Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference?
The way tourists move in space and time is part of their travel experience while at the same time moulding it. In the urban context, tourists usually include multiple attractions on their intradestination itineraries. Understanding tourists’ spatiotemporal behaviour may help improve the quality o...
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| description | The way tourists move in space and time is part of their travel
experience while at the same time moulding it. In the urban
context, tourists usually include multiple attractions on their intradestination itineraries. Understanding tourists’ spatiotemporal
behaviour may help improve the quality of their experience as well
as provide useful information to the management of attractions and
destination. Nevertheless, tourists’ spatiotemporal behaviour is a
complex phenomenon, influenced by numerous factors related to
both destination and tourists. Distance travelled from country of
origin has been empirically found as one of these factors
influencing tourist spatiotemporal behaviour. Visitors from more
distant residential locations invest more time and money in their
trip; therefore, variety/multiple benefit seeking, risk and
uncertainty reduction and economic rationalization may impact
their time-space activity. However, there has been no research
examining the impact of distance travelled from country of origin
specifically on tourist spatiotemporal behaviour in an urban
setting. This article fills this gap both theoretically and empirically,
through a dual analysis of a time-space GPS tracking study and a
survey, conducted among tourists (n=413) staying at 10 different
hotels in Lisbon. Hypothesis testing allowed the identification of
statistically significant differences between long-haulers and shorthaulers in their spatiotemporal behaviour when visiting this urban
destination. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1f2ff5efe284447994c715bba9aa92102025-02-02T04:30:35ZengUniversity of Algarve, ESGHT/CINTURSTourism & Management Studies2182-84662015-01-011119197Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference?Ana Maria Caldeira0Elisabeth Kastenholz1University of Aveiro, Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, GOVCOPP, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalUniversity of Aveiro, Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering, GOVCOPP, 3810-193 Aveiro, PortugalThe way tourists move in space and time is part of their travel experience while at the same time moulding it. In the urban context, tourists usually include multiple attractions on their intradestination itineraries. Understanding tourists’ spatiotemporal behaviour may help improve the quality of their experience as well as provide useful information to the management of attractions and destination. Nevertheless, tourists’ spatiotemporal behaviour is a complex phenomenon, influenced by numerous factors related to both destination and tourists. Distance travelled from country of origin has been empirically found as one of these factors influencing tourist spatiotemporal behaviour. Visitors from more distant residential locations invest more time and money in their trip; therefore, variety/multiple benefit seeking, risk and uncertainty reduction and economic rationalization may impact their time-space activity. However, there has been no research examining the impact of distance travelled from country of origin specifically on tourist spatiotemporal behaviour in an urban setting. This article fills this gap both theoretically and empirically, through a dual analysis of a time-space GPS tracking study and a survey, conducted among tourists (n=413) staying at 10 different hotels in Lisbon. Hypothesis testing allowed the identification of statistically significant differences between long-haulers and shorthaulers in their spatiotemporal behaviour when visiting this urban destination.https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/762/1304intra-destination spatiotemporal behaviourmultiattraction travel experienceurban tourismdistance travelled from country of origin |
| spellingShingle | Ana Maria Caldeira Elisabeth Kastenholz Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference? Tourism & Management Studies intra-destination spatiotemporal behaviour multiattraction travel experience urban tourism distance travelled from country of origin |
| title | Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference? |
| title_full | Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference? |
| title_fullStr | Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference? |
| title_short | Spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi-attraction tourist: does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference? |
| title_sort | spatiotemporal behaviour of the urban multi attraction tourist does distance travelled from country of origin make a difference |
| topic | intra-destination spatiotemporal behaviour multiattraction travel experience urban tourism distance travelled from country of origin |
| url | https://tmstudies.net/index.php/ectms/article/view/762/1304 |
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