Fourie, Johan; Santana-Gallego, Maria - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012
matrix", which records the year-1500 origins of the current populations of 159 countries, in a standard tourism gravity … equation to provide the first empirical evidence of the existence of both these tourism traits at the global level. Our results … controlling for trade flows, we also show that this impact is unique to tourism. Ethnic reunion and cultural affinity are thus …