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Tourism leakage

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, tourism leakage means: The share of tourism spending that leaves the destination economy instead of remaining locally.

In Turkish: turizm gelirinin bölge dışına sızması

How it is used

Used in destination economics when examining imported supplies, outside ownership and external payments.

Example sentences

  1. Buying imported food for every meal increased tourism leakage from the island's hotel sector.

    Part of guest spending pays outside suppliers instead of local producers.

  2. The report tracked tourism leakage even though total visitor spending had risen.

    Higher spending does not guarantee that more of the benefit remains locally.

Common collocations

  • reduce tourism leakage
  • measure tourism leakage
  • commissionA percentage of the price that a hotel or supplier pays an agency or online platform for each booking it brings.
  • net rateThe price a hotel charges a travel agency or tour operator without commission; the agency adds its own profit before selling to the guest.

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