Modelling inter- and intra-regional tourism flows in Spain – a spatial econometric approach

Abstract

Modelling inter-and intra-regional tourism flows in Spain-a spatial econometric approach 5

Determinants of international tourist choices in Italian provinces: A joint demand–supply approach with spatial effects

“…Unexpectedly, and contrary to other studies (Alderighi & Gaggero, 2019;Alvarez-Diaz et al, 2017), international tourism seems independent of the presence of an airport both on the province and on nearby ones, perhaps also because very many tourists from European countries access Italy by other means of transport, and non-European tourists may prioritize air access to Italy over air access to their province of choice. We arrived at the same finding when using an alternative index of infrastructure endowment.…”

“…In recent years a small but increasing number of scholars have succeeded in merging the two views by using spatial interaction models, that is, gravity or origin-destination (O-D) models, to consider both effects simultaneously. Marrocu and Paci (2013), Massidda and Etzo (2012), de la Llano (2012, 2013), Keum (2010), Deng and Athanasopoulos (2011), Patuelli, Mussoni, and Candela (2013), Alvarez-Diaz, d'Hombres, and Ghisetti (2017), all employ spatial interaction models considering bilateral tourism flows between regions of a same country to take into account both demand and supply determinants. 1 These models reveal to policy-makers and tourism stakeholders which elements of supply help in attracting tourism flows and what are the determinants of arrivals on the demand side.…”

Regional destination attributes that attract domestic tourists: the role of man-made venues for leisure and recreation

“…Based on the mean coefficient of DISTANCE i in column (i), there is statistical evidence to suggest that the average domestic tourist in Colombia prefers closer destinations. This result confirms the negative effect of distance on domestic tourists' choices in Colombia; a result also found by Nicolau and Mas (2006), Monfort et al (2010), andAlvarez-Díaz, D'Hombres, andGhisetti (2017) in Spain; by Huybers (2003) in Australia; and Marrocu and Paci (2013) in Italy. This outcome cannot be generalised for all domestic tourists, however, as their individual standard deviation from the mean is statistically significant.…”

“…This result is consistent with the study by Marrocu and Paci (2013) and Hearne and Salinas (2002), who found that quality museums and restaurants, and aerial trams, respectively, are venues that influence domestic tourists' trip to a destination. Alvarez-Díaz et al (2017) found that, in the Spanish case, there is enough evidence on the positive contribution of theme parks to the inter-regional tourism flows, although not for the museums' case. Based on the standard deviation of the coefficient of MANMADE i in Table 8 (column (i)), it is possible to evidence differences between domestic tourists around the average number of man-made attractions in the destinations at the 1% significance level.…”

“…Beaches is an important nature-based attraction for the average domestic tourist in Colombia, although there is heterogeneity between them. Alvarez-Díaz et al (2017) and Marrocu and Paci (2013) found a positive relationship between domestic tourists' origin-destination flows and beaches in Spain and Italy, respectively. De-la-Mata and Llano-Verduras (2012) found changes in domestic tourists' preferences for non-coastal destinations in Spain after a 7-year period.…”