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Hindi Journal of Tourism Research & HospitalityISSN: 2324-8807
Jorge Ridderstaat Author
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Tourism Management, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism, Economic Growth, Econometrics
Central Bank of Aruba J.E. Irausquin Boulevard 8, Aruba
Biography
Dr. Jorge Ridderstaat is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida, specifically at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management.Previously, Dr. Ridderstaat worked for some 20 years at the Central Bank of Aruba, first as an economist at the Economic Policy Unit, and in the last eight years as the Manager of the Research Department. In the latter function, he directed and guided the Research Department with the mission to support the policies of the CBA.
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Research Article Open Access
Impacts of Cyclic Patterns of Climate on Fluctuations in Tourism Demand: Evidence from Aruba
Author(s): Marck Oduber and Jorge Ridderstaat
Impacts of Cyclic Patterns of Climate on Fluctuations in Tourism Demand: Evidence from Aruba
This study estimates the influence of long cyclical climate patterns of pull and push climate elements (rainfall, temperature, wind) on cyclical fluctuations in tourism demand from the United States, the Netherlands and Venezuela on a small island state. Two important atmospheric variabilities, the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), were also included. Wavelet analysis was used because meteorological and economical time-series are typically noisy, complex and strongly non-stationary. Results show that both pull and push cyclical climate factors had ... view more»
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