摘要:Using panel data gathered from 16 regions of the Philippines for the period 2009–11,this paper investigates the relationship between tourism and crime. The findingsof the study show that the relation between tourism and crime may largely dependon the characteristics of visitors and the types of crime. For all types of crime andtheir aggregate, no significant correlation between the crime rate (defined as thenumber of crime cases divided by population) and total tourist arrivals is found.However, a statistically significant positive relation is found between foreign tourismand robbery and theft cases as well as between overseas Filipino tourism androbbery. On the other hand, domestic tourism is not significantly correlated withany of the four types of crimes. These results, together with a strong evidence ofthe negative relationship between crime and the crime clearance efficiency, presentmuch opportunity for policy intervention in order to minimize the crime externalityof the country’s tourism-led development strategy
关键词:tourism; crime; negative externality; sustainable development