Impact of Approved Destination Status on Chinese Travel Abroad: An Econometric Analysis

Shawn Arita, Christopher Edmonds, Sumner La Croix and James Mak

Tourism Economics, 2011, vol. 17, issue 5, 983-996

Abstract: Since the early 1990s, China's government has negotiated Approved Destination Status (ADS) with 120 countries. The agreements allow government-approved travel agencies to market group tours and obtain visas in bulk to ADS destinations. The authors apply a fixed-effects estimation model to analyse how ADS has affected outbound tourist travel from China, using visitor arrivals data from 61 foreign destinations from 1995 to 2005. Various model specifications indicate that ADS has resulted in significant increases in arrivals from China, averaging 52% over three years. The authors also find evidence of travel diversion as more countries have received ADS.

Keywords: China outbound travel; Approved Destination Status; travel liberalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2011.0076

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