1. Endogenous amenities, tourists’ happiness and competitiveness
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Guido Pellegrini, Cristina Bernini, Augusto Cerqua, and Bernini, C, Cerqua, A. , Pellegrini, G.
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competitiveness ,Public economics ,endogenous amenities ,happiness ,international tourists ,territorial heterogeneity ,media_common.quotation_subject ,ComputerSystemsOrganization_COMPUTER-COMMUNICATIONNETWORKS ,05 social sciences ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,0507 social and economic geography ,General Social Sciences ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,competitiveness, endogenous amenities, happiness, international tourists, territorial heterogeneity ,Destinations ,Key (cryptography) ,Happiness ,Business ,050703 geography ,Tourism ,General Environmental Science ,media_common - Abstract
A key strategy for supporting destination competitiveness is to enhance endogenous amenities, and tourists are the best candidate to evaluate them at the destination. The analysis in this paper uses a comprehensive data set on foreign travellers to investigate their happiness at Italian destinations between 2005 and 2014. Using a theory-dependent approach to model happiness at the destination with respect to endogenous and exogenous amenities, personal characteristics and trip features, a great diversity in the mix of amenities affecting tourist happiness is shown. However, some clear spatial patterns emerge. The findings call for place-based policies targeted at the specific needs of each area.
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- 2020
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