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How do weather impact travel and tourism? (We are going to explore how weather impacts travel to Costa Rica, and how weather influences whale migration/whale watching tourism.)

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Sunny weather does seem to be broadly correlated with a larger surplus on the international tourism balance, while worse weather is associated with a tourism deficit. This confirms that, as expected, overall there is a net flow of tourists from colder to warmer countries.
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