TY - JOUR
T1 - How does air transport impact employment in typical tourist industry activities in Brazil?
AU - Aprigliano Fernandes, Vicente
AU - Pacheco, Ricardo Rodrigues
AU - Fernandes, Elton
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper examines the impact of air transport on tourism-related employment in Brazil, one of the largest economies of the world, where both industries are operating well below their potential. Job creation in typical tourist industry activities in response to innovations in passenger air transport is a paramount indicator for both the tourism and air transport industries. The discussion here is supported by the time series analysis and Granger causality methodologies. The results show that air transport activity cointegrates with employment in tourism and has substantial impact on both its long- and short-term composition. Although employment shows higher elasticity to international than to domestic air movement, the latter is considered the main driver of employment. In three years, the accumulated potential response by employment in tourism to innovations in domestic air transport was 50% and accumulated percentage variance, 56%. The results indicate that Brazilian policymakers must consider domestic air transport as a key factor for sustainable employment in the tourism industry.
AB - This paper examines the impact of air transport on tourism-related employment in Brazil, one of the largest economies of the world, where both industries are operating well below their potential. Job creation in typical tourist industry activities in response to innovations in passenger air transport is a paramount indicator for both the tourism and air transport industries. The discussion here is supported by the time series analysis and Granger causality methodologies. The results show that air transport activity cointegrates with employment in tourism and has substantial impact on both its long- and short-term composition. Although employment shows higher elasticity to international than to domestic air movement, the latter is considered the main driver of employment. In three years, the accumulated potential response by employment in tourism to innovations in domestic air transport was 50% and accumulated percentage variance, 56%. The results indicate that Brazilian policymakers must consider domestic air transport as a key factor for sustainable employment in the tourism industry.
KW - Air transport
KW - Brazil
KW - causality
KW - employment
KW - tourism
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U2 - 10.1080/13683500.2020.1863925
DO - 10.1080/13683500.2020.1863925
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85098589871
JO - Current Issues in Tourism
JF - Current Issues in Tourism
SN - 1368-3500
ER -