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TOURISM ECONOMICS
卷 28, 期 4, 页码 979-994出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1354816620985382
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Africa; consumer confidence; panel data; tourism; uncertainty
This study investigates the impact of changes in economic policy uncertainty and consumer confidence on tourism flows to African countries, finding that positive changes in consumer confidence have a favorable impact on tourism departures, while positive changes in uncertainty have a negative effect.
Uncertainty, which is the only certain thing about the future, influences economic agents, their behaviours and economic activity. Debates and concerns about policy uncertainty have intensified following events such as the financial crisis, Brexit and more recently, the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of changes in economic policy uncertainty and consumer confidence in a set of major economies on tourism flows to African countries. Using data over the period of 2005-2019 and applying panel difference generalized method of moments method, our results show that a positive change in consumer confidence in Canada, China, France, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom (UK) has favorable impact on tourism departures from these countries to 25 African countries. We also find that a positive change in uncertainty in Canada, Russia, Spain and the UK has negative effect on tourist departures from these countries to African countries. The implications of the results for tourism development in African countries are discussed.
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