The Impact of Tourism Industry on Economic Growth in the Salumpat Saindege City (Padangsidimpuan, North Sumatera)
Enni Sari Siregar1, Farida Aini2, Nora Zulvianti3

1Enni Sari Siregar, Faculty of Social Science and Language Education, Institut Pendidikan Tapanuli Selatan, Padangsidimpuan (North Sumatera), Indonesia.
2Farida Aini, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Padang,West Sumatera, Indonesia.
3Nora Zulvianti, Faculty of Dakwah, UIN Imam Bonjol Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia.
Manuscript received on 15 October 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 21 October 2019 | Manuscript Published on 02 November 2019 | PP: 32-37 | Volume-8 Issue-2S9 September 2019 | Retrieval Number: B10070982S919/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1007.0982S919
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Abstract: This article focused on analyze the Impact of the Tourism Industry on Economic Growth in the Salumpat Saindege City (Padangsidimpuan, North Sumatera). This article is a descriptive study with a library study approach. Data used time series of 2005 – 2017. The results of research concluded that the value of tcount is 0.443. By using a 95% confidence level α = 0.05 compared with the sig value obtained at 0.667, the sig value is greater than α or 0.667 > 0.05. This shows that tourism is not significantly and positive effect on the economic growth in Salumpat Saindege City and this indicates that the Economic Growth in the Salumpat Saindege City (Padangsidimpuan North Sumatera) is not determined by the Tourism sector in the same direction. Furthermore, the value of R Square in the research is 0.018 indicating that Tourism has an influence of 1.8 percent on the economic growth and the remaining 98.2 percent is influenced by other variables not examined in this study.
Keywords: Economic Growth, Salumpat Saindege City, Tourism.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences