Avian Flu and International Tourism Demand: A Panel Data Analysis
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Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, otherwise known as Avian Flu, emerged in Hong Kong in 1996-97, and by June 2007 had resulted in outbreaks in poultry or wild birds in nearly sixty countries and 317 human cases, including 191 deaths. South-East and East Asia were the earliest affected regions. Between the end of 2003 and the beginning of 2004, Avian Flu infections of poultry were suddenly declared in eight Asian countries, namely China, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007