ABSTRACT Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on tourism has yet to be tested. This paper adopts the propensity score matching and difference-in-differences methods to study the impact of BRI on tourism economy using a panel data set of 155 countries from 2000 to 2017. Results show that BRI significantly increases the number of inbound tourists (17.2%) and inbound tourism revenue (8.0%). This conclusion remains valid after a robustness test. There are regional differences although it has a positive impact on inbound tourists in South Asia, Western Asia and Middle East. The results provide important information for tourism marketing.

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``一带一路''倡议是否会促进旅游业经济发展？

摘要“一带一路”倡议（BRI）对旅游业的影响尚待检验。本文采用倾向得分匹配和差异差异方法，使用2000年至2017年的155个国家的面板数据集，研究了BRI对旅游经济的影响。结果表明，BRI显着增加了入境游客人数（17.2％ ）和入境旅游收入（8.0％）。经过健壮性测试后，该结论仍然有效。尽管这对南亚，西亚和中东的入境游客有积极影响，但仍存在地区差异。结果为旅游营销提供重要信息。