Autor segons l'article: Gutiérrez, A.; Ortuño, A.
Departament: Geografia
Autor/s de la URV: GUTIÉRREZ PALOMERO, AARON; Ortuño, A.
Resum: 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.
Grup de recerca: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
Àrees temàtiques: Tourism and leisure Turismo y ocio Turisme i oci
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 1932-6203
Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0003-0557-6319;
Data d'alta del registre: 2017-12-10
Volum de revista: 12
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enllaç font original: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0179682
DOI de l'article: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179682
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2017
Pàgina inicial: e0179682
Tipus de publicació: Article Artículo Article
Repositori URV