Analysis of the Impact of the Designation of 5 (Five) Indonesian Super Priority Tourism Destination Provinces on the Increase of Gross Regional Domestic Product Herna Uli Manalu (a*), Arwansyah (b), Muhammad Fitri Rahmadana (c)
Master of Economic Science Study Program of Universitas Negeri Medan
Abstract
This study aims to determine: (1) the impact of the number of tourists on the tourism sector^s GRDP in Indonesia^s five super priority tourism destination provinces, (2) the impact of hotel occupancy rates on the tourism sector^s GRDP in Indonesia^s five super priority tourism destination provinces, (3) the impact of the number of tourist attractions on the tourism sector^s GRDP in Indonesia^s five super priority tourism destination provinces, (4) the impact of the number of tourists, hotel occupancy rates, and the number of tourist attractions on the tourism sector^s GRDP in Indonesia^s five super priority tourism destination provinces.
This study uses a quantitative approach utilizing secondary data sourced from Indonesia^s Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The data used are panel data on the number of tourists, hotel occupancy rates, the number of tourist attractions, and the tourism sector^s GRDP in 5 super priority tourism destination provinces in Indonesia from 2019 to 2023 (5 years), namely North Sumatra, Central Java, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, and North Sulawesi. The data analysis technique in this study employs panel data regression using the Eviews 10 software application, with the selected best estimation model being the common effect model (CEM).
The results of this study indicate that: (1) the number of tourists has a positive and significant effect on the tourism sector^s GRDP, (2) the number of tourist attractions has a positive and significant effect on the tourism sector^s GRDP, (3) the hotel occupancy rate has a positive and significant effect on the tourism sector^s GRDP, (4) the number of tourists, hotel occupancy rate, and the number of tourist attractions together have a significant effect on the tourism sector^s GRDP in the five super priority tourism destination provinces of Indonesia.
Keywords: Number of Tourists, Hotel Occupancy Rate, Number of Tourist Attractions, GRDP
Topic: Economics, Social and Early childhood Education
