The good tourist, the bad refugee and the ugly German: Xenophobic activities and tourism

Marek Endrich and Stephan Michel

No 16, ILE Working Paper Series from University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics

Abstract: Germany shows a more welcoming attitude towards refugees than most other European countries. At the same time, the influx of refugees has led to massive protests, demonstrations and attacks against refugees. We look at the economic effects of these demonstrations and attacks on one important industry, namely tourism. Combining a novel, district-level data set on tourism with data on xenophobic activities, we find that xenophobic demonstrations have negative effects on tourist arrivals. This effect is found for domestic and foreign tourists.

Keywords: Xenophobic activities; refugees; tourism; district-level data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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