Does Internal Migration Affect Italian Domestic Tourism? A Panel Data Analysis

Carla Massidda and Romano Piras

Tourism Economics, 2015, vol. 21, issue 3, 581-600

Abstract: The authors propose a dynamic panel data investigation into the role of interregional migration in Italian domestic tourism demand, using three panel estimators characterized by different homogeneity assumptions imposed on the parameters. A standard cointegration analysis is performed before proceeding to panel regressions. The results provide ample support for a strong positive relationship between per capita domestic tourism nights and per capita internal migration stock. This evidence extends the migration—tourism nexus, already established at the international level, to the intra-national scale and reinforces the idea that host regions should not overlook the role of migration when designing their tourism policies.

Keywords: domestic tourism flows; internal migration; panel data; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2013.0362

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