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Tourists' expenditure behaviour: The influence of satisfaction and the dependence of spending categories. / Disegna, Marta; Osti, Linda.
In: Tourism Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2016, p. 5-30.

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T1 - Tourists' expenditure behaviour: The influence of satisfaction and the dependence of spending categories

AU - Disegna, Marta

AU - Osti, Linda

N1 - Cited By :50 Export Date: 17 March 2023

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.5367/te.2014.0410

DO - 10.5367/te.2014.0410

M3 - Article

VL - 22

SP - 5

EP - 30

JO - Tourism Economics

JF - Tourism Economics

IS - 1

ER -