“…There is a growing literature concerning the link between HSR and the tourism market in many countries (Albalate and Fageda, 2016;Delaplace et al, 2014a,b;Coronado et al, 2013;Mimeur et al, 2013;Delaplace and Perrin, 2013;Bazin et al, 2013Bazin et al, , 2014Mannone, 1995;Masson and Petiot, 2009;Wang et al, 2012;Chen et al, 2012;Chen, 2013;Pagliara et al, 2015a.b;see Bazin-Benoit and Delaplace, 2013, for a review). Expectations concerning economic impacts following the opening of an HSR line are usually high.…”