The existence of long-run relationships between tourism
development and real GDP per capita signifies that both
variables are causally related at least in one direction.
However, does economic growth result in tourism development
or vice versa? This paper investigated not only
whether tourism benefits have a different and more
significant impact on the destination country in terms of
economic development, but also whether regional effects
should be considered a product of geographical groups in
nonOECD countries—consisting of 5 Asian countries, 11
Latin American countries and 16 Sub-Sahara African
countries. This allows for a discussion from a global
perspective.