Effective International Tourism Management: A Strategic Approach

Abdelmohsen A. Nassani (), Abdullah Mohammed Aldakhil, Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro and Khalid Zaman ()
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Abdelmohsen A. Nassani: King Saud University
Abdullah Mohammed Aldakhil: King Saud University
Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro: King Saud University
Khalid Zaman: University of Wah

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2018, vol. 137, issue 3, No 18, 1224 pages

Abstract: Abstract The objective of the study was to explore the relationship between international tourism indicators, crime rate, and vulnerability in a panel of 16 tourist-oriented countries over the period of 1990–2014. The study constructed a vulnerability index by using three socioeconomic factors, (1) poverty, (2) income inequality, and (3) unemployment rate. The results show that crime rate and vulnerability both decreases international tourism demand, which were mediated through inadequate education and health resources. Trade openness moderately supported the international tourism demand under the crime rate and vulnerability index. The results confirmed the crime Kuznets curve that turned into inverted U-shaped relationship between crime rate and per capita income, while this relationship was not confirmed for vulnerability index. The panel causality relationships confirmed the unidirectional causality between crime-vulnerability and international tourism. Growth-fueled tourism demand was analyzed under a crime and vulnerability index. The study concludes that international tourism is an implied solution to reduce human costs by involving tourists to in pleasure activities to at tourists’ destinations.

Keywords: International tourism; Crime rate; Vulnerability; Per capita GDP; Educational expenditures; Health expenditures; Trade openness; Dynamic panel GMM estimator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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