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Determinants of tourists’ length of stay
- 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.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Budgets
Adult
Male
Financial Management
Airports
Economics
Science
Culture
Social Sciences
Transportation
Civil Engineering
VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210
Geographical Locations
Young Adult
Sociology
Humans
European Union
Least-Squares Analysis
Aged
Travel
Multidisciplinary
Portugal
Norway
Age Factors
Middle Aged
Transportation Infrastructure
Europe
Spain
People and Places
Earth Sciences
Medicine
Engineering and Technology
Female
Seasons
Finance
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d02562b747c73cd56cedf0fab1b9cc06