Demand-Driven Sustainable Tourism? A Choice Modelling Analysis

Modelling sustainable international tourism demand to the Brazilian Amazon

The Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s greatest natural wonders and holds great importance and significance for the world’s environmental balance. Around 60% of the Amazon rainforest is located in the Brazilian territory. The two biggest states of the Amazon region are Amazonas (the upper Amazon) and Pará (the lower Amazon), which together account for around 73% of the Brazilian Legal Amaz...

Tourism Gaining Cogency from an Industry-Driven Force to a Public -Platform Choice

ARMAX modelling of international tourism demand

Modelling Conditional Correlations in International Tourism Demand

International tourism demand, or tourist arrivals, to Australia has recently experienced dramatic fluctuations due to changes in the economic, financial and political environment. However, variations in tourism demand, specifically the conditional variance, or volatility, have not previously been investigated. An analysis of such volatility is essential for investigating the effects of shocks i...

ARMAX Modelling of International Tourism Demand

One of the basic goals of tourism demand modelling is to estimate income and/or price elasticities, which can then be used in developing better informed public and private policies. The focus of econometric studies is to determine the extent to which the data support a particular theory. In reviews of empirical studies on international tourism demand and its determinants, Lim (1999, 2006) argue...