The impact of international air routes on tourism

Jiechen Tang, Hongrun Wu, Vicente Ramos and Songsak Sriboonchitta

Annals of Tourism Research, 2023, vol. 101, issue C

Abstract: We analysed the impact of the number of air routes on international tourism arrivals, using a dynamic panel data model to control for endogeneity. The analysis considers China's tourist arrivals before COVID-19, from its seventeen main source countries. The results show a significant positive effect of international air routes on arrivals. Beyond the overall effect, we differentiate long-haul and short-haul routes, and incorporate potential non-linearities. The conclusion is that air routes have a positive decreasing effect on inbound tourism demand from long-haul markets, but they are not significant for short-haul markets. Given the current post-pandemic challenges, understanding the effect of air routes on tourism demand might be incorporated into destination management strategies.

Keywords: International air routes; Inbound tourism; China; Dynamic panel; Endogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2023.103583

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