World economy and international economic relations

Singaporean demand for tourism in Malaysia

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 146, Issue 11-12, Pages: 32-36

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Chin-Hong Puah, Fung-Thai Thien, & Mohammad Affendy Arip (2014). Singaporean demand for tourism in Malaysia. Economic Annals-XXI, 11-12, 32-36. https://ea21journal.world/index.php/ea-v146-08/

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Chin-Hong Puah
PhD (Economics),
Associate Professor,
Deputy Dean (Postgraduate and Research),
Faculty of Economics and Business,
University of Malaysia Sarawak
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
chpuah@feb.unimas.my

Fung-Thai Thien
MSc (Tourism Economics),
Research Assistant,
Faculty of Economics and Business,
University of Malaysia Sarawak
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
fungthai87@hotmail.com

Mohammad Affendy Arip
PhD (Economics),
Senior Lecturer, Dean,
Faculty of Economics and Business,
University of Malaysia Sarawak
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
amaffendy@feb.unimas.my

Singaporean demand for tourism in Malaysia

Abstract. Tourism is among the most important service industries in Malaysia. It plays a crucial role in the new economic model, in which the government is increasing its efforts to shift the border of economic activities from a resource-based to a service-based economy. One of Malaysia’s major tourist origination countries is Singapore, which accounts for more than half of the annual tourist arrivals in Malaysia. Looking at the significant volume of tourist arrivals from Singapore, this paper investigated the determinants of Singaporean tourism demand in Malaysia from a macroeconomic perspective using quarterly data from 2000Q1 through 2010Q4. The empirical results suggest a long-term cointegration relationship between Singaporean tourist arrivals and specified macroeconomic variables, including real Singaporean income, tourism price, real travel cost, and currency exchange rate between Singapore and Malaysia. In particular, higher real income and stronger currency will induce Singaporeans to visit Malaysia, while higher tourism prices and travel costs will discourage tourists from Singapore. It is difficult to infer specific policy for the tourism industry using foreign real income and exchange rates, however, a detailed microeconomic survey on tourist demand behavior regarding tourism prices and travel costs should be conducted and addressed by the Malaysian tourism action plan.

Keywords: Tourism Industry; Tourism Demand; Error-Correction Model; Malaysia; Singapore

JEL Classification: C32; F20; L83

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Received 19.11.2014

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