Albalate, Daniel, 1980-Campos, Javier (Campos Méndez)Jiménez González, Juan Luis2016-01-182016-01-1820152014-1254https://hdl.handle.net/2445/68824This paper analyses from an empirical point of view the relationship between the provision of high-speed rail services (HSR) and the evolution of tourism at the local level in Spain. We have built a database of 124 municipalities during the 2005-2012 period to study the effects of the introduction of new HSR corridors on the number of visitors and their total and average stay at several end-line and intermediate cities as compared to similar counterparts not having such an infrastructure. We combine both difference-in-difference and panel data techniques to find that these effects are, in general, extremely weak or just restricted to larger cities, once other determining factors are controlled for.23 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd, (c) Albalate et al., 2015http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/Trens d'alta velocitatTurismeViatges en trenHigh speed trainsTourismRailroad travelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper2016-01-18info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess