Trickle-Down Effect of the Tourism Sector on the Socioeconomic Conditions of Kediri Regency

Abstract

This study was conducted to analyze the trickle-down effect of the tourism sector in Kediri Regency from 2016 to 2024. This study used path analysis, with tourism sector growth as an exogenous variable, the open unemployment rate as an intervening variable, and income inequality as an endogenous variable. The results indicate that a trickle-down effect occurred in the tourism sector in Kediri Regency from 2016 to 2024, with tourism sector growth having a significant impact on income inequality indirectly through the open unemployment rate. The growth of the tourism sector had a significant negative effect on the open unemployment rate, while the open unemployment rate had a significant positive effect on income inequality