Autor segons l'article: Birenboim A; Anton-Clavé S; Russo A; Shoval N
Departament: Geografia
Autor/s de la URV: Anton Clavé, Salvador / Russo, Antonio
Paraules clau: Gps Portaventura Rhythms Temporal activity patterns Theme park Tourist behavior
Resum: In this article, we illustrate the importance of time in understanding theme park visitor activity patterns. The study that is described here made use of the GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to track and record the time-space trajectories of visitors at the PortAventura theme park in Catalonia, Spain. The findings suggest that visitors to theme parks do demonstrate distinct diurnal and intradiurnal mass behavior patterns or rhythms of activity. The investigation of temporal activity patterns holds two main advantages: the first is that compared with spatial activity patterns, it is more straightforward to aggregate, present, and compare temporal patterns; the second is that the external validity of temporal activity patterns is generally higher than that of spatial activity patterns. That is to say that temporal activity patterns are more likely to repeat themselves in other environments. Practical, theoretical, and methodological insights that can be relevant to both researchers and site managers are discussed. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Àrees temàtiques: Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo Ciencias sociales Economia Geografía Geography, planning and development Hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism Interdisciplinar Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Sociology Tourism, leisure and hospitality management
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: antonio.russo@urv.cat salvador.anton@urv.cat
Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-8768-246X 0000-0001-9818-2778
Data d'alta del registre: 2023-03-05
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Enllaç font original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616688.2012.762540
Referència a l'article segons font original: Tourism Geographies. 15 (4): 601-619
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Birenboim A; Anton-Clavé S; Russo A; Shoval N (2013). Temporal Activity Patterns of Theme Park Visitors. Tourism Geographies, 15(4), 601-619. DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2012.762540
URL Document de llicència: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
DOI de l'article: 10.1080/14616688.2012.762540
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2013
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
Repositori URV