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Research on relationship between inbound tourism and economic growth in anhui province

Yin Changfeng

This paper analyzes the relationship between inbound tourism and economic growth in Anhui province by using the statistics data of Anhui province from 1991 to 2010, and adopting the methods such as unit root test, cointegration theory, Granger causality test and VAR model etc. in econometrics. The study results show that: the inbound tourism revenue in Anhui province not only has long term positive balance relationship with economic growth, but also has short term dynamic adjustment relationship, therefore, it is the inexorable trend of development in tourism industry of Auhui province to energetically develop inbound tourism industry in Anhui, and make inbound tourism as the pillar industry for social economy and transfer it to strategic pillar industry, which is also an important initiative for promoting economic level of Anhui and driving great development of Anhui economy.