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ECIN Replication Package for "Regional Impacts of International Tourism Boycott: A China-Japan Conflict"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Theresa M. Greaney, University of Hawai‘i; Kozo Kiyota, Keio University

Version:  View help for Version V2

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  Replication 10/20/2025 08:30:PM

Project Citation: 

Greaney, Theresa M., and Kiyota, Kozo. ECIN Replication Package for “Regional Impacts of International Tourism Boycott: A China-Japan Conflict.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E237888V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We examine the regional impacts of the Sino-Japan dispute over the Diaoyu/ Senkaku Islands that sparked a Chinese consumer boycott of travel to Japan from August, 2012. We find that the boycott caused large and regionally heterogenous effects in Japan. The boycott’s negative impacts are larger for Japanese prefectures with higher pre-boycott dependency on visitors, especially tourists, from China. While the intensity of the boycott effects is strongest within the first six months of the boycott, we find significant negative impacts of the boycott even when averaging across 24 months post-boycott. Our results demonstrate the importance of diversification across traveler types and countries of origin in the provision of travel services.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (JP22H00063); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (JP25K00637)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms travel services trade; consumer boycott; China-Japan conflict
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
      F51 International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
      F52 National Security; Economic Nationalism
      Z30 Tourism Economics: General
Manuscript Number:  View help for Manuscript Number ECIN-Oct-2024-0428.R2
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Japan
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2007 – 12/31/2019 (monthly data from 2007m1 to 2019m12)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 9/9/2025 – 9/9/2025 (main data from Japan Tourism Agency)
Universe:  View help for Universe Travelers (foreign and domestic) who used accommodation services in Japan from 2007 to 2019.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; geographic information system (GIS) data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Japan Tourism Agency, Overnight Travel Statistics Survey
RIETI R-JIP Database
Japan National Tourism Organization data
Japan Tourism Agency, International Visitor Survey
GADM maps and data
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation accommodated visitor nights
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Japan prefecture

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V3 [2025-11-08]

V2 [2025-10-22]

V1 [2025-09-12]

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