Research Note: Which God is Good for Tourism?
Johan Fourie,
Jaume Rosselló and
MarÃa Santana-Gallego
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Jaume Rosselló: Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat de les Iles Balears, Edifici Jovellanos Cra Valldemossa, Km 7.5, 07122 Palma, Mallorca, Spain
MarÃa Santana-Gallego: Departament d'Economia Aplicada, Universitat de les Iles Balears, Edifici Jovellanos Cra Valldemossa, Km 7.5, 07122 Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Maria Santana Gallego () and
Jaume Rossello ()
Tourism Economics, 2016, vol. 22, issue 1, 163-169
Abstract:
The authors posit that religion has a general impact on tourism which goes beyond the direct impact of religious pilgrimages. To that end, an augmented gravity model for international tourist arrivals is estimated. This makes it possible to assess how five major religions induce or constrain international tourism flows. The results provide evidence that the religious affiliations of both the origin and destination countries have significant explanatory power in global tourism flows, over and above pilgrimage.
Keywords: international tourism; religion; gravity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.5367/te.2014.0412
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