Jurnal Kajian Ekonomi dan Pembangunan
Vol 5, No 3 (2023): Jurnal Kajian Ekonomi dan Pembangunan

Dampak Pengembangan Pariwisata Terhadap Kemiskinan di Provinsi Sumatera Barat

Geby Fanesa Adelia (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Zul Azhar (Universitas Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Sep 2023

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the impact of tourism development on poverty in West Sumatra Province. This type of research is descriptive and associative, using secondary data. This research method uses path analysis. The variables used are Economic Growth (Y1), Poverty (Y2), Tourism (X1), Government spending on infrastructure (X2). The data used is panel data for 19 regencies/cities for the 2016-2021 period, which were obtained from related institutions and agencies. The results of this study indicate that tourism has no influence on poverty through economic growth as a mediating variable. Government infrastructure spending has a positive and significant impact on poverty in West Sumatra Province. Taken together, there is a significant influence between tourism, government spending on infrastructure, and economic growth, on poverty in West Sumatra Province.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

epb

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

Jurnal Kajian Ekonomi dan Pembangunan (JKEP) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for scientific works pertaining to Development Economics. This journal was first published since June 2019 by the Universitas Negeri Padang.This journal published four times a year and has e-ISSN 2656-0356. ...