TY - JOUR ID - 30937 TI - A Study of Factors Influencing Demand For Travel to Iran JO - Iranian Economic Review JA - IER LA - en SN - 1026-6542 AU - Mousaei, Maysam AD - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2005 PY - 2005 VL - 10 IS - 12 SP - 127 EP - 142 DO - 10.22059/ier.2005.30937 N2 - In this paper the factors having influence on travel demand to Iran are paper explored. The hypothesis of the research specifies the variable of “domestic upheavals and insecurity” as the most significant obstacle to expansion of the demand for travel to Iran. To test the above hypothesis, first several demand models that have been proposed to study demand for tourism in different countries, are briefly reviewed, and then in a macro model the function of demand for travel to Iran is estimated using econometrics methods. The substantial finding is that, at the present time, the low demand for travel to Iran is not due to insufficient infrastructures and facilities, in regard to accommodations and transportation, but it is the element of “insecurity” that is the most significant hindrance to the demand growth for travel to Iran. Hence, to increase the travel demand to Iran and eliminate the present impediments, alongside economic solutions, it is necessary to elevate the security related obstacles. UR - https://ier.ut.ac.ir/article_30937.html L1 - https://ier.ut.ac.ir/article_30937_d1d29d1c577a38c147955696bb428b53.pdf ER -