RESEARCH NOTE: STUDENT STUDY TOURS: IMPACT ON TOURISM

Authors: FLEENOR C.P.; TOH R.S.; ARNESEN D.W.

Source: Tourism Analysis, Volume 7, Numbers 3-4, 2003 , pp. 277-281(5)

Publisher: Cognizant Communication Corporation

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Abstract:

In the summer of 2000, Seattle University's business school organized a student study tour of Vietnam and Singapore. From records, results show that group expenses were almost twice as high in Singapore as in Vietnam, reflecting the respective costs of living in the two countries. This also was true for contemporaneously kept diary records of individual expenses, due to more shopping done in Singapore. Surprisingly, individual spending was largely unaffected by demographics, but was instead destination specific. We conclude that student study tours are a form of sustainable tourism that can make a substantial economic impact on host countries.

Keywords: Student study tours; Impact on tourism; Vietnam; Singapore

Document Type: Short communication

Affiliations: 1: Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University, Seattle, WA

Publication date: 2003-01-01

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The aim of Tourism Analysis is to promote a forum for practitioners and academicians in the fields of Leisure, Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality (LRTH). As a interdisciplinary journal, it is an appropriate outlet for articles, research notes, and computer software packages designed to be of interest, concern, and of applied value to its audience of professionals, scholars, and students of LRTH programs the world over.