This paper develops a gravity model framework to estimate the impact of infectious diseases on bilateral tourism flows … among 38,184 pairs of countries over the period 1995-2017. The results confirm that international tourism is adversely … tourism flows to advanced economies, the magnitude and statistical significance of the impact of infectious diseases are much …

Tourism was one of the fastest-growing sectors before the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for about 10 percent of global … countries where the carbon footprint of tourism constitute substantial share of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This study … empirically investigates the impact of tourism on CO2 emissions in a relatively homogenous panel of 15 Caribbean countries over …

The paper estimates the impact of macroeconomic supply- and demand-side determinants of tourism, one of the largest … dataset comprising the full universe of bilateral tourism flows spanning over a decade. The results show that the gravity … model explains tourism flows better than goods trade for equivalent specifications. The elasticity of tourism with respect …

We estimate a variety of exchange rate elasticities of international tourism. We show that, in addition to the … bilateral exchange rate between the tourism origin and destination countries, the exchange rate vis-à-vis the US dollar is also … an important driver of tourism flows and pricing. The effect of US dollar pricing is stronger for tourism destination …

While the world's attention is on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change remains a greater existential … threat to vulnerable countries that are highly dependent on a weather-sensitive sector like tourism. Using a novel … multidimensional index, this study investigates the long-term impact of climate change vulnerability on international tourism in a …

attracted increasing interest from the international community with the G-20, IMF, and World Bank Group assuming an active role …