Author, as appears in the article.: Gutierrez, Aaron; Miravet, Daniel; Saladie, Oscar; Anton Clave, Salvador;
Department: Geografia Economia
e-ISSN: 2071-1050
URV's Author/s: Anton Clavé, Salvador / Gutiérrez Palomero, Aaron / Miravet Arnau, Daniel / Saladié Borraz, Òscar
Keywords: Tourismmobility Tourism mobility Public transport Peripheral railway station Logit High-speed rail Costadaurada Costa daurada Camp Access
Abstract: This article analyses the factors that determine the mode of transport (bus, taxi or private car) chosen by tourists for transfers from a peripherally located high-speed rail station to their final destination. The study is based on a survey completed by tourists who used high-speed rail services to travel to the Costa Daurada, a tourism area on the Mediterranean coast of Southern Catalonia, Spain. The results of this study show that variables associated with the characteristics of the stay had a more decisive influence upon the decisions made by the travellers than the socio-demographic profiles of the tourists surveyed. The availability of direct public transport services for transfers from the station to the final destinations was a much more relevant factor than the cost and duration of the resulting trip. This study provides empirical evidence of the importance of accessibility for peripheral stations. In these cases, good connections via public transport apparently play a key role in both improving tourism development and promoting more sustainable mobility within the region.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Renewable energy, sustainability and the environment Ren 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 oscar.saladie@urv.cat salvador.anton@urv.cat salvador.anton@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-7830-5515 0000-0003-0557-6319 0000-0002-7989-0717 0000-0001-9818-2778 0000-0001-9818-2778
Paper data publication: 2019-6-8
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Journal volume: 11
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Sustainability. 11 (11):
APA: Gutierrez, Aaron; Miravet, Daniel; Saladie, Oscar; Anton Clave, Salvador; (2019). Transport Mode Choice by Tourists Transferring from a Peripheral High-Speed Rail Station to Their Destinations: Empirical Evidence from Costa Daurada. Sustainability, 11(11), -. DOI: 10.3390/su11113200
Article's DOI: 10.3390/su11113200
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2019
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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