Studying Economic Impact of Tourism on the Economic of Nishabour City

Tourism is one of the most important economic phenomena of this era, which is considered as a significant source of economic growth. The purpose of this study, is to examine the impacts of tourism development on the economy of Nishabour city, which has a high potential for tourism due to its historical background. To fulfill this purpose, provincial and municipal input-output coefficients are calculated by using FLQ non-survey based approach and national input-output data table for 2006. Furthermore, the input-output model of the city is presented by utilizing the direct and indirect multipliers of output and employment, and the expenses of internal tourism is added to the model as city’s exports. The results indicate that internal tourism in 2011, lead to a significant increase of 9083 billion rials in Nishabour’s output, and created 1731 person jobs, which is about 1.14% of the total employment of the city.