Citation

Enders W, Sandler T. Terrorism 1991; 14(1): 49-58.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991)

DOI

10.1080/10576109108435856

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to devise a methodology for estimating the impact of transnational terrorism on tourism. Using monthly data from 1970-1988, we estimate the relationship between terrorism and tourism for Spain. We find that terrorist events have had a significant negative impact on the number of tourists visiting Spain. A typical incident is estimated as scaring away just over 140,000 tourists when all monthly impacts are combined. Moreover, the causality is unidirectional: terrorism affects tourism, but not the reverse.

Language: en