Tourism and Crime: Evidence from the Philippines

• Main Authors: Garces, Len Patrick Dominic M, Palanca-Tan, Rosalina
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Subjects: tourism; crime; negative externality; sustainable development; Economics; Regional Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/22; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=economics-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Using panel data gathered from 16 regions of the Philippines for the period 2009-11, this paper investigates the relationship between tourism and crime. The findings of the study show that the relation between tourism and crime may largely depend on the characteristics of visitors and the types of c...