Does personal freedom influence outbound tourism?

Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni, Reza Tajaddini and Usama Al-mulali ()

Tourism Management, 2014, vol. 41, issue C, 19-25

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of personal freedom in a country on outbound tourism after controlling for other relevant outbound tourism determinants. Using a panel of 80 countries over a period of 13 years (1999–2011) and applying panel fixed-effects and generalized method of moments (GMM) techniques, our results reveal that a lower level of personal freedom in a country increases outbound tourism. These results are more robust for developing countries.

Keywords: Outbound tourism; Personal freedom; Scarcity theory; Panel data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.08.010

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