出版社：Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania
摘要：The aim of the presented study was to evaluate the effects of education and research and development (RD) on tourism spending in a sample of OECD countries. The analyses were performed on the basis of data on tourism spending and data on education and RD. The research included 36 OECD countries, which were analysed for the period 2010-2019. Robust estimation was used in the panel data models. The results revealed the effect of RD on leisure tourism spending (RD→LTS) and the effect of RD on visitor exports (foreign spending) (RD→VEFS) with positive coefficients. On this basis, it can be concluded that improvements in RD can lead to increased leisure tourism spending as well as foreign spending. The countries such as Latvia, Chile, the Slovak Republic, Mexico, Lithuania, Turkey, Poland, Greece, Estonia, and Hungary have a great potential for an improvement in RD, which may also result in a growth of tourism spending. The research was focused on the macroeconomic perspective of education and RD and their effect on tourism spending as key economic indicators. The study provides interesting findings that are useful for policy makers in revitalizing the tourism sector through the effective implementation of policies and strategies aimed at increasing tourism spending. The study also enriches and contributes to the knowledge about the relationships between economic development and the development of the tourism sector
