New contributions on the determinants of international tourism demandweather, travel diseases and income

Abstract

In the last two decades, there have been significant researches that focus on association between climate change and tourism. However, researchers also have shown how income is more important variable than temperature, for international tourism demand. This thesis deeply analyzes three of these topics that include both short-term and long-term prospective. This thesis, not only, evaluated climate change effect on tourist flow, but also consider travel related diseases impact on international tourism demand. Moreover, most significant variable, income has been explored separately, with some new insights. The analysis includes both time series and panel data, with multiple statistical techniques including ARIMAX and Gravity model. The studies result will contribute significantly by overcoming current limitations and enhanced information for policy making.