Multicity trip patterns: tourists to the United States

Multicity trip patterns: tourists to the United States

In addition, higher opportunity costs for first-time tourists are expected to lead to increased multicity patterns. An analysis of the trips of international tourists to US metropolitan areas confirmed that multicity patterns differ for groups of tourists with different origins and varying levels of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of tourism research 2006-10, Vol.33 (4), p.1057-1078
Hauptverfasser: Hwang, Yeong-Hyeon, Gretzel, Ulrike, Fesenmaier, Daniel R
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Sprache:eng
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Tourism
United States
Visitors, Foreign
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Zusammenfassung:In addition, higher opportunity costs for first-time tourists are expected to lead to increased multicity patterns. An analysis of the trips of international tourists to US metropolitan areas confirmed that multicity patterns differ for groups of tourists with different origins and varying levels of familiarity with the destination. Differences lie in the directionality of flows as well as the extent and nature of multicity tourism behavior. [Copyright 2006 Elsevier Ltd.]
ISSN:0160-7383
DOI:10.1016/j.annals.2006.04.004