Tourism seasonality in cultural destinations: Empirical evidence from Sicily

Cuccia, Tiziana; Rizzo, Ilde

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2010.05.008

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“…(Hinch and Jackson, 2000;Higham and Hinch, 2002) also stated that the rules and social practices can generate seasonality. According to Getz and Nilsson (2004), Koc and Alinay (2007), Mitchell and Hall (2003), Fernandez-Morales (2003), Fernandez-Morales and Moyorga-Toledano (2008), Cuccia and Rizzo (2011), seasonality in tourism is a universal problem that appears in varying degrees of importance and depends on the destination. However, Baum and Landtorp (2001), Lim and McAleer (2001), Jang (2004), Koenig and Bischoff (2005), Spencer and Holecek (2007) stressed that strategies employed to reduce seasonality must focus towards extending seasons or introduce new seasons and encourage the development of new products and markets to attract tourists during the offseason.…”

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Volumetric Analysis of Tourist Arrivals in Ecotourism sites of Cross River State, Nigeria

Ajake¹,

Amalu²,

Enang³

2016

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This study examined tourists" arrivals in ecotourism sites and events within Cross River state, Nigeria. Data for the study were collected through questionnaire survey, interviews, field inventory and participatory rural appraisal methods. The data generated were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, percentages, averages, graphs, charts, frequencies and maps while analysis of Variance was employed to determine the difference in the annual arrivals in the area. The findings reveal that a total of 27,326 tourists" visited the study locations between 2005 and 2015 and out of this number, the months of January, September and December have the highest recorded number of tourists" arrivals with 3015, 2549 and 3920 respectively. The participatory research appraisal shows that the variation in the number of tourists" arrivals in some of the months was attributed to the availability of traditional events. Based on this finding, it is recommended that more effort be made to organize more events in the state so that more tourists" would be attracted to visit the state and this will eliminate or reduce the effect of tourism seasonality in the state.

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Section: Tourists Arrivals and Duration Of Stay In Destination Areasmentioning

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Volumetric Analysis of Tourist Arrivals in Ecotourism sites of Cross River State, Nigeria

Ajake¹,

Amalu²,

Enang³

2016

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“…Culture is more and more considered as an important driver of tourism and a suitable tool for alleviating the effects of seasonality (see, e.g., Cuccia and Rizzo, 2011). The relevance of cultural offer/endowment for tourism has been investigated widely: some studies suggest that cultural heritage and attractions are major tourism drivers (e.g., Herbert, 2001;Vietze, 2008), also because of their uniqueness and difficult transferability (Dritsakis, 2004); other studies do not find cultural sites and attractions to effectively attract tourists (see, e.g., Cuccia and Cellini, 2007).…”

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Cultural offer and distance in a spatial interaction model for tourism

Patuelli

Mussoni

Candela

2014

Econom. bus. letters

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Culture is more and more considered as an important driver of tourism. However, it is critical, for policymakers, to evaluate the potential returns from investments in culture and generally cultural offer, in particular in a multiregional setting with a potentially inefficient distribution of cultural offer. Our paper focuses on the role of distance (between the tourist's origin and destination regions) in mediating the tourism impact of cultural offer. This research question is investigated by means of a spatial interaction model, applied to the case of Italian domestic tourism. We find that distance indeed matters: a destination's endowment in culture appears to be more attractive for long-distance tourists, while an origin region's endowment seems to dinsincentivate long-distance trips to a greater extent.

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“…Periodical swings in the flow of tourists, for example, produce situations of over-capacity, non-utilization of infrastructure, decrease in the work force and absence of investments during low seasons (Pegg et al, 2012), causing reduced profitability and productivity (Karamustafa & Ulama, 2010). On the other hand, peak seasons of tourist flows can be characterized by over-use of public utilities (e.g., water supply, waste management, and road use), causing dissatisfaction with residents and tourists alike, while the environment can irreversibly suffer from damages because of tourism pressures (Cuccia & Rizzo, 2011). These effects may explain why there has been considerable efforts from both the public and private sectors to attempt to reduce seasonality in destination areas (Cannas, 2012).…”

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Measuring Pattern, Amplitude and Timing Differences between Monetary and Non-Monetary Seasonal Factors of Tourism - the Case of Aruba

Ridderstaat

Nijkamp

2013

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractSeasonality is a frequent and important occurrence in the tourism industry, with simultaneous effects on both the volume and financial flows of tourism. The seasonal characteristics of these monetary and nonmonetary tourism indicators can show diverging paths. Lack of synchronization between the seasonal patterns of these two types of indicators of tourism development can produce suboptimal situations, with less than best choices when formulating and implementing anti-seasonal policies. The purpose of this study is to measure pattern, amplitude and timing differences between the seasonal factors of monetary and non-monetary indicators of tourism development in Aruba. The study contributes to the gap in the literature on the dynamics in the co-movement of these two types of seasonal factors, while concurrently incorporating three measurement dimensions of this relation. Moreover, the study introduces novel calculation techniques in two of the three measurement dimensions. The methodology involves decomposing time series on both monetary and non-monetary variables using Census X12-ARIMA, with subsequent calculation of Pearson's correlation coefficients, median relative differences, and median timing differentials. The results show important quarterly differences in pattern, amplitude and timing of the seasonal factors, in terms of the applied timeframe, periodicity, variables and markets involved. The findings implicate the need for synchronizing strategies and a differentiated anti-seasonal policy.

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Tourism seasonality in cultural destinations: Empirical evidence from Sicily

Cited by 203 publications

References 29 publications

Volumetric Analysis of Tourist Arrivals in Ecotourism sites of Cross River State, Nigeria

Volumetric Analysis of Tourist Arrivals in Ecotourism sites of Cross River State, Nigeria

Cultural offer and distance in a spatial interaction model for tourism

Measuring Pattern, Amplitude and Timing Differences between Monetary and Non-Monetary Seasonal Factors of Tourism - the Case of Aruba

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