Determinants of international tourism: Empirical evidence from three Mediterranean countries

Artikel

Purpose: This paper investigates the main factors of international tourist arrivals to three Mediterranean destinations, namely Greece, Albania and Montenegro. Methods: A gravity model for panel data was used to analyze the number of tourists from twenty of the most important origin countries during the period 2012-2021. Results: Findings show that international tourism is adversely affected by bilateral distance and large-scale crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, the flow of international visitors is positively related to populations and incomes per capita in origin and destination countries, geographical contiguity and climate similarity. Other pull factors for tourism flows include total investments in infrastructure, and political stability and absence of violence or terrorism. Implications: The results of this research provide some important implications and recommendations for tourism industry policymakers and managers.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing ; ISSN: 2529-1947 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2023 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 66-72 ; Thessaloniki: International Hellenic University

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism ; History of Economic Thought: Quantitative and Mathematical ; Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
• Thema: Mediterranean ; tourism ; gravity model ; pull factors

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Malaj, Emi ; Malaj, Visar
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): International Hellenic University
• (wo): Thessaloniki
• (wann): 2023

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.5281/zenodo.10539747
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/281183
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ