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The Determinants of Tourist Use of Public Transport at the Destination

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    Identifier: imarina:5130554
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5130554
  • Authors:

    Gutierrez, Aaron Miravet, Daniel
  • Others:

    Author, as appears in the article.: Gutierrez, Aaron Miravet, Daniel
    Department: Economia Geografia
    e-ISSN: 1937-0709
    URV's Author/s: Gutiérrez Palomero, Aaron / Miravet Arnau, Daniel
    Keywords: Transport mode choice Tourist mobility Sustainable mobility Public transport Coastal destination
    Abstract: Of all the activities associated with tourism, transport is the one that creates most pollution. However, the mobility of tourists at their destination is an activity that has so far received very little attention from researchers in comparison with that afforded to the transport mode used to travel from their point of origin to their destination. This paper provides new evidence about the use of public transport by tourists at their final destination. The study is based on data obtained from a survey conducted with tourists (N = 4336) on the Costa Daurada (Catalonia), a Mediterranean sun and beach resort. The empirical analysis is based on estimations made using a multinomial model of the transport mode chosen by tourists to travel to the Costa Daurada combined with another model that estimated the probability of them using public transport during their stay. The results show that the tourists who arrived by private car were the ones who least used public transport at the destination. This was despite the fact that these tourists had the profile that made them most likely to use this type of transportation. On the other hand, although the tourists who arrived by plane had the profile that made them least likely to use public transport, they were the ones who used it most. It is, therefore, possible to conclude that, in addition to tourist profile, another key factor in deciding whether tourists will use public transport at their destination is whether they will take their own car.
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Medicina i Management, monitoring, policy and law Interdisciplinar Historia Hardware and architecture Green & sustainable science & technology Geography, planning and development Geografía Geociências Environmental studies Environmental sciences Environmental science (miscellaneous) Ensino Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Energy engineering and power technology Education Computer science (miscellaneous) Computer networks and communications Ciências agrárias i Building and construction Biotecnología Biodiversidade Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Arquitetura e urbanismo
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 19370709
    Author's mail: daniel.miravet@urv.cat aaron.gutierrez@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-7830-5515 0000-0003-0557-6319
    Record's date: 2023-07-31
    Journal volume: 8
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/9/908
    Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Sustainability. 8 (9):
    APA: Gutierrez, Aaron Miravet, Daniel (2016). The Determinants of Tourist Use of Public Transport at the Destination. Sustainability, 8(9), -. DOI: 10.3390/su8090908
    Article's DOI: 10.3390/su8090908
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2016
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Computer Networks and Communications,Education,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Environmental Science (Miscellaneous),Environmental Sciences,Environmental Studies,Geography, Planning and Development,Green & Sustainable Science & Technology,Hardware and Architecture,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainabil
    Transport mode choice
    Tourist mobility
    Sustainable mobility
    Public transport
    Coastal destination
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment
    Medicina i
    Management, monitoring, policy and law
    Interdisciplinar
    Historia
    Hardware and architecture
    Green & sustainable science & technology
    Geography, planning and development
    Geografía
    Geociências
    Environmental studies
    Environmental sciences
    Environmental science (miscellaneous)
    Ensino
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Enfermagem
    Energy engineering and power technology
    Education
    Computer science (miscellaneous)
    Computer networks and communications
    Ciências agrárias i
    Building and construction
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Arquitetura, urbanismo e design
    Arquitetura e urbanismo
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