El turismo de cruceros en Uruguay: determinantes socioeconómicos y comportamentales del gasto en los puertos de desembarco

Abstract

En Uruguay, como ocurre en otros países latinoamericanos, el turismo de cruceros ha aumentado su importancia como generador de divisas. Con el objetivo de contribuir a la planificación de los programas turísticos e intensificar dicha tendencia, en este trabajo se analizan los distintos determinantes del gasto de cruceristas en los puertos de desembarco de Punta del Este y Montevideo. Las estimaciones de modelos de selección de Heckman sobre las encuestas de los años 2010 a 2014 muestran que son algunas pocas características las que determinan el nivel de gasto: la nacionalidad, viajar en grupo, visitar Montevideo y, particularmente, el grado de satisfacción con el viaje. Este patrón no ha experimentado variaciones significativas en el periodo de análisis.

A Multivariate Prediction Copula Model to Characterize the Expenditure Categories in Tourism

“…In particular, it shows that Brazilians tend to spend more in shopping than Argentinians and that cruisers disembarking in Montevideo tend to spend more in shopping and tours than those disembarking in Punta del Este. The results are consistent with those found in Bellani et al (2017); nevertheless, they offer a different way to interpret the dependency. According to Brida et al (2018), the study shows that variables of tourist residence and port of arrival are the main determinants of aggregate expenditure.…”

“…From a macroeconomic point of view, the analysis focuses on the impact that this activity has on the country of destination (Brida & Zapata, 2009; Dwyer & Forsyth, 1998; MacNeill & Wozniak, 2018; Seidl et al, 2007). From a microeconomic point of view, the determinants of tourism and cruise spending have been explored from diverse empirical and econometric schemes (Bellani et al, 2017; Brida et al, 2010; Brida, Fasone, et al, 2014; Brida, Garrido, & Such Devesa, 2012; Brida, Pulina, et al, 2012; Brida & Scuderi, 2013; Brida, Scuderi, & Seijas, 2014; Henthorne, 2000; Morrison, 1996; Risso, 2012; Seidl et al, 2007), among others.…”

“…Cruise tourist expenditure in Uruguay was analyzed by Bellani et al (2017) and Brida et al (2010; Brida, Garrido, & Such Devesa, 2012) from a microeconomic point of view and by applying an econometric approach (Heckman selection models and Tobit and probit models). In general, these investigations show that nationality, the size of the group of travelling, the mobility, and their degree of satisfaction are the main variables to explain their spending pattern.…”

“…The present article applies a similar methodology to analyze how the expenditure in one item could affect the expenditure in an alternative item (Bellani et al, 2017; Brida et al, 2010; Brida, Garrido, & Such Devesa, 2012). This model is implemented in two stages and using copulas to obtain a conditional distribution of the different items of expenditure, characterizing the dependence between them.…”

Explaining cruisers’ shore expenditure through a latent class tobit model: Evidence from the Canary Islands

“…This collection is usually made through face-to-face interviews conducted during the time that passengers spend offshore and through a questionnaire that has been designed ad hoc by the authors (Cuellar-Río and Kido-Cruz, 2008;Di Vaio et al, 2018;Gargano and Grasso, 2016;Henthorne, 2000;Lynch, 2004;Marksel et al, 2017;Parola et al, 2014). However, there are also studies, 6 of the 13, which have taken advantages from a database collected by others (Brida and Risso, 2010;Brida et al, 2014Brida et al, , 2015Brida et al, , 2018Bellani et al, 2017; the present study).…”