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Effect of Approved Destination Status on Mainland C hinese Travel Abroad
Author(s) -
Arita Shawn,
La Croix Sumner,
Edmonds Christopher
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.345
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-8381
pISSN - 1351-3958
DOI - 10.1111/asej.12034
Subject(s) - visitor pattern , destinations , mainland , tourism , advertising , business , demographic economics , geography , economics , archaeology , computer science , programming language
Approved Destination Status ( ADS ) agreements facilitate international leisure travel by C hinese citizens, allowing authorized travel agencies to offer group tour arrangements, including visa applications. The number of destinations with ADS agreements increased from 2 in 1983 to 114 in 2012. Using panel data for C hinese visitor arrivals in 58 countries from 1985 to 2005, we estimate a semi‐parametric matched difference‐in‐differences model of the impact of ADS on overseas departures from mainland C hina. Treatment with ADS increased C hinese visitor arrivals in the 3‐year period following ADS designation by more than 10 percent annually, with results varying substantially across countries.