The determinants of Italian domestic tourism: A panel data analysis

Massidda, Carla; Etzo, Ivan

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2011.06.017

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“…Therefore, domestic tourism has more potential to contribute to reducing disparities in less developed economies (Massidda & Etzo, 2012). However, only two studies mention or test the possible effect of domestic tourism development on regional income inequality.…”

Section: Tourism and Regional Inequalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism and regional income inequality: Evidence from China

Chen

et al. 2016

Annals of Tourism Research

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Section: Tourism and Regional Inequalitymentioning

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Tourism and regional income inequality: Evidence from China

Chen

et al. 2016

Annals of Tourism Research

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“…This confirms Buhalis's (2001) finding that tourists are on average more active in their own country than abroad. The reason for acting in this way consciously or subconsciously is motivated by economics (Thare & Farstad, 2011), but also influenced by safety and security (Massidda & Etzo, 2012;Mutinda & Mayaka, 2012). When thinking about sport and being active and adventurous, personal safety and security has become a priority, even more when talking about most dangerous adrenalin orientated activities (Bentley, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Socio-demographic characteristics affecting sport tourism choices: A structural model

Valek¹,

Shaw²,

Bednarik³

2014

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Background: Effective tourism management in the field of sports tourism requires an understanding of differences in socioeconomic characteristics both within and between different market segments. Objective: In the broad tourism market demographic characteristics have been extensively analyzed for differences in destination choices, however little is known about demographic factors affecting sport tourists' decisions. Methods: A sample of Slovenian sports tourists was analyzed using data from a comprehensive survey of local and outbound tourist activity conducted by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia in 2008. After data weighting the information for 353,783 sports related trips were available for analysis. The research model adopted suggests that four socio-demographic characteristics (gender, age, level of education and income) significantly affect a tourist's choice of sports related travel either locally within Slovenia or to a foreign country. Furthermore the destination (local or foreign) has an influence on the choice of the type of accommodation selected and the tourist's total expenditure for the trip. For testing the first part of our model (the socio-demographic characteristics effects) a linear regression was used, and for the final part of the model (the selection of accommodation type and travel expenditure) t-test were applied. Results: The result shows the standardized ß regression coefficients are all statistically significant at the .001 level for the tested socio-demographic characteristics and also the overall regression model was statistically significant at .001 level. Conclusions: With these results the study confirmed that all the selected socio-demographic characteristics have a significant influence on the sport-active tourist when choosing between a domestic and foreign tourism destination which in turn affect the type of accommodation chosen and the level of expenditure while travelling.

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“…respect to international flows in terms of both size and economic contribution [8]. In spite of that, only recently researchers have started to concentrate on this phenomenon and its economic impact, as well as on its potential for reducing disparities in less developed world areas.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It also follows that studies on the determinants of tourist choices within national borders are still rare and mainly concentrate on the impact of economic variables [8]. Lim [13] similarly argues that the literature on domestic tourism determinants moves along the lines suggested by international tourism flow studies.…”

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confidence: 99%