An empirical study of the determinants of tourism in Algeria during the period 1995-2016

Abstract

The objectif of this study is to examine the determinents of tourism demand in Algeria wich expressed by total tourism revenues, view of great importance in studying the factors affecting attracting tourists.by using an empirical study during the period 1995-2016. Considering all of the tourist spending, the real exchange rate and trade openness (out of fuel) as independent variables. Using the Ganger causality test and multiple regression testing using the OLS method. The results showed that tourism spending has a significant and positive impact on tourism revenues, also The real exchange rate negatively affects tourism revenues, While trade openness has an inverse relationship with the dependent variable.

Keywords

• tourism demand
• tourist spending
• real exchange
• trade openess