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Economic sustainability? Examining the linkages and leakages between agriculture and hotels in B hutan
Author(s) -
Pratt Stephen,
Suntikul Wantanee,
Dorji Ugyen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.2211
Subject(s) - tourism , sustainability , agriculture , business , value (mathematics) , landlocked country , sustainable development , economics , natural resource economics , geography , political science , ecology , archaeology , machine learning , computer science , law , biology
Bhutan is known for its approach to high‐value, low‐volume tourism development. Bhutan has been cited as an example of a best case approach to sustainable tourism. However, like other landlocked countries, Bhutan relies heavily on imported goods from neighbouring countries such as India and Thailand, leading to significant economic leakages. This raises the question of how economically sustainable Bhutan's tourism is. This research employs a mixed microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis of linkages and leakages between different sectors in the Bhutanese tourism industry, in particular hotels and agriculture to ascertain the volume and value of these leakages.