Does biodiversity matters in the tourism demand model? International evidence

• Nur Ameera A. Jaz ^[1] ; Muzafar Shah Habibullah ^[3] ; W. N. W. Azman-Saini ^[2] ; Shivee Ranjanee Kaliappan ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Malaya

     University of Malaya

     Malasia

     
  2. [2] Universiti Putra Malaysia

     Universiti Putra Malaysia

     Malasia

     
  3. [3] Putra Business School, Malaysia

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• Localización: Revista portuguesa de estudos regionais, ISSN-e 1645-586X, Nº. 65, 2023, págs. 85-99
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.59072/rper.vi65.297
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Será que a biodiversidade importa na procura turística? Evidência internacional
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  • português

    Este estudo examina o papel dos atrativos naturais, medidos pela biodiversidade, na atração de turistas internacionais. Foi realizado entre 2010 e 2016 para 120 países. Várias abordagens estáticas, como Pooled Ordinary Least Squares (POLS), Random Effects (RE), bem como Fixed Effects (FE), foram usadas para estimar o efeito estático entre a biodiversidade e as chegadas de turistasinternacionais. No geral, os resultados robustos obtidos em matéria de erro padrão mostram que a escolha de um destino turístico está fortemente relacionada com a biodiversidade. Além disso, os resultados também revelam que o PIB per capita, a boa governança, o investimento no setor de viagens e turismo, bem como o uso da internet são positivamente significantes na explicação da determinação da procura turística.

  • English

    This study examines the role of natural attractions, measured by biodiversity, in drawing international tourists. This study examines a global sample of 120 countries from 2010 to 2016. Several static approaches such as Pooled Ordinary Least Square (POLS),Random Effect (RE) and Fixed Effect (FE) models were used to estimate the static effect between biodiversity and international tourist arrivals. The robust standard error results show that the choice of a tourism destination is strongly related to biodiversity. The results also indicate that GDP per capita, good governance, investment in the travel and tourism sector, and the internet are positively significant in determining tourism demand.

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