Tourism, sustainability, and territorial impact: an input-output analysis

In the article, the combination of the concept of Tourism Carrying Capacity (TCC) with intersectoral analysis using a Local Social Accounting Matrix (LSAM) allows for the estimation of employment impact related to crowding perception. The empirical analysis is based on a dataset constructed from a survey conducted in the Asinara National Park. Furthermore, using the Leontief inverse matrix, backward multipliers can be calculated to measure the increase in total production resulting from changes in final demand. The study concludes with a discussion on the potential improvement of impact estimation, considering both estimates of tourism expenditure by tourism type and the transition from an input-output table based on total flows to one based on domestic flows.