Travel service exports as comparative advantage in South Africa
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Travel service exports as comparative advantage in South Africa | |
| Creator | Fourie, Johan | |
| Description | World service exports have grown at a rapid rate over the past few decades. While some countries have benefited from the surge in service exports, others have been left behind. This paper provides a snapshot of South Africas comparative performance in service exports, using a new measure of revealed comparative advantage, the normalised revealed comparative advantage (NRCA). Countries are ranked according to their performance in 10 service export sectors. South Africa is found to reveal a strong comparative advantage in travel service exports (tourism). A discussion of the travel services sector follows, with historical, theoretical and empirical evidence to support the NRCA findings. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2011-06-06 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajems.v14i2.146 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences; Vol 14, No 2 (2011); 210-228 2222-3436 1015-8812 | |
| Language | eng | |
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