To capture the role of politics in tourism, we propose a novel measure to quantify political relations based on text … analysis of published diplomatic statements. We explain how political relations affect outbound tourist flows from China to … Japan and Korea. Estimated on monthly data (1997m1-2018m12), our model shows how China-Japan disputes affect tourist flows …

Klappentext: China's westernmost province of Xinjiang has experienced escalating violence, cycles of interethnic strife …