector. however, one should be cautious that this effect is taking more than 9 months to materialize and that inbound tourism
may initially have a negative impact effect on Singapore's exports as the overtime effect of tourism on exports exhibits a J-curve behavior.
Keywords: CAUSALITY; COINTEGRATION; J-CURVE; SINGAPORE; TOURISM; TRADE
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Applied Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of Western Macedonia, Greece 2: Department of Accounting and Finance, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece 3: Economic Analysis and Policy Lab, Hellenic Open University, Greece 4: School of Economics, Finance and Accounting, Coventry University, Coventry, UK 5: Department of Management and Business Administration, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Publication date: May 18, 2022
This article was made available online on July 30, 2021 as a Fast Track article with title: "TOURISM AND EXPORTS: THE CASE OF SINGAPORE".
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