Abstract
The purpose of this study is to indicate how tourism expenditures of non-local tourists and international tourists influence the regional economy of Fukuoka city and to attempt to consider the tourism regional structure of this city. The economic impacts which include direct impacts, indirect impacts and induced impacts were estimated through the use of input-output models. The international tourism was also included in these analysis. It was indicated that the induced impacts of the service industry were very remarkable, and that the tourism industry play an important role in the regional economy of Fukuoka city. It was also discussed the role of the tourism regional structure in a local metropolis.
