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How Big? The Impact of Approved Destination Status on Mainland Chinese Travel Abroad

Arita, Shawn; Croix, Sumner La; Mak, James - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2012

China’s Approved Destination Status (ADS) policy governs foreign leisure travel by citizens to ADS-designated countries. To model the effects of ADS on Chinese visitor arrivals, we specify a model of demand for a representative Chinese consumer who values trips to n differentiated foreign...

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The Impact of Approved Destination Status on Chinese Travel Abroad: An Economic Analysis

Arita, Shawn; Edmonds, Christopher; Croix, Sumner La; … - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2009

Since the early 1990s China’s government has negotiated Approved Destination Status (ADS) with 120 countries. The agreements allow government-approved travel agencies to market group tours and obtain visas in bulk to ADS destinations. We apply a gravity model framework to analyze how ADS has...

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The Impact of Same-Sex Marriage on Hawai'i's Economy and Government

Croix, Sumner La; Gabriel, Lauren - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2013

This report provides quantitative and qualitative measures of the impact of same-sex marriage on Hawai'i's economy and government. We find that marriage equality is likely to lead to substantial increases in visitor arrivals, visitor spending, and state and county general excise tax revenues. We...

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The Impact of Same-Sex Marriage on Hawaii's Economy and Government: An Update After the U.S. Supreme Court's Same-Sex Marriage Decisions

Croix, Sumner La; Gabriel, Lauren - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2013

This report provides an update on the potential impact of marriage equality in Hawai'i on the stateâ€™s economy in light of the U.S. Supreme Courtâ€™s recent DOMA and Proposition 8 decisions. We find that marriage equality is likely to lead to substantial increases in Hawai'i visitor...

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Creating "Paradise of the Pacific": How Tourism Began in Hawaii

Mak, James - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2015

about 1870 to 1940. Tourism began in Hawaii when faster and more predictable steamships replaced sailing vessels in trans …-Pacific travel. Governments (international, national, and local) were influential in shaping the way Hawaii tourism developed, from … government mail subsidies to steamship companies, local funding for tourism promotion, and America's protective legislation on …

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How China's Approved Destination Status Policy Spurs and Hinders Chinese Travel Abroad

Arita, Shawn; Croix, Sumner La; Mak, James - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2012

China’s “Approved Destination Status (ADS) policy allows citizens of mainland China to take pleasure trips abroad on group package tours to countries that have negotiated and implemented agreements with China. In this paper, we examine the reasons for this unique preferential and incremental...

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The Impact of 9/11 and Other Terrible Global Events on Tourism in the U.S. and Hawaii

Bonham, Carl; Edmonds, Christopher; Mak, James - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2006

This paper reviews recent trends in travel and tourism in the U.S. and Hawaii to ascertain how the terrorist attacks of … 9/11 and subsequent terrible global events affected their tourism flows and the manner and pace of their recovery. We … note that tourism in the U.S. has not fully recovered from 9/11 and other international shocks; indeed recovery of …

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