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Opening of hotels and ski facilities: Impact on mobility, spending, and Covid-19 outcomes.
Zaremba, Krzysztof.
  • Zaremba K; Economics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Health Econ ; 32(5): 1148-1180, 2023 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2246671
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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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Full text: Available Collection: International databases 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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Full text: Available Collection: International databases 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