The impact of accommodation taxes on outbound travel demand from the United Kingdom to European destinations

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dc.contributor.authorHeffer-Flaata, Hedvig
dc.contributor.authorVoltes-Dorta, Augusto
dc.contributor.authorSuau-Sanchez, Pere
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-23T13:46:49Z
dc.date.available2020-09-23T13:46:49Z
dc.date.freetoread2020-09-23
dc.date.issued2020-04-06
dc.description.abstractDespite the progressive introduction of accommodation taxes in many European cities, there is no consensus in the literature as to whether they have positive or negative effects. This may be related to the lack of estimates of the elasticity of visitor demand to accommodation taxes. To fill this gap, we carry out two panel-data regressions using a data set of airline travelers from UK cities to Spanish, French, and Italian destinations between 2012 and 2018. The results from the two-stage least squares regressions indicate that UK international travelers are indeed sensitive to hotel taxes. However, the impact of these taxes differs between peak and off-peak periods and across destination countries, with French destinations showing the most negative effect on visitor flows. The analysis of tax elasticities at a destination level also reveals the lack of a significant negative impact on visitor flows to major cities like Venice or Barcelona.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationHeffer-Flaata H, Voltes-Dorta A, Suau-Sanchez P. (2020) The impact of accommodation taxes on outbound travel demand from the United Kingdom to European destinations. Journal of Travel Research, Volume 60, Issue 4, April 2021, pp. 749-760en_UK
dc.identifier.cris27784342
dc.identifier.issn0047-2875
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0047287520908931
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15838
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSAGEen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjecttourist taxesen_UK
dc.subjectaccommodation taxesen_UK
dc.subjectinternational travelen_UK
dc.subjectdemand elasticitiesen_UK
dc.subjectpanel-data regressionen_UK
dc.titleThe impact of accommodation taxes on outbound travel demand from the United Kingdom to European destinationsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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