Does security matter in tourism demand?

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between security and international tourist arrivals. The system Generalized Method of Moments technique is applied in two panels of 29 developed and 45 developing countries over the period 2006–2012. Employing social, economic and political security indexes beside other control variables, the results show that the relationship among all the three sub-indexes of security and tourism is positive and significant in developed nations while it is negative and significant in developing countries.

Keywords:

• tourism security
• tourist demand
• collective security
• system GMM

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1. Euromonitor International. Industries, travel and tourism. http://www.euromonitor.com/