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High speed rail and coastal tourism: Identifying passenger profiles and travel behaviour

  • Identification data

    Identifier: PC:2966
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC2966
  • Authors:

    Gutiérrez, A.
    Ortuño, A.
  • Others:

    Author, as appears in the article.: Gutiérrez, A.; Ortuño, A.
    Department: Geografia
    URV's Author/s: GUTIÉRREZ PALOMERO, AARON; Ortuño, A.
    Abstract: In this paper, we characterise tourists most likely to visit a coastal destination by high-speed rail (HSR). Our data came from a survey conducted among HSR passengers during 2014's high season (July and August) at Spain's Camp de Tarragona and Alicante Stations, each of which is near a mass tourism destination on the Mediterranean coast: the Costa Daurada and the Costa Blanca, respectively. We used responses to the survey, which presented binary discrete-choice situations, to construct a database necessary for a logistic regression model that allowed us to examine how passenger profile, trip characteristics, and stay conditions influenced the use of HSR services on visits to each coastal destination. Results highlighted significant differences in the profiles of tourists who arrived at each destination by HSR and, in turn, that no specific tourist profile is associated with HSR, even for two stations that serve sunny beach destinations. Among its implications, to analyse travellers that HSR can attract, it is vital to consider the specific characteristics of each destination and its current market.
    Research group: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
    Thematic Areas: Tourism and leisure Turismo y ocio Turisme i oci
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 1932-6203
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-0557-6319;
    Record's date: 2017-12-10
    Journal volume: 12
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0179682
    Article's DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179682
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2017
    First page: e0179682
    Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
  • Keywords:

    Turisme litoral*
    Viatgers*
    Trens d'alta velocitat -- Aspectes econòmics -- Catalunya*
    Tourism and leisure
    Turismo y ocio
    Turisme i oci
    1932-6203
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