Google Trends and Spanish Tourism (September 2020)

Variable of interest:

"Hotel Spain": Overnight Stays in Spanish Hotels

Explanatory variable. Google Searches:

- Keyword 1: "visit Spain"

- Keyword 2: "Covid-19"

Data Sources:

• -INE (www.ine.es) and Google Trends (https://trends.google.es/)

References:

• Ruiz-Reina, M.A., "Google queries for Spanish Tourism Demand: A dynamic explanation in the digital market", I International workshop in Statistics and Econometrics methods applied to Tourism, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), September 2nd and 3rd 2019 (download abstract)

• Ruiz-Reina, M.A. (2019). "Big Data: Does it really improve Forecasting techniques for Tourism Demand in Spain?", International Conference on Time Series and Forecasting. ITISE 2019. 1, pp. 694-706. Granada (Spain): Godel Impresiones Digitales S.L. Retrieved from http://itise.ugr.es/ITISE2019_vol1.pdf (download here)

• Ruiz-Reina, M. (2019). "Forecasting using Big Data: The case of Spanish Tourism Demand". International Conference on Time Series and Forecasting. ITISE 2019. 2, pp. 782-789. Granada (Spain): Godel Impresiones Digitales S.L. Retrieved from http://itise.ugr.es/ITISE2019_vol2.pdf (download abstract)

Best regards.

Miguel Ángel Ruiz Reina