Forecasting Demand for Australian Passports

Author: Joyeux Roselyne   Milunovich George   Rigg John  

Publisher: Routledge Ltd

ISSN: 1094-1665

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Vol.17, Iss.1, 2012-02, pp. : 100-119

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Abstract

We forecast demand for Australian passports using a number of univariate and multivariate forecasting models, and assess their relative predictive ability over a number of forecasting horizons and evaluation measures. Our key result is to use different forecasting models for predicting passport demand in the short- versus medium- to long-run. Specifically, to forecast Adult-and-Senior passport demand in the short-term (i.e. up to 12 months) univariate ARIMA models are preferred, while for the longer term forecasts multivariate models with exogenous variables outperform, although only marginally. To forecast passport demand for Minors (less than 18 years old) ARIMA models perform well both in the short-term and the long-term, although ARIMA with explanatory variables outperforms slightly.