The Study of International Tourism Demand: A Survey of Practice

Abstract

International tourism demand and its determinants have been the subjects of numerous studies over the past three decades. Previous reviews of this body of research have identified only a small number of these studies. In contrast, this survey has attempted a comprehensive review of the literature. In this article, the first in a three-part series, similarities and dissimilarities in approach are discussed as a guide to researchers wishing to conduct similar studies.

A Revisit to the Impact of Exchange Rates on Tourism Demand: The Case Of Italy

“…Exchanges rates remain a constant inclusion because they have been found to be consistently relevant in determining an effective proxy for the relative price of a tourism product at the international level (Sinclair, 1998). There is a preponderance in the literature that assumes consumers are more aware of the rate of currency exchanges between their home country and a country they are considering to visit than they are aware of the price of individual goods and services in that country (Crouch 1994a;1994b, 1994cJohnson & Ashworth, 1990;Webber, 2001). The belief that the rise and fall of one country's currency versus another shapes and directs the volumes and direction of tourism flows is prevalent in econometric tourism demand research (Greenwood, 2007, Lundberg, et.…”

Tourism Demand Modeling and Forecasting: A Review of Literature Related to Greater China

“…In earlier reviews such as Archer (1980Archer ( , 1987, Bar-On (1984) and Vanhove (1980), considerable attention was devoted to explaining the techniques applicable to tourism demand forecasting. More recently Crouch (1994aCrouch ( , 1994bCrouch ( , 1994cCrouch ( , 1994dCrouch ( , 1995Crouch ( , 1996 conducted a series of more comprehensive reviews covering about 80 econometric studies during the period 1961. In particular, Crouch (1994a, 1994b, 1996 identified various inter-study differences, principally with respect to demand elasticities.…”

The Effects of Real Exchange Rates and Income on International Tourism Demand for the USA from Some European Union Countries

“…The empirical literature concerning tourism demand analysis shows that the majority of previous studies has focused on the analysis of international tourism demand (Crouch 1994a(Crouch , 1994b(Crouch , 1995Witt and Witt 1995;Lim 1997Lim , 1999Li et al 2005;Isik Cem and Sirakaya 2017a). In most of these analyses, the number of tourist arrivals was used as the dependent variable (Lin et al 2011, Song andLi 2008;Downward and Lumsdon 2003;Song and Witt 2000).…”