Total multipliers from the Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II), developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, are applied to U.S. Travel Data Center estimated state travel expeditures for 1983 to determine the total impact of travel expendi tures on gross business sales, earnings, and employment in the 50 states and District of Columbia. The method described allows individual states to determine the total economic contribution of travel to the state's economy without the need to develop an input- output model.
References
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U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (1986), Regional Multipliers: A User Handbook for the Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II). Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, May.
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—( 1981), Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II): Estimation, Evaluation, and Application of a Disaggregated Regional Impact Model, Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office.
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U.S. Travel Data Center( 1988), Impact of Travel on State Economies 1986, Washington, D.C.
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—( 1985), Impact of Foreign Visitors on State Economies, 1983, Washington, D.C., April.
