Determinants of international tourism in Malaysia: evidence from gravity model

• Main Authors: Ahmad Kosnan, Siti Shuhada, Ismail, Normaz Wana, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30834/1/1Determinants%20of%20international%20tourism%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30834/; http://www.ukm.my/fep/jem/content/2013.html

The present study uses the Gravity type approach for panel data spanning from 1998 to 2009 to identify demand and supply factors in the Malaysian tourism industry. The findings reveal that the market size for both destination and source countries, country that share common border and common languag...