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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #35462 Overseas Departures
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Over  the  past  ten  years,  Australian  overseas  departures  have  grown  from  1.7  million  to  3.2  million.  This  represents  strong  average,  annual  growth  of  6.5  per  cent.  This  paper    outbound  travel  demand  to  each  destination  country  using  the  travel  demand  models  of  short-term  resident  departures.  The  models  are  specified  in  terms  of  a  double  logarithmic  linear  functional  form,  with  overseas  departures  as  the  dependent  variable  and  real  household  disposable  income  prices  of  travel  and  accommodation  in  Australia,  and  overseas  and  the  exchange  rate  as  independent  .
The  models  were  estimated  using  historical  time  series  data  from  1973  to  1998.  The  data  were  obtained  from  several    such  as  the  World  Tourism  Organization,  Australian  Bureau  of  Statistics,  World  Bank  and  International  Monetary  Fund.  The  results  suggest  that  the  estimated  elasticity  parameters  are  consistent  with  standard  economic  theory.  The  number  of  short-term  resident  departures  is  positively  influenced  by  per  capita  real  household  disposable  income;  and  the  price  of  domestic  travel  and  accommodation,  and    influenced  by  the  price  of  travel  and  accommodation  overseas.
The  estimated  demand  models  were  used  to  develop  the  Tourism  Forecasting  Councils  long  run  forecasts.  The  forecasts  suggest  that  the  number  of  short-term  resident  departures  will  increase  strongly  over  the  next  ten  years,  largely  due  to  the  strength  of  the  Australian  economy,  competitive  trove  prices,  and  Australians  interest  in    different  cultures  and  lifestyles.

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