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Traffic accidents of religious tourism

Yu-You Liou & Hung-Hao Chang

Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights2026https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2026.100209article
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Abstract

• We explore the causal impact of a religious pilgrimage event on traffic accidents. • We use the Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage (DMP) event of Chinese society as an illustration. • We apply the difference-in-differences method and use administrative data of vehicle transportation and traffic accidents. • We find that the increased number of non-fatal injury traffic accidents during the pilgrimage. • The loss of labor productivity and medical expenses contribute 6.3% to the total traffic accident costs in society.

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@article{yu-you2026,
  title        = {{Traffic accidents of religious tourism}},
  author       = {Yu-You Liou & Hung-Hao Chang},
  journal      = {Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2026.100209},
}

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M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
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