Opening of hotels and ski facilities: Impact on mobility, spending, and Covid-19 outcomes.
Health Econ
; 32(5): 1148-1180, 2023 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2246671
ABSTRACT
This paper investigates how reopening hotels and ski facilities in Poland impacted tourism spending, mobility, and COVID-19 outcomes. We used administrative data from a government program that subsidizes travel to show that the policy increased the consumption of tourism services in ski resorts. By leveraging geolocation data from Facebook, we showed that ski resorts experienced a significant influx of tourists, increasing the number of local users by up to 50%. Furthermore, we confirmed an increase in the probability of meetings between pairs of users from distanced locations and users from tourist and non-tourist areas. As the policy impacted travel and gatherings, we then analyzed its effect on the diffusion of COVID-19. We found that counties with ski facilities experienced more infections after the reopening. Moreover, counties strongly connected to the ski resorts during the reopening had more subsequent cases than weakly connected counties.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Econ
Journal subject:
Health Services
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Hec.4660
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