The knowledge of the actual magnitude and main features of tourism flows in a given destination is an essential prerequisite for the evaluation of tourism impacts and externalities. Indeed, many pleasure trips are often characterized by the visit to more than a single destination. Although the topic is well-documented in literature, the empirical results are limited to a few pioneering studies. The lack may be attributable to the failure of tourism organizations to collect data on multi-destination trip behaviour. This can be seen, for example, in the system of European statistics on tourism (according to the Council Directive 95/57 EC), where information on the average number of visited destinations within a single trip is not provided. This paper aims at discussing the main implications of multi-destination trips, both on tourism statistics and on destination management. It also proposes to describe the research design and main preliminary results of a survey on incoming tourism in Sicily. Some remarks dealing with the positive and negative impacts of unobserved tourism and of multi-destination trips are reported at the end.
Parroco, A., Vaccina, F., DE CANTIS, S., & Ferrante, M. (2012). Multi-destination trips and tourism statistics: empirical evidences in Sicily. ECONOMICS, 6(44), 1-27.
Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 |
Titolo: | Multi-destination trips and tourism statistics: empirical evidences in Sicily |
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Citazione: | Parroco, A., Vaccina, F., DE CANTIS, S., & Ferrante, M. (2012). Multi-destination trips and tourism statistics: empirical evidences in Sicily. ECONOMICS, 6(44), 1-27. |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2012-44 |
Abstract: | The knowledge of the actual magnitude and main features of tourism flows in a given destination is an essential prerequisite for the evaluation of tourism impacts and externalities. Indeed, many pleasure trips are often characterized by the visit to more than a single destination. Although the topic is well-documented in literature, the empirical results are limited to a few pioneering studies. The lack may be attributable to the failure of tourism organizations to collect data on multi-destination trip behaviour. This can be seen, for example, in the system of European statistics on tourism (according to the Council Directive 95/57 EC), where information on the average number of visited destinations within a single trip is not provided. This paper aims at discussing the main implications of multi-destination trips, both on tourism statistics and on destination management. It also proposes to describe the research design and main preliminary results of a survey on incoming tourism in Sicily. Some remarks dealing with the positive and negative impacts of unobserved tourism and of multi-destination trips are reported at the end. |
URL: | http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/journalarticles/2012-44 |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore SECS-S/05 - Statistica Sociale |
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