The tourism sector and its role in promoting the growth of the economies of the Arab countries

a standard study - For the period from 1996 to 2016

Abstract

This study carried the reality of the tourism sector and its role in promoting the growth
of the economies of the Arab countries, where insert tourist arrivals and exchange rate factors in
the independent and explanatory variables. In addition to that the factors of good governance
because of their impact on tourism and on phenomenon of economic growth as a variable
responder, and that is through a standard economic study included 12 Arab countries, for the period
between (1996-2016).
This study was based on the problematic that tourism contribute significantly to the growth
process? and water tourism leads to the growth or vice versa? In order to achieve the result of the
hypothesis and the objective of the study, we relied on (GDP) with constant prices of the US dollar
for the year 2010 as a dependent inconsistent and a measure of the designated countries, tourism
index (arrivals) and the exchange rate index as well as the indicators of good governance as
independent variables. Using Panel model, starting from static analysis and study of three models
related to (REM-FEM-PRM) then stationarity tests, serenity of the series passing by co-integration,
and studying the effect of future shocks as well.