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Trip Cultural Activities and Tourism Expenditure in Emerging Urban‐cultural Destinations
Author(s) -
PulidoFernández Juan Ignacio,
CárdenasGarcía Pablo Juan,
CarrilloHidalgo Isabel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.2047
Subject(s) - tourism , destinations , cultural heritage , attendance , tourism geography , marketing , cultural tourism , business , affect (linguistics) , regional science , public economics , economic geography , economic growth , geography , economics , sociology , archaeology , communication
Although tourism expenditure is determined by different factors, the literature has not analysed the extent to which trip cultural activities affect tourism expenditure in the destination. The focus of this paper is a microeconomic analysis performed in 14 emerging urban‐cultural destinations in Andalusia (Spain). The results confirm that there are activities related to cultural visits, attendance at events or gastronomic activities that determine tourism expenditure. These results guide the implementation of specific actions by the policy‐makers in these destinations aimed at increasing the economic impact of tourism, based on the creation of high value‐added tourism products to overcome their mere dependence on built heritage. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.