Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298210 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/23/027
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This study assesses the importance of military expenditure in moderating the role of insecurity dynamics on tourist arrivals or international tourism in 163 countries. It is framed to assess how the future of international tourism can be improved when military expenditure is used as a tool to mitigate perceived and real security risks that potentially reduce international tourists' arrivals. The empirical evidence is based on Negative binomial regressions. The following main findings are established. Military expenditure significantly moderates violent crimes and perception of criminality to induce a favorable net impact on international tourist arrivals. The corresponding net effect is insignificant and negative for insecurity dynamics of 'access to weapons' and 'political instability', respectively. An extended analysis is performed to assess thresholds at which political instability can be modulated for the desired net effect. This threshold is the critical mass at which the unconditional negative impact from political instability is neutralized with military expenditure. Policy implications are discussed.
Subjects: 
Military Expenditure
Peace
Insecurity
Tourism
JEL: 
D74
H56
Z32
Z38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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