Resumen

HUMEREZ QUIROZ, Julio. Determinants of inbound tourism in Bolivia: 2001-2012. Revista de Análisis [online]. 2015, vol.22, n.1, pp. 103-129. ISSN 2304-8875.

In this paper the determinants of foreign tourist arrivals are estimated using panel data f rom all of the nine departments of Bolivia for the period 2001-2012. The main result indicates that to encourage a greater flow of foreign tourism it is necessary to accomplish actions towards greater investment in tourism, more security for foreign visitors and more education, being the latter a transversal factor across departments and regions of Bolivia.

Palabras llave : Inbound tourism; foreign tourism determinants; panel data.