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Abstract
The shift-share approach is used to examine
changes in the competitive position nationally of
tourism in the Northeast, using lodging receipts
as an index of tourism. The Northeast share of
national lodging receipts, which declined from
1972 to 1977, was heavily influenced by a lack of
substantive growth in New England and the Middle
Atlantic regions. This parallels population
trends, but does not necessarily reflect a dismal
future for tourism in the Northeast.