Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites | |
THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA:EVIDENCE FROM QUANTILE NON-CAUSALITY TEST | |
Mohamed Bilel TRIKI1  | |
[1] Department of Management, Community College, University of Bisha,P.O. Box 551, Bisha 61922, Saudi Arabia, e-mail: mtriki@ub.edu.sa; | |
关键词: religious tourism; economic growth; causality in quantiles; nonlinear dependence; development of the saudi arabia territory; | |
DOI : 10.30892/gtg.27417-436 | |
来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
This paper empirically examines the role of religious tourism in sustainable development to the projection of Saudi Arabia 2030. This study observes the causal relationship between hajj pilgrims and economic growth in the KSA by conducting a quantile Granger non-causality test. We show that the causal relationship between hajj pilgrims and economic growth strengthens when a quantile Granger non-causality test of Chuang et al. (2009) is considered. This finding implies that the hajj pilgrims could provide the incremental predictability for the sustainable development in KSA, and hence, results from linear Granger causality tests cannot be considered robust.
【 授权许可】
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