The Determinant’s of Florida Tourist Flows: A Gravity Model Approach

Abstract

This paper presents a model for predicting the number of tourists entering Florida per time period by state of origin. The model developed is essentially a gravity interaction model of tourism flows. Data are cross-sectional by state of tourist origin from four years, 1964, 1965, 1967, and 1968. These particular years were chosen for analysis because they represent time periods for which tourist travel may be separately estimated by all modes, by automobile and by airplane.