Tourism and agriculture are two important sectors in Turkey. The tourism sector is among the primary sectors that demand input from the agricultural sector. Thus, the more developed tourism, the more development expected in agriculture. For this reason, it is especially important to determine the long- and short-term effects of tourism demand on the agricultural sector. In this context, this study aims to investigate the effect of international tourism demand on the share of agricultural sector revenues in GDP. For this aim, research analyses were conducted using the annual data of the variables between 1990 and 2018 with the ARDL bounds test. The results of the analyses revealed that the demand for international tourism increases the share of agricultural sector revenues in GDP in the short term. In the long term, the 1% increase in international tourism demand reduces the share of agricultural sector revenues in GDP by 0.4%.
Keywords: Agriculture, Tourism, Sectoral Linkages, Bound Test
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