The Good Tourist, the Bad Refugee and the Ugly German: Xenophobic Activities and Tourism

Abstract

Germany shows a more welcoming attitude towards refugees than most other European countries. At the same time, the influx of refugees has led to massive protests, demonstrations and attacks against refugees. We look at the economic effects of these demonstrations and attacks on one important industry, namely tourism. Combining a novel, district-level data set on tourism with data on xenophobic activities, we find that xenophobic demonstrations have negative effects on tourist arrivals. This effect is found for domestic and foreign tourists.

A Window to the World: The Long-Term Effect of Television on Hate Crime

“…One suggestion for improvement is the usage of data on hate crimes from the beginning of the 1990s from right after reunification. Official information from state authorities or the collection of news reports on xenophobic violence through a media analysis in line with Krueger and Pischke (1997) and Endrich and Michel (2018) are the potential sources for such data. An alternative is to work with data on the individual level from surveys.…”

“…2 These xenophobic attacks entail social and economic repercussions. They decrease the integration effort of foreigners (Gould andKlor 2015, Steinhardt 2018), worsen the image of affected regions and can lead to deteriorating economic conditions (Endrich and Michel 2018). Despite these costs, little systematic evidence on the determinants of hate crimes exists.…”