Fonte: El Periplo Sustentable; Núm. 43 (2022): Número Cuarenta y tres; 83 - 119
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Resumo: Mexico needs information about supporting the narrative of the importance of tourism in the country, at subnational level. Currently there is no Tourism Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data, at state level. The general objective is to formulate a methodology that allows an approach to sizing tourism GDP at state level in Mexico. Two particular objectives are developed: 1) calculate the percentage that tourism GDP represents in the GDP of each federal entity, and 2) calculate the percentage that each state's tourism GDP represents in the national tourism GDP. A quantitative methodology has been designed with the two methods for data processing: the 'top-down' method based on the national tourism GDP provided by the Tourism Satellite Account of Mexico, and the 'bottom-up' method based on the regional data of Sector 72. To correctly infer the indicator, the Cluster Analysis technique was used in order to confirm the calibration weights for the sizing, deduced from the national data. Our findings suggest that Quintana Roo is the state that contributes most to its own state GDP (45.6%), and Mexico City has the highest share in the national tourism GDP (15.3%). New maps were created to illustrate the regional distribution of the monetary tourism contribution, which in general, 35% could be concentrated in states with a “sun and beach” tourist vocation. Tourism activity is developed in all states, although, if we consider the national tourist GDP (91.6 billion dollars, in 2016), half of this is concentrated in 6 states: Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Quintana Roo, Jalisco, Veracruz and Guanajuato.
