The economic determinants of tourism in Central Asia

A gravity model applied approach

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21689477
AutoresKhusen Ibragimov (0000-0002-3401-8474, University of Alicante, autor correspondente), José Francisco Perles Ribes (0000-0001-7587-8035, University of Alicante), Ana Belén Ramón‐Rodríguez (0000-0002-1049-2075, University of Alicante)
Ano2022
Volume28
Fascículo7
Páginas1749-1768
Data de publicação2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTourism Economics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1354-8166 • E-ISSN: 2044-0375
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/13548166211009985
OpenAlexW3153406863
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas56

This article explores the determinants of tourist arrivals to Central Asia using traditional gravity models and panel data analyses of 108 countries for the period 2008–2018. The research focuses on relevant variables such as income, relative price, travel costs, or the so-called economic determinants. The results reveal that tourism in Central Asia is considered to be more distance elastic and price inelastic. Tourists from North and South America regions are more travel costs elastic compared with Asia and the Pacific. Sharing a common language and border greatly increases the volume of tourism in Central Asia. The political instability in the destination has a negative effect on tourism flows. Conversely, political instability at the country of origin in the case of Asia and the Pacific significantly increases outbound flows especially to Central Asia, suggesting a different reason for travel

Bilateral trade · Central asia · China · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Gravity equation · Gravity model of trade · International economics · International trade · Panel data · Political science · Politics · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth