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Pro-poor tourism and income distribution in the second-tier provinces in Thailand

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Pro-poor tourism and income distribution in the second-tier provinces in Thailand

Professor Dr. Piriya Pholphirul (School of Development Economics, National Institute of Development Administration), Sasatra Sudsawasd, Taweechai Charoensedtasin, Nuttawut Laksanapanyakul

 

In Thailand, promoting tourism in 55 second-tier (non-major) tourism provinces is a recent policy tool for reducing poverty and income inequality. A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model linked with socio-economic household survey data shows that increasing domestic and foreign tourism demand in 22 first-tier tourism provinces can reduce the poverty rate, but overall national income inequality increases. However, increasing domestic tourism in the second-tier tourism provinces can slightly decrease income inequality. The model results also show that government collection and redistribution of new tourism-generated tax revenue to the 40% of poorest households significantly diminishes poverty and inequality.

 

วารสาร Area Development and Policy, 2022-03-07 

อ่านเพิ่มเติมได้ที่ https://doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2022.2032227