Dynamic relationships between tourist arrivals, immigrants, and crimes in the United States

Mehmood, Shafaqat; Ahmad, Zahid; Khan, Ather Azim

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2015.12.010

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“…The adopted control variables include: homicide, violent demonstrations and incarcerations 1 . These indicators are consistent with the extant studies on tourist arrivals (Saha & Yap, 2013;Alvarez & Campo, 2014;Mehmood et al, 2016). The first-two variables (i.e.…”

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“…Third, the literature on tourism has largely focused on the determinants of tourism without investigating how the destructive influence of such violent activities could effectively be mitigated with policy variables (Saha & Yap, 2013;Alvarez & Campo, 2014;Mehmood et al, 2016). This study departs from this existing literature by focusing on how the adverse consequences of policy syndromes (such as terrorism externalities) on tourism could be effectively modulated with policy variables (in terms of the forces of law and order).…”

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confidence: 98%

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Mitigating externalities of terrorism on tourism: global evidence from police, security officers and armed service personnel

Asongu

Nwachukwu

2018

Current Issues in Tourism

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In this paper, we investigate the role of security officers, the police and armed service personnel in dampening the effect of terrorism externalities on tourist arrivals. The temporal and geographic scopes are respectively 2010-2015 and 163 countries. Four terrorism measurements are used. They include the number of: incidents, injuries, fatalities and property damages. The main findings indicate that armed service personnel can effectively be used to modulate the damaging influence of all four terrorism externalities in order to achieve a positive net effect on tourist arrivals. Conversely, the corresponding moderating role of security officers and the police is not statistically significant. Moreover, violent demonstrations and homicides have a harmful effect on tourist arrivals while the number of incarcerations displays the opposite effect. Policy implications are discussed.

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Mitigating externalities of terrorism on tourism: global evidence from police, security officers and armed service personnel

Asongu

Nwachukwu

2018

Current Issues in Tourism

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“…Bieger and Laesser [38] found that information obtained from strong-tie connections (such as friends and relatives) was the most credible and reliable. Mehmood, Ahmad, and Khan [39] also found a positive association between tourists and immigrants based on strong ties with family and friends. Tourists use strong ties based on WOM information for decision-making and the formation of destination image [38].…”

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Heritage Image and Attitudes toward a Heritage Site: Do They Really Mediate the Relationship between User-Generated Content and Travel Intentions toward a Heritage Site?

Mehmood

Liang

2018

Sustainability

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Traveling to heritage sites represents a growing sector with great potential in the context of heritage tourism, which is a relevant topic but has received little scholarly attention. The present study tries to bridge this gap by investigating the mediating role of heritage image and attitudes toward a heritage site in the relationship between user-generated content (UGC) and travel intention toward a heritage site. In particular, we applied partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), which is a relatively popular new method, instead of the traditionally used covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) method. The rise in popularity of PLS-SEM has been particularly noticeable since 2013, but in the area of heritage tourism, research is still in an early stage of development because the heritage discipline has hardly exploited the benefits of this approach. We proposed a multimediation model for heritage tourism to address this relatively new research avenue. It was discovered that exogenous variables directly and indirectly influenced travel intentions toward a heritage site through their mediators (i.e., heritage image and attitudes toward a heritage site). The findings provide an appropriate empirical and theoretical conclusion as well as valuable insights for heritage management organizations (HMOs) into the performance of heritage tourism, both for local professionals and the host communities that assist in increasing the development of heritage tourism.

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“…Second, the bulk of the literature on the determinants of tourism has not engaged the dimension of social media (Sönmez et al, 1999;Seddighi et al, 2001;Pizam & Fleischer, 2002;Kingsbury & Brunn, 2004;Sönmez & Graefe, 1998;Saha & Yap, 2013;Alvarez & Campo, 2014;Mehmood et al, 2016). Moreover, the few studies that have assessed the relationship between tourism and social media have been exploratory (Leung et al, 2013;Zeng & Gerritsen, 2014).…”

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Tourism and social media in the world: an empirical investigation

Asongu

Odhiambo

2019

JES

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between tourism and social media from a cross section of 138 countries with data for the year 2012. Design/methodology/approach The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Negative Binomial and Quantile Regressions. Findings Two main findings are established. First, there is a positive relationship between Facebook penetration and the number of tourist arrivals. Second, Facebook penetration is more relevant in promoting tourist arrivals in countries where initial levels in tourist arrivals are the highest and low. The established positive relationship can be elucidated from four principal angles: the transformation of travel research, the rise in social sharing, improvements in customer service and the reshaping of travel agencies. Originality/value This study explores a new data set on social media. There are very few empirical studies on the relevance of social media in development outcomes.

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Dynamic relationships between tourist arrivals, immigrants, and crimes in the United States

Cited by 51 publications

References 49 publications

Mitigating externalities of terrorism on tourism: global evidence from police, security officers and armed service personnel

Mitigating externalities of terrorism on tourism: global evidence from police, security officers and armed service personnel

Heritage Image and Attitudes toward a Heritage Site: Do They Really Mediate the Relationship between User-Generated Content and Travel Intentions toward a Heritage Site?

Tourism and social media in the world: an empirical investigation

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