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Determinants of tourists’ length of stay

Authors :
Ove Oklevik
Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko
Luiza Ossowska
Dorota Janiszewska
Source :
PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 12, p e0259709 (2021), PLOS ONE, e0259709, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 12 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Public Library of Science, 2021.

Abstract

This paper aims to identify the determinants of the length of stay (LoS) of international tourists in Norway. The paper reassesses the standard assumption related to tourists’ LoS; it refers to the travel industry’s current trends, and it postulates a more sustainable approach to analyzing tourists’ LoS at the destination level. The paper concludes with a series of recommendations. The data for this study were collected during 153 data collection days and among 5,300 travelers in Norway. The determinants of LoS were analyzed by means of an ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. The results indicate that tourists’ LoS is positively related to their age, interests (nature-based tourists), origin (German, Dutch tourists) and mode of travel organization (package tourists). A negative and significant effect on tourists’ LoS was found for tourists’ interests (urban-based tourists), spending, and origin (home market, long-haul tourists). No significant results were revealed for two covariates, namely, gender and repeat visitation.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19326203
Volume :
16
Issue :
12
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
PLoS ONE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d02562b747c73cd56cedf0fab1b9cc06