Flight availability and international tourism flows

Marco Alderighi and Alberto Gaggero

Annals of Tourism Research, 2019, vol. 79, issue C

Abstract: This paper analyzes the effect of flight supply on international tourism flows between 20 Italian regions and 24 European countries, observed half-yearly from 1999 to 2010. We find that low-cost carriers have a prominent role in attracting international tourism flows. Our estimates suggest that an additional round-trip flight operated by a low-cost carrier generates about 74 arrivals and 248 overnight stays in hotels or similar facilities; in the case of a full-service carrier these figures decrease to 29 and 97, respectively. These findings are relevant for the current debate on the drivers of tourism development.

Keywords: Low-cost carriers; Tourism flows; Zero-inflated negative binomial model; UNESCO (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C25 L83 L93 Z38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2018.11.009

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