Efficient: Indonesian Journal of Development Economics
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2024)

Comparative Analysis of the Tourism Sector on Poverty with GRDP

Siti Eha (Unknown)
Prajanti, Sucihatiningsih Dian Wisika (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Jul 2024

Abstract

The tourism sector is one of the largest and fastest growing sectors in the world that can boost the economy, create new jobs and reduce poverty. The provinces of DI Yogyakarta and Central Java have the highest percentage of poor people in Java and are provinces with leading tourism sectors that can compete at the world level. This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of the tourism sector on the number of poor people through GRDP as an intervening variable in 2012-2022. This research is a type of quantitative research with the Path Analysis research method. The results showed that: (1) The number of tourist attractions has a positive and significant effect on GRDP in Central Java and DI Yogyakarta.  (2) The number of hotel rooms has a positive and significant effect on GRDP in Central Java and Yogyakarta.  (3) GRDP has a negative and significant effect on the number of poor people in Central Java and Yogyakarta.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

efficient

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Efficient Journal is a journal base on the economics and development studies. This journal publishes a research paper related to specific themes such as macro economics, small and medium enterprises, public policy, monetary economics, development studies, international economics, trade economics, ...