STARS

Title

Tourism's Potential to Benefit Ecuador's Poor

Author(s)

Robertico Croes, University of Central FloridaFollow
Manuel A. Rivera, University of Central FloridaFollow

Keywords

Ecuador; tourism

Abstract

Tourism development has long been discussed as having potential to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty in developing countries. In an award-winning paper, Rosen College researchers Dr. Robertico Croes and Dr. Manuel Rivera use a new model - the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM), to assess the impact of tourism development using Ecuador as an example. Their focus? To examine whether the poor, in particular, benefit from increased levels of tourism.

Date Created

5-1-2019

Notes

2018 Thea Sinclair Award

Based on the article:

Croes, R. & Rivera, M. (2017). Tourism potential to benefit the poor: A social accounting matrix model applied to Eduador. Tourism Economics, 23(1),29-48. doi: 10.5367/te.2015.0495

College

Rosen College of Hospitality Management

Type

article

STARS Citation

Croes, R. & Rivera, M. (2019) Tourism's potential to benefit Ecuador's poor. Rosen Research Review, 1(1), pp. 6-9.