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  • Marta Disegna
    Bournemouth University
  • Linda Osti
    Free University of Bolzano
A review of the literature shows that the relationship between satisfaction and tourism expenditure, as well as the dependence among different tourist expenditure categories, are under-researched topics. The aim of this study is twofold: first, to investigate the influence on tourism expenditure of tourists' satisfaction with the destination, correcting for the effect of some socio-demographic and trip-related variables; second, to study the dependence among tourist expenditure on the different tourist categories that create the overall expenditure for the trip. This study focuses on an analysis of the expenditure behaviour of a sample of international visitors who travelled in an area around the Dolomites in Northern Italy, adopting the double-hurdle model with the Heien and Wessells estimator. In discussing the results, policy implications and managerial issues for tourism destinations are presented.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-30
Number of pages26
JournalTourism Economics
Volume22
Issue number1
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Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
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