Measuring the influence of the Camp de Tarragona high-speed rail station on first-time and repeat tourists visiting a coastal destination

Abstract

Measuring the influence of the Camp de Tarragona high-speed rail station on first-time and repeat tourists visiting a coastal destination

Does high-speed rail affect destination choice for tourism purpose?

“…The analyses carried out in Madrid (Pagliara et al, 2015b) and in Naples (Pagliara, 2014) show the same results. Other recent studies analyse the impact of HSR on coastal destinations in Costa Daurada and show that some tourists would not have reached the destination without the presence of an HSR service (Saladié et al, 2016).…”

Transport Mode Choice by Tourists Transferring from a Peripheral High-Speed Rail Station to Their Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Costa Daurada

“…The case of the Camp de Tarragona HSR station is a clear example of how station-to-station travel time might not be the most important variable for travellers, since the station's isolated location reduces its attractiveness for tourists travelling for leisure to coastal destinations at Costa Daurada. Furthermore, previous studies have demonstrated that this station has gained a moderate capacity to attract tourists who might otherwise use other modes of transport [30][31][32].…”

“…The data used in this study were therefore based on the answers provided by these 545 tourists plus those relating to the transfer distance, time and cost of the trips from the station to the final destinations. This survey had previously been used for other studies measuring the influence of the station on destination choice [30], and also segmenting this influence between first-time and repeat tourists [31] and according to the different points of origin of the passengers [32].…”

High-speed rail and tourism destination choice: the role and significance of the Camp de Tarragona station for passengers visiting the Costa Daurada

“…The combined answers to those two questions allowed us to measure the influence of Camp de Tarragona Station on tourists' decisions to visit the Costa Daurada. We used a causal probabilistic method developed by Young et al (2005) and adapted by Saladié et al (2016). The existence of a HSR station near a tourist destination might have justified visiting the destination, though not necessarily be linked to any individual decision to visit the particular destination given the various modes of transportation available.…”