Why Do Tourists Spend Extravagantly in Portugal? A Binary Logistic Regression by Quartiles

Correia A., KOZAK M., Goncalves F. F.

TOURISM PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.458-472, 2018 (ESCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/21568316.2017.1360934
  • Dergi Adı: TOURISM PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.458-472
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tourist spending, tourist expenditure, logistic regression, Nordic market, European tourists, Portugal
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Understanding the spending patterns of tourists and their major determinants is crucial to give practitioners the right directions to develop effective marketing strategies and also for researchers to define how to structure an expenditure model. This study attempts to search for the determinants of spending by European tourists travelling to Portugal. Unlike previous studies, this study benefits from the employment of the binary logistic regression to test a range of hypotheses. The study findings confirm that the amount spent by tourists is influenced by multiple factors both on the demand and supply sides. The paper also provides insights with theoretical and practical implications.