CLIMATE-CHANGE
; DOMESTIC TOURISM
; IMPACT
; DEMAND
; UK
; INDUSTRY
WOS学科分类:
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
WOS研究方向:
Social Sciences - Other Topics
英文摘要:
Taking in sail is essential for a whale-watching excursion, which makes the demand for whale-watching tourism sensitive to the weather. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of two potential demand-side determinants, that is, weather and macroeconomic conditions, on the business cycle of Taiwan's whale-watching tourism industry. By exploiting a Markov regime-switching model, this study finds that temperature and relative price changes are crucial determinants of the demand for whale-watching tourism, no matter whether in the peaks or in the troughs. Nevertheless, the influences of sunshine hours, rainfall and real GDP per capita on the demand for whale-watching tourism depend heavily on the phases of business cycle. The empirical results provide some inspiration for sustainable management of Taiwan's whale-watching tourism.
Natl Chi Nan Univ, Dept Econ, Nantou 54561, Taiwan
Recommended Citation:
Chen, Chiang-Ming,Lin, Yo-Long. The weather and macroeconomic determinants of whale-watching tourism: a Markov regime-switching analysis[J]. CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM,2019-01-01,22(4):476-485