A review of micro-analyses of tourist expenditure
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Wang, Ying
Davidson, Michael CG
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2010
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Tourist expenditure is an important measure of international tourism demand. This study is a review of expenditure analyses in a tourism context presenting a range of theoretical factors that could potentially affect tourism demand and expenditure. In addition, a review of 16 tourism expenditure studies that used micro data was conducted, to elicit the sample size, model specification, as well as the dependent and independent variables. The study concluded that greater emphasis should be given to micro-economic modelling of tourism demand and the investigation of the effect of psychological and supply-related factors on ...
View more >Tourist expenditure is an important measure of international tourism demand. This study is a review of expenditure analyses in a tourism context presenting a range of theoretical factors that could potentially affect tourism demand and expenditure. In addition, a review of 16 tourism expenditure studies that used micro data was conducted, to elicit the sample size, model specification, as well as the dependent and independent variables. The study concluded that greater emphasis should be given to micro-economic modelling of tourism demand and the investigation of the effect of psychological and supply-related factors on tourist expenditure. Keywords: review, tourist expenditure, micro-economic analyses
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View more >Tourist expenditure is an important measure of international tourism demand. This study is a review of expenditure analyses in a tourism context presenting a range of theoretical factors that could potentially affect tourism demand and expenditure. In addition, a review of 16 tourism expenditure studies that used micro data was conducted, to elicit the sample size, model specification, as well as the dependent and independent variables. The study concluded that greater emphasis should be given to micro-economic modelling of tourism demand and the investigation of the effect of psychological and supply-related factors on tourist expenditure. Keywords: review, tourist expenditure, micro-economic analyses
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Journal Title
Current Issues in Tourism
Volume
13
Issue
6
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© 2010 Routledge. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Marketing
Tourism
Tourist behaviour and visitor experience