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1- Allameh Tabatabai University , salem207@yahoo.com
2- University of Tehran
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Religious tourism  is very important either in Iran and in the international level. In this study dynamic linear almost ideal demand system and formulas of price and income elasticity were applied to estimate demand for religious trips. To this end, micro data of household budget prepared by Census center of Iran for 1991-2011 has been applied in this study.
According to the results, income elasticity of religious trips is about 0/42 , that means one percent increase in income will lead to  an increase of 0/4 percent in demand for religious trips. Also the price elasticity of demand in all commodity groups is negative and price elasticity of religious trips is about -0/98.
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Type of Study: Applicable | Subject: اسلامی
Received: 2016/12/25 | Accepted: 2017/07/11 | Published: 2017/09/17

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