Does Car Ownership Motivate Tourism Participation? Evidence from a Developing Country

Car ownership and tourism participation rates are relatively lower in developing countries than in developed countries, challenging economic development equality. This research note contributes to the literature by investigating whether car ownership motivates the tourism participation of people res...

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Published inTourism planning & development Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 481 - 488
Main Authors Ma, Wanglin, Zheng, Hongyun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 04.05.2023
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Car ownership
China
RBP model
Tourism participation
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Summary:Car ownership and tourism participation rates are relatively lower in developing countries than in developed countries, challenging economic development equality. This research note contributes to the literature by investigating whether car ownership motivates the tourism participation of people residing in developing countries, using China as a study example. We employ a rigorous recursive bivariate probit model to estimate the 2018 China Family Panel Studies data and account for rural-urban differentials. Findings show that car ownership increases the probabilities of tourism participation among rural and urban households by 26% and 35%, respectively. We also find that car owners in rural and urban households averagely spend 4,457 and 11,065 Yuan/capita more on tourism than their counterparts without owning cars. Therefore, at least in China, policy instruments that increase car ownership would promote residents' tourism participation, which induces a high quality of life.
ISSN:2156-8316
2156-8324
DOI:10.1080/21568316.2021.1988694