Rural tourism and its impact on economic development—Case study Kosovo

Valon Shkodra; Jehona Shkodra

doi:10.24294/jipd.v8i10.6640

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Rural tourism and its impact on economic development—Case study Kosovo

Valon Shkodra

Jehona Shkodra

Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development 2024, 8(10), 6640; https://doi.org/10.24294/jipd.v8i10.6640

Submitted：24 May 2024

Accepted：11 Jun 2024

Published：24 Sept 2024

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Abstract

Most researchers have recognized the importance of tourism for economic growth and have concluded that the growth of tourism can also affect the economic and socio-cultural development of society. Our study proves that this relationship can exist, as there is a very strong relationship between tourism and economic development, especially in GDP, which challenges the concept of tourism as an engine of economic development for developing countries such as Kosovo. Our results show that the relationship between GDP growth and tourism development has a bilateral and positive long-term causality. But the low level of tourism development in Kosovo during the years of the study (2010–2022), analyzed according to the Robuts model, shows that in our country during these 12 years the increase in GDP has influenced the development of tourism and not vice versa.

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