A quasi-experimental assessment of Hawaii Visitor Bureau's city magazine advertising campaign shows an inelastic visitor demand with respect to advertising and a disparity in market responses in different cities. The tourism return on advertising expenditure ratios obtained is about half of those ratios usually obtained in conversion studies.
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