TY - JOUR
T1 - Business environment effect on business visitor arrivals to New Zealand
AU - Gani, Azmat
AU - Clemes, Michael D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This research investigates the impact that New Zealand's business environment has on its international business visitor arrivals. Within a gravity modelling framework, data for twenty-four main visitor origin countries are used for empirical analysis for the period 2004–2013. The core contribution of our research is that our empirical results provide strong evidence that the interaction of internet diffusion, commercial bank presence and shipping services with international trade are statistically significant variables. New Zealand's business infrastructure also correlates with foreign business visitors. We conclude that more open trade policies, combined with an improved business environment, provide the added benefits of attracting more international business visitors offering a subsequent, positive impact on the New Zealand tourism industry.
AB - This research investigates the impact that New Zealand's business environment has on its international business visitor arrivals. Within a gravity modelling framework, data for twenty-four main visitor origin countries are used for empirical analysis for the period 2004–2013. The core contribution of our research is that our empirical results provide strong evidence that the interaction of internet diffusion, commercial bank presence and shipping services with international trade are statistically significant variables. New Zealand's business infrastructure also correlates with foreign business visitors. We conclude that more open trade policies, combined with an improved business environment, provide the added benefits of attracting more international business visitors offering a subsequent, positive impact on the New Zealand tourism industry.
KW - Business visitors
KW - New Zealand
KW - business infrastructure
KW - trade
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U2 - 10.1080/13683500.2020.1835841
DO - 10.1080/13683500.2020.1835841
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85094922555
SN - 1368-3500
VL - 24
SP - 2445
EP - 2457
JO - Current Issues in Tourism
JF - Current Issues in Tourism
IS - 17
ER -