Scenario forecasting for global tourism

This study provides innovative forecasts of the probabilities of certain scenarios of tourism demand. The scenarios of interest are constructed in relation to tourism growth and economic growth. The probability forecasts based on these scenarios provide valuable information for destination policymak...

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Main Authors: Wu, Doris Chenguang, Cao, Zheng, Wen, Long, Song, Haiyan
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60947/
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author Wu, Doris Chenguang
Cao, Zheng
Wen, Long
Song, Haiyan
author_facet Wu, Doris Chenguang
Cao, Zheng
Wen, Long
Song, Haiyan
author_sort Wu, Doris Chenguang
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description This study provides innovative forecasts of the probabilities of certain scenarios of tourism demand. The scenarios of interest are constructed in relation to tourism growth and economic growth. The probability forecasts based on these scenarios provide valuable information for destination policymakers. The time-varying parameter panel vector autoregressive (TVP-PVAR) model is adopted for scenario forecasting. Both the accuracy rate and the Brier score are used to evaluate the forecasting performance. A global set of 25 tourism destinations is empirically examined, and the results confirm that the TVP-PVAR model with a time-varying error covariance matrix is generally a promising tool for forecasting. Our study contributes to tourism forecasting literature in advocating the use of scenario forecasting to facilitate industry decision-making in situations wherein forecasts are defined by two or more dimensions simultaneously. In addition, it is the first study to introduce the TVP-PVAR model to tourism demand forecasting.
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spelling nottingham-609472020-06-22T02:14:37Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60947/ Scenario forecasting for global tourism Wu, Doris Chenguang Cao, Zheng Wen, Long Song, Haiyan This study provides innovative forecasts of the probabilities of certain scenarios of tourism demand. The scenarios of interest are constructed in relation to tourism growth and economic growth. The probability forecasts based on these scenarios provide valuable information for destination policymakers. The time-varying parameter panel vector autoregressive (TVP-PVAR) model is adopted for scenario forecasting. Both the accuracy rate and the Brier score are used to evaluate the forecasting performance. A global set of 25 tourism destinations is empirically examined, and the results confirm that the TVP-PVAR model with a time-varying error covariance matrix is generally a promising tool for forecasting. Our study contributes to tourism forecasting literature in advocating the use of scenario forecasting to facilitate industry decision-making in situations wherein forecasts are defined by two or more dimensions simultaneously. In addition, it is the first study to introduce the TVP-PVAR model to tourism demand forecasting. 2020-06-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60947/1/Submission_12%20Feb_final.pdf Wu, Doris Chenguang, Cao, Zheng, Wen, Long and Song, Haiyan (2020) Scenario forecasting for global tourism. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research . p. 109634802091999. ISSN 1096-3480 scenario forecasting time-varying parameter panel vector autoregressive tourism growth economic growth Brier score http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1096348020919990 doi:10.1177/1096348020919990 doi:10.1177/1096348020919990
spellingShingle scenario forecasting
time-varying parameter panel vector autoregressive
tourism growth
economic growth
Brier score
Wu, Doris Chenguang
Cao, Zheng
Wen, Long
Song, Haiyan
Scenario forecasting for global tourism
title Scenario forecasting for global tourism
title_full Scenario forecasting for global tourism
title_fullStr Scenario forecasting for global tourism
title_full_unstemmed Scenario forecasting for global tourism
title_short Scenario forecasting for global tourism
title_sort scenario forecasting for global tourism
topic scenario forecasting
time-varying parameter panel vector autoregressive
tourism growth
economic growth
Brier score
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60947/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60947/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60947/