Determinants of cruise tourists¿ expenditure visiting port cities

Identifier:  imarina:6308081

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6308081

Authors:  Domènech A, Gutiérrez A

Abstract:
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to detect the determinants of cruise tourists’ expenditure level during their visits to an emergent Mediterranean port city. The article also aims to discuss its findings and contrast them with previous similar studies in other territorial contexts.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on surveys conducted on 1,010 cruise tourists that visited the city of Tarragona (Catalonia) during 2017. An ordered logit model is implemented to measure the impact of different variables related to the tourists’ characteristics and their activities developed at the destination.FindingsResults underline diverse significant influences of multiple factors on the expenditures, such as the travel party, the age of the visitors, the length of stay and the tourists’ activities in the city. Although no incidence has been detected of variables related to the satisfaction with the visit of the cruise passengers in general …