Does healthcare sector development affect inbound tourism? Evidence from Asean countries

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ID21689778
AuthorsSalih Türedi (0000-0001-6294-1007, University of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey), Mustafa ŞİT (0000-0001-9694-0547, University of Harran, Turkey), Haydar Karadağ (0000-0003-2398-7314, University of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey), Chew Ging Lee (0000-0003-2464-6474, University of Southampton Malaysia, Malaysia; Wawasan Open University, Malaysia, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume29
Issue6
Pages1662-1670
Publication date2023-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTourism Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1354-8166 • E-ISSN: 2044-0375
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/13548166221119320
OpenAlexW4294935036
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

Using the concepts of medical tourism and travel medicine, this research note proposes healthcare sector development has a positive impact on inbound tourism. This hypothesis is tested with the data of ASEAN countries from 2000 to 2018. Because of the presence of cross-section dependence and heterogeneity, appropriate panel cointegration test, panel coefficient estimation method and panel Granger causality test are used. The findings indicate that (1) evidence of cointegration between inbound tourism and healthcare sector development is found when inbound tourism is the dependent variable and (2) there is a Granger causality from healthcare sector development to inbound tourism. The findings suggest that there are temporal relationships from healthcare sector development to inbound tourism in both short-run and long-run. In summary, healthcare sector development has an impact on inbound tourism

Business · Cointegration · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Estimation · Geography · Granger causality · Health care · Medical tourism · Panel data · Tourism · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Global Health Care Issues · Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism

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